ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 18, 1972

COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

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72—295

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Preliminary Opinion

& Order of the Board

(by Mr. Currie):

Edison asks reaffirmation, after the passage of a year,

of its program for particulate emission control at its Will

County and Powerton generating stations.

The statute requires

an annual reexamination of extended programs to assure adequate

progress.

To the extent this is all that is at stake, we see

no present necessity

(barring an adverse Agency recommendation)

for formal proof.

However, the petition also appears to request

in certain respects additional

time beyond that contemplated

by the earlier order (compare paragraph

1 of the petition with

paragraphs

5 and 11).

A hearing is hereby authorized

in which

Edison should present whatever evidence it deems necessary to

justify any such request.

I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Preliminary Opinion

& Order

this

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day of July,

1972 by a vote of~.O

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