ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    November
    23,
    1971
    VANCE
    T.
    VENABLE
    )
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    t
    71—363
    )
    )
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY
    )
    Preliminary
    Opinion (by Mr. Currie):
    Mr.
    Venable asks to connect an
    existing
    home
    to
    a
    sewer
    tributary
    to
    the
    overloaded
    Waukegan
    treatment
    plant
    despite
    our order banning such connections (League of Women Voters v.
    North Shore Sanitary District,
    t 70—7,
    March
    31, 1971).
    His
    allegations are persuasive:
    that his existing septic system is
    presently inadequate and that the slightest rain causes sewer
    back—u!: and a constant odor both in and around his home.
    furthermore, he has consulted septic system contractors but,
    due to the relatively low level of the property, the type of
    ~o~
    (htgh an clay content)
    and
    the size of the lot, they have
    riot been able to devise a reliable solution.
    If these allegations
    aro true
    a strong case for variance is presented.
    In the interest
    of ra::zd rosolution of the case without hearing, we suggest that
    Mr.
    Vonable verify his allegations by submitting a
    sworn
    state—
    rnc::t to the effect that they are true
    (see
    Tauber
    v.
    EPA,
    i
    71-171, Oct.
    18,
    1971).
    Upon receipt of such verification,
    and ~n the absence of an adverse recommendation from the Agency,
    ; t
    1.S
    our ~rosentintention to grant the
    variance
    shortly
    after
    the exriration of the 21-day period required for submission of
    :omments.
    I, Christan Moffett, Acting Clerk of the Pollution Control Board,
    corta~ythat the Board adopted the
    above
    Preliminary Opinion
    thn
    day of
    /,.
    ‘y.c,,:J’..is~,
    1971.
    6c~L
    .LZ-’Pl_
    £
    ‘29j~~4
    3—175

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