ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May

26,

1977

ORCHARD

& VINE CORPORZ~TION

(Larrabee North Court Apartments),

)

Petitioners,

v.

)

PCB 77-65

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT

(by Mr. Dumelle):

While

I agree with the unanimous Board Opinion that the

Metropolitan Sanitary District’s Tunnel and Reservoir Project

(TARP) “constitutes an acceptable compliance plan”

I do have some

reservations on the enormous estimated cost of TARP.

Recent newspaper stories put its estimated cost at

$2,300,000,000.

And if local connections are included,

the total

costs are then perhaps $5,700,000,000 or more.

Perhaps there are

cheaper ways to accomplish

the same end

—

that of water pollution

abatement from combined sewers.

Put another way,

TARP may be technically feasible

(and even

this has not yet been fully demonstrated)

but is it economically

reasonable?

Respectfully submitted,

Jacob

D.

Dumelle

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I,

Christan

L,

Moffett, Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby

certify

the

a

on

the

~

day of

~2upplemental

Statement was submitted

~rk

Christan

L.

M&ff

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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