ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 20, 1994
    NORTH SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT #112
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    Petitioner,
    v.
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    PCB 94—24
    (UST Fund)
    OFFICE OF THE ILLINOIS STATE
    FIRE MARSHAL,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On January 12, 1994, the North Shore School District #112
    filed a petition for review of an Office of the Illinois State Fire
    Marshal (“OSFI’l”) eligibility and deductibility determination to
    access the Underground Storage Tank Fund. The OSFN issued a final
    determination letter on December 13, 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).1) The final determination concerns the
    Braeside Elementary School in North Shore School District #112.
    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 Ill.
    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,
    the statutory decision deadline is May 12, 1994; therefore, the
    1P.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 22.18c, and adopting
    new Title XVI, and specifically, new Section 57.
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    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 N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi that the above order was adopted on the
    ~‘i~/—day of _________________________, 1994, by a vote of
    Dorothy M.
    Illinois
    erk
    Control Board

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