ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 7, 1996
    ESG WATTS, iNC., (Taylor Ridge!
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    Andalusia Landfill),
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    Petitioner,
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    )
    v.
    )
    PCB96-181
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    (Permit Appeal
    -
    Land)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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    PROTECTION AGENCY,
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    )
    Respondent.
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    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On February 15, 1996, ESG Watts, Inc. filed a petition forreview ofpermit regarding its
    facility located in Rock Island County, Illinois. This matter is accepted forhearing.
    The hearing must be scheduled and completed in a timely manner. The Board will assign
    a hearing officer to conduct hearings consistent with this order, and the Clerk ofthe Board shall
    promptly issue appropriate directions to that assigned hearing officer.
    The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk ofthe Board ofthe time and location
    ofthe hearing at least 40 days in advance ofhearing so that public notice ofhearing may be
    published. After hearing, the hearing officer shall submit an exhibit list, a statement regarding
    credibility ofwitnesses and all actual exhibits to the Board within five days ofthe hearing. Any
    briefing schedule shall provide for final filings as expeditiously as possible and, in time-limited
    cases, no later than 30 daysprior to the decision due date, which is the final regularly scheduled
    Board meeting date on or before the statutory or deferred decision deadline. Absent any future
    waivers ofthe decision deadline, the statutory decision deadline is now June 14, 1996 (120 days
    from February 15, 1996); the Board meeting immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for
    June 6, 1996.
    Ifafter 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
    III. Adm. Code 105.102) require the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency (Agency) to file the entire Agency record ofthe permit application within 14
    days ofnotice ofthe petition.
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    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
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    day of
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    1996, by a vote of
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    Dorothy M. oçthn, Clerk
    Illinois Polli~onControl Board

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