ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December
6,
1984
CONCERNED
NEIGHBORS
FOR
A
)
~3ETTER
ENVIRONMENTç
Petitioner,
v
)
P03
84—173
COUNTY OF ROCK ILAND
AND
BROWNING—FERRIS
iNDUSTRIES
OF
)
IOWA,
INC.,
Respondents.
ORDER
OF
THE
BOARD
(by
3.
D.
Dumelle):
This matter
comes
before the Board upon a November 30,
1984,
motion to dismiss filed on behalf of Browning—Ferris
Industries
alleging that Concerned Neighbors for a Better Environment
(CNBE)
has no standing to bring this appeal because they “were not
parties to these proceedings, nor do they have any standing to
become parties since said corporation
is not an adjoining
property owner~”
CNBE
filed a response on December
6,
1984,
stating that it appeared at the County9 s public hearing and that
“each of seven directors of said organization is located so as to
be personally affected by the proposed facility.”
These are
adequate allegations to allow CNBE to initiate this action,
there
being no requirement that they be adjoining property owners.
(See Section 40,1(b)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Act).
The motion to dismiss
is hereby denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
It,,
Dorothy
M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certi.~ythat the above Order was adoptd on the
~
day of
~
,
1984 by a vote of
_____________
/~.
Dorothy M.
iunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board