ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July

8,

1971

CITY

OF NAPERVILLE

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ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

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Opinion of the Board

(by Mr~Currie):

The City asks

a variance to allow the open burninq one

day per month of dise&sed elm trees~ Because, as we have held

before (e,g~,City of Winchester v, EPA,

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1971), burning

is a recognized means of avoiding the spread of

infection, we grant the petition~ However, because past burning

at this site has seriously interfered with recreation at nearby

athletic fields, we require that burning take place when those

fields are not in uses

And because we believe the City should

investigate equipment that will achieve the same ends with less

smoke, we make the variance brief and require efforts in that

direction

ORDER

The City of Naperville

is hereby granted a variance to

conduct open burning,

subject to the following conditions:

(a)

Nothing shall be burned except elm trees and em

trimmings~

(b)

Burning shall take place no more frequent~1ythan one

day per month~

(c)

Burning shall be done at the site

as described in

the petition; between the hours of noon and

4

p~m~only when

the wind is between

5 and

20 miles per hOur; only when the sky

is not overcast; àn~ywhen the winds are from the east;

and only

when the burning will not interfere with theuse and enjoyment

of the athletic fie1ds~

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(d)

No fuel of lesser quality than number two

fuel oil

shall

be used

to promote combustion.

(e)

of a City employee,

(f)

This variance shall expire October

15,

1971.

(g)

By September

15,

1971,

the City

shall report to the

Board and to

the Agency on its efforts to locate

a more suitable

burning site and its investigation into

the use of an air curtain

destructor or other means of reducing emissions,

(h)

This variance automatically terminates upon violation

of any of the above conditions.

I,

Regina E.

Ryan,

Clerk

of the Pollution Control Board,

certify

that the Board adopted the

~hoveO~a

on this

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