ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

26,

1973

)

CITY OF ASHLEY

)

)

)

v.

)

PCB

73-162

)

)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

)

)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Duinelle)

This

is

a short

letter petition to use

1t325

to

350 pounds of

copper sulfateu in the Ashley water supply.

The petition was

received by the Board on April

19,

1973.

The petition

is wholly inadequate.

No frequency of dosage

is given;

no resulting concentration of copper in the water is

given; no statement is made as

to whether fish exist in the

reservoir and no reasons are given why alternatives

such

as

biodegradable algicides cannot be used.

Petitioner is given

35 days from today

to

file an amended

petition setting forth

the facts needed as described above.

With

the amended petition shall be filed

a waiver of the 90 day period

in which

a decision is

due until said filing.

The Agency is asked to provide

the petitioner with previous

Board opinions

on this subject

as

a guide to the information desired

(City of LaHarpe,

et al, PCB 72-168, August

8,

1972 and City of

Paris, et al, PCB

72-277, August

15,

1972).

Unless an amended petition is timely filed the present petition

will be dismissed as inadequate.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution$ontrol

Board, hereby certify

the above Order was adopted on the

Q(~

4 day

of April,

1973 by

a vote of

~3..~

Illinois Pollution

Board