ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August
    30,
    1990
    WESTERN ILLINOIS POWER
    )
    COOPERATIVE,
    INC.,
    (n/k/a
    )
    Soyland Power Cooperative,
    Inc.),
    )
    Petitioner,
    PCB 85—164
    V.
    )
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    DISSENTING STATEMENT
    (by J.D. Dumelle):
    This case
    is the second oldest case in the Board’s
    backlog.
    It was filed on October
    24,
    1985.
    It
    is almost
    5 years
    old.
    The Board has been criticized by both the Federal government
    and by the IEPA for taking too long to decide matters before
    it.
    Furthermore
    in two separate filings
    in R90-8 the IEPA has
    pointedly cited the instant case as an example of Board-allowed
    delays.
    Yet the majority has again given more time for the laggard
    Petitioner
    to submit materials and to hold
    its hearing.
    I fully
    agree with Board Member Bill
    S.
    Forcade.
    This case should have
    been dismissed for want of prosecution.
    What have been
    the
    environmental consequences
    of the failure
    of the new (and
    presumably stricter)
    permit being held
    in abeyance by this delay?
    For these reasons,
    I dissent.
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    72
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    Ja ob
    D. Dumelle,
    P.E.
    B
    rd Member
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn, Clerk o
    the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board hereby certify that the above Dissei~ting~Statementwas
    submitted on the
    ~
    day of
    xjc
    ~
    1990.
    7~.
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    114—717

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