ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 31,
    1972
    The Village of
    Sauget
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 71—287
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    Further Opinion and Order of the Board
    (by Mr. Dumelle)
    We received a Petition for Reconsideration and for Stay on
    January
    17,
    1972
    from the Village of Sauget which asked us to recon-
    sider our order of December 21, 1971, by adjusting two interim deadline
    dates, granting a variance in excess of one year, and eliminating
    the requirement of posting a bond.
    Further the Village asked for a
    stay of the January 15,
    1972 date by which it was required to have
    posted a performance bond.
    We deny petitioner’s request in each instance.
    The petition is
    devoid of merit.
    Evidence at the hearing showed that in fact
    petitioner was on schedule in pursuing its program at that time
    (R.
    18, 91, Pet. Ex. A attached to Petition for Variance).
    The
    necessity for the requirement to post a bond grows from the common
    history of “slippage” in program schedules of the kind undertaken by
    Sauget.
    In this regard we note Sauget’s assertion in the instant
    petition that
    a six week delay was occasioned by
    the Village waiting
    upon the deliberations of
    this Board in another (albeit related)
    matter.
    The statute which created this Board clearly states that
    a variance cannot be granted for a period in excess of one year.
    Sauget’s need for the present variance
    until December 15, 1972 is
    manifest inasmuch as the deadline date in the present regulation of
    December 31,
    1973
    imposes further deadline dates of December
    31,
    1972
    for commencement of construction and July 31,
    1972 for submission
    of complete plans.
    The Board1s grant of a variance in accordance with
    the petitioner’s submitted schedule is indeed a genuine and needed
    exemption from the presently applic~bleand enforcible regulations.
    We order that the instant petition be denied and that petitioner
    proceed in accordance with our order of December 21, 1971.
    I, Christan L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    hereby certify the Board adopted the above Further Opinion and Order
    on the
    ~/
    day of January, 1972 by a vote of 5~C~
    Christan
    L. Moffett,/C~k
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    3
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    535

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