ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December 20,

1985

VILLAGE

OF

BURLINGTON,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 85—183

tLLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTON

AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J. Anderson):

The Board notes that the Village of Burlington

(Village) has

requested that

a hearing be held on its December

10,

1985,

petition

for

a five—year variance from the 1.0 mg/l maximum

allowable barium concentration limit of 35

Ill.

Adm. Code 604.202

formerly

Rule 304(B)(4)

of Chapter 6.

Before

scheduling

a

hearing,

the Board directs the Village

to clarify and supplement

its petition

in

the following respects:

1)

Concerning

the blending option,

Exhibit D

refers

to

lack

of

capacity

and

the

high

iron

content

of

shallow well

no.

1,

and

then

states that additional

testing would

be

needed

to

verify

this.

Has

this

testing

been

done?

If

so,

what

are

the

results?

If

not,

how

long,

and

at

what

cost would

it

be

to do

so?

2)

In paragraph

7,

the Village

refers

to an

October,

1982

“permit

for

emergency

use

only”

for

Well

No.

3

granted

by

the

Board,

Would

the

Village

identify

whether

this

occurred

in

PCB

80—203,

and

if

not

provide

the

other

docket

number

arid

also

indicate

whether

that

docket

should

be

incorporated into this one?

3)

Concerning

the

softening

option,

assuming

for

the

sake

of

argument

immediate

ability

to

finance

this,

how

long would

it take to construct

a treatment facility

and

backwash

disposal

system?

In

this

regard,

has the Village installed

a sewer

system since

1980?

4)

Concerning

the Village’s bonded indebted-

ness,

the petition

does

not

indicate

on

~ihat timetable

these

bonds

are

being

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reduced/retired,

and/or

when

the Village

could

lawfully

bond

the

additional

indebtedness

required

to

comply?

Could

the Village further explain?

5)

Illinois’

variances,

like

federal

“exemptions”

anticipate

that

compliance

will

be reached

at

the end

of the

relief

period.

Will

the

Village

more

specifically

address

when

it

would

plan

to achieve compliance,

to allow the Board

tc

determine

length

of

time

grant

of

relief

is warranted,

If

an amended petition addressing these issues

is not filed

within 45 days of the date of this Order,

this petition will

be

subject

to dismissal.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy

M.

Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify ~hat the above Order was adopted on

the

~Ot~

day

of

~

,

1985,

by a vote

of

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Dorothy

M.

dunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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