ILL Th1OIS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 12, 1984

CITY

OF

PARK

RIDGE,

)

)

Petitioner,

)

)

PCB 84—140

LLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

)

pROTEcTION

AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(by

B.

Forcade):

On

September

28,

1984,

the

City

of

Park

Ridge

(“Park

Ridge”)

filed an amended

petition

for

variance

in

response

to

a

September

20,

:1984~

Board

Order

requesting

more

information.

This

matter

will be held for Agency Recommendation.

Because of new information provided in the Amended Petition

the Board will,

on its own motion, join the Metropolitan Sanitary

District

(t1MSD”)

as

a necessary party in this matter.

The Board

will provide the MSD with appropriate notice and all documents

related

to this proceeding.

In order to provide the Board with a complete record for

informed decision making and because of the confusing and con-

tradictory

quality

of

the pleadings to date,

the parties are

requested to submit the following information to the Board:

1.

Is the discharge for which variance

is requested

included in NPDES permit No.

0044733, and what permit

conditions apply?

2.

Which entity, Park Ridge or MSD, has been granted

NPDES permit No. 0044733?

3.

What has MSD agreed to

in relation to Park Ridge’s

proposal?

4.

Is a variance really needed under these circumstances?

5,

Is

Park Ridge merely requesting to raise the elevation of

an existing outfall or discharge point?

6.

What

will

be the impact on the quality and quantity of

the

discharge

from

this

action?

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Because

of

the information

in

the

petition

regarding

the

exi~ence

of

basement back—ups, the Board is proceeding with this

matter~

The

Boards

by

so accepting this

amended

petition, retains

the

right to adjudicate the

adequacy

of

this

petition

in

the

future.

The Board

is

concerned

with

the

potential

adverse

health

effects from

the

basement

sewer

back—ups.

The

Board

is,

however,

also concerned

with

the

confusing

and

often contradictory pleadings

to

date.

The

parties

are

strongly

urged

to

submit

clear,

concise

and

relevant

information

in

future

pleadings,

not

later

than

October

24~

1984.

:::T

IS SO

ORDERED.

I~, Dorothy

M.

Gunn,

Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby

certify

that

the

above Order was adopted on the

day

of

_________________,

1984 by a vote of

Q~2~

~

,~

Dorothy M/tunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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