ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

23,

1973

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

Complainant

#72—515

v.

THE RICHARDSON COMPANY,

a Corporation

)

Respondent and

)

Petitioner

OPINION OF THE BOARD

(BY SAMUEL T.

LAWTON,

JR.):

On May

3,

1972,

petitioner,

The Richardson Company, was granted

a variance with respect to air emissions from certain of its treating

ovens to July

1, 1972,whichon September

6,

1972, was extended to

December 31,

1972.

On December 29,

1972, we received a request for extension of

variance until January

31,

1973.

The combination of the late filing

of

this petition, the shortness of the period sought and the inability

of the Board to act until January 16,

1973,

(See Weinstein,

et al v.

Environmental Protection Agency,

#72—366, January 16,

1973)

precludes

consideration of this case pursuant to statutory requirements enabling

the Environmental Protection Agency to file its recommendation and

for

the

Board

to

make

a

determination

of

whether

a

hearing

would

be

appropriate.

Accordingly,

the

petition

for extension of variance is dismissed.

I,

Christan

Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution ~antro1

Board,

certify

that

the

above

Opinion

was

adopted

on

the

c~3

day

of

January,

1973, by a vote of

3

to

0

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