Zj.LZNOIS PuLLLflIDN CONTROL

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June

26, 1975

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-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC

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Petitioner,

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PROTECTION

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Mr. Dumelle):

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cease follows the reasons advanced by me

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Opinion

in She”J. Oil Co;pa~y~ Environmental

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PCB 7590, Muy 22, l9~S

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:‘~hed” affected by tite .Dulfur dioxide emissions

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i’.o~Ct&.. and Electnc Coinprny may be the Mettopolitan

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Mr flualaty Conti.ol. Region. This AQCR ‘was

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?~~ccrzàgovernmeLlt effective December 8, 1970.

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Z~LJ.3.oic counc~ec~of Carroll, Henry, Mercer, Rock

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:ossdc 4~.ndthe Iowa counties of Clinton, Louisa,

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itself ha& presented no cdr quality data in

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a conclusory statement (Pet.p.lO). The

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: ty o~inicnfinds that the U.S. Supreme Court require—

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in Pr’ n v.

NROC,

April 16, 1975, are met in this

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q’~~tityd’u~afrom a sinc’ie monitoring station located

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tno Jubject facility.

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ths~single measuring station is upwind or

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cv~.i.a-yo using wind directions) from the

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caso the Board at least had data from not one,

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1Th~ataons

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the vicinity of the source. My

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to thc background contribution of that dis-

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r. a:tj violations of Federal air standards.

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it Ct. sulfur

dioxide

air standards are being

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tlao asae counties listed. As a minimum, data

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ast across ~hc hiSs1SsiiJ~

should

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deta deunwind from the

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sU~mutted since we have no

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an 1h r~coru of the stack

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at this location.

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argument, we are left with nothing

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be the uphysical

rehed” of the Quad—Cl ties

Latee in sh~i 1, a r~ver—tased region can experience

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pci~ ~ioa clung a valley because of bluffs which act

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for wsnds.

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(a) seil~ng the 0.5

sulfur oil

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sulfur oil to consume it in

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tO t~ rccJu~ation, were not explored.

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oc~d hc~c later presenLed information on the points

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mj U~inion was submitted on

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C~is~an L. Moftett, C~r~

Illinois

Pollution Control Board

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