ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    6~, 1974
    IN THE MATTER OF PROPOSED
    )
    HYDROGEN SULFIDE STANDARDS
    )
    R74-4
    ORDER
    OF
    THE
    BOARD
    (by
    Mr0
    Marder)
    After
    review of the above entitled petition, the Board finds
    said Petition to be inadequate0
    1.
    Petitioner~s statement of reasons
    as required by Section
    28 of the Environmental Protection Act is inadequate, in that it
    fails to substantiate in any way the claims alleged~
    2.
    Petition is inadequate in that this Board has no way of de-
    termining whether the persons signing said Petition have any knowl-
    edge of or have concurred with the attached letter from the Sierra
    Club.
    The Petition on its face should contain all pertinent inform~’
    ation.
    3.
    Petition
    is
    inadequate
    in
    that
    the
    Board
    cannot
    determine
    what
    type
    of
    standard
    is
    requested0
    It
    is
    unclear whether an am-~
    blent
    air
    standard
    or
    an
    emission
    standard
    js
    requested0~
    A)
    An air quality standard would seem to warrant a part
    per million or simila~system of
    units
    rather than
    a
    ppm per hour criteria0
    Such a standard should also be
    specific as to annual mean,
    24 hour,
    8 hour,
    or such
    other time frame.
    B)
    An emission standard would seem to warrant either a
    maximum concentration such as ppm or ~ n~ximumloading
    (example
    pounds/hr)..
    The suggestedsystem of pain
    per hour seems inconsistent on
    its face.
    An emission
    standard
    should
    also be addressed
    to
    individual sources
    rather
    than
    combinations of sources, lest enforcement
    become impossible0
    The Board also
    notes
    that
    the full burder~.of
    Proof
    as to hea~..t±~
    and welfare as well as economic reasonableness
    arid technologdco
    feas:Lbilit~rests on
    the
    Pet.ttioner~
    Should Petitioner submit
    :~
    ne~iRegulatory ~roposa~
    sJicul~
    D~
    nre~arec0ho
    ~r1~c~
    testi.-n~’
    .v
    support
    cf
    ~zs
    PQSttJC~
    ar
    subseguer-
    ~niici
    For
    the above three reasons the Board holds the Petition inadequate
    pursuant
    to
    Section
    28
    of
    the
    Environmental Protection Act and Board
    Procedural
    Rule
    203.
    IT IS THE ORDER of the Illinois Pollution Control Board that
    Pet~
    ition for Regulatory Action be dismissed without prejudice.
    I, Christan
    L.. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    bard,
    certify
    that
    the
    above
    Order
    was
    adopted
    by
    the
    Board
    on
    the
    6th
    day
    of
    June,
    1974,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    4
    to
    0.

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