ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August
    4,
    1977
    CITY OF
    BPEESE,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 77—200
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr.
    Goodman):
    On July 25, 1977,
    the
    City
    of Breese
    (Breese) submitted a
    petition requesting variance from the particulate emission
    standards of the Air Regulations
    to allow operation of Breesets
    Boiler No.
    2 in the event of
    an interruption
    in
    electric
    power
    from Illinois Power Company as
    a result of employee strike
    activity.
    The Board in the past has refused to accept petitions which,
    as here,
    anticipate
    an emergency condition before the fact,
    and
    request relief in case the emergency occurs.
    The Variance Section
    of the Environmental Protection Act does not envision such relief,
    particularly since no final compliance with the regulations
    is
    proposed.
    In addition,
    there is no method by which the proposed
    emergency may
    be
    defined.
    The Board therefore will dismiss the
    f3reese petition
    as inappropriate and note that an emergency situ-
    ation would be a
    matter
    of evidence
    in any enforcement action that
    might be brought before the Board subsequent to the use of
    emergency equipment.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Mr.
    James Young dissented.
    —2—
    I,
    ChrIstan L. Moffett,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollutio
    Control
    Board,
    hereby certify the above Order was aç~optedon the
    day
    of
    ,
    1977 by a vote of
    ‘I—,
    Christan
    L.
    offe
    fy4.erk
    Illinois Pollution ~tro1
    Board

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