ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May

12,

1971

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS et

al.

)

v.

)

##

70-7,

70—12,

70—13,

70-1k

NORTH SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT

)

Opinion of the Board

(by

Mr.

Currie):

Subsequent to our principal decision

in this

case on March

31,

1971,

we have received an inquiry from the District regarding

the interpretation

of

the portion of our order forbidding new

sewer connections

until

the District complies with the

law and

regulations.

Specifically we are asked whether an existing “service

connection that formerly served

a house, apartment or place of

business that has subsequently been torn down to make way

for

a

new

building”

may

be

used

by

the

new

building

“if

the

estimated

volume

of

waste

does

not

exceed

the

former

volume

from

the

old

building”,

and

whether

it

may

be

used

if

the volume from the new

building

is greater~

Our decision

has raised

a number of important questions which

we shall endeavor to resolve

in variance or enforcement proceedings

as they

are brought before

us.

While

it would

save

time to answer

inquiries such as the present one without waiting

to accumulate

a record in accordance with

the Environmental Protection Act

and

our

procedural

rules,

we think

the

Act

does

not

permit

us

to

render

cx

pane

advisory

opinions

as

to

matters

that

may

be

of

importance to other parties.

We

shall be happy

to consider the

question posed either in

a variance proceeding

or in a motion

to clarify

the order after

the other parties

to

the

case are served

and

given

the

opportunity

to

respond.

Regina

E.

Ryan

do

hereby

certify

that

the

above

opinion

was

approved

by

the

Board

on

the

l2~

day

of

May

,

1971.

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