ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 11, 1994
    ACME STEEL COMPANY,
    )
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 91-28
    PCB 92—2
    )
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
    On August 3, 1994, petitioner Acme Steel Company (Acme) and
    respondent Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
    filed a joint status report in this proceeding. This status
    report is in response to a March 31, 1994 Board order, directing
    Acme to file a status report by August 1. Acme also filed a
    motion for leave to file the status report
    instanter.
    That
    motion to file
    instanter
    is granted.
    Acme again states that it is working with the Agency in
    pursuing permanent relief from the standards at issue in these
    appeals. Acme states that it filed a petition for adjusted
    standard with the Board on March 24, 1994. Acme states that if
    granted, that petition (docketed as AS 94—8) would resolve the
    permit appeals with regard to thermal permit limitations. Acme
    further states that the Agency is currently considering Acme’s
    January 1994 proposal to resolve the other challenged permit
    conditions, and that the Agency has indicated that it may include
    many of those suggestions in Acme’s new permit. Acme recommends
    that this matter be stayed for 90 days pending resolution of the
    adjusted standard petition.
    The information contained in the August 3 status report is
    almost identical to that submitted by Acme on March 25, 1994,
    with the only new information being the reference to the
    possibility that the Agency will include many of Acme’s
    suggestions in the new permit. There is no further information
    on the progress of the adjusted standard petition, nor any
    timeline for resolution of the other challenged conditions.’ The
    The Board notes that we today granted the Agency’s
    third request for extension of time to respond to Acme’s adjusted
    standard petition (AS 94—8), so that the Agency’s response is now
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    joint status report is not accepted. Acme is directed to file an
    additional status report no later than August 26, 1994. That
    status report shall contain, at a minimum, an estimated timeline
    for progress and resolution of the adjusted standard, a summary
    of the other outstanding issues which would not be resolved by
    the adjusted standard, and an estimated time for resolution of
    those issues. Failure to provide this information will result in
    scheduling a hearing in this matter.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board~hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
    //~—
    day of
    1-
    ,
    1994, by a vote of ~
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    ~U.
    ~Dorothy M.unn, Clerk
    Illinois Pc~11utionControl Board
    due on September 30, 1994. The Agency’s request for additional
    time is based upon discussions with Acme, and Acme’s agreement to
    supplement the record of the adjusted standard proceeding “within
    30 days”.

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