ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 17, 1994
IN THE MATTER OF:
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PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC WATER
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POLLUTION RULES AND REGULATIONS
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R81-19
APPLICABLE TO CITIZENS UTILITIES
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(Rulemaking)
COMPANY OF ILLINOIS DISCHARGE
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TO LILY CACHE CREEK
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(On Remand)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
On March 7, 1994, Citizens Utilities Company of Illinois
(Citizens) filed a Motion to Defer Proceedings. Citizens
represents the company has been engaged in settlement
negotiations with the USEPA in order to resolve all outstanding
issues relating to Citizens’ Plant No. 1 involved in the instant
site-specific rulemaking. Citizens’ states that at this time, a
settlement has not been reduced to writing; however, upon
completion of all necessary settlement documents, and their
approval and execution, R81-19 will be moot. Citizens further
represents the USEPA has advised Citizens it will take at least
ninety days to complete the process.
As such, Citizens requests that the Board defer these
proceedings for ninety days. The motion is hereby granted.
Citizens is directed to file a status report with the Clerk of
the Board on or before Thursday, June 16, 1994. The report shall
indicate the status of the negotiations with the USEPA, whether
additional time will be required to complete negotiations, or
whether it will be necessary to proceed with this rulemaking. In
the event that settlement is reached sooner than anticipated,
Citizens is requested to file the appropriate motion withdrawing
its petition for a site-specific rule.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
R.C. Flemal abstained.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
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day of
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1994, by a vote of
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