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IITOTION

TO

MAKE MORE DEFINITE

rIrE

grupN

FqR

Rlpyl*ru_w_or-

LAND

A_ND

r"LseqMp4Ng

NOW

COMES

the

Wtr-L

COUNTY

BOARD, by

its attorneys, and

pursuant

to Section

l0l.243

of

the Procedural

Rules

of

the lllinois Pollution Control

Board

("IPCB"

or

"Board"),

35

lil.

Admin.

Code

10i.24.J,

moves

for

an order

requiring

Land and

Lakes

Ccmpany

("LALC")

to

make its

Petition

for

Review

more definite,

requiring

LALC

to

state

which of

the

nine criteria

it contends

were

not

satisfied

and rcquiring facts

to support

its claim 'that

the

siting

process

used

the

Cormty

was fundamentally

unf'air."

In

support

of

this

Motion

to Make More Definite,

the Will County Board states:

1.

On or about

Aprii

12,1999, LALC

filed its Petition

for Review

("Petition")

with

the

Board,

challenging

the siting

decision of

the Will County Board

conditionally

approving

ttre

siting

application

of

Waste lVlanagement

of lllinois, Inc.

("WMII")

for

the

proposed

Prairie

View

Recycling

and Disposal

Facility

("Prairie

View

RDF").

Service of

said Petition was

complete

on

the

same

date.

2.

As

the basis of its

challenge, I-ALC's

Petition

at

page

2

states

.

.

.

"the

siting

process

used

by the County was

fundamentally

unfair"

and the

"decision

that

WMtr

has satisfied

all nine

of the

criteria

set forth

in Section

39.2

is against

the

manifest

weight

of the

evidence."

3.

At no time

does LALC set

forth with

any

particularity

whatsoever

which

criteria

it contends were

not satisfied

or how

the

process

was

fundamentally

unfair,

beyond

what

is

stated in

paragraph

2 above.

4.

In its

Order dated April 15,

L999, accepting

the

appeals

for

hearing,

ihe Boarcl

acknowledges

that LALC's Petition

lacks

detail.

"Petitioner

contends,

without

aclclitional

detajl.

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i

I

hat

the

decision

is

against

the

manifest

weight

of

the

evidence'

and

that

the

proceedings

rvere

fundamentaily

unfair'"

Order

at

page

3'

5.LALC,sPetitionisinsutficienttoallowRespondenttopfepaleitsdefense;the

allegations

are

so

vague

and

conclusory

that

they

should

be

stricken

or

made

more

definite'

r r-----^-^ri+a- Qonitrrv District.60

Ul'

App'

3d

9g5'377

N'E'2d

114'

17

I11.

Dec.924(1978).

Illinois

is

a

"fact-pleading"

state'

which

requires

the

pleader

to

set

out

ultimate

facts

whic;h

support

his

claim.

Legal

concrusions

unsupported

by

a'egations

of

specific

facts

are

insufficient.

while

pleading

requirements

for

administrative

review

may

be

less

exacting

than

for

other

causes

of

action,

solqe

facts

must

be

stated

so

as

to

apprise

a

party

of

ttre

nature

of

the

charges

against

it

and

so

as

to

enabie

adequate

prepafatioll

of

a

defense'

La$glle

Nationat

Tn+g!

N.A.

v.

Village

dMettawa

,24g

1ll'App'

3d

500'

55?'

616

N"E'2d

1291

(2"d

Drst'

,PCB

g7-t74

(June

5'

lg97

and

September

18'

r993).

|gg7).I.ALC,sPetitioncontainsonlyconclusoryallegationsandisdevoidofanyfacts

whatsoever.

6.Failuretoallegeanyfactstosupportitsccnclusoryallegationthatthesiting

process

was

fundamenta'y

unfair

or

which

criteria

it

contends

were

not

met

is

insufficient

as

a

matteroflaw.Respondent.isnotapprisedofthenaturaoftheallegationsagainstit;the

allegationsaretoobroadtoallowcounseltoadequatelyprepareitsdefenseasrequiredbythe

Board,s

own

rules

at

section

lo3.l22(c),35

Ill.

Admin.

code

103.122(c)'

Agudar

v'-g!L-gf

WqgdDale,

PCB

94-75

(March

t7

'

1994)'

7

.

Given

the

limited

timeframe

of

this

siting

appeal,

Respondent

requests

that

any

order

entered

compelling

LALc

ro

amend

its

perition

require

LAL.

to

do

so

within

five

(5)

days

of

the

order,

or

be

subject

to

dismissal'

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WHEREFOR'E,

Responclent,

WILI,

COUNTY

BOARD,

respectfully

requests

an

order

requidng

LALC

to state

facts

on

which

it

bases

its

conclusion

that

the

siting

process

wa.r

fundamentally

unfair

and

which

*iteria

it

contends

were

not

satisfieel.

Respectfully

submitted,

WILL

COUNTY

BOARD.

Respondent,

Dated:

Aprtl30,

1999

Christine

G.

Zeman

HODGE

&

DWYER

808

South

Second

Street

Springfield,

Illinois

62jM

(2r7)

s23-4e00

Charles

F.

Flelsten

HINSHAW

& CULBERTSON

100

Park

Avenue

Post

Oftice

Box

1389

RocMord,

Illinois

61 105..0589

(815)

963-S48S

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CERTIFICATE

CF

MIi.ILING

The

undersigned

hereby

certifies

that

she

served

a copy

of

the

foregoing

MOTION

TO

IvI/dKE

IvIoR.E

DEF'TNITE

THE

PETITTON

FoR

REvIEw

oF LAND

AND

LaKDS

COMPANY

upon:

Ms.

Dorothy

M.

Gunn

Clerk

of the

Eoard

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Boald

100

West

Randolph

Suite

11-500

Chicago,

Illinois

60601

Elizabeth

S.

Harvey,

Esq.

Michael

J.

Maher,

Esq.

McKenna,

Storer,

Rowe,

White

& Farrug

200

North

l-aSalle

Streer

Suite

3000

Chicago,

Illinois

60601

via

Airborne

Express

on

April

30,

1999;

and

Charles

F.

Helsten,

Esq.

Hinshaw

& Culbertson

l0O

Park

Avenue

Post

O,ffice

Box

1389

Rockfirrd,

Illinois

61 105-0589

Albert

F. Ettinger,

Esq.

StaffAttomey

Environmcntal

Law

and Policy

Center

Of

the N,{idwest

35 Wacker

Drive

suite

1300

Chicago,

Illinois

6A6U-2208

John

C.

Knittle,

Esq.

Hearing

Officer

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

100

West

Randolph

Suite

11-50C

Chicago,

Illinois

6O6CI

Donald

J.

Moran,

Esq.

Pedersen

& Floupt

161

North

Clarli

Streer

Suire

3100

Clricago,

Illinois

6A60I-3224

Iiathleen

Konicki,

Esq.

13325

167th

Street

Lockport,

Illinois

6A44I

by

depositing

said

copies

in

the

united

states

Mail

in

springfield,

Illinois

on April30,

1999.

Cluistine

G.Tnman