ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

March 17, 1994

NICHOLS

ALUMINUM,

Petitioner,

v.

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PCB 94—85

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(Permit Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD:

On March 11, 1994, Nichols Aluminum filed a petition for

review of an air emission control equipment construction permit

regarding its Bliss Mill facility, located in Lake County. This

matter is 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 decision deadline as extended

by a waiver (petitioner may file a waiver of the statutory

decision deadline pursuant to 35 Ill. Adin. 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 of hearing 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, the statutory

decision deadline is July 9, 1994, and therefore, the decision

due date is June 23, 1994.

If after appropriate consultation with the parties, the

parties fail to provide an acceptable hearing date or if after an

attempt the hearing officer is unable to consult with the

parties, the hearing officer shall unilaterally set a hearing

date in conformance with the schedule above. The hearing

officer and the parties are encouraged to expedite this

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proceeding as much as possible. The Board notes that Board rules

(35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.102) require the Agency to file the entire

Agency record of the permit application within 14 days of notice

of the petition.

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 certify that the above ordpr was adopted on the

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