ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 15’
    1976
    HOLLYWOOD BRANDS,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 76—229
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    Mr.
    Young):
    On September
    8,
    1976, Petitioner filed a petition for
    variance with the Board.
    The Board hereby dismisses
    the
    petition as inadequate.
    Simply alleging that compliance with
    the Regulations will cost money does not establish a sufficient
    hardship because almost all pollution control efforts carry
    an associated cost; rather Petitioner must allege that the
    cost of compliance is unreasonable after taking into considera-
    tion the size and scope of Petitioner’s operations.
    This, Peti-
    tioner has not done.
    In the event that Petitioner files
    a new
    petition which properly discloses the hardship,
    it must be re-
    membered that a variance will be granted only in those extra-
    ordinary situations
    in which
    the cost of compliance is wholly
    disproportionate to the benefits; doubts are to be resolved in
    favor of denial.
    (EPA v. Lindgren Foundry Co.,
    1 PCB 11,
    16-17
    (1970).)
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I
    ,
    ChrisLin
    L.
    MofJJctL,
    Clerk
    ol
    Lhc
    i lliiiois
    PoiluLLon
    Control
    Board,
    hereby
    cer
    ify
    the
    above
    Order
    was
    adopted
    op
    the
    ______
    day
    of
    ___
    ,
    1976
    by
    a
    vote
    of~S~-~
    r
    Christan
    L. Moffe
    Clerk
    Illinois Pol1utio~- ontrol Board
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