ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 17,
    1972
    WINSLOW H. ADAMS,
    JR.
    et al.
    V.
    )
    #72—121
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY
    Opinion
    &
    Order
    of the Board
    (by Mr. Currie):
    This petition seeks
    a variance
    to allow use of
    a new
    second bathroom in an existing home
    in Lake Bluff despite our
    ban
    on connection of new waste sources
    to overloaded treatment
    plants in the North Shore Sanitary District
    (League of Women
    Voters
    v.
    NSSD,
    #70—7
    (March 31, 1971)).
    The verified petition
    makes clear that no increase
    in the number of persons living in
    the home
    is contemplated,
    and on this basis the Agency
    recommends
    a grant on the ground that there
    is
    no reason
    to
    be-
    lieve use of
    the new bathroom would result in any increased
    load.
    We have granted such permission before, see Haight
    V.
    EPA,
    #71-93
    (June 28,
    1971),
    and we believe we should avoid
    the
    inconvenience
    of
    a variance proceeding
    for future cases
    like
    these by construing
    our order not
    to forbid connections such
    as this one which are not expected to increase the discharge
    to
    the
    sewer.
    Cf.
    Evanston Bank
    v.
    EPA,
    #72-176
    (May
    10,
    1972).
    No variance being necessary in this case,
    the petition
    is here-
    by dismissed as moot.
    I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of
    the Pollution Control Board, ~ertify
    that the Board adopted the above Opinion
    &
    Order
    this~J~~
    day of
    ~
    1972,
    by
    a vote of
    9’~.p
    8
    —
    .533

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