ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
August 15, 1996
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Argonne
National Laboratory),
Petitioners,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
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PCB 96-231
(UST - Appeal)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
On May 10, 1996 the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency), the U.S.
Department of Energy, and the University of Chicago (petitioners) filed a joint notice of
extension of the 35-day appeal period pursuant to Section 40 of the Environmental Protection
Act, relating to an April 5, 1996 Agency determination.
By order of May 16, 1996 the Board reserved docket PCB 96-231 for any petition
which might be filed by the petitioners. The order stated, “In the event that petitioners fail to
file an appeal on or before July 5, 1996 (the 90th day after April 5, 1996), the Board will
dismiss the docket as unnecessary.”
No petition has been filed. This matter is dismissed and the docket is closed as
unnecessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1994)) provides for
the appeal of final Board orders within 35 days of the date of service of this order. The Rules
of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish filing requirements. (See also 35 Ill. Adm. Code
101.246 “Motions for Reconsideration”.)
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
the above order was adopted on the _____ day of ___________, 1996, by a vote of
______________.
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Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board