ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 26, 1971

VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD

v.

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71—332

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Order of the Board:

Deerfield earlier obtained a variance to permit the burning

of elm trees 

71-63, June 16, 1971) 

and one of the conditions

was the submission of a report by October 31, 1971, describing

alternative methods to avoid the need for future open burning.

The Village asks that we extend the period for submitting the

report until February 15, 1972 in order to allow an opportunity

for study by a new Environmental Commission.

We view this as a request for a modification or extension

of our variance, and we think action by us is unnecessary. In

September we adopted new regulations on open burning that establish

a permit program with primary responsibility in the Environmental

Protection Agency to supervise the appropriateness of tree burning.

These regulations make the reporting condition obsolete, and it

need not be followed. The Village should work with the Agency to

work out an acceptable program for tree disposal under the new

regulations. The petition is dismissed.

I, Regina E. Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Order this 26 ._.~~-ef

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