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1 BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
2
3 IN THE MATTER OF:
4 Petition for Ford Motor Company )
(Chicago Assembly Plant) ) AS-00-6
5 Adjusted Standard from 35 Ill ) (Adjusted St
andard.)
Adm Code Section 218.986 )
6
7 The following is a transcript of
the
8 proceedings held in the above-entitled matter ta
ken
9 stenographically before TERRY A. STRONER, CSR, a
10 notary public within and for the County of Cook
and
11 State of Illinois, taken before, Amy Muran Felto
n,
12 Hearing Officer, at 100 West Randolph Street,
13 Chicago, Illinois, on the 27th day of January, A
.D.,
14 2000, scheduled to commence at 1:30 o'clock p.m.
,
15 commencing at 1:35 o'clock p.m.
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1 A P P E A R A N C E S:
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3 HEARING TAKEN BEFORE:
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5 ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD,
100 West Randolph Street
6 Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
7 (312) 814-4925
BY: MS. AMY MURAN FELTON
8 HEARING OFFICER
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SCHIFF, HARDIN & WAITE,
10 7200 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606
11 (312) 876-1000
BY: MR. SHELDON A. ZABEL
12
13 Appeared on behalf of Ford
Motor Company,
14
15 ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
1021 North Grand Avenue East
16 P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794
17 (217) 782-5544
BY: MS. DEBORAH J. WILLIAMS
18
Appeared on behalf of the Illinois
19 Environmental Protection Agency.
20
ALSO PRESENT:
21
Robert A. Harsh
22 John C. Baguzis
Christopher Romaine
23 Karl Karg
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1 I N D E X
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3 GREETING BY HEARING OFFICER............ 4-6
4 INTRODUCTION OF PARTIES................ 6-6
5 OPENING STATEMENT BY MR. ZABEL......... 7-12
6 OPENING STATEMENT BY MS. WILLIAMS...... 13-17
7 STATEMENT BY MR. ROMAINE............... 18-19
8 CLOSING COMMENTS BY HEARING OFFICER.... 20-23
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1 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Good afternoon and
2 welcome. I am Amy Muran Felton and I am a heari
ng
3 officer with the Illinois Pollution Control Boar
d.
4 I have been assigned to preside over this hearin
g
5 today in the matter of petition of Ford Motor
6 Company, Chicago assembly plant, for an adjusted
7 standard from 35 Illinois Administrative Code
8 218.986 documented by the Board as AS 00-6.
9 Today is Thursday, January 27th, 2000,
and
10 it is approximately 1:30 p.m. I note that aside
11 from the parties and their representatives there
do
12 not appear to be any members of the public prese
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13 with us today at this time.
14 The hearing was scheduled and noticed
15 pursuant to Sections 106.506 and 102.162 of the
16 Board's procedural rules. This hearing will be
17 governed in accordance with the Illinois
18 Environmental Protection Act and the Board's
19 procedural rules, specifically, Sections 101.220
,
20 101.221 and 102 point -- Subpart J of the Board'
s
21 procedural rules regarding hearings will apply t
o
22 these proceedings.
23 This hearing is intended to develop a
24 record for review of this adjusted standard
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1 proceeding by the Illinois Pollution Control Boa
rd.
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2 I will remind you that I will not be deciding th
is
3 case. Rather, it is the Pollution Control Board
4 that will be making the decision upon review of
the
5 complete record in this matter.
6 My job is strictly to ensure that an
7 orderly hearing and a clear record is establishe
d so
8 that the Board can have all the necessary
9 information before it prior to rendering a decis
ion
10 in this case.
11 After the hearing, the parties will ha
ve
12 an opportunity to submit posthearing briefs. We
13 will also establish a public comment period. Th
ese
14 particular posthearing filings will be also
15 considered by the Board prior to rendering its
16 decision. All witnesses will be sworn and subje
ct
17 to cross-examination. The parties may ask a
18 question of any witness.
