ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February 25, 1988

VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA,

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Petitioner,

v.

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

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PROTECTION AGENCY,

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Respondent.

INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Anderson):

On February 19, 1988, the Village of Lake Villa (Lake Villa)

petitioned for variance from the treatment plant operator

certification requirements for the type or size of Lake Villa’s

sewage treatment plant (STP).

The contents of the petition are insufficient. In reference

to the Board’s procedural rules 35 Ill. Mm. Code 104.121, Lake

Villa is ordered to provide the following information:

1) Is the Board correct in assuming that Lake Villa is

requesting variance from the 35 Ill. Mm. Code 312.101

Prohibition?

2) What is the length of time, giving the specific date,

for which the variance is requested?

3) When does Lake Villa anticipate that its present Class 3

operator will receive Class 2 certification?

4) What are the details of the agreement entered into by

Lake Villa with a “neighboring Village”? Identify bhe

Village and the relationship between the variance relief

sought and the terms of the agreement?

5) Clarify and specify regarding the in—house and

contractual operator, in terms of function, time and

dollars that will be spent or saved, what Lake Villa

means or intends to do when it states:

Using an outside conLractor is costly

when our present operator could qualify

with a variance, so the funds could be

used for improvements versus wages.

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All records and data will be monitored

and we will have a qualified operator on

stand—by for a more supervisory control.

6) How long has Lake Villa been operating without a Class 2

operator? Give Lake Villa’s past efforts to comply,

including costs incurred and results achieved.

7) Give supporting factual information why there will be no

environmental impact should variance be granted. How

long has the STP been on critical review, and why; what

have been the environmental effects?

Unless an amended petition is filed within 45 days of the

date of this Order, curing the above—noted defects, this matter

will be subject to dismissal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

Board, hereby certig1y that the above Interim Order was adopted on

the ~2~5~day of

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1988, by a vote of ~--O

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Dorothy M./Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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