LL1NU1S POLLUTION CoNTROL ROARI)

November 14, 1972

CITY OF MA COMB

PCT3 72-376

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OPINION AND

ORDER

OF

THE I3OART) (by

Mr. Dumelle)

On

August23,

1972 the

City

of

Macomh

(‘

Macomb ) by a

letter

signed

by

Mayor

Donald

L. Sweeney requested a variance

from

water

quality standards

to permit copper sulfate treatment of

its

water

supply reservoir,

On

September

26

the

Roard

in an interim order

termed

the variance petition

wholly

lcquiii c

nial

guarded \lacomb

until

November

6, 1972 to supply

needed ddit

i

ona inform ation.

On

October 6 the

Agency filed its recommenda

-

Lion with the Hoard

giving much of’

the needed

information

as

to dosage rates,

frequency

of

appi ical ion and resulting copper concentrations.

However, the

Agency Her’

its

nvesti gal

i 00 910)10(1 the

watcrworks

superintendent

as stating

thai. wa icr a ste and od o’ pio f 1 ems ib d not exist.

The

Agency~

s inspector

could find no visual presence of algae in

the reservoir

and

concluded that no

alga problem e\ si s. ‘Ito’ i’e’omiiiendat~on by the Agency was

that

the variance

he

denied.

I

fecaLise

1)1 the

failure to ~)I1i0nd the

petition and with the

Agency

s finding of

no

problem v~

0 conclude

that Macomb has no need

for this type of relief

this year and

accordmgly dismiss the

petition

as

bejng both inadequate and

unneedef.

We

suggest, again, however, that Macomb

and

the Agency

look

seriously at compounds and techniques

other than

copper

sulfate for algae

contr(

)1

should

ccli of be

needed next summe:r.

Ihe petition is

(ii

smi ss ed and denied.

iT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

1,

(‘hristan

L. Moffctt,

Clerk

of the Illinois Poilut~on Control

Board,

hernb\ ccrtil\

the above

Opinion and

Order

was

adopted

on

the

1~4~day

of

~oven~her~

I

972 by a vole

of

£ —

hr I stan L. Moffett,

lii

noi

s I

~ollution

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