ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June

5, 1986

IN THE MATTER OF:

JOINT PETITION OF THE CITY

)

PCB 85-226

OF PEKIN AND THE ILLINOIS

)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FOR EXCEPTION TO THE COMBINED

SEWER OVERFLOW REGULATIONS

CONCURRING OPINION

(by J.

D.

Dumelle):

My reason

for concurring

is the lack of study of any

alternatives between the $1.2 million program here adopted

by the

majority and the $10 million needed

for

full treatment.

What

should have been done was to construct

a cost—benefit curve for

various degrees of combined sewer control and amounts captured.

In

a contemporary case, PCB 85—225, Aurora Sanitary District and

the City of Aurora

et al.,

six alternatives were presented and

costed

out.

The Order,

in Paragraph

3, does point out that the

instant

grant of

the exception does not prevent enforceability of Board

regulations

other than combined sewer overflow regulations.

Thus,

it may be that after completion of the $1.2 million program

here authorized further capture and control will

be needed

if

water quality standards are

to be met.

acoo u.

Vumel.Le,

Chairman

I,

Dorothy

M. Gunn,

Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the

ove Concurring Opinion was filed

on the

5~Z~

day of

____________

1986.

Dorothy M. G~nn,Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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