ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

4,

1973

GAGES LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT,

v.

)

PCB 71—104

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Mr. John

F. Williams for the Gages Lake Sanitary District

Mr. Richard Cosby and Mr. Douglas

J. Moring for the

Environmental Protection Agency

OPINION

AND

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(BY MR. DUMELLE)

Petition in this variance was filed May 11, 1971 with the

Board requesting relief from sewage treatment plant effluent

limits effective July

1, I972~ The Board

(opinion May 12,

1971;

order of May 28,

1971)

added Lake County and the Village of

Grayslake as parties in order to fully explore the proposed

regionalization concept.

A hearing was held on August 11,

1971.

On September 16, 1971

the Board issued an opinion which stated that regionalization

seemed imminent and that further hearing or hearings would be

held, particularly on Grayslake’s pending acceptance of the

proposed regional agreement.

More than a year elapsed until further hearing was held

on November 17,

1972.

At this hearing the North Shore Sanitary

District appeared and described their proposed 17 MGD Gurnee

plant to be operative December

31, 1974

(R.5—6).

Lake County

described their proposed $2,600,000

interceptor sewer to connect

Gages Lake, Grayslake and some unincorporated areas to the

Gurnee sewage treatment plant,

(R-12).

Grayslake was not present

and the hearing ended with a statement by the Attorney General

that a second hearing should be held 90 days from the date of the

November 17, 1972 hearing

(R.30).

Now almost another year has elapsed.

Further correspondence

from the Hearing Off

icerto

the Board

(March 15, 1973 and

June 16,

1973) indicated that the Village of Grayslake had

finally executed its long-pending agreement with Lake County.

As

of June 16,

1973

final approval by Lake County in turn was pending.

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It would seem then that the regional plan hoped for

by the Board in its May 12, 1971 opinion is about to come

into fruition.

And since Gages Lake Sanitary District requested

a variance and the Board chose to explore regiona1i~ation

we herewith grant the variance to July 1,

1973.

If further

variance is needed by Gages Lake it can proceed in an appropriate

manner before us.

We command Gages Lake Sanitary District for their

patience and cooperation

iii this proceeding.

ORDER

1.

Variance from the effluent requirements of

SWB-l4 and from the Water Pollution Regulations

(Rule 404)

is granted from July

1, 1972 to July 1,

1973.

2.

Payment to Gages Lake Sanitary District in the

amount of $60.00 for expenses incurred in transcribing the

November 17, 1972 hearing is approved and will be made by the

Board.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Mr. Marder abstains.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, certify that the above 0 inion and Order was adopted by

the Board on the

~j~”

day of

_________,

1973, by a vote of

4

to

______

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