ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March 15, 1973

PETER COSSMAN

#73—90

v.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

MRS. SOPHIE N. STANLEY

#73—94

V.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC TI ON AGENCY

MR.

AND MRS. JAMES R. JACOBSON

#73—95

v.

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

ORDER OF THE BOARD (BY SAMUEL T. LAWTONF JR.):

We

are

in receipt of three letters from the above-named peti-

tioners, all of which seek information with respect to or waiver

of our sewer connection ban order entered in League of Women Voters

v. North Shore Sanitary District, ##70-7, 12, 13 and 14.

In #73-90, petitioner states that he owns a vacant lot in North

Chicago and seeks information on how to obtain a permit in order to

construct a two—family house which, presumably, would connect to

sewer facilities tributary to the North Chicago plant.

In

#73—94, petitioner and her husband own a lot in a subdivision

in Forest Knoll Estates. We cannot tell from the letter why the

sewer connection is prohibited. If the property is in Waukegan,

the probability is that the sewer to which connection is sought is

classified as overloaded.

In #7395, petitioners state that they own a lot in Waukegan

which, again, we assume would be served by an overloaded sewer.

On the facts presented by the three petitions, we are compelled

to deny the reques~for variance. No showing of hardship is asserted

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of a sufficient magnitude to justify our relaxation of the

sewer ban order or to direct connection to the overloaded Waukegan

sewers. In each instance, petitioners are the owners of vacant

property on which no work appears to have been done. No showing

of extreme hardship has been alleged and we do not regard the

position of petitioners as different from any other landowners

in the District who are unable to proceed with construction because

of the present condition of the North Shore Sanitary District

facilities and the Waukegan sewer system. See Kenneth P. Zelen

v. Environmental Protection Agency, #72-445,

PCB

(Feb-

#73—44,ruary

14, 1973);PCB Daniel(February.6,Long v. Environmental1973).

Protection Agency1

Petitions for variance in cases ##73-90, 73-94 and 73-95 are

denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Po1lutioi~Control Board,

certify that the above Order was adopted on the

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1973, by a vote of 4 to ~

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