ILLINOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

24,

1985

ANDERSON

CLAYTON

FOODS,

)

PCB 84—147

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION

AGENCY

)

)

DISSENTING

OPINION

(by

J~ Theodore

Meyer):

I

believe

that

the

majority

of

this

Board

erred

in denying

the

additional

two~year variance

as requested by the Petitioner.

it is my

opinion

that

when

the

state of Illinois commits the

taxpayer~s

hard~earned

dollars

to finance the research project

using

resources

made

available

by the Illinois Coal Board Act,

a

five—year

variance

is

clearly

warranted, rather than merely a

three-year

variance

as

granted

by the majority.

The legislature

has repeatedly

stated,

time

and time again,

that it is the piblic

policy

of

this

state

to

foster

and enhance the use

of Illinois

coal,

thereby

employing

more

Illinois coal miners.

With thousands

of Illinois

mine~s ce~.of

work

and

thousands more underemployed,

the agencies

of

state

government

should do all

in their power to

legally

foster

the

use

of

Illinpis

coal.

Not only will the

floard’s

action

sneel

in

increased

costs

for

the project, ~t

the

shorter

variance

hys~es the

taxpayer

financed venture in

a greater

position

of

risk~

For

the

aforementioned reasons,

I dissent

although

I

support

in

principle

that

the

granting

of

a

three-year

variance

is

more

desirable

than

denying

Theodore Meyer

1

I,

Dorothy

M~ Dunn,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

here:by

certify

that

t

above

Dissenting

Opinion

was

filed

on

the

D3/A~

day

of

,

1985.

~.

Dorothy

M.

t~unn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control

Board