ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

18,

1996

ROYER OIL COMPANY, INC.,

)

)

Petitioner,

)

)

PCB 96-177

V.

)

(UST

-

Reimbursement)

)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

)

Respondent.

)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.

Yi):

This matter

is before the Board pursuant to an

Illinois Environmental

Protection

Agency (Agency)

motion for an extension of time

to file

Agency Record.

Royer Oil

Company,

Inc.

(Royer) filed this appeal of the Agency’s underground storage tank

reimbursement decision on February 13,

1996.

The Agency requests the Board

to

grant an

extension ofthe

14

day period

for filing the Agency Record

to

any other date not less than 21

days from the date of the scheduled public hearing,

if a hearing is scheduled.

The

Agency

states that no prejudice

will

result

in granting

the extension,

as the

Petitioner

is already

in possession of the majority of documents

which would constitute the

Record.

Additionally, the Agency

states that the parties are engaged

in

negotiations and would

be willing

to

submit status reports concerning the progress of the matter.

No hearing has been

scheduled and Royer has filed an open

waiver

in this matter.

The Board grants the Agency’s motion for an extension of time.

The Agency Record

is

now due 30

days prior to the date of a scheduled hearing in

this matter.

The

Hearing Officer

assigned to

this matter when

scheduling a hearing,

in

the same order,

shall also establish the

filing date of the Agency Record consistent with

this order.

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

/~-~

day of

x~L~

,

1996, by

a vote of

Control Board