ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 25, 1972

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FANSTEEL, INC~

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(BY SAMUEL T~LAWTON, JR~)

Stipulation and settlement proposing partial resolution of this

case

entered into between the Environmental Protection Agency and

Respondent were submitted to the Board.

On June 27,

1972,

oral argu-

ment w~sheld to consider the approval by the Board of this pro.~p.osal~

At that time,

the Board directed the Agency to submit data respecting

the impact on the North Shore Sanitary District facilities resulting

as

a consequence of Respondent~seffluent from its North Chicago

plant being re~routedto the North Chicago sewage treatment plant

of the North Shore Sanitary District, pursuant to

th.e settlement pro-

posed~

On July 19,

1972,

the Board received a communication from the

Agency stating that upon the Agency~sreview of Rdspondent~sproposal

“the impact of Fansteel~swaste water on the North Chicago sewage

treatment plant of the North Shore Sanitary District will be minimal,

both during the period of construction proposed in the settlement

agreement and after Fansteel~spermanent treatment facilities are

installed.”

The letter notes that during the period of construction

applicable

effluent standards for nickel and iron may be exceeded~

We

find

the

Agency~s response

to

our

request

inadequate

and,

accordingly, reject it, and direct the Agency to respond in detail

regarding the consequence of Fansteel~seffluent re-routing above

referred to~ Particularly, we desire facts relating to overload,

if

any,

as

a consequence of this re—routing, both hydraulic and organic~

Considerations

dictating

the

issuance

of

our

sewer

ban

order

in

case entitled ~

Dastract,

#170—7, 12,

13

anct 14, necessitate receipt of

tflis inror—

~~i~~efore

the proposed stipulation and settlement can be approveth

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In Estella Lewis

v. Environmental Protection Agency,

#72-

208, petitioner, having pleaded a clear case of hardship,

sought

relief from the sewer ban in order to allow construction of a single-

family residence connecting to facilities

tributary to the North

Chicago treatment plant.

The Agency recommended denial of this

petition because of

the

present overloading and poor effluent pro-

duced by this plant.

We will be interested in receiving the Agency’s rationale

justifying distinction between these two cases~

IT

I,

Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the above Opinion and Order was adopted on the

‘~

July,

1972,

by a vote of ~“

to ~

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