ILLINOIS POT LUTION C ~OL 3O~RD

5eptcmbc~ ~ 1 82

ALTON

WATER CO

,

PCB

82~13

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL ~R

ORDER

OF

THE BOARD (by J~ c~etsor

On

August 23, 1982 Alto ~iled u “mction to

reconsider or, in

the alternative,

to correct eler cal error” in the

Board~sOpinion

and Order

of August 18, 1982. Thc Board had granted a

variance to

“terminate

September 1, 1985 or upon any earlier final

decision in

R82—3”,

based upon the Agen y A ~mrrendation Alton

asserts that

the variance ten~is ins fficic~

t, r~the event of an

unfavorable

decision

in R82—3, to sI~ieldi: froit~ erforcement

while it is in

the process of constructing facilit~ces to treat the wastes from

its water

purification plant~. tLiles~ the term is extended,

Alton

notes that it immediately

‘~

uld ~gain be required to

seek a

variance”. Two altczr t a v~r

~ ‘~i~s re suggested

for the

Board~s

considerati

r

n

ci

~h

jre~l ~o by the

Agency.

The Board

will modify its order to embody the

agreed

replacement

variance tern, as a~

tut

~uree year maximum

duration

remains

unchanged, and b) in ti’c. even~of an unfavorable

decision

in R82~3,

construction tine for tI’~.

t~eatrient

facilities would be

about 20

months,

Paragraph

1(a) of the Board~sOrder of August

18, 1982 is

stricken, to

be replaced qith:

“a.

This variance ~ha I terrinate ~eptember

1,

1985 or upon

the earlier date of eIther (1) a final

Board decision

in R82—3 fa~orableto Petitioner or

(2) Agency

issuance (follo~ingprompt application)

of

an

operating or NPDES ?ermit for treatment facilities

disposing

of wastes from the Petitroner~ water

treatment

plants”

IT IS

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan

L~Moffett Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution

Control ~oard,

hereby cc tify that the above Order

was adop ed on

the ~1~’

day of

~982 by

a vote of 0

Christan L. Moff

Clerk

——

Illinois Pollution