1 BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
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    3 IN THE MATTER OF: )
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    4 PETITION of W.R. GRACE & ) R98-16
    COMPANY-CONNECTICUT and the IEPA )
    5 for SITE-SPECIFIC AIR REGULATION: )
    35 ILL. ADM. CODE 218.940(h) ) Volume I
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    11 The following is the transcript of a
    12 rulemaking hearing held in the above-entitled
    13 matter, taken
    stenographically by Kim M.
    Howells,
    14 CSR, a notary public within and for the County of
    15 Cook and State of Illinois, before JOHN KNITTLE,
    16 Hearing Officer, at 100 West Randolph Street,
    17 Room 9-031, Chicago, Illinois, on the 8th day of
    18 January, 1998,
    A.D., commencing at the hour of
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    HEARING TAKEN BEFORE:
    3 ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD,
    100 West Randolph Street
    4 Suite 11-500
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    5 (312) 814-3620
    BY: MR. JOHN KNITTLE
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    ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
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    Joseph
    Yi
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    John A.
    Burds
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    1 HEARING OFFICER KNITTLE: Good afternoon. My
    2 name is John
    Knittle. I've been appointed by the
    3 Illinois Pollution Control Board as the hearing
    4 officer in this proceeding, which is entitled
    5 In the Matter of Petition of W.R. Grace &
    6 Company-Connecticut, and the Illinois Environmental
    7 Protection Agency for Site-Specific Regulation --
    8 excuse me, for Site-Specific Air Regulation,
    9 35 Illinois Administrative Code 218.940(h).
    10 Sitting next to me is Mr. Joe
    Yi who is
    11 the presiding board member for this rulemaking, and
    12 also present is Mr. Jack
    Burds, the board's hearing
    13 officer.
    14 This is the first hearing of this
    15 proceeding which was filed on 11/20/97 as a joint
    16 proposal by W.R. Grace and the agency. We are
    17 conducting this hearing in an expedited fashion
    18 pursuant to an order of the board, R-9816, dated
    19 December 18, 1997, and we are here today in the
    20 James R. Thompson Center, Room No. 9-031, in order
    21 to conduct this hearing.
    22 Unfortunately, due to some severe weather
    23 conditions in the
    Chicagoland area, counsel for the
    24 proponents, W.R. Grace and the Illinois
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    1 Environmental Protection Agency, were not able to
    2 make it to the
    Chicagoland area today to attend this
    3 hearing.
    4 I have been contacted by both W.R. Grace
    5 and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
    6 and we agree -- have agreed on a date in the future
    7 to have the hearing continued to.
    8 To that end, I'm going to continue this
    9 hearing on the record until January 21, 1998, at
    10 1:00 p.m. pursuant to Section 102.162(c) of the
    11 board's rules. It should be noted that notice
    12 pursuant to 102.162(c) isn't necessary and that
    13 notice complying with Section 102.161(a) and (b) is
    14 not necessary for this action.
    15 So this hearing is hereby continued.
    16 (Mr.
    Burds and Hearing Officer
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    Knittle had an off-the-record
    18 discussion.)
    19 HEARING OFFICER KNITTLE: Mr.
    Burds raises an
    20 interesting point. It should be noted that no
    21 members of the public have attended this meeting --
    22 excuse me, this hearing, and that today's date is
    23 January 8, 1998, at 1 o'clock.
    24 So, anyway, this hearing is hereby
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    1 continued on the record until January 21, 1998, at
    2 1:00 p.m. in Room 11-512 of the James R. Thompson
    3 Center located in Chicago, Illinois.
    4 Thank you very much.
    5 (Whereupon, these were all the
    6 above-entitled proceedings had
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    1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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    4 I, KIM M. HOWELLS, CSR, do hereby state
    5 that I am a court reporter doing business in the
    6 City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of
    7 Illinois; that I reported by means of machine
    8 shorthand the proceedings held in the foregoing
    9 cause, and that the foregoing is a true and correct
    10 transcript of my shorthand notes so taken as
    11 aforesaid.
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    14 _____________________________
    Kim M.
    Howells, CSR
    15 Notary Public, Cook County, IL
    Illinois License No. 084-004037
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    SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO
    19 before me
    this________day
    of___________, A.D., 1998.
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    21 Notary Public
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