ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February

23,

1989

RICHARD AND SALLY MOORE,

)

Complainants,

v.

)

PCB 87—171

ARCHER DANIE~JS MIDLAND COMPANY,

)

Respondent.

INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R. C. Flemal):

This matter is before the Board upon an enforcement action

brought by Complainants filed November 9, 1987. Complainants

allege that Respondent, Archer Daniels Midland Company (“ADM”) at

its cogeneration plant in Decatur, has violated the Act and Board

regulations for noise pollution.

Hearings were held August 5 and 29, 1988. During hearing,

Complainants requested the Board to order Respondent to 1)

install silencers on its pipes during cleaning, 2) install

silencers on the stacks, 3) install silencers on all steam vents

vented into the atmosphere which provide 50 decibels of noise

reduction, and 4) that the installation be done by November 1988.

Also at hearing, Respondent stated that silencers were already

ordered and should be in operation by November 1988.

Thus, the Board requests a status report from Complainants

stating whether the noise still persists and whether they wish to

continue this action or to dismiss it. Also, the Board requests

a status report from Respondent ADM of the progress it has made

in installing silencers on pipes during cleaning, on the stacks,

and on all steam vents vented into the atmosphere, which provide

50 decibels of noise reduction. The status reports are due on or

before March 31, 1989.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify tFi~tthe above Order was adopted on

the ~

day of

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,

1989, by a vote

of 7-(.

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Dorothy M.’~unn, Clerk

Illinois P~bllution Control Board

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