LLINOLS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 27, 1983

TROJP~N CORPORATION,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 82—23

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENT.AL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by D. Anderson):

On January 21, 1983 the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency filed a motion for stay of the Board’s Order and

Opinion of October

5 and 14,

1982 which granted a variance

to Trojan Corporation to allow open burning of explosive and

explosive contaminated waste.

The motion alleges no environ-

mental damage, but instead that technicalities in the inter-

pretation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and

Environmental Protection Act may operate to prevent the

environmentally desirable clean—up of this site as allowed

by the variance.

As noted previously, this variance allows

Trojan to destroy waste explosives and buildings contaminated

with explosives.

Some of this material is subject to spontane-

ous ignition if exposed to sunlight, an event which could

come about accidentally.

The public safety would be much

better protected

if

the clean—up proceeded as quickly as

possible.

The motion for stay is therefore denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Noffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby, certify that the above Order was adopted

on the

~

day ~

,

1983

by a vote of

________

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LI

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Christan

L.

Moffettj

lerk

Illinois

Pollution

C~trol

Board

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