ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    August
    13,
    1971
    CHICAGO RAWHIDE
    MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    V.
    )
    #
    71-148
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    Opinion and Order of the Board
    (by Mr.
    Currie):
    Petitioner seeks a variance
    to allow open burning of limited
    amounts of material to instruct employers in fire fighting.
    We
    have held that such burning,
    subject to certain conditions,
    is just-
    ifiable
    (e.g., Deere
    & Co.
    v.
    EPA,
    #
    70—20~December
    22,
    1970).
    We grant the petition subject to the recommendations of the Agency.
    Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company is hereby granted permission
    to conduct two sessions o~open burning for fire fighting purposes
    subject to the following conditions:
    1)
    One session will be held
    in 1971
    and one in
    1972.
    The 1972 session will be held prior to
    a date one
    year from the date of this decision.
    2)
    Burning shall be done only during the hours of
    11:00 a.m.
    to 4:00
    p.m.
    3)
    The Agency shall be notified prior to each session
    and
    a report shall be filed with
    the Agency following
    each session.
    Each report should state the number
    of trainees attending,
    the types
    and amounts of com-
    bustibles burned,
    the date and time of burning,
    the
    total duration of burning and smoke emissions, and
    a
    description of weather conditions.
    I, Regina E.
    Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify
    that the Board adopted the above Opinion this
    1~-1i
    day of
    ~,
    1971.
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