19 Any questions asked by the hearing off
icer
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20 or anyone else present with us today are not
21 intended to express any preconceived notions or
22 bias, but are only to build a complete record fo
r
23 review by the Pollution Control Board.
24 Before we begin with the hearing today
, I
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1 would like to just begin with the introduction o
f
2 the parties. If you please could start first wi
th
3 the petitioner and then with the interested part
y
4 that's here with us today.
5 MR. ZABEL: I'm Sheldon Zabel, with the law
6 firm of Schiff, Hardin & Waite representing Ford
7 Motor Company. Do you want me to introduce the
8 gentlemen with me?
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9 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Please.
10 MR. ZABEL: To my far right is John Baguzis
, an
11 environmental control engineer at Ford's
12 environmental quality office in Michigan, and ne
xt
13 to me is Rob Harsh, an environmental engineer at
the
14 Chicago assembly plant.
15 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Now proceeding wit
h
16 the interested party that's with us today.
17 MS. WILLIAMS: My name is Deborah Williams
and
18 I'm assistant counsel representing the Illinois
19 Environmental Protection Agency.
20 MR. ROMAINE: I'm Christopher Romaine. I w
ork
21 for the Illinois EPA in the permit section. I'v
e
22 also worked extensively in VOC rule making and I
've
23 dealt with Ford Motor Company.
24 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Great, thank you,
very
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1 much. Now, I would like to address any outstand
ing
2 or prehearing motions. To my knowledge, there's
3 only one outstanding motion, and that is the
4 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's motio
n
5 for leave to file instanter the Agency's
6 recommendation which was filed with the Board
7 December 3, 1999.
8 MR. ZABEL: No objections.
9 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: As there appear to
be
10 no objections to the Agency's request to file th
eir
11 recommendation instanter, the Agency's motion is
12 granted.
13 Are there any other outstanding motion
s or
14 prehearing matters that we need to discuss?
15 MR. ZABEL: Nothing that I'm aware of.
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16 MS. WILLIAMS: I have none.
17 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Okay. Great. See
ing
18 as there are none, what I thought we would do no
w is
19 proceed first with opening statements on behalf
of
20 the parties, and then we'll go through the regul
ar
21 routine of the hearing. First, starting with th
e
22 petitioner, if you have an opening statement.
23 MR. ZABEL: I'll make a brief opening
24 statement. Thank you, madam hearing officer.
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1 As I said, I'm Sheldon Zabel. I repre
sent
2 Ford Motor Company. We're here on the petition
of
3 Ford Motor Company concerning the Chicago assemb
ly
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4 plant, the petition for an adjusted standard fro
m
5 the VOM regulations in 35 Illinois Administrativ
e
6 Code 218.986.
7 The assembly plant, which was first in
8 operation in 1924, is located on Torrence Avenue
in
9 the city of Chicago. It employs approximately 2
700
10 people. As the name implies, it assembles
11 automobiles and in the process of doing so, a nu
mber
12 of the processes in that -- in assembling an
13 automobile will involve the use of paints, solve
nts,
14 et cetera.
15 The particular matter of concern here
are
16 emissions of volatile organic materials or VOMs
from
17 nine solvent cleaning operations, which as their
18 name implies, are the clean-up processes used at
the
19 plant. For example, cleaning up spilt paint fro
m
20 the painting operations.
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21 The existing regulatory requirement,
22 218.986, which applies to VOM emissions from, as
it
23 says, other emission sources would be applicable
to
24 these operations. Other emission limitations fo
r
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1 VOMs also apply at the plant and the company is
in
2 compliance with all of those emission limitation
s.
3 218.986 provided so far, as the assemb
ly
4 plant was concerned, two possible alternative me
ans
5 of compliance for these clean-up operations when
it
6 was determined that they applied to the clean-up
7 operations. Based on Ford's investigation and a
s
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8 demonstrated in the materials in the petition an
d
9 accompanying the petition, it was determined by
Ford
10 that those two alternatives in 218.986 were not
11 technically feasible or economically reasonable.
