ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 22, 1971

AMOCO CHEMICALS CORP.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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UNION OIL CO,

V.

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4~

71—134

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and

Order of the Board (by Mr. Currie):

These

are

two more petitions for variances to allow onen

burning of small quantities of fuel ~teinstruct employees in

firefighting techniques, We have consistently held, that such

burning, under appropriate conditions, is justifi~h1e (e,a,,

Deere

&

Co. v. EPA, * 70-~20, Dec. 22, 1970), We grant these two

petitions

on

conditions suggested by the Agency,

Amoco Chemicals Corps is hereby granted permission to conduct

open burning for firefighting instruction purposes until November

1,

1971, and Union Oil Co. until July 22, 1972, subject to the

following conditions:

I) Burning shall take place at the locations described in

the petitions; types and amounts of materials burned and frecuency

and duration of burning shall be as described in the petitions;

2) burning shall take place only when the wind speed is from

5~20mph and only when the sky is not overcast;

3)

burning shall be confined

to the

period from 11:00

a,a,

to 4:00 p.m.;

4) petitioners shall file a report every

six

months with

the Agency briefly describing each traininq session, Pach deQcrintion

shall state the number of trainees attending, the types and amounts

of combustibles burned, the date and time of

no, th~total

duration of burning, the estimated smoke e issions and a descr~pt~n

the weather conditions.

‘

I, Regina E. Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Contro. o

,

certi y t~

at ,t.

Board adopted the above Opinion and Order this 22 f July

,

1Q71,