ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November
    5,
    1981
    GTE AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC, INC.
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 80—225
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE
    BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    On October
    8,
    1981 GTE moved the Board for reconsideration
    of its September
    3 order denying variance.
    The Agency has filed
    no response.
    GTE fails to see how the case is distinguishable
    from Outboard Marine Corp.
    v.
    IEPA,
    PCB
    80—211
    (May 28,
    1981),
    and additionally asserts that variance could have been granted
    without causing environmental harm.
    GTE’s motion is denied.
    GTE’s general allegations of
    reduction of headcount due
    to decreased business primarily
    r.3flects a business decision to shift operating priorities.
    Their
    efforts
    to comply were not frustrated because,
    for
    example of
    cumulati”ie problems caused by economic conditions that affecteti
    the company
    to an unusual degree
    (i.e.,
    a 40
    lay
    off).
    The
    ~egrec of environmental harm is one of the factors balanced
    by
    the Board against petitioner’s alleged “arbitrary or unreasonah1~
    hardship”.
    The
    Board
    found
    GTE
    had
    not
    proven
    hardship.
    tT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    Board
    Members
    I.
    Goodman
    and
    N.
    Werner
    dissented.
    I,
    Christan
    L.
    Moffett,
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    hereby
    certify
    that
    the
    above Order was adopted
    on the
    ~
    day of
    1)~
    ~
    1981 by a vote of
    ~.~___
    (.~,,..
    &
    ~
    Christan
    L.
    Moff~t~f,Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollutidn
    Control
    Board
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