ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

August

22,

1984

VILLAGE OF ENERGY AND

WILLIAMSON COUNTY HOUSING

)

AUTHORITY

)

Petitioners,

PCB 84—123

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

As a threshold matter,

the

Board hereby joins

the

Housing

Authority

as

a necessary party petitioner~

This

variance petition,

filed August 10,

1984,

fails to contain

information

necessary for

the

Board~s

consideration.

First,

pursuant to

35 IlL

Adm. Code

104.124, hearing

must either be requested or waived

(and if

waived,

an affidavit

attesting to the

truth of the

facts asserted

must be

filed),

Secondly,

the

petition is insufficiently

detailed

in certain

respects.

Paragraph K asserts

that

the Housing Authority

was

not aware

of restricted status prior

to site

acquisition,

etc.

but does not give

any facts to support

the conclusion,

such as

when the

project commenced, etc.

No

facts are given to support

the conclusion

that housing for the

elderly is

needed in Energy.

The

petition

should also have explained,

with

cost estimates,

whether there are

feasible interim

options,

such as use

of

holding tanks, as an alternative

to connection to Energy~s

sewer system prior

to rehabilitation of the treatment plant.

Concerning

the sewers and treatment

plant,

the petition

often refers to Energy~sfacilities plane

As the

Board does not

have this

document,

any relevant portions

should

be provided to

the Board,

The petition should also be

more

specific concerning

Energy~schances

to

receive grant funding,

and how

and

when

it

will proceed with

rehabilitation

if grant funding is not

avail-

able.

Finally, the

petition should

have included

information

on

the present

loading of the treatment

plant,

and

the

levels

of HOD

and TSS in the plant~streated effluent discharge.

If an

amended petition curing

these deficiencies

is not

filed within 45 days of the date of this Order,

this

petition

will

be subject to dismissal.

IT IS SO ORDERED,

59-449

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I,

Dorothy M,

Gunn, Clerk of the

Illinois

Pollution Control

Board, hereby Dcertify that the above Order was adopted

on

the~~day

of

______,

1984 by

a vote

Dorothy M’Gunn,

Clerk

Illinois Pollution

Control Board

59-450