I LLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

September

23,

1993

OLIN

CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB

 91—207

(Permit Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

 Ac;ENcY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

 (by C.A.

 Manning):

On November

4,

 1991,

 Olin Corporation

 (Olin) and the United

States

 Department

of

 Interior,

 Fish

and

 Wildlife Service

 (DOI)

filed a petition for hearing to review certain terms and conditions

contained

in

 modifications

 made

by

the

 Illinois

 Environmental

Protection Agency (Agency)

of

 a RCRA Part B Permit for the storage

of hazardous waste

 in containers

 in six magazines located

 in the

sourthern portion of “Ordill Area 13” of the Crab Orchard National

Wildlife Refuge, owned by DOl.

 On September 20, 1993, pursuant to

Board

 order,

the

 parties

 filed

a

 joint

 status

 report

in

 this

proceeding.

 The parties report that they continue to negotiate the

terms

and

 conditions

of

the

 Part

B

 Permit

 related

to

 facility

access

 which

 are the subject

of

 this

 appeal.

 The parties also

state that on

 September

7,

 1993,

 Olin and DOl submitted

 to the

Agency

a

new

 settlement

 proposal.

The

 Agency

is

 currently

evaluating its response to the proposal.

 The parties anticipate

that

the

 issues

 which

are

the

 subject

of

 this

 appeal

 will

be

sucessfully

 resolved

 without

 hearing,

and

 have

not

 commenced

discovery in this matter.

 Finally, the parties state that

 if an

agreement

is

 reached

 on the terms

 and conditions

 which

 are the

subject

 of the appeal,

 the Agency will issue

 a new draft Part

B

Permit or a modified Part B Permit for the facility, and Olin and

DOl will move for dismissal of this appeal.

The parties are ordered to file a status report in this matter

on or before December

27,

 1993,

 in the event this appeal has not

been dismissed.

IT IS

 SO ORDERED.

I,

 Dorothy

M.

 Gunn,

 Clerk

 of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the

day of ________________________

 1993,

by

 a vote of

Dorothy

 M. Gq~n,Clerk

Illinois pollution Control

 F3oard