ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 15, 1994
    WILLIAM BARTZ,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 94—250
    (UST-Fund)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On September 13, 1994, William Bartz filed.a petition for
    review of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) final
    reimbursement determination from the Underground Storage Tank
    Fund. The Agency issued a final reimbursement decision on August
    9, 1994, accompanied by Attachment A which contains the stated
    reasons for deductions. The final determination concerns William
    Bartz’s site located at 5002 West Diversey Avenue, Chicago, Cook
    County, Illinois. 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. Adm. Code 101.105). The
    Board will assign a hearing officer to conduct hearings
    consistent with this order, and the Clerk of the Board shall
    promptly issue appropriate directions to that hearing officer.
    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.
    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
    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 reimbursement application within 14 days of

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    notice of the petition.
    This order will not appear in the Board’s opinion volumes.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, here)~ycertify that the above order was adopted on the
    ____
    day of
    __________________
    ,
    1994, by a vote of
    __________
    Dorothy M. G,4~nn, Clerk
    Illinois PoJ~ution Control Board

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