ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

October

12,

1984

PCB

84~70

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PFOTE.CTION AGENCY,

Respondents

CONCURRING

OPINION

(by

J0

D0

Dumelle):

While

I do agree with the majority

to give a variance to

Knoxville until July 1,

1987,

I do not

agree with

ordering

a

connection to the Gaiesburg water system0

There are two

reasons for

this~ First, to

order

connection

to Galesburg perhaps puts Knoxville in a

situation where it can~

not freely negotiate

on

costs0

Second,

the

violations

may

be

de minimus in nature0

Fluoride, at 2~1O

mgi.

is

only

5

over

the

standard~ And gross alpha, which ranges fro~m

l8~2to

23~5

pico curies per liter, is perhaps 40

over

the standard0

The

Board has allowed gross alpha variances

in the past

of

this

magnitude

A concern

expressed in Board discussion was the amount of

radium

226

content in the Knoxville water0

Information on that

item is not

in

the instant record and ought to be obtained as

soon as possible by Knoxville0

I,

Dorothy

M0

Gunn, Clerk of the

Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify

that the

above

Concurring Opinion was

submitted on the

/~

day

of

~

l9$4~

~M.nn,clerk

Illinois