ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September 18,

1980

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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AGENCY,

Complainant,

v.

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PCB 79—79

CITY OF MONMOUTH,

Respondent.

CONCURRING OPINION

(by J.D. Dumelle):

My reason for concurring in this action lies in Paragraph

21(c)

of the Statement of Stipulated Settlement filed June

20,

1980 and here accepted.

This paragraph requires the City of Monmouth to “maintain

an operating staff of at least five full-time employees at

the plant”.

The Board’s Order adopts the Settlement and thus

this provision will remain in effect indefinitely and forever

unless changed by

a further Board order.

To me this paragraph infringes upon a city’s right to

run its own operations.

The “proof of a pudding is in its

eating” and the proof of proper sewage treatment plant operation

ought to be in its effluent quality, not in its staffing.

If automation develops

so that fewer people are needed

at the plant,

Monmouth will not be able to economize unless

it comes before the Board and has Paragraph 21(c)

stricken.

In future situations of this sort

I would prefer to see

no mandatory staffing requirement or at the least a fairly

short time limit

(two to three years) for such a requirement.

Respectfully submitted

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/Jacob D. Dumelle

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I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify that the above Concurring Opinion

was filed on the

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day of ~

1980.

Christan L, Mof~

Clerk

Illinois Polluti n Control Board