ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 11, 1990

METRO UTILITY COMPANY,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 89—210

)

(Variance)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by B. Forcade):

On December 20, 1989, Metro Utility Company (“Metro”) filed

a Petition for Variance from restricted status for its public

water supply, as it applies to the Board’s limitation on iron of

1.0 mg/l. This matter is accepted and will be held for the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Agency”)

recommendation.

At page 8, paragraph 22, of the petition, Metro asserts that

testing by the Agency showed iron concentrations of 50.60 mg/l on

July 6, 1989. The Agency is directed to inform the Board in its

recommendation as to whether the Agency believes this value is

correct. And if so, what are the anticipated health and

environmental impacts from such levels. Also, the Agency is

directed to inform the Board whether Metro’s water supply was

placed on restricted status because of high iron concentrations,

or low water pressure or both. See Attachment 8 to the petition.

IT IS SO ORDERED

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certi that the above Order was adopted on the

//1~C day of

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,

1990, by a vote of

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‘Dorothy M.,~çinn,

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Clerk

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Illinois P&flution Control Board

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