It
12 was also determined in that investigation that
13 the --
14 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Could we go off th
e
15 record just for a second?
16 MR. ZABEL: Sure.
17 (Whereupon, a discuss
ion
18 was had off the reco
rd.)
19 MR. ZABEL: As I was saying, Ford determine
d
20 that the two alternate standards that were avail
able
21 to it under 218.986 were not economically feasib
le
22 or technically reasonable, and also determined t
hat
23 when that regulation was promulgated, the kinds
of
24 clean-up operations involved in Ford's petition
here
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1 had not been considered in the adoption of the r
ule.
2 I suspect they hadn't even thought of it at the
time
3 that rule was adopted. As a result, Ford determ
ined
4 to proceed under Section 28.1 of the Illinois
5 Environmental Protection Act and seek an alterna
te
6 standard to the ones in 218.986, and that is the
7 purpose of the petition here, which was filed on
8 October 6th, 1999, docketed as AS 00-6.
9 October 18th, according to the Board's
10 rules, notice of the petition was published in t
he
11 Chicago Tribune and the certificate of publicati
on
12 was filed with the Board on October 21st. I'm n
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ot
13 going to reiterate the specific alternate standa
rd,
14 as it's detailed and complex, necessarily so bec
ause
15 we're dealing primarily with work standards for
16 controlling the VOMs from these, what are somewh
at,
17 sporadic operations of clean-up. They are set f
orth
18 from pages 11 to 13 in the petition. They deal
with
19 limiting those VOM emissions, monitoring the
20 compliance with a limitation so that the Agency
will
21 have the information to determine the compliance
as
22 being met.
23 On a related track, the same issue has
24 been raised and dealt with before the United Sta
tes
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1 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Throu
gh
2 it's enforcement authority, Ford Motor Company a
nd
3 USEPA reached an agreement, which was reflected
in a
4 consent decree entered in federal court here in
5 Chicago in February of 1997. The requirements o
f
6 that federal decree are identical to the alterna
te
7 standard proposed to the Board here. The
8 fundamental affect of the alternate standard her
e
9 will, of course, be pollution prevention and con
trol
10 of the VOM emissions from these clean-up sources
.
11 In addition, unlike the existing rule,
12 from which an alternate standard is sought, the
13 proposed alternate standard sets an annual cap f
or
14 the facility on emissions of VOM.
15 Finally, these emissions are virtually
16 non-discernible in their impact on the air quali
ty
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17 in the area. If we took the 81 percent rule, wh
ich
18 is one of the alternatives in 218.986, the initi
al
19 difference would be something on the order of
20 seven-tenths of one percent of the VOM emissions
in
21 the Chicago region.
22 I would note that the Illinois EPA fil
ed a
23 recommendation favoring the grant of this, which
has
24 not been allowed to be filed as of this morning.
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1 My -- we have no objections and no problems with
the
2 recommendation with one slight qualification. T
here
3 is a related pending permit appeal and we would
4 withdraw that permit appeal as suggested by the
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5 Agency, but we would prefer to do it once the ne
w
6 permit is granted rather than merely when --
7 assuming the Board grants the adjusted standard
as
8 suggested by the Agency. It simply leaves a gap
in
9 the coverage if we withdraw it upon the grant of
an
10 adjusted standard, but not with a new permit in
11 hand.
12 I think that will conclude my opening
13 remarks. The extensive evidence that was submit
ted
14 with the petition was submitted under oath by
15 Mr. Baguzis, who is with us today, so I don't in
tend
16 to have to tender him -- I will tender him as a
17 witness if anyone has questions for him. I woul
d be
18 happy to do that, but I think it would be
19 unnecessary to clutter the Board's records simpl
y
20 reiterating what has already been submitted unde
r
21 oath, and with that I have nothing further, mada
m
22 hearing officer.
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23 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Thank you very muc
h,
24 Mr. Zabel. I just note for the record that one
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1 member of the public has joined us during
2 Mr. Zabel's opening statement and he is Karl Kar
g of
3 the United States Environmental Protection Agenc
y.
