ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
January 20, 1994
CITY OF
WHEATON
)
)
Petitioner,
)
v.
)
PCB 94—18
)
(UST Fund)
OFFICE OF THE ILLINOIS STATE
)
FIRE
MARSHAL,
)
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by C.A. Manning):
On January 7,
1994,
the City of Wheaton filed a petition for
review of an Office of the Illinois
State Fire Marshal
(“OSFN”)
eligibility
and
deductibility
determination
to
access
the
Underground
Storage
Tank
Fund.
The
OSFM
issued
a
final
determination letter on December 6, 1993 pursuant to 57.9(c) of the
Act and the appeal was brought under Section 57.9(c) (2).
(415 ILCS
5/57.9(c) (1993).~)The final determination concerns the Old Police
Station
located at 119 North
Wheaton
Avenue,
in
Wheaton,
DuPage
County,
Illinois.
This matter is hereby accepted for hearing.
The
hearing must
be
scheduled
and
completed
in
a
timely
manner,
consistent
with
Board
practices
and
the
applicable
statutory decision deadline or the waiver provisions
of
35
Iii.
Adm.
Code
101.105.
The
Chief
Hearing Officer
shall
assign
a
hearing officer to conduct hearings.
The Clerk of the Board shall
promptly
issue
appropriate
directions
to
the
assigned
hearing
officer consistent with this order.
The assigned hearing officer
shall
inform the Clerk of the
Board of the time and location of the hearing at least 40 days in
advance of hearing so that public notice may be published.
After
hearing,
the
hearing
officer
shall
submit
an
exhibit
list,
a
statement
regarding
credibility
of
witnesses
and
all
actual
exhibits
to
the
Board
within
five
days
of
the
hearing.
Any
briefing schedule shall provide for final filings as expeditiously
as possible and, in time-limited cases, no later than 30 days prior
to the decision due date, which is the final regularly scheduled
Board meeting date on or before the statutory or deferred decision
deadline.
In this case, pursuant to Section 40
(a) (2)
of the Act,
‘P.A.
88—496
became
effective
on
September
13,
1993.
P.A.
88-496
substantially
amended
the
Environmental
Protection
Act
repealing Sections 22.13,
22.18,
22.18b and 22.lBc, and adopting
new
Title
XVI,
and
specifically,
new
Section
57.
2
decision due date is May 5,
1994.
If
after
appropriate
consultation
with
the
parties,
the
parties fail to provide an acceptable hearing date or
if after
attempting to do so, the hearing officer is unable to consult with
the parties, the hearing officer shall unilaterally set a hearing
date in conformance with the above schedule.
The hearing officer
and the parties are encouraged to expedite this proceeding to the
extent possible.
This order will not appear in the Board’s opinion volumes.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
B ard, hereby certi
that the above order was adopted on the
_____
day of _________________________,
1994, by a
of
~
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~,/
Dorothy N. Gufl,
Clerk
Illinois Pol~tionControl Board