ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
May
20,
1993
ASHLAND CHEMICAL INC.,
)
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 91—208
)
(Permit Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by
C.
A.
Manning):
This matter is before the Board on status report filed on
May 19,
1993,
by Ashland Chemical Inc.
(Ashland).
In its report
Ashland states that this appeal was filed on November
4,
1991, to
contest four conditions in a permit.
Three of those conditions
relate to the operation of a new storage facility and one relates
to the remedial activities which had been included as interim
measures in the permit.
Ashland states that the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency) has verbally agreed with
the concern regarding the interim measure language and that this
portion of the appeal can be resolved by agreement.
Ashland also reports that since the time of the last status
report the Agency has approved its closure plans with regard to
three hazardous waste tanks but has not yet issued a modified
permit.
Additionally, Ashland states that the parties are
continuing their discussions regarding a modified permit but that
the Agency believes the process will take an additional three
months to complete.
Finally, Ashland states that the Agency has
reviewed the status report and has no objections.
The Board notes that Ashland has provided a limited waiver
of the Board’s decision deadline until December 27,
1993.
To
allow adequate time for the filing of briefs and Board
deliberation before the deadline, the Board requires that
hearings be scheduled approximately 120 days prior to the
decision deadline.
It
is the responsibility of the petitioner to
provide adequate waivers and proceed with the matter in a timely
manner.
The parties are hereby directed to file their next
status report on or before August 20,
1993.
In the event that
this case has not been dismissed,
an additional waiver must be
supplied to the Board or this matter will be set for hearing.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N. 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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1993,
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Dorothy N. ~unn, Clerk
Illinois 1~llutionControl Board
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