ILL1NO;S POLLUTION CONTROL

December

8,

1977

VILLAGE OF ST.

 JACOB, an Illinois

Municipal Corporation,

Petitioner,

v.

)

 PCB 77—323

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

 (by Mr.

 Dumelle):

On December

6,

 1977 Petitioner requested a variance from

Sections

 12(a)

 and 12(e)

 of the Act and Rule 602 of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution of the Board~sRules and Regulations.

The

petition is inadequate

 in several respects.

 First,

 it appears

to request permanent relief which is beyond the Board’s authority

in variance cases.

 Second,

 it. does not comply with Procedural

Rule 401(a) which describes the necessary contents of a variance

petition.

 Third,

 it fails to

 specifically request or waive a

hearing as required by Procedural Rule 401(b).

 Consequently

this matter

 is hereby dismissed without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

Control Board, hereby ce tify the above Order was adopted on

the

y~

 day of

 1977 by a vote of

Christan L. Mo

 t, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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