Beginning 7/1/2026, the applicable filing fee for the Pollution Control Board will be $250. This is a change to the Environmental Protection Act 415 ILCS 5/7.5 that was approved in Public Act 104-0466. The filing fee amount will be adjusted every July 1 based on the language dictated per P.A 104-0466 and statutory change to 415 ILCS 5/7.5.
The Board or the assigned hearing officer may decide to hold a hearing by videoconference. In deciding whether to do so, the Board or the hearing officer will consider factors like cost-effectiveness, efficiency, facility accommodations, witness availability, public interest, the parties’ preferences, and the proceeding’s complexity and contentiousness. Any party to an adjudicatory case or participant in a rulemaking may request that a hearing be held by videoconference. For more information about videoconference hearings, please refer below to Part 101 of the Board’s procedural rules.