ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August
    13,
    1971
    HELEN N. SNETSINGER
    )
    v.
    )
    #71—220
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    )
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (BY MR. CURRIE):
    Mrs. Snetsinger seeks to burn diseased elm trees.
    As
    in
    many similar cases
    (e.g., City of Winchester v.
    EPA,
    #70-37,
    February 8,
    1971), we find that the need to halt the spread of
    disease warrants burning,
    subject to appropriate conditions.
    Mrs. Helen N.
    Snetsir~ger is hereby granted permission
    to burn diseased trees or any elm wood on her property
    in Lake
    Zurich within 90 days of this Order, subject to the following
    conditions:
    1.
    Burning shall be done between the hours of 11:00 A.M.
    and
    4:00 P.M. on
    a day when the wind
    is between
    5 and
    20 miles per hour and from the northeast,
    and the
    sky
    is not overcast.
    The burning shall be
    accompli,shed
    in
    as short
    a time as possible.
    2.
    The burning shall be supervised by the local fire
    department.
    3.
    No fuel
    of lesser quality than No.
    2 fuel oil shall
    be used to promote combustion.
    I, Regina
    E.
    Ryan, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    certify that the Board adopted the above Opinion and Order
    on the
    l3thday of August,
    1971.
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    2— 329

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