ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 15, 1973
PETER COSSMAN
#73—90
v.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
MRS. SOPHIE N. STANLEY
#73—94
V.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC TI ON AGENCY
MR.
AND MRS. JAMES R. JACOBSON
#73—95
v.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
ORDER OF THE BOARD (BY SAMUEL T. LAWTONF JR.):
We
are
in receipt of three letters from the above-named peti-
tioners, all of which seek information with respect to or waiver
of our sewer connection ban order entered in League of Women Voters
v. North Shore Sanitary District, ##70-7, 12, 13 and 14.
In #73-90, petitioner states that he owns a vacant lot in North
Chicago and seeks information on how to obtain a permit in order to
construct a two—family house which, presumably, would connect to
sewer facilities tributary to the North Chicago plant.
In
#73—94, petitioner and her husband own a lot in a subdivision
in Forest Knoll Estates. We cannot tell from the letter why the
sewer connection is prohibited. If the property is in Waukegan,
the probability is that the sewer to which connection is sought is
classified as overloaded.
In #7395, petitioners state that they own a lot in Waukegan
which, again, we assume would be served by an overloaded sewer.
On the facts presented by the three petitions, we are compelled
to deny the reques~for variance. No showing of hardship is asserted
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of a sufficient magnitude to justify our relaxation of the
sewer ban order or to direct connection to the overloaded Waukegan
sewers. In each instance, petitioners are the owners of vacant
property on which no work appears to have been done. No showing
of extreme hardship has been alleged and we do not regard the
position of petitioners as different from any other landowners
in the District who are unable to proceed with construction because
of the present condition of the North Shore Sanitary District
facilities and the Waukegan sewer system. See Kenneth P. Zelen
v. Environmental Protection Agency, #72-445,
PCB
(Feb-
#73—44,ruary
14, 1973);PCB Daniel(February.6,Long v. Environmental1973).
Protection Agency1
Petitions for variance in cases ##73-90, 73-94 and 73-95 are
denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Po1lutioi~Control Board,
certify that the above Order was adopted on the
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1973, by a vote of 4 to ~
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