ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June
7,
1990
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 87—150
(Permit Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J.D.
Dumelle):
On October
9,
1987, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
(“Natural Gas”)
filed
a petition for hearing concerning permit
denial for
an underground injection well along with
a genera?
waiver of decision deadline.
On November 15,
1988,
a Hearing
Officer Order was entered with the Board stating
that the parties
have reached
a settlement
through which a permit would be
issued.
The Order continued
the matter generally,
pending
the
formalizing of the settlement, and a filing of a motion to
dismiss by Natural Gas.
More
than a year—and—a—half has elapsed
since that date.
The Board has been advised by the Hearing Officer
that the
parties are still close
to formalizing
the settlement and that
the parties will consult
by phone with the Hearing Officer with
regard to status of settlement
in September,
1990.
The Board
directs the parties
to submit
a status report
no later
than
October
1,
1990.
If this case is not settled by that date,
the
Board will consider ordering
it
to hearing or dismissing
it
for
want
of prosecution.
IT
IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy
~4.Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,j~reby certify
th
the above Order
was
adopted on
the
7’~
day of
__________________
,
1990,
by a vote
of
7—0
~
Dorothy M/7Gunn, Clerk
Illinois ~‘ollution Control Board
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