ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
November 29,
1988
WASTE MANAGEMENT,
INC.,
)
)
Petitioner,
)
)
v.
)
PCB 84—45
)
84—61
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
84-68
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J. Anderson):
On January 20,
1987,
the Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency) moved
to modify the Board1s Order of November
26,
1984.
On September 14,
1987, Waste Management,
Inc.
(WMI)
filed
its last of
a number of motions requesting an extension of time
to respond.
On September
17,
1987,
the Board
issued an Order providing
that:
1.
WMI’s response time was extended until October
9,
1987.
2.
WMI was ordered to inform the Agency by
October
5,
1987 of any intention to seek
additional response time.
3.
Both parties were ordered
to file a status
report by October
9, 1987.
WMI filed
its status report~onOctober
9,
1987, stating
that
it intended
to withdraw its RCRA Part B permit application for
its ESL facility and thus the Agency’s concerns
in its Motion to
Modify are “moot and
no longer at issue”.
The Agency filed
its status report on October
13,
1987
stating that the ESL facility is not presently accepting “solid,
special
or hazardous wastes” and that it had not been notified of
an extension of time to
reply.
While the Board appreciates
the complexities involved,
it
observes that WMI,
in its status
report,
did not assert that the
status
report should also be construed as
a response to the
Agency’s January 20,
1987 motion,
nor has
the Agency moved
to
dismiss that motion or
otherwise reply
to WMI’s assertions.
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This matter
is
in limbo,
and the Board seeks a resolution.
Therefore, the Board orders WMI
to inform the Board whether WMI
in fact has withdrawn its RCRA Part B permit application.
The
Board orders the Agency
to inform the Board whether its motion
should be dismissed for lack of outstanding issues,
and
if not,
state
its reasons therefore.
The Board orders both parties to submit their
informational
filings by December 12,
1988.
If the parties desire, they may
file a joint submittal.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy
M. Gunn, Clerk
of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
hereby cert~
that the above Order was adopted on
the~9?Z day of
______________,
1988, by
a vote of
~
Dorothy M.,,~unn,Clerk
Illinois P~1lutionControl Board
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