ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December 21,

1971

VANCE

T. VENABLE

)

)

)

)

v.

)

# 71-363

)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Opinion and Order

of the Board

(by Mr.

Currie)

This petition seeks

to connect one home to

a sewer

tributary to

an overloaded sewage treatment plant covered

by our connection ban order of March

31,

1971

(League of

Women Voters v.

North Shore Sanitary District,

#

70-7).

The home has been in existance for approximately nine

years

and

is presently inhabited;

the existing septic

system serving the home

is inadequate,

there

are frequent

sewer back-ups and there

is

a constant odor both

in and

around the home.

Septic system contractors have been

consulted but have been unable

to devise

a reliable solu-

tion due primarily

to the fact that the property is

located

in

a relatively low area,

the high clay content

of the

soil and the size

of the lot.

Given the obvious pollution

and health hazard that presently exists,

we

think that the

requested connection will be

the lesser of two evils, and

we hereby grant the variance.

See Winsor v.

EPA,

#

71-334

(November

23,

1971).

I, Christan Moffett, Acting Clerk of the Pollution Control

Board,

certify that the Board adopted the above Opinion and

Order this

21st

day of

December

,

1971 by

a vote

of 4—0.

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