ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

6,

1972

RAVINIA FESTIVAL

v.

)

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PCB 71—391

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and Order of

the Board

(by Mr.

Currie)

Ravinia asks

to burn “over twenty” diseased

elms despite

the

open burning regulations.

No permit could be obtained since

the site

is within

a restricted area.

The regulations allow burning of trees

if done sufficiently

remotely or

with

the aid of an air-curtain destructor, which

essentially eliminates

smoke.

Ravinia

has not alleged any reason

why

iL cannot get rid of

its

trees without open burning

in

a

congested area, either by utilizing

a destructor

(its own or some-

one else’s)

or by moving the material

to

a more acceptable

site.

We note

in

this regard the variance today granted to the Forest

Preserve District

of Cook County

to conduct

a substantial burn-

ing operation near Wheeling (~71-3O4).

The restricted-area provision

was put

in the regulations for

a reason,

and it cannot simply

be ignored.

We hereby dismiss the petition without prejudice

to

the filing of another that addresses itself to the inability

of complying with

the regulation conditions

for open burning.

Mr.

I

\vtori

drd

not

participate

in the

eons~deration or

decision

0!

s

I, Christan Moffett~ Clerk of

the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Opinion and Order

this

6th

day of January,

1972 by vote of

3-0

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