ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 8, 1987
    CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 86—152
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    )
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    CONCURRING OPINION (by J. Marlin):
    I supported the Order and Opinion denying Chanute’s prior
    variance request in PCB 84—24. While the current request is
    similar, the facts have changed enough that I will not dissent
    from granting this variance.
    In the prior proceeding, Chanute sought relief from
    standards which would essentially allow it to shut down its
    Calgon treatment facility. At the present time, that facility is
    not functioning apparently because it needs replacement parts.
    The discussion of the Calgon facility is sketchy at best. The
    petitioner has not bothered to inform the Board when the unit was
    shut down or give any details as to why it was shut down.
    However, the information provided as a whole is superior to that
    of the prior variance. In many ways, the hardship in this
    situation is self imposed. There is a long history of
    operational problems and certain decisions which were clearly not
    optimal.
    I am supporting this variance mainly because Chanute will be
    connecting to a regional treatment plant during the coming
    year. It would make no sense to attempt to repair the existing
    system given that it would take at least six months to obtain and
    install the necessary equipment which would be rendered obsolete
    after only a few months use, particularly given the minimal
    environmental impact expected during the variance period.
    John
    .
    Marlin
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    I, Dorothy M.. Gunri, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify tha~the above Concurring Opinion was filed
    on the
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    1987.
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    Thorothy M./Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
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