ILLINOIS POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

September

5,

1974

ILLINOIS ~BAICK COMPANY,

a

Division of Old Fort Industries,

Petitioner,

vs~

PCB

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ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

Respondent

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Henss):

Petitioner Illinois Brick Company has filed motion requesting

an extension of time within which it may

file with the Board

ambient air quality information regarding hydrogen sulfide, and

the entry of an order declaring that the testing procedure described

in paragraph

3 of the Motion satisfies

the requirements of this

Board~s

Order of June

27,

1974,

The MotionS is allowed~ The

time for the filing of the information shall be extended to and

including September 25,

1974.

We find that no one method of

testing

the ambient air for hydrogen sulfide has received general

and official acceptance but believe that the method described in

paragraph

3

of the Motion is a good method and should be acceptable

on the facts of this particular case,

The

procedure discussed

in

paragraph

3

does meet with the Board approval especially since the

Agency has raised no objectiots

to

it,

It is

ordered that the method described

in

paragraph

3 of the

Motion

be

approved and that

the

information be

filed on or before

September

25,

1974~

I,

Christan

L~Moffett,

Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby

certify the

above Order

was adopted

this

________

day

~

1974 by

a vote

of

13

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533