ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May
    10,
    1990
    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE,
    Petitioner,
    V.
    )
    PCB 88-69
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS E~VIRONNENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    3.
    Anderson):
    On April
    12,
    1990, the Board issued an order stating that
    it construed an April
    2,
    1990 Request for Extension of Variance
    Petition for Scott Air Force Base Waste Water Treatment Plant
    filed by Scott Air Force Base
    (“Scott”)
    on April
    2,
    1990,
    as
    a
    motion for extension of variance,
    but that it was unable to
    determine whether the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (“Agency”)
    was served with
    a copy of the request.
    The Board,
    therefore,
    requested the Agency to respond and to
    file such
    response on or before April
    24,
    1990.
    Scott filed an amended
    request with the Board on April
    24,
    1990.
    In this filing,
    Scott
    requested a further extension of its variance until July
    31,
    1990.
    Scott,
    in both requests,
    cited construction problems,
    the
    inability to operate key pieces of equipment during the
    construction process, and other operational problems
    as some of
    the reasons for the plant not running at the capacity necessary
    to meet the conditions set forth
    in its NPDES permit.
    The Agency filed an Agency Response to Petitioner’s
    r~1otion
    for Variance Extension on April
    24,
    1990.
    In its response,
    the
    Agency stated that although Scott’s request should be docketed as
    a new petition for variance rather than a motion because the
    request for extension was made over thirty days after the
    expiration of the prior variance,
    it would respond as
    if the
    request were
    a proper motion.
    The Agency then stated that,
    based
    upon its inspections of the facility,
    it had no objection to the
    extension
    of Scott’s variance to July
    31,
    1990.
    Upon reconsideration,
    the Board reaffirms its decision to
    treat Scott’s request as a motion
    for extension
    of variance.
    In
    so saying,
    the Board notes that it agrees with the Agency that
    requests for extensions
    of variance should be made before the
    termination of the prior variance.
    The Board has made an
    exception
    in this case,
    however, because the duration of the
    extension
    is unusually short and
    it is
    in the interest of
    administrative
    economy.
    The Board intends to act on the merits
    of this matter shortly.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    11
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    2
    Board Member
    3.
    Dumelle
    concurs.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunrt, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on the
    /~~-
    day of
    ~777a~~
    ,
    1990,
    by a vote of
    7
    -
    C
    .
    Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois ~Pollution Control Board
    Ii. 1-10

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