ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 8, 1990
    CITY OF BATAVIA,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 89—183
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Marlin):
    This variance petition was filed on November 6, 1989.
    Additional information with various captions was filed on
    December 11, February 8, and March 5; all of these filings have
    been construed as amended petitions which restart the Board’s
    decision deadline.
    On March 6, the City filed a motion for expedited
    consideration and decision, noting the termination of its prior
    variance, and seeking an early decision because “the City is
    facing unprecedented growth, and has entered into development
    agreement sic for projects to begin construction this spring.”
    The Board historically attempts to accomodate such requests,
    consistent with available resources and decision deadlines in
    other matters. The Board will accordingly grant the City’s
    motion consistent with these constraints, but also notes that
    Board action in this matter must be deferred until its receipt of
    the Agency Recommendation required by Section 38 of the Act and
    Section 104.180 of the Board’s procedural rules.
    The Board additionally notes that Batavia states that two of
    its wells have combined radium values of 8.1—9.5 (Well #4) and
    7.9—7.5 (Well #5). In the interests of expediting this
    proceeding, the Board observes that an Agency computer print out
    document (which is not in this record and which was received by
    the Board for other purposes) g~neratedFebruary 23, 1990
    entitled “Chemical and Radiological MAC Violations” shows Batavia
    as having a combined radium level of 21.2 pCi/l (9.0 ra 226 and
    12.2 ra 228).
    109—287
    —2—
    The Board requests the parties to provide the Board with the
    numerical results and dates of all available radiological
    analyses of the Batavia water supply, and to address what
    presently appears to the Board to be a discrepancy in data.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member B. Forcade concurred.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, 1~reby certify that the above Order was adopted on
    the ~ ~ day of
    72
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    ,
    1990, by a vote
    of
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    Dorothy M. Gunt~, Clerk
    Illinois Poll’ution Control Board

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