ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September
    26,
    1991
    GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
    )
    ELECTRIC-MOTIVE DIVISION,
    )
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 91—160
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    C.
    Marlin):
    On September 23, 1991, the Agency filed a motion for extension
    of
    time
    in
    which
    to
    file
    its
    Recommendation
    in
    this
    variance
    proceeding.
    In support thereof, the Agency notes that petitioner
    seeks relief from certain of the Board’s PACT rules adopted in R91-
    7.
    The Agency notes that these rules are “substantially the same”
    as those adopted by the USEPA
    in its Federal Implementation Plan
    (FIP)
    at 55 Fed. Reg.
    26814, June 29,
    1990.
    The Agency states that
    petitioner
    has appealed
    the
    FIP promulgation,
    and
    is
    currently
    negotiating its appeal with USEPA.
    The Agency asserts that “the
    results
    of
    these
    negotiations
    could
    significantly
    impact
    the
    substance and even necessity”
    for the relief requested here,
    and
    that negotiations are expected to conclude “within the foreseeable
    future.”
    The Agency further states that petitioner has expressed
    no objection to the granting of this motion,
    and has waived the
    decision date in this matter.
    The
    Board
    notes
    that
    hearing
    in
    this matter
    is
    presently
    scheduled for November
    4,
    1991 and that the decision deadline has
    been waived until May
    8,
    1992.
    The Board will accordingly grant
    the Agency an extension of time through February
    1,
    1992 in which
    to
    file
    its Recommendation.
    In
    the event
    a
    further waiver
    is
    received,
    however,
    the Hearing Officer .is authorized to grant
    an
    extension of the time for the filing of the Agency’s Recommendation
    provided that
    it
    is received no later than the 90th day prior to
    the Board’s decision deadline.
    The Hearing Officer may continue
    the hearing in this matter consistent with the terms of the Board’s
    September 12, 1991 Order.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    126—329
    2
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boar~ hereby certify ~k~h~the
    above Order was adopted on the
    c~’~- day of ________________________,
    1991 by a vote of
    ____
    ~Dorothy
    M.
    G,x~n,
    Clerk’
    Illinois Po~2utionControl Board
    126—330

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