Marblehead Lime Co. v. Pollution Control Board

This is a petition for review of an order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (hereinafter the Board) directing petitioner, Marblehead Lime Company, to cease and desist from violation of section 9(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 111M, par. 1009(a)), and imposing a fine of *20,000 for past violations.

Petitioner owns and operates a lime manufacturing plant located at 3245 East 103rd Street in the City of Chicago. The main process employed at the plant is the calcination of raw limestone (calcium carbonate) in rotary kilns. The end product of the kiln operation…