4 Now we'll proceed with the IEPA's open
ing
5 statement if they have any.
6 MS. WILLIAMS: Yes. I just have a few brie
f
7 remarks for the administrative record. My name
is
8 Debbie Williams and I'm assistant counsel for th
e
9 Bureau of Air at the Illinois EPA, and today I'm
10 representing the Agency in this matter -- in the
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11 matter of petition of Ford Motor Company for an
12 adjusted standard from 35 Illinois Administrativ
e
13 Code 218.986.
14 The Board's procedural rules require t
he
15 Agency to file a response to each adjusted stand
ard
16 petition that's presented to the Board. This
17 process enables the Agency to present the Board
with
18 the technical information necessary to facilitat
e
19 the Board's rendering of a final determination.
To
20 my left is Chris Romaine of the permit section o
f
21 the Bureau of Air and the Agency has brought
22 Mr. Romaine today as our technical witness to
23 provide a brief statement in support of our resp
onse
24 and to answer any lingering questions the Board
may
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1 have regarding this petition for adjusted standa
rd
2 and the Agency's response.
3 As the Agency's response states, we
4 recommend that the Board grant the petition of F
ord
5 Motor Company for an adjusted standard for its
6 solvent cleaning operations, which are subject t
o 35
7 Illinois Administrative Code 218.986, subject to
8 certain conditions, which have been agreed to by
the
9 parties.
10 There is one additional condition that
the
11 Agency included in its response and that is that
the
12 Board conditioned the effectiveness of any adjus
ted
13 standard granted in this case in a withdrawal by
the
14 petitioner of its permit appeal in -- permit app
eal
15 docketed as PCB 93-32.
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16 In developing its response, which was
17 officially filed today, the Agency applied the
18 factors contained in Section 28.1 of the
19 Environmental Protection Act to determine whethe
r an
20 adjusted standard is warranted in this case.
21 The first two of those factors looked
at
22 whether the factors related to the petitioner ar
e
23 substantially or significantly different from th
ose
24 contemplated by the Board, and whether these fac
tors
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1 justify an adjusted standard.
2 The record demonstrates that there is
no
3 specific control technology guideline rule which
4 applies to Ford's solvent cleaning operations, a
nd
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5 therefore, these processes are subject to Subpar
t
6 TT, Part 218, which applies to other emission ne
eds.
7 From a technical standpoint, the Agen
cy
8 has stated that it agrees with the petitioner's
9 contention that the solvent cleaning processes
10 conducted by Ford were not contemplated by the B
oard
11 in adoption of this general miscellaneous provis
ion.
12 With regards to the third factor of
13 environmental harm and whether this was the type
14 contemplated by the Board in developing the gene
ral
15 rule as stated by the petitioner, Subpart TT
16 requires 81 percent overall efficiency in reduct
ion
17 of VOMs.
18 The record shows that Ford is unable t
o
19 meet this overall reduction in a technically
20 feasible way. However, Subpart TT only requires
81
21 percent reduction from total emissions with no
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22 limitation on how high the total emissions can r
ise
23 to. Whereas, in the petition for adjusted stand
ard,
24 Ford has voluntarily agreed to a cap on its
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1 emissions of 390 tons of VOM per year from its
2 solvent cleaning processes.
3 The Agency feels this cap will protect
4 against future environmental harm in the Chicago
5 zone not retained in areas beyond that provided
by
6 law.
7 And finally, today's hearing is necess
ary
8 to fulfill the fourth requirement of 28.1 of the
9 Act, which is that this adjusted standard be
10 consistent with federal law.
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11 In order to be consistent with federal
12 law, this adjusted standard must be approved by
13 USEPA as a revision to the state implementation
plan
14 for Illinois or also known as SIP.
15 Section 110 of the Clean Air Act requi
res
16 that a properly noticed public hearing be conduc
ted
17 on all SIP revisions.
