ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 5

,

1976

CITY OF EFFINGHAM,

)

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 76—129

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Dr.

Satchell):

Petitioner filed a request for a modification on

July 9,

1976.

The Board on June

3, 1976 had granted a

variance from Rule 203(h)

of the Chapter

3: Water Pollu-

tion Regulations to Petitioner to allow application of

the herbicide 2,4—D to Lake Sara.

Lake Sara is the

supplemental water supply for the City of Effingham.

As

a condition of the variance water from Lake Sara was not

to be used for

30 days.

In a letter dated July 8,

1976

the City informed the Board that only a fifteen day supply

of water was left in the reservoir normally used and that

the water

in Lake Sara was needed to supply the City.

Any

action taken by the Board would have occurred too late to

alleviate the problem.

In this emergency situation there

is no alternative but to rely on tests of the water supply

made by the Environmental Protection Agency and the best

judgment of the City and the Agency of how to resolve the

situation.

The request for modification is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

hereby certify

e above Order was adopted

o~the

~

day of

¼~7~4.Z~.!

,

1976 by a vote of

Illinois Pollu

erk

trol Board

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