ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

August

18, 1977

CPC INTERNATIONAL,

INC.,

V

Petitioner,

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

CONCURRING OPINION

(by Mr. Dumelle):

PCB 77—149

While

I agree with the CPC corrective program for the re-

duction of these discharges,

I feel

a better analysis of CPC’s

impact upon the Illinois River

shoul:, have been performed.

The Board

in 1971 became aware of the low dissolved oxygen

in the La Grange Pool

of the Illinots River.

This

is the section

of the river between the Pekin and ti~eLa Grange

locks and dams.

It

is the section to which CPC discharges.

The Petitioner should have presented

to the Board the present

state of the dissolved oxygen levels

in this particular portion of

the river

together with an analysis of the c~epressionattributable

to its own discharge.

CPC’s flow of 20 MGD at an average BOD5

level of 32 mg/i works out

to 5,338

lbs. of BOD5 per day.

This

is the oxygen demand equivalent of a community of 32,000 discharging

raw, untreatLd sewage.

Respectfully

submitted,

ci

Jacob D.

Dumeile

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board hereby certify the ab ye Concurring Opinion was submitted on

the

_________

day of

________________,

1977.

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BOARD

Illinois Pol

Control Board