18 As the adjusted standard language in
19 Ford's proposal closely tracks the language in a
20 consent decree agreed to by Ford and USEPA, it i
s
21 likely that USEPA will approve a similar adjuste
d
22 standard when submitted by the Illinois EPA.
23 In conclusion, the Illinois EPA recomm
ends
24 that the Board grant Ford an adjusted standard f
rom
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1 35 Illinois Administrative Code 218.986 to Ford
2 Motor Company for its solvent cleaning operation
s at
3 its Chicago assembly plant with the conditions
4 stated. Thank you.
5 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Thank you.
6 Mr. Karg, did you have any opening
7 statement or anything you wanted to present?
8 MR. KARG: I don't have any remarks at all.
9 Thank you.
10 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Okay. That's fine
.
11 Thank you very much.
12 Now, we will just proceed with -- just
for
13 the sake of formality here with -- back to the
14 petitioner, is there any other additional commen
ts
15 or testimony they would like to present?
16 MR. ZABEL: Just to be clear, we don't obje
ct
17 to the additional condition on the dismissal of
the
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18 permit appeal. It was only a question of time.
We
19 certainly intend to do that once the -- if the
20 standard is granted and a new permit is issued
21 reflecting the standard. I have nothing else.
22 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Great. Thank you
very
23 much.
24 Now we'll proceed back to the Agency.
If
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1 they have any other additional comments or testi
mony
2 they would like to present in regards to this
3 particular adjusted standard petition.
4 MS. WILLIAMS: I believe Chris Romaine woul
d
5 like to make a brief statement.
6 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Thank you. Please
7 proceed, Mr. Romaine.
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8 (Witness sworn.)
9 MR. ROMAINE: Good afternoon. My name is
10 Christopher Romaine. I work for the Illinois EP
A in
11 the air permit section. Even though I work in t
he
12 permit section, I was involved in Illinois' rule
13 making for volatile organic material emissions i
n
14 the late '80s and early 1990s. This included th
e
15 Illinois EPA's oversight of USEPA's development
of
16 its federal implementation plan for the Chicago
17 area. This federal implementation plant or FIP
is
18 the foundation in Illinois' subsequent adoption
of
19 Part 218, Subpart TT, which is the rule that we
are
20 discussing today.
21 Subpart TT is certainly the newest of
22 Illinois' generic rules for volatile organic
23 material emissions that establishes reasonably
24 available control technology. We have other rul
es
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1 in operations and categories specific, but Subpa
rt
2 TT is generic in that it is sort of a catchall f
or
3 everything that is not otherwise subject to
4 requirements for reasonably available control
5 technology.
6 As applied to Ford Motor Company's sol
vent
7 clean-up operations, I am not aware personally o
f
8 any specific consideration that was given to its
9 operations when Subpart TT was developed.
10 Accordingly, I think it would be
11 reasonable to adopt an adjusted standard which
12 specifically considers the nature of Ford's
13 operations when establishing what reasonably
14 available control technology is, and in addition
,
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15 Ford clean-up operations volatile organic materi
al
16 emissions are best minimized by work practices,
if
17 those are feasible and effective, to prevent
18 emissions of volatile organic materials in the f
irst
19 place.
20 For that background, I am here to answ
er
21 further questions that might be made as a basis
for
22 the Agency's recommendation. Thank you very muc
h.
23 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Thank you very muc
h,
24 Mr. Romaine.
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1 Does anyone have any questions for
2 Mr. Romaine?
3 MR. ZABEL: No questions.
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4 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: All right. Thank
you.
5 That concludes, I presume, your comments on beha
lf
6 of the Agency. Thank you very much, Mr. Romaine
.
7 Now we will proceed with whether or no
t
8 anyone has any other additional comments they wa
nt
9 to make with regard to this adjusted standard
10 petition, and if not --
11 MS. WILLIAMS: Maybe just for the record I
can
12 ask Sheldon, I think you had said that the conse
nt
13 decree was entered into in February, 1997?
