ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 5, 1971

GETZ FIRE EQUIPMENT CO.

v.

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#PCB71—141

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OPINION AND ORDER 8E~THE BOARD (BY MR. CURRIE):

Getz Fire Equipment Co. seeks to conduct from 65 to 105 differ-

ent instances of open burning throughout central Illinois for the

purpose of instructing people in fire fighting.

The petition contains no information concerning the hardship

unliketo

the

other

firm whichcases compliancewhere

we havewithpermittedthe

law wouldopen entail.burning

forFurthertrain1 -

ing purposes (e.g., Deere & Co. v. EPA, #70-20, December 22, 1970),

in the present case we do not even know who is to receive the train-

ing. Neither do we know anything about the potential annoyance

to the public which might result. Although the petition assures

us that “no detrimental impact upon adjacent properties or occupants”

will occur, we can not see how such a blanket assurance can be made

when obviously even petitioner does not indicate where or when any

of the training sessions will occur, We agree with the Agency~s

recommendation that for these reasons the petition be denied.

The proposed open burning regulations would allow the Agency

to permit open burning for fire fighting training on a case by case

basis under a permit system, but even under these rules the Agency

could not grant the blanket exemption from the law requested here.

Petition is denied.

I, Regina E. Ryan, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,

certify that the above Opinion and Order w

opted on the 5

day of August, 1971,

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