ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November

10,

1976

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Complainant,

v.

)

PCB 76—6

JOHN TARKOWSKI,

Respondent.

SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT

(by Mr. Dumelle):

The Board opinion recognizes

a serious “erosion problem”

(p.4)

on Mr. Tarkowski’s property but seems to dismiss his stated use of

the landscape wastes berm as

a “silt dam”.

Brush

is

commonly used to prevent erosion

in gullies.

The

terrain here seems

to be

flat.

If a “silt dam”

300 feet

in length

is actually needed,

then the erosion must be the result of overland

or sheet

flow.

The record does not seem to be clear on the entire “erosion

problem” and its solution.

I am concerned that the Board’s decision

in ordering the removal of the landscape wastes may be exclusively

because of fire hazard possibilities and thus may preclude use of

brush, where warranted,

as a low cost method of preventing erosion.

I

would

hope

thd

IT

IThe

u~e

of

brush

For

eros

i

on

prevent

.i on would

not.

require

d

permit

under

the

Solid

Wdste

Roqu,hi

IT

1.ons.

24

—217

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I,

Chris

Ldn

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of

the

I ~i:Lnc).Ls

Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

the

above

Supplemental

Statement

was

submitted

on

the

day

of

_______________,

1976.

Illinois Pollution

trol

Board