ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April
1.
1982
AMAX
COAL
COMPANY
(LEAHY MINE),
Petitioner
,
v.
)
PCB 82—5
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by D. Anderson):
On March 29,
1982 2½max Coal Company
(Amax)
and the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency)
filed a joint motion
to dismiss this appeal of NPDES Permit No.
1L0060321.
The
Agency has agreed to modify and reissue the permit in
a manner
satisfactory to Amax.
Issue hA concerns the provisions of Section 406.102(e)
and Section 406.102(f), which allow a permit applicant to
choose between composite or grab sample monitoring.
Section
406.101(b)
contains a special averaging rule if grab sample
monitoring is elected.
These provisions were intended to be
alternatives between which the applicant could choose in the
permit application.
Section 406.102(e)
states
that, if the
applicant elects grab samples,
“the Agency shall by permit
condition require monitoring and reporting on the basis of
grab samples.”
The agreement in the case seems to place the option in
the permit rather than the application.
This
is not what the
Board intended and could be subject to abuse.
However, having
noted this for future reference, the Board will grant the motion
to dismiss.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above Order1was adopted on the
/~
day of
,
1982 by a vote of
~f—O
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44~
Christan L. Moff~t,~j)Cle~k
Illinois PollutiofrC’ontrol Board
46—39