ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    21, 1971
    VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
    vs.
    )
    #
    71—63
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    Dissenting Opinion
    (by Mr. Currie):
    As the Board~s opinion discloses,
    the burning site
    in this
    case is “200 to 1000
    feet” from several homes, and the residents
    objected to the proposed burning.
    The grant of
    the variance
    under these conditions
    (burning to take place
    “at least
    500 feet
    from the nearest residence”)
    is squarely contrary
    to the Board~s
    unanimous opinion,
    one week before,
    in City of Lincoln v. Envir-
    onmental Protection Agency,
    #71—56.
    In that case we held that
    1000 feet from residences was
    too close
    for comfort and noted
    that more remote sites could easily be found.
    If one thousand feet was
    too close last week,
    five hundred
    feet is too close
    this week.
    I think the Board has
    an obligation
    to be consi~tent.
    I,
    Regina E,
    Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Control (BOard,
    certify
    the above dissenting opinion this~~~
    day of~,
    1971
    2 —43

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