ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December

12,

1972

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

#71—355

V.

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

OPINION

AND

ORDER OF

THE BOARD

(BY SAMUEL

T.

LAWTON,

JR.):

The Environmental

Protection Agency has moved to dispense

with further hearing in the above-entitled cause on the grounds

that it has given general acceptance to Respondent’s program

with respect to removal of lime sludge and other contaminants

deposited in the Mauvaise Terre Creek, pursuant to our May 23,

1972 order.

On reviewing the various documents filed

in this proceeding

subsequent

to our order, ye are unable to discern 7recisely what

the Agency’s attitude is on t~ various alternative programs

submitted

by Respondent,

and accordingly,

direct that

the hearings

proceed

so that the

Board will be

fully cognizant

of

the program

proposed by

Respondent and the Agency’s attitude with respect

thereto.

Hearing heretofore

set by the Hearing Officer should be

continued

for approximately

2 weeks from

the date set,

in order

that both parties may be adequately prepared to proceed as directed

in this order.

I, Christan Moffett,

Clerk

of the

Illinois Pollution

Control

Board, certify that the above Opinion and Order was adopted on

the

)

~~day

of December,

1972,

by

a vote of

to

(