ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June

28, 1971

RAVINIA PAfl

FESTIVAL

ASS’N

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71—135

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ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Opinion

of

the

Board

(by

Mr.

Currie):

Ravinia

asks

to

burn

two

trees

infected

with

Dutch

elm

disease.

We

have

granted

such

requests

I?efore

because

the

need

to

stop

the

spread of disease far outweighs the harm from burning, so long as

it is done in the proper place and manner.

E.g., City of Winchester

v. EPA,

* 70—37

(Feb.

8, ‘l971)a

We grant the present petition

subject to the conditions suggested by the Agency.

ORDER

Ravinia Park Festiv~lAssociation is hereby granted permission

to burn two diseased elm trees on its property in Highland Park, at

the location described in the petition, subject to the following

conditions:

Burning shall take place only when ths wind is from

the west; only when the wind velocity is between

S

and 20 miles per hour; only when the sky is not over-•

cast; and only between the hours of 10 a.m: and 4 p.m.

I, Regina E. Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution. control Board, certify

that the Board adooted the above opinion this

28

day ot June

,

1971.

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