ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 15, 1997
    W.R. MEADOWS, INC.,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-195
    (Permit Appeal - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
    On May 5, 1997, W.R. Meadows, Inc. filed a petition for review of permit regarding its facility
    located in Hampshire, Kane 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 assigned hearing officer.
    The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk of the Board of the time and location of the
    hearing at least 30 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. Absent any future waivers of the decision deadline, the statutory decision deadline is now September
    2, 1997 (120 days from May 5, 1997); the Board meeting immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for
    August 21, 1997.
    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 permit application within 14 days of
    notice of the petition.
    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 15th day of May, 1997, by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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