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PCB 83-215 Opinion and Order 10/24/85
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY (Certification No. 21RA-ILL-WPC-81-12)
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  • ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 24, 1985PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PCB 83—215COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY,(Certification No.
  • Edison
waived its right to file a reply brief by letter dated August 29,1985.
  • The Board then concluded that because cooling ponds and towers
are primarily employed to reduce thermal energy (heat) bydissipating it to the atmosphere, they fell within the purview ofsubparagraph (a)(i).
  • Edison argues that this interpretation is at odds with
common English usage which ‘requires that the adjective“radioactive’ modify both parts of the compound noun‘contaminents sic or energy”.
  • (Edison Brief at 8).
  • Thus,
according to Edison, su...
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