ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    April 3, 1980
    ROY B. FELDKAMP, JOANN FELDKAMP
    AND CITY OF ALTAMONT,
    )
    Petitioners,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 80—10
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    )
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Goodman):
    On January 14, t980 Roy B. Feldkamp and Joann Feldkamp
    (Feldkarnp) filed this petition before the Board requesting
    variance from Sections 12(b) and 39(a) of the Illinois Environ—
    mental Protection Act (Act) and from Rule 962(a) of Chapter 3
    of the Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations
    (Regulations). Pursuant to a Board Order entered January 24,
    1980 the City of Altamont was joined as a petitioner and Feldkamp
    amended the petition. On March 17, 1980 Feldkamp requested
    expedited decision alleging extreme hardship. Having received
    the Agency Recommendation herein on March 21, 1980, the Board
    herewith grants Feldkamp’s motion for expedited decision.
    Feldkamp owns and operates the Altamont Repair Service,
    located in Altamont Illinois, which employs a total of
    five persons, Feldkamp recently constructed a new facility
    at a cost of approximately $85,000, which facility requires
    a sewer extension of approximately 50 feet from the building
    to a sewer main of the City of Altamont to he located near
    the Feldkamp property. The purpose of the extension is to
    provide washroom facilities for the five employees. Since
    Altamont~s South Sewage Treatment Plant has been placed on
    restricted status by the Agency, Feldkamp has been unable to
    obtain a permit for the proposed extension.
    In its recommendation, the Agency points out that since
    the Altamont Repair Service is being relocated, apparently
    within the area served by the same South Sewage Treatment Plant,
    there should be little or no increase in plant loading at this
    time, resolving in the conclusion that no adverse environmental
    impact should occur.
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    The total estimated discharge from the facility is 67
    gallons per day. Considering this and the hardship that would
    be imposed upon Altamont Repair Service should it he unable to
    provide its five employees with washroom facilities, the Board
    finds that; the proposed variance is warranted. The Board will
    therefore grant variance from Rule 962(a) of the Regulations under
    certain conditions. The Board finds that variance from Section
    12(b)
    and 39(a) of the Act is unnecessary.
    This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and conclusions
    of law of the Board in this matter.
    ORDER
    It is the Order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board
    that:
    1. Variance be granted Roy B. Feldkamp, Joann Feldkamp
    and the City of Altamont from Rule 962(a) of the Illinois
    Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations, Chapter 3: Water
    Pollution, under the following conditions:
    (a) no other connection shall he made to this sanitary
    sewer extension until the City of Aitamont’s South Sewage
    Treatment Plant has been upgraded;
    (h) the City of Altamont shall continue to pursue
    grant funds to upgrade its Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant;
    (c) the City of Altamont shall operate and maintain
    the Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant so as to provide optimum
    operating efficiency; and
    (d) within 45 days of the adoption of this Order, all
    Petitioners shall execute and forward to the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency, 2200 Churchill Road,
    Springfield, Illinois 62706, a Certification of
    acceptance of and agreement to be bound to all terms and
    conditions of this Variance. The 45—day period shall
    he held in abeyance during any period this matter is
    being appealed. The form of said certification shall
    he as follows:
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    CERTIFICATION
    I (We),
    ,
    having
    read and fully understanding the Order of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board in PCB 80-10, hereby accept said Order and agree
    to be bound by all of the terms and conditions thereof.
    S IGNED
    TITLE
    DATE
    2. Variance from Sections 12(b) and 39(a) of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act is hereby denied.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control B~3~d,hereby certify that the above Order wa adopted
    on the
    ‘3
    day of
    ~~ML’
    1980 by a vote of
    ..(~
    Christan L. Mof
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution ontrol Board

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