ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November
    7,
    1991
    VILLAGE
    OF
    CHANNAHON,
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    PCB
    91—121
    v
    )
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    DISSENTING
    OPINION
    (by
    J.D.
    Dumelle):
    The
    majority
    by
    its
    action
    in
    today
    dropping the hearing
    requirement
    has
    possibly
    prevented
    other
    citizens
    from
    testifying
    on the requested variance.
    Once a hearing was set by the Board Order of August 22,
    1991
    and listed in the Board’s Environmental Register any member—of the
    public
    interested
    in testifying would have felt that he or she
    would have that opportunity.
    The public would have relied upon the
    Board’s
    Order
    and
    obviously would
    not
    file
    additional
    written
    objections.
    The Environmental Protection Act,
    adopted in 1970 without a
    dissenting
    vote,
    was designed
    for maximum public participation.
    The majority’s decision today goes against that important principle
    and may have prevented public participation.
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    /~
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    D.
    Duinelle,
    P.E.
    (/oard
    Member
    I,
    Dorothy
    N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    hereby
    certify
    that
    the
    aJ~ve Dissenting
    Opinion
    was
    submitted on the
    /?
    ~
    day
    of
    ______________________,
    1991.
    (
    Dorothy
    N.
    Illinois
    Control Board
    127—19

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