ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

C3kTT~3L

ILCAPD

March

7,

1972

GODFREY

TOWNSHIP

UTILITY

BOAPD

v~

)

P0.3

72—60

EN7IRONBtENTAL

PROTECTION

hGENCY

OPINION

OF

THE

BOARD

(by

Mr;

XissaJ

The

Cod

frey

Townshio

U

LL1:L

Lv

Bcard

(

“Taavrishiu

Ii. led

a

petition

on

February

23,

3.972,

~atinrj

a

~a:ianca

loom

~t~o

Pollution

Control

Board

Lor

its

n:~—cu1i

lo~oons

at:

~aun~j~

blood,

Black

Creek

and

CoaL

Branch

arid

for

I

L5

::Lrea--ca

aacjooris

at

Waoror~—LevLs

and

Monticello,

Th~ Tomnship

asks

ala

tan

!loacd

grant

it

a

one—year

variance

is.

o~d~i that

it

con

co;alLeta

Laoa

and

cons truction

of

irapro\remnr:tn

to

3

to

nXiota::Cr

~yo

t.~-n.

The

Lcmn—

ship

on LLnateo

that

sur:h

~nrtCv3c2n;..o

c.:annou

ha

comc~.uted ostil

Februar~

1974

,

about

a

a

halL I

af

Lao

do

.na

date

in

st~7:-

14

fo~

~

~

~r:~

‘~wrnl

:r;

aloe

asks

thn~

the

Laard

lift

the

scuar

conaact

~Oa

has

~:io~~

tlinA~oncv

has

jam-

posed

ar1

the

Township

due

to

Lb

.~

an

aly

o~acv~overloacio.d

condition

of

the

lagoons

at

prenena

On

the

face

of

the

petition,

the

Board

a’cu~d have

no

caoicc

but

to

deny

the

Township~o

sequent.

ho

indication

in

g~von as

to

why

it

is

necessary

to

~ait

until

.Lobruary

,

1974,

for

ca:n::etion

of

the

new

treatment

facilities.

In

addition,

the

To.•:nnain

nra

thn~

the

Board

lift

the

newer

ban

eton

thoaql

tha

Tc.a’r:sh.In

ap:.or

:o LI

plans

no

interim

measures

to

raise

its

effluant

quaii

to.

Pal

thit~

I,

submitted

with

the

variance

petition,

praneitaJy

shows

an

cffluar~

quality

~reatly

in

eacess

of

state

standards,

Further,

we

‘aoulcli

ca3

1

thu

Township’s

attentfcn

~o

Sections

194

~c)

(iii.1

,

and

404(1)

(1)

of

the

Water

Quality

St.

r1daods

(R7l~-1.4

adc~ted

March

7,

:1.972)

~

it

nertairs

to

she

aeration

of

a

threc—stagn

lagoon.

Sa.nce

1113. a

case

doos

co~~eerri.s

municinali

tan

ehi cii

Oas

&paa;ec~tly

been

acting

in

qooJ.

faith,

we

will

not

oismii~a this

petit.~on

“uc

CL~o~5n~i

cvlnVlrrOrif

~

1(5L.~_Oi

Agency,

P0:9

72—94,

dated

enruary

2:.

,

1.C)

72,

dathor

,

a

God nitty

TcMnseop

Utility

Board

will

be

giver:

an

additional

cwcntv

(203

days

wi thin

which

to

file

an

amended

variance

etit-.:Lon

do Lail.ing

the

reasons

for

1-lu-’

delay.

---

I,

CI’::itafl

I..

4otfott,

ClcsrI:

cC

the

Pojiutiort

Conttol

tzr.rd,

cer’tii!Y

tn~t t.~o

Board

t~~iptc’.ithe

abn7’t

Cr~iaiofl en~ Order

this

clay

oZ

!aroh,

1972,

Is’

e’vcte

of

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