ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August

28,

1975

CENTRAL

ILLINOIS PUBLiC SERVICE COMPANY,

Petitioner,

vs.

)

PCB 75—325

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Henss):

Petitioner requests a six months variance to operate

Unit No.

3 at its Meredosia Power Station at maximum load

conditions which may exceed the Illinois standard for

particulate emissions and to operate

all its units

at

Meredosia though such operation may result in sulfur dioxide

omissions in excess of existing Rule 204(e) of the Illinois

Air Pollution Control Regulations.

The Petition does not

furnish the information which will be necessary for com-

pliance with the recent United States Supreme Court decision,

Train, Administrator etc.

vs. Natural Resources Defense

~:ouncil (No.

73--l742).

Under that decision it will be

necessary

to establish that the variance does not interfere

with the attainme~itand subsequent maintenance of national

ambient air quality standards.

The Petition does not allege

any facts from which the Board could draw such

a conclusion.

Petitioner

is ordered to amend the Petition within 45 days

of this Order supplying the missing information.

Petitioner

shall also file

a written statement which provides that the

90 day period for deciding this variance petition will commence

with the filing of the additional information or the filing of

an amended petition for variance.

If Petitioner does not

comply with this Order the petition for variance will be

dismissed for inadequacy.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Co trol

Board,

oreby certify the above Order was adopted the

_________

day of

___________,

1975 by a vote of

3—O

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j.

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Christan L. Moffett,

er~

fi

Illinois Pollution Control roar

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