ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

14,

1971

VISE BROS.

v.

)

#71—13

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and Order of the Board

(by

Mr.

Currie)

This is

a petition asking permission

to burn up

to

a

half

ton

per

week

of

tree

limbs

and

trimmings

at

a

landfill

site.

The

petition

is

wholly

inadequate

under

our

rules,

and

it

is

dismissed.

See

City

of

Jacksonville

v.

EPA,

#70—30

(Jan.

27,

1971).

On

the

issue

of

hardship

there

is

only

the

conclusion that to bury

the

wood

would

cause

“unreasonable

hardship and costs

not covered by their contract”;

on the

issue of the harm that

hurnina

would

cause

to

the

community

there

are

no

alle~ations

at

all.

We

shall

soon

hold

hearings

on

a

proposed

regulation

(#R

70—li)

that

would

reconsider

the

entire

question

of

open

burning

of

trees.

The

petitioner

will

be

free

to

submit

an

application

containinr

proper

allegations

after

we

have

considered

the

proposed.

reculation,

This

opinion

constitutes

the

Board’s

findings

of

tact,

conclusions of law,

and order.

I,

Regina

E.

R~an,

Clerk

of

the

Board,

hereby

certify

that

the

above

Opinion

was

entered

on

the

-

14

day

of

Amril

,

1971.

h~ginaB.

Ryan

Clerk of the Board

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