ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

 

June 28, 2005

 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, )

)

Complainant, )

)

v. ) PCB 00-104

) (Enforcement - Air)

THE HIGHLANDS, L.L.C. and MURPHY )

FARMS, INC. a division of MURPHY )

BROWN, LLC, a North Carolina limited )

liability corporation, and SMITHFIELD )

FOODS, INC., a Virginia corporation, )

)

Respondents. )

 

HEARING OFFICER ORDER

 

 

  

On May 27, 2005, the parties submitted proposed revised agreed discovery schedules.

The revised discovery schedule as to respondent The Highlands, L.L.C. is accepted to the extent

as follows: all parties must serve responses to all outstanding written discovery on or before July

15, 2005; depositions must be completed on or before November 15, 2005; all written discovery

must be served and responded to on or before December 15, 2005.

 

The revised discovery schedule as to Murphy Farms, Inc. is accepted to the extent as

follows: all parties must serve responses for all outstanding written discovery on or before July

15, 2005; complainant must disclose opinion witnesses and opinions on or before July 15, 2005;

respondent must disclose opinion witnesses and opinions on or before August 15, 2005;

depositions must be completed on or before November 15, 2005; all written discovery must be

served and responded to on or before December 15, 2005.

 

The parties are directed to participate in a telephonic status conference with the hearing

officer on July 7, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. The status conference must be initiated by the

complainant, but each party is nonetheless responsible for its own appearance. At the status

conference, the parties must be prepared to discuss the status of the above-captioned matter and

their readiness for hearing.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bradley P. Halloran

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center, Suite 11-500

100 W. Randolph Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

312.814.8917