ILL1NOIS POLLUTION
CONTROL BOARD
March11,
1971
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
V.
CONTAINER
STAPLER
CORPORATION,
FEDERAL
WIRE
MILL
CORPORATION,
and
CITY OF
RERRIN
Dissenting Opinion (by Mr.
Dumeile):
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We
disagree
with the majority opinion
(by
Mr.
Lawton) which
while finding
Container
Stapler
Corporation guilty of diecharing
cyanide did not
assess
a
monetary
penalty.
We feel that a
penalty
of at least $1,000
should
have been Imposed.
The
handling
and use or storage of any
dangerous
and toxic
material
such as
In
this
case,
cyanide,
or
hydrogen
sulfide,
or
strychnine
or
phosgene
implicitly
places
a
responsibility
upon the
user to
monitor his
effluents.
Because
a Pfaudler process is
supposed
to
not let
cyanide
escape
does not mean that it
will in fact function
as
designed.
Container Stapler
Corporation
flatly
violated
a
specific
Illinois
regulation prohibiting
cyanide discharges.
If this were
a
similar
case
Involving
far
less
dangerous
dense smoke or
open
burning
in
a
dump
the
Board
would probably have assessed
a fine.
We feel it should
have
done
so in this case.
2Li~
(L~LL~
vid
P.
Currie,
Chairman
Illinois
Pollution Control Board
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Regina
E.
Ryan,
Clerk
of the
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board,
certify
that
Mr.
Jacob
D.
Dumelle
and
Mr.
David
P.
Currie
submitted
a Dissenting
Opinion
in the
above
listed
case,
on~_/~day
of
March,
1971.
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Regi~jE.
Ryan
Cle~k
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board
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