ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

September

26,

1972

CITY

OF

MACX)NEB

v.

)

PCB

72—376

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

INTERIM

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARI)

(by Mr.

Dumelle)

By letter

dated

August

28,

1972

the

City of

Macomb

has

filed

a

variance

request

to

use

copper

sulfate

to

treat

their

water

supply

reservoir.

The

petition

is

wholly

inadequate

in

that

it

does

not

give

dosage rates,

resulting

copper

concentrations

or

ef:fects

upon

the

environment

nor

does

it

pursue

or

allege

that

various

alternative

algae

control

methods

delineated

in

other

Board opinions

on this

subject

cannot

be used.

If the

need

still

exists

for

this

variance,

petitioner

may submit

additional

information

by

or

before

November

6,

1972

provided

that

the

90

day period

with:in

which the

Board

must

act

on this

variance

shall

run

from

the

date

of receipt

of the

amended

petition.

The

Agency

is

requested

to furnish

the petitioner

with

copies

of previous

Board

opinions

on this

subject.

Tt

is

so ordered.

I,

Christan

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of the

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

the

above

Interim

Order

of the

Board

was

adopted

on the~~

‘~

day of

September,

1972

by

a vote

of

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Christan

L.

Moffett,

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Ill

I noi.s

Pollution

Control

Board

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