ILLINOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May

26,

1977

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

)

Complainant,

)

v.

)

PCB 75—317

JOHN SEXTON CONTRACTORS,

INC.,

)

Respondent.

Mr. Marvin

I. Medintz, Assistant Attorney General, appeared on behalf

of the Complainant;

Mr. Harry

N. Brostoff appeared on behalf of the Respondent.

SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT

(by Mr. Dumelle):

Cases such as these, wherein conditions are set and penalties

paid conditional on dimissal of the Complaint seem to involve “double

talk”.

No one agrees to conditions which involve

an expense and also

agrees to pay a penalty without some guilt in the matter.

The last provision under “B” requiring twice daily inspections

during ozone alerts is not substantiated,

Is there some contention

by the parties that methane releases provide hydrocarbons which are

reactive during photochemical smog episodes?

If

so,

this would be

contrary to most scientific holding.

Lastly,

since

this

same

methane

is

beinq

flared,

the possibility

of energy recovery is raised.

Landfills are really slow—acting

digesters and it

is to be hoped that Sexton will explore ways

to use-

fully utilize this energy.

spectf lly s~ubmitted,

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Jacob

D. Dumelle

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Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board, hereb~certify the above Supplemental Statement was submitted

on the

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day of

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,

1977.

Illinois Pollution

Board

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