ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

November

28,

1972

GRAITAM

PAINT

AND VARNISH

COMPANY,

INC.

PCB

72-454

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

OPINION

AND ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD ç~ Mr.

Dumelle)

The

petition

dated

November

8

requests

a further

extension

until

January

1,

1973

of Grahamts

original

variance

from

the

mercury

discharge

regulations

(PCB

71-114,

November

8,

1971,

3

PCB37).

The

petition

is

wholly

inadequate

arid

we

dismiss

it,

No statements

are

made

as

to

the present

or

projected

mercury

content

of Graham~s

effluent,

No mention

is

made

of

the

conditions

of

the

original

variance

and whether

these

have been

met,

The

petition

fails

to

give

a measure

of the

hardship

upon

the

public

that

the

grant

of

the variance

would

entail.

The

Agency

filed

a motion

to

dismiss

on

November

21,

which details

the

glarfrig

inadequacies

of

the variance

petition.

We

agree

with

the

Agency,

This

opinion

constitutes

the

Board~sfindings

of fact

and

conclusions

of

law,

ORDER

The

petition

for

variance

is

dismissed

without

prejudice.

I,

Christan

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of the

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

the

above

Opinion

and

Order

were

adopted

on the~g~day

of

November,

1972

by

a vote

of

______________________

Christan

L.

Moffett,

~/rk

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

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