ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

November

3,

Petitioner,

V.

PCB

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Respondent

CONCURRING OPINION

(by ~

Dumelle):

My main reason for concurring

in

this

provisional variance

grant

is the conclusory nature

of

the environmental

impact

as

presented by the Agency~

The BOD discharges

are

being icreased

by 150

in this variance (from 20

mg/I to 50

mg/I)

into the

Illinois River

just upstream of the

LaGrange

PooL

This

portion

of the Illinois River has long had

low dissolved oxygen 1evels~

Yet we have here only a conclusory statement about environmental

impact with no showing that the

dissolved oxygen problem has even

been specifically studied~

I agree with Board Member Joan Anderson that the instant

petition

is deficient on its face since an initial 45~day

period

is all

that

is

contemplated

by

the

statute~

The

conventional

variance route with expedited

consideration,

if

necessary,

should

have been used

in this case~

I,

Christan

L~ Moffett,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

do

hereby

certify

that

the

above

Concurring

Opinion

was

filed

on

the~~

day

Christan L, Moffet

,

Illinois Pollution~C’ trol Board

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