ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 5,

1971

VILLAGE OF LaPRAIRIE

V.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and Order of the Board

(by Mr. Currie):

The Village asks~.avariance to permit the burning of a

condemned dwelling.

There

is only a conclusory allegation

of hardship,

that it would be “very expensive”

to remove the

boards fcom the site.

There

is no specification of what

it would

cost or why the cost could not be passed on

to the huildina

owners, where it belongs, through a lien.

There

is no alleaation

as to the harm that such burning would inflict on those in the

vicinity.

The petition does not conform to the Board’s procedural

rules.

City of Jacksonville v.

EPA,

* 70-30,

Jan. .27, 1971.

Moreover, while we sympathize with the necessity for removing

condemned buildings,

the law is clear that this is not to he

done by burning in the absence of unusual hardship.

No such hard-

ship is alleged here,

Even

if all the facts alleged were proved

no variance could be granted.

A hearing would therefore serve

no purpose, and the petition is dismissed.

I, Regina B.

Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Opinion and Order this

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day of August

,

1971.

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LL

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