ILLINOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

7,

1982

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

AMENDMENTS

TO CHAPTER

3:

)

R77~12

(Docket D)

~7ATER POLLUTION

(Effluent

)

Disinfection)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.D. Dumelle):

On January

5,

1982, the

Metropolitan Sanitary

District

of Greater Chicago

(MSD)

filed a motion to cancel

a merit hearing

which has been set in this matter

for February

9,

1982.

The

MSD alleges that

“a

determination as to chlorination

must be

made before February 18,

1982 to enable the

taxpayers

of

the District to

save approximately $2,370,000” based

upon

contracts that the MSD

has entered into~

Under usual circumstances

such a motion

would be decided

by the hearing officer

with a right of appeal

to

the Board.

However, given the time

constraint,

the

hearing

officer has

referred the motion directly

to the Board.

That motion is hereby

denied.

The Board notes

that a considerable number

of comments

have been received by the Board concerning this proceeding

since the last hearing, that the First Notice proposal differs

substantively from the Agency proposal which was the basis for

earlier hearings,

and that the “Second National

Symposium

on Municipal Wastewater Disinfection’~will take place

January 26-28,

1982.

By holding another hearing, the

Board

will be in a better position to evaluate the

comments,

interested persons will have an opportunity to testify

concerning the Board~sproposal,

and the Board will have the

benefit of gathering any new information which may come out of

the national symposium.

The Board is well aware of the potential cost savings of

this proceeding and that any delay in final adoption may well

cause considerable expense to affected industries and public

bodies.

On the other hand,

greater costs may well arise from

an inadequately considered decision in this matter.

However,

the Board will make every reasonable attempt to expedite its

~1ecision.

IT IS SO

ORDERED.

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I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted

on the

~

day ~

1982 by a vote of’/-~O.

Christan L.

Mof~e

Clerk

Illinois Polluti

ontrol Board

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