ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

31,

1974

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Complainant,

vs.

FEDERAL PAPER BOARD COMPANY, INC.,

)

PCB 73-414

a New York corporation, qualified

to

do business in Illinois,

Respondent.

)

ORDER

OF THE BOARD (by Mr.

Seaman):

The parties

to the above—captioned cause shall

file,

on

or before

November 25, 1974,

briefs

concerning the following issues which

are

unclear from

a reading of the Stipulation and Proposal

For Settlement.

1.

The Board cannot clearly ascertain the volume of discharges

or the concentration of contaminants therein.

A flow sheet indicating

the points

of discharge of both process water and cooling water would

also be helpful.

2.

The Stipulation

states

that Federal

has been successful

in

reducing

its

discharge

to

the

Illinois

River

by

over

97.

It

is

unclear,

however, whether that reduction was

in

terms

of volume

of

discharge

or percentage

of contaminants.

3.

Mention

is made of

a ‘concentrated waste stream.’

However,

the volume

and composition

of that stream is not clear; nor are t~e

reasons

for Federal’s position that it may not be technologically

or

economically practical

to reduce the BOD or SS levels

of the waste

stream.

4.

Paragraph

B.5

of

the

Settlement Proposal

allows fifteen montns

for miscellaneous

final adjustments

of the water stream.

The procedures

contemplated are unclear

and we are unable to ascertain

to

what

extent

said procedures

are dependent upon the preceding items

of

Paragraph

B.

IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of

the Illinois Pollution Contr~l

Board,

does

hereb~’certify

that

the

above

Order

w~sadopted

on

this

,3~

~

day

of ~

,

1974

by

a

vote

of___________

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