ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 12, 1973
    )
    MRS. PATRICIA PATRICK
    )
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 73-188
    )
    )
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    )
    )
    OPINION AND ORDER OF
    THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle)
    Petition was received May 4, 1973 from Mrs. Patricia Patrick,
    a widow, asking for variance to connect to the sewer at a “new home-
    site” at 171 East Stone Avenue in Lake Forest.
    The petitioner does not give the date or cost of the lot pur-
    chase or the date and extent of commitment to purchase a “Capp Home.”
    No hearing has been held on this matter.
    The Agency’s recommendation filed June 5, 1973 points out that
    the sewer to which connection is desired is tributary to the Clavey
    Road Plant which is currently not meeting the effluent standards set
    by
    the Board in PCB 71-343. Denial is recommended.
    Mrs. Patrick’s hardship, in addition to the commitment of funds
    not detailed is that she is currently paying $380 per month rent for
    her apartment and must work two jobs to meet her commitments. No
    data are given as to possible Social Security payments for the two
    school age children and no reason is given as to why an apartment
    at a far lower rental cost is not obtainable.
    The Board has hoped to decide this case in the larger context of
    a pending North Shore Sanitary District case, PCB 73-134. However,
    hearings have been delayed and the matter of the entire sewer ban
    in the District tributary to Clavey Road cannot be decided prior to
    the mandatory decision date for the instant case. Further information
    is needed in this case. The petitioner may wish to examine the
    recently decided Bereskin case (PCB 73-143), decided June 28, 1973, and
    determine whether its remedy is appropriate in her case.
    We deny the variance without prejudice to filing a new petition
    which would detail the inadequately covered points mentioned above.
    To find for the variance based upon the record before us would be akin
    to repealing the sewer ban.
    8—497
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    ORDER
    The variance is denied without prejudice.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order were adopted on the
    /~i”dayof July, 1973 by a vote of ______________________________
    Christan L. Moffett,~ C~e~k
    :~4i~t(
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    8
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    498

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