This Board has held that the risk of further infection caused
by diseased trees is sufficient hardship in itself to justify theopen burning of such trees, as compared to the relatively minorharm that will be caused by the burning (see City of Winchester v.
EPA, PCB 70-37).
The Board has recognized further that elm wood,
though not yet diseased, if allowed to accumulate may come to harborthe elm bark beetle and thus lead to the further spread of disease.
Though the Village
in its petition stated that no residence or manufacturing facilitywas located within 500 feet, the Agency investigation showedreside...
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