ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October
5,
1995
CITIZENS UTILITY COMPANY
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 94—199
)
(Permit Appeal
-
NPDES)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(By E.
Dunham):
On September 27,
1995,
the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Agency)
filed a “Motion for Further Extension of Time to
Answer”.
The Agency requests an extension until March 29,
1996
to file its answer.
The deadline in this matter has been waived
through June 30,
1996.
The parties are presently involved in
discussions towards resolution of the issues on appeal.
The
Agency contends that the filing of the answer is not necessary at
this time.
The Agency believes that filing of the answer by
March 29, 1996 will allow sufficient time for notice,
briefing and decision by the Board.
The Agency indicates that
petitioner has no objection to the extension.
The Board encourages negotiated settlements of permit
appeals, and does not object to the grant of an extension, of time
for filing the Agency’s answer.
The Board, however, also
encourages expeditious resolution of cases before it.
Granting
an extension for filing an answer may provide excessive delay if
the parties become aware that negotiations are not going to lead
to a workable settlement.
The Board therefore grants the Agency’s motion for an
extension of time to file its answer.
The Agency must file its
answer within 30 days of any party’s request for a hearing in
this matter but no later than March
29,
1996.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
hereby
c~ertif~
~J~t the
above
order was adopted on the
5~
day of
SJ~~~_tAt1
,
1995,
by
a vote of
7—C
Dorothy M4fGunri, Clerk
Illinois~ollution
Control Board
