ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 17, 1974
    )
    CITY OF CARTHAGE
    )
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 74-272
    )
    )
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    )
    )
    DISSENTING OPIN.ION (by Mr. Dumelle):
    My reason for dissenting in this case is
    that
    the rotenone
    is applied with
    a petroleum base carrier.
    While the order of
    the Board requires post-chlorination in lieu
    of pre-chiorination,
    no showing
    is made that chlorinated hydrocarbons such as pesticides
    may not be
    formed.
    On October
    1, 1974 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    administrator, Mr.
    Russell B. Train suspended the registration
    of aidrin and dieldrin as posing an “inuninent hazard”
    to man
    or to the environment.
    Mr. Train
    is quoted
    as stating that
    even 1.0 ppm of aldrin-dieldrin produced significant
    tumors
    in experimental animals.
    A substance that will induce cancer
    in experimental animals at any dose level,
    no matter how
    high or
    low, should be treated with great caution, stated
    Train.
    (Environment Reporter, October
    4,
    1974,
    p.
    843)
    Carcinogens are serious pollutants
    to introduce into
    the environment.
    Where
    a public water supply
    is concerned
    and chlorination practiced,
    I would require
    a showing that
    no chlorinated hydrocarbons are formed or found.
    Submitted by
    I, Christan
    L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, her~bycertify the above Dissenting Opinion was submitted
    on the
    ~44
    ~
    day of
    _______________,
    1974.
    ristan
    .
    o
    ler
    Illinois Polluti n Control Board
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