ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    7,
    1983
    JOHN
    L. DONOVAN,
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 81—134
    )
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Respondent.
    CONCURRING OPINION (by J.D. Dumelle):
    The length of time this variance
    is being granted for is
    too
    long, in my opinion.
    Instead of a
    4 year period I would have
    limited the variance to one or two years
    in order to complete
    existing contract work,
    if such contracts do exist into the
    future.
    This operation is causing a continued nuisance to the community.
    Windows and plaster are being cracked.
    People are being startled.
    Daytime sleeping is disturbed.
    To argue that the cracked windows
    and plaster is caused by the ground wave is irrelevant.
    The
    blasting, which exceeds Board noise standards, causes the ground
    wave.
    I do not believe that any additional significant noise
    reduction can be achieved at this site.
    The blasting location is
    obviously too close to residences.
    The operation should be
    relocated.
    The capital investment in this enterprise is
    low,
    The pit àost $12,000 and the berms $4,500
    (R.
    17).
    That totals
    $16,500.
    Other equipment such as blasting mats and the recording
    meter can be relocated to a new site.
    In
    4 years what will happen?
    The nuisance of cracked wjndows
    and plaster and disturbed sleep will have continued for that
    entire period.
    And since further blast intensity reduction seems
    highly unlikely the matter will be again before the Board in
    1987.
    52-13
    This
    operation
    does
    not
    h~t~r~
    it~.
    ~e
    where
    it
    is~
    it
    serves
    a
    national
    market,
    Some
    other
    ioo~t
    t~s.
    with
    adequate
    buffer
    distance
    around
    it~
    ought
    to
    ~e
    ?oun~.
    I,
    christan
    L~ Moffett~
    Cle~K ~-~f the
    I)i:Lnois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    hereby certify ~nat
    t1i~
    :i
    nyc
    Concurring
    Opinion
    was filed on the
    ~ay ~±
    —
    1983.
    a
    L
    Moffett.
    Clerk
    I:tlin~~
    Pollution Coi~trol
    Board
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