ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September 6, 1972

IN

THE

MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR VARIANCE

OF

PCB 72-360

THE

VILLAGE OF ROSCOE, ILLINOIS

INTERIM ORDER ON PETITION FOR VARIANCE (by Mr. Henss)

Petitioner Village of Roscoe, Illinois requests a

thirty day variance from the Environmental Protection Act

and the Regulations of this Board regarding open burning

for the purpose of disposing of eighty trees which were

blown down by a storm. The allegations of the petition

are inadequate and it is hereby dismissed with leave to

file an amended petition on or before September 29, 1972.

The amended petition should allege facts showing the

anticipated weather and atmospheric conditions and time of

the proposed burning, description of the area in which the

burning is to take place, feasibility of using an air curtain

destructor, availability and cost of alternatives to burning

(such as chipping) and factual allegations regarding the

hardship to petitioner.

The Petition for Variance is dismissed with leave to

file an amended petition on or before September 29, 1972.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Order this 6th

day of September, 1972 by a vote of

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Christan L. Moffett, ~1erk

Illinois Pollution control Board

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