ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 5, 1971

FRANCIS J. AND MARGARET J. DUPRE

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71—194

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Concurring Opinion (by Mr. Currie):

I agree that this variance should be granted because the

hardship to the petitioners appears great in light of the

fact, as pointed out in the motion argued before us today in

#71-28, EPA v. DanvilleSanitary District, that the District

has brought its plant effluent into substantial compliance with

our earlier order. The order required reduction of BOD (earlier

averaging 92 mg/i) to 20 and suspended solids (earlier 151)

to 50, as the District estimated would be feasible in the

time allotted. In fact the suspended solids reduction is con-

siderably better than anticipated (a recent monthly average

of 27), and BOD is in the anticipated ballpark (26). While

the District must work for further BOD reductions to achieve

full compliance, the discrepancy is not great enough to forbid

the connection of a new house whose construction had begun

before the sewer ban was imposed.

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