ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November 10, 1976

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OF

ENGINEERS

Petitioner,

v.

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PCB 76—264

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle):

Petition filed October 21, 1976 is inadequate in that the

amounts

by

which the limits of Rule 408

of

the Water Pollution Control

Rules will he exceeded are not clearly given nor is the effect

delineated upon water quality in the streams affected.

Furthermore, the “short—term increases in turbidity and

both

suspended and dissolved solids in the immediate vicinity

of the

dredging operation” are not quantified as to duration or

strength. The cost of the treatment plant alternative is not

qiven nor is the cost of a failure to dredge.

Petitioner shall amend the Petition within 45 days from the

date of this Order to provide the necessary information discussed

above. A waiver of the 90—day decision period set

by State statute

shall also be

filed

with the Board and Aqencv to

run

from the date

off

lung the Amended Petition.

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Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify the above Order was adouted

on the /~2day

of November, 1976 by a vote of

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Illinois Pollution

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