ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April 17, 1973
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NICKEL BROS. TREE SERVICE
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PCB 73-99
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle)
The petition was filed on February 21, 1973 with the Agency
to extend a variance granted in PCB 71-392 on March 28, 1972
which permitted the use of an air curtain destructor to burn crafting
and building lumber and landscape waste near South Beloit.
The Agency’s recommendation filed March 20, 1973 recommends
the grant of the variance with which we agree. The Agency states
that no adverse comments have been received from the public and
that slight visual emissions appear only when new material is
charged into the destructor. The nearest residence is more than
1000 feet away and the occupant had no objection to the burning.
Since Nickel Bros. Tree Service is eligible to obtain a
permit from the Agency to burn landscape wastes in an air curtain
destructor the variance will be just to allow the burning of
building and crating material free of asphalt subject to the
following conditions.
ORDER
1. The variance shall run until March 28, 1974, and will allow
the burning of building and crating material free of asphalt
in the air curtain destructor.
2. Application for an extension of this variance shall be made
at least 90 days prior to the expiration date.
3. Within 30 days of this date, the petitioner shall submit
a program to the Agency for alleviating leaks around access
doors to the destructor.
4. Petitioner shall load the air curtain destructor in a
manner to alleviate emissions.
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