ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August
    13,
    1971
    CITY OF MORRISON
    #71-144
    V.
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (BY MR.
    CURRIE):
    The City of Morrison desizes
    a variance to burn fifty diseased
    trees and an unspecified number of weather—damaged
    trees or tree
    parts.
    This problem has been dealt with in
    a number of cases, e.g.,
    City of Winchester
    v.
    EPA,
    #70-37
    (Feb.
    8,
    1971).
    We find suffi-
    cient allegation of hardship only
    in the case of diseased trees
    or of elm wood which can harbor pests.
    We grant the petition with
    regard to diseased trees and elm wood,
    subject to the conditions
    recommended by the Agency.
    On July
    22,
    1971, the Board published a second proposed final
    draft of open burning regulations which would allow the burning of
    non—diseased trees
    and other landscape waste,
    subject to certain
    conditions
    and the obtaining of
    a permit from the Agency.
    Today~s
    granting of
    a limited variance is without prejudice to any action
    that may be taken by
    the City under the new regulations.
    ORDER
    The City of Morrison
    is granted
    a variance to allow the open
    burning of trees
    for six months from this date
    at the site described
    in the petition,
    subject to the following conditions:
    1.
    Only diseased elm trees or other elm wood from the City
    of Morrison shall be burned;
    2.
    Burning shall be done at the municipal tree burning site
    only between the hours of
    11:00 A,M.
    and
    4:00
    P.
    M.;
    when
    the wind
    is between
    5 and 20 miles per hour and
    only when the
    sky is not overcast;
    3.
    No fuel of lesser quality than
    a number two fuel oil
    shall be used
    to promote combustion;
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    4.
    All burning shall be under the direct supervision
    of a Village employee;
    5.
    Following each burning session, the City shall file
    a report with the Agency, briefly describing the
    amount of trees burned, the duration of the burning
    and the weather conditions
    at the time of burning.
    I, Regina E.
    Ryan,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    certify that the above
    inion and Order was adopted by the Board
    on the
    /Jt4
    day of
    ~e,
    ,
    1971.
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