ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    20, 1990
    THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY and
    )
    CONSUMERS ILLINOIS WATER
    COMPANY,
    Petitioners,
    PCB 88—84
    v.
    )
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Respondent.
    CONCURRING OPINION (by J
    .
    D. Dumelle):
    My reason
    for concurring lies in the extreme age of this
    proceeding.
    The Board handed down its
    initial decision in this
    matter on December 15,
    1988.
    That is more than
    2 years ago.
    The pertinent Board rule,
    103.241, only allows one year
    for
    motions of this type.
    Why then the delay?
    Nutrasweet could have
    asked for expedited consideration of AS 89—3 any time after May,
    1990.
    It did not do so.
    The Board itself is partly at fault
    for not promptly
    processing AS 89—3.
    But the Board has many cases
    it cannot get
    to because of manpower limitations.
    It works on the wheels that
    squeak
    the loudest.
    The Petitioners should have squeaked.
    For this reason,
    I concur.
    J cob D.
    Dumelle,
    P.E.
    CDR—CEC-USNR
    (Ret)
    Board Member
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board hereby certify that
    the above Concurring Opinion was
    submitted on the
    2S~’
    day of
    ~
    ,
    1990.
    ~
    Dorothy M.jGunn,
    erk
    Illinois ~llution
    Control Board
    117—5 1

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