14 MR. ZABEL: February 10th, 1997, is when th
e
15 judge signed the order. I think it's -- it is
16 actually pending --
17 MS. WILLIAMS: I was wondering if really ma
ybe
18 that was an error and it's February, '98?
19 MR. ZABEL: No, I think --
20 MR. BAGUZIS: There was a typo in there --
in
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21 the order. It was -- there was some stuff that
was
22 signed in '97, earlier in the year like in Augus
t
23 and put -- by the time it finally got to the jud
ge,
24 it was '98. I believe you're correct.
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1 MR. ZABEL: Yeah, that is correct past the
--
2 you're quite right. Thank you.
3 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: So the date is
4 February --
5 MR. ZABEL: Tenth, 1998. It had been left
6 blank, as you can imagine forms are, and it had
been
7 filled in, but the year had been typed.
8 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Okay. Great. Tha
nk
9 you for that clarification.
10 Any other comments that anyone else wo
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uld
11 like to make with regard to this petition? Seei
ng
12 as there are none, we will actually proceed with
13 closing statements, but before we do that, I jus
t
14 thought I'd inquire whether or not there are any
15 other motions, any other matters you want the Bo
ard
16 to consider when deliberating this adjusted stan
dard
17 petition?
18 MR. ZABEL: Nothing for Ford.
19 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Okay.
20 MS. WILLIAMS: The Agency has nothing else
21 either.
22 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: All right. If the
23 parties would like to make closing statements?
24 MR. ZABEL: I think I'll waive closing
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1 statements. I said all I think we need to say i
s on
2 the record.
3 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Great. Thank you.
As
4 well for the Agency, they will waive?
5 MS. WILLIAMS: Same here.
6 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Good. That seems
to
7 me -- unless anyone else has any other comments
--
8 we're going off the record just for a second.
9 (Whereupon, a discuss
ion
10 was had off the reco
rd.)
11 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: We'll go back on t
he
12 record. The transcript in this matter will be
13 available on or about February 8th, 2000. It
14 appears from what the parties have represented t
o me
15 while we were off the record that they have waiv
ed
16 their posthearing briefing schedule or formal
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17 posthearing briefing schedule in this matter.
18 Accordingly, I will establish a brief
19 public comment period of 14 days after the
20 availability of the transcript. Therefore, the
21 record in this matter will close on February 22n
d,
22 2000.
23 The transcript in this matter will be
24 available on February 8th, 2000, as I mentioned
and
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1 will also be accessible by way of our Board's we
b
2 site at www.ipcb.state.il.us.
3 The parties here are not precluded fro
m
4 filing any comments as well during that time fra
me
5 if they decide that they wish to do so.
6 The mailbox rule as set forth at 35
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7 Illinois Administrative Code 101.102 (d) and 101
.144
8 (c) will apply to all posthearing filings. All
9 posthearing comments must be filed in accordance
10 with Section 102.320 of the Board's procedural
11 rules.
12 Again, I state that the record in this
13 matter will close on February 22nd, 2000. Okay.
14 Any other matters that we have to addr
ess
15 with regard to this petition?
16 MR. ZABEL: None that I'm aware of.
17 MS. WILLIAMS: No.
18 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Great. Seeing non
e, I
19 thank all of you for your participation and
20 attendance today. Have a great day.
21 MR. ZABEL: Thank you.
22 HEARING OFFICER FELTON: Thank you.
23 MS. WILLIAMS: Thank you.
24 (No further proceedings were had.)
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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )
2 ) SS.
3 COUNTY OF C O O K )
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6 I, TERRY A. STRONER, CSR, do
7 hereby state that I am a court reporter doing
8 business in the City of Chicago, County of Cook,
and
9 State of Illinois; that I reported by means of
10 machine shorthand the proceedings held in the
11 foregoing cause, and that the foregoing is a tru
e
12 and correct transcript of my shorthand notes so
13 taken as aforesaid.
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17 Terry A. Stroner, CSR
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