ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 19, 1983

VILLAGE OF BOURBONNAIS,

Petitioner.

V.

)

PCT3

83—71

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

CONCURRING OPINION

(by 3. Anderson)~

It is apparent that the inflow from unlawful connections

such

as sump pumps,

downspouts and footing drains substantially aggra-

vates the serious bypass problem.

The record indicates that the

pace of the Village’s disconnection program will be greatly en-

hanced by better citizen cooperation with the inspection program

to identify unlawful connections.

Therefore,

I feel

that the variance should have contained

an additional condition,

i.e. that customers who refuse to

cooperate with an inspection reasonably necessary to determine

whether an unlawful connection exists shall, with appropriate

forewarning, be

identified

in a newspaper of general circulation

in the area.

While

such a condition should arguably he avoided unless

absolutely necessary,

I believe such an “embarrassment and peer

pressure” condition is needed

in this case

to provide relief

to

the Village’s downstream neighbors more quickly,

and diminish the

need for the more time—taking use of fines,

etc.

to achieve com-

pliance.

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__________

jroan

G. Anderson, Board Member

I,

Christan L.

Moffett. Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

hereb~-certify tha

t

e above Concurring Opinion

was filed on the

~

day of

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1q83.

Chrjstan L. Moff~

Illinois Pollution

ontrol Board

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