ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 3, 1973

JEAN

T. MC MACKIN,

Petitioner,

vs.

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PCB 73—67

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

Jean T. Mc Mackin, Pro Se

Mary Lee Leahy for the EPA

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Henss)

Jean T. Mc Mackin has requested a variance from Pollution

Control Board Regulations Chapter 2, Part V, Rule 502 for the

purpose of burning brush on land owned by the Petitioner near

Salem, Illinois. The land consists of 261 acres in four tracts

located within 1,000’ of the city limits and thus~in a

restricted

area. The proposal is to burn brush, dead limbs and trees which

have been afflicted with the Dutch Elm Disease in an effort to

maintain the park-like appearance of the area.

The Agency estimates that the property generates approxi-

mately 130 tons of landscape waste per year. If this amount of

waste were to be burned (which is doubtful) the emissions would

be:

Particulates

2,210 lbs.

Carbon Monoxide 7,800 lbs.

Hydro Carbons 2,600 lbs.

Nitrogen Oxide

260 lbs.

The Agency states that the costs of hauling to an approved

landfill would be approximately $3,510 per year. EPA inter-

views with nearby residents revealed no objections to the open

burning of the landscape waste. A representative of an local

airport stated that the burning would not interfere with airport

operations. All other residents interviewed commended the

Petitioner on the park-like appearance of the property.

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The Agency has recommended that the variance be granted

subject to conditions regarding the timing, atmospheric

conditions and specific location of the burning. We will

allow the variance subject to those conditions.

ORDER

It is ordered that:

1. Petitioner is granted a variance for a period

of one year from the provisions of Chapter 2,

Part V, Rule 502 Pollution Control Board Regu-

lations for the purpose of burning Petitioner’s

landscape waste on the said premises.

2. The open burning shall be conducted on days

when wind velocity is between 5 and 25 m.p.h.

and shall be conducted only between the hours

of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

3. The materials to be burned shall be confined

to the smallest practicable area and the open

burning site shall be established on a cleared

area which shall be aaequately restricted.

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

Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order was adopted

this 3rd day of May, 1973 by a vote of 4 to 0

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