Modine Manufacturing Co. v. Pollution Control Board

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Modine Manufacturing Company, appeals from an order of the respondent, Pollution Control Board, in which respondent granted petitioner a variance from specific water and effluent standards but rejected petitioner’s request to have a stream reclassified as secondary-contact water.

Petitioner operates a plant in Ringwood, Illinois, where it manufactures air conditioning condensers and evaporators. The plant uses a substantial amount of water which is drawn from its wells and discharged into a three-state lagoon…