ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 17, 1972

UNION ELECTRIC CO.

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 71—208

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Opinion & Order of the Board

 (by Mr. Currie):

Union Electric petitioned for time to bring its Venice

generating station into compliance with particulate emission

regulations in general accordance with a program approved

by our predecessor, the Air Pollution Control Board.

As

a result of delays not explained to us the hearing was

postponed.

 Union Electric has since derated the plant,

pursuant to its program,

 to such an extent that it believes

it now complies with the regulations and no longer needs

a variance.

 The company is further proceeding

 to convert

the station to oil

 so as

 “to eliminate particulate emissions

from these six boilers and to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions

from this plant well

 in advance of regulatory require-

ments.”

 Union Electric asks to withdraw the petition as

unnecessary;

 the motion is granted and the petition dis-

missed without prejudice.

I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board,

certify that the Board adopted the above Opinion

 Order

this

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