ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September

4,

1975

VILLAGE OF ROUND LAICE,

ROUND LAKE

PARK, ROUND LAKE BEACH, and AVON

TOWNSHIP,

Petitioners,

v.

)

PCB 75—308

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

The Pollution Control Board hereby grants Petitioners

a variance

from Rule 203(h)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution Regulations,

in order

to apply rotenone during the Fall of 1975

to Round Lake

subject to the following conditions:

(a)

that Petitioner place public notices

in area news-

papers which state the date on which rotenone will

be applied to Round Lake,

said notices to inform

the public that Round Lake will be closed

to all

primary and secondary uses,

including but not limited

to swimming, boating, fishing,

and camping until

further notification;

(b)

that the area adjacent to Round Lake be posted

with signs

to indicate that the Lake

is closed

for public use;

(c)

that application of the rotenone, and if necessary

potassium permanganate, be done by a Department of

Conservation fishery biologist;

(d)

that the dead fish be disposed of at

a sanitary

landfill or in such other manner as to prevent

pollution or

a public health hazard;

(e)

that Petitioner provide the Agency, prior to adrnin-

istration of the fish toxicant, with a written statement

from the Round Lake Park District,

that

it consents to

the treatirg of Round Lake with rotenone.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify the above Order was adopted on the

~

day

of

September,

1975 by

a vote of

4_~

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