HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 68-72 - 8/22/1972 - SUPPPORT IML/POLLUTION CONTROL RECOMM RESMUT] ON, No . (ali
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WHEREAS , tile. Illinois Municipa.1 League represent,,, the
interes-ts of over nine hundred i,,iunicipalitics in the State of
Illinois , and
WHEREAS , by the enactment- of the 13nvironmental Protection
Act of 1-970 , tbe Pollution Control Board, the Environmental
Protection Agency , and the Institute for Environmental Quali.t�,
haVe been established , and
WHEREAS, the member municipalities of the Illinois
Municipal League firmly and st ronol), support the objective
of a clean and pure environi.��ent , and
WHEREAS, only 'throuE2'li the cooperation of the' Govcrnm�ej,'.t
of the State of Illinois and the units of local government so
affected by tile Environmental Protection Act of 1970 , can units
of local government meet the challenge and responsibility , and
WHEREAS , by orders entered by the Pollution Control
Board , widespread prohibitions of open burning purportedly
have been made , and whereas the pachaging of various forms
of waste in plastic containers and the disposal thereof and
of dead wood and trees by the sanitary land fill method may
present serious problems in the future , and whereas there are
not enougb land fill sites available for the continued use, of-
this method of disposal , and
WHEREAS, various municipalities have arranged financing
for and have let contracts for disposal- facilities oil the
strbngth of the information received by them from the State .
departments or agencies as to the environi-j,,ental protection
requirements , only to find t],at such requirements ha��c been
C11,111ged , and
ILAe dolegatt.;,s in 'Che Annual Confei-ence of
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tile Illinois Mtu')Icipal League do believe that cortain problcills
must be resolved and tbat po'licies sliould be adoptt�d indicating
the gener'll Concern of this del-evation .
NOW, THEIREFOIZE' , BE IT RESOLVI'D THAT :
1 . The State of 11-1-iiiois aiicl the Environmental
Protection Agency' proceed irimiedi,-tely to provide the financiiig
of the State portion as well as prefiiianciiij; the Federal mo-n-io's
needed to the various units of local gov--riimcnt in order to
meet the deadlines for compliance in the area of. secondary
and tertiary treatment .
2 . The Environmental Protection Agency should
immediately interpret the standards to be applied to municipalities
and sanitary districts regarding storm water overflow systems
and storm water treatment aiid reduce those interpretations to
writing .
3 . The Environem-nial Protection Agency should immediat-ely
put into writing thoiY -intor).-�rctations and policies of administra-tion
of the Environi,,iental Protection Act of 197/ 0 , and their interpretation
of the rules and rogulat ions of the Pollution Control Board .
4 . The State of Illinois a-nd, the Environuicntal. Protoction
Agency should imi,,,ioddateIL- p-.iblicly propose a program of financl-III(T
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and immodiatel commit itself to that program to support the cost
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of storm water overf low treatment systems and storm water treatment
systems to meet the criteria as determined by the Agency in
support of the rules promulgated by the Pollution .Control. Board .
5 . All policy positions and rules and regulations of
the Pollution Control Baord and all changes therein be accompdnied
by the engineering feasibility report furnished by the Environerlintal
Protection Agency .
6 . As a means of meeting the challenge for solid waste
disposal in the State of Illinois , the Environmental Protection
Agency should cause to be introduced and support legislation
in the General Assembly providing necessary funds for the
original capital investi-2ent of constructing solid waste disposal.
faci 1 4 t i e S
so as to reduce solid v.,aste matter to a sm.-1,11 fraction
of its original vo-lume , upon a municipal , county or arca- basis
as determined by the need therefor .
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BE I'll FURTHL11Z RESOL�7ED thlat. 'L!jo Illinois IMunicipal
League and the coi-imi it toes of said League i,.,hose efforts are
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directed in the area of Pollution Control- be directed to
co ntinue those, efforts for the improvement of relationships ,
communication and understanding between the units of local.
government , the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Pollution Control Board and the Attorney General ' s office .
The above and fore animously
going resolutions i,.,ero un
adopted by the Board of Directorsof the Illinois Municipal
League at its meeting of August S , 1972 , at Rock Island ,
Illinois .
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Vill age of Elk Grove Villa-ge , Counties
of Cool.- anJ DuPage , State of Illinois , that the above and
foregoing resolutions be unanimously adopted at t�c lllinois
Municipal Conference , Chicago , Illinois , September 23- 25 , 1972 .
PASSED this day of .1972
APPROVED this, ?_-!;1 day of 1972 .
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Charles J Z o t t e
Village P�es'i`dent
ATTEST :
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Richard A. McGrenera, Village Clerk