ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November

16, 1978

IN THE MATTER OF:

PROPOSED DETERMINATION OF

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NO SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL

DAMAGE FOR THE DRESDEN

GENERATING STATION

INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

On April

4,

1978 Commonwealth Edison Company filed a

Petition pursuant to Rule 203(i) (5)

of Chapter

3: Water Pollution

of the Board’s Rules and Regulations.

A report was attached in

support of the Petition.

A hearing was held on August 15,

1978 at

the Board’s Chicago office.

The record does not contain any theoretical plume studies

either for all four seasons

for typical and worst case condi-

tions or which identify isotherms at 3°Fahrenheit intervals

down to ambient temperature indicating three dimensional effects.

There

is also no assessment of the impact on other animal life

(wildfowl, amphibians,

etc.)

in the area or on recreation.

This

information is required by Procedural Rules 602(c) (2)

and

(3),

602(d) (2)

,

and 602(d) (3)

(a)

Commonwealth Edison Company

is hereby ordered to supply the

information listed above within 180 days of the date of this

Order.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control ~oard,

hereby certify the above Order was adopted on

the

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day of

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,

1978 by a vote of

Illinois Pollut

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