ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May

3,

1973

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY,

)

Petitioner,

vs.

)

PCB 73—101

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE

BOARD

(by Mr. Henss)

Petitioner International Harvester Company requests a

variance in its Project Completion Schedule to extend the

time when its waste treatment system will be in operation

from March 1973 to May 1973.

Both dates are prior to the

December 31, 1973 deadline established by Rule 408 Chapter 3

of our Regulations on Water Pollution.

Petitioner had

committed itself in

a Project Completion Schedule to achieving

compliance nine months prior to the deadline.

Delays in

delivery of the proper equipment made it impossible for

International Harvester to meet the agreed March deadline.

The EPA states that the May date for compliance

is acceptable,

but believes that the Petitioner could accomplish its purpose

by filing an Amended Project Completion Schedule.

The Agency

recommends that the Variance not be granted and that Petitioner

be directed to file an Amended Project Completion Schedule.

We see no reason to require that Petitioner take a

different procedural approach.

The matter is before us and

easily decided.

The variance is granted to May 8,

1973.

It is so ordered.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order was adopted

this 3rd day of May,

1973 by a vote of

4

to

0

7

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709