ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

July 18, 1972

VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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72—290

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Opinion and Order of the Board (by Mr. Currie):

This petition seeks a variance until the end of 1972 to divert present

wastewater discharges from a Clark County plant to a deep well for disposal.

The petition was filed with the Agency May 10, 1972, but, although the letter

recites that a copy was being sent to us as well, the Board received it only

on July 10. The petition does not conform to our procedural rules in Chat

it wholly fails to inform us as to the nature, quantity, or strength of the

discharge, or its effect upon the receiving stream. We cannot evaluate a

petition on the absence of meaningful factual allegations. The petition is

hereby dismissed for failure to allege the relevant facts as required by the

Rules, without prejudice to the filing of a more complete petition.

I, Christan Moffet, Clerk of the Pollution Control B~ard, certify that the

Board adopted t~eabove Opinion and Order this

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