ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 21, 2002
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    PEABODY COAL COMPANY, a Delaware
    corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 99-134
    (Enforcement – Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
    On January 31, 2002, the Board received a motion to appear
    pro hac vice
    (motion) from
    one of respondent’s attorneys W.C. Blanton. On February 7, 2002, the Board issued an order
    granting the motion and allowing Blanton to appear
    pro hac vice
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    On February 11, 2002 complainant filed a response to the motion (response). In the
    response, complainant requests that the motion be denied. In the alternative, complainant
    requests that Mr. Blanton only be allowed to participate in an advisory role, that all discovery
    and evidentiary proceedings be conducted only by respondent’s Illinois counsel, that Mr.
    Blanton and his firm be bound by Illinois civil procedure and Board procedure, and that all
    pleadings be signed by respondent’s Illinois counsel.
    Implicit in the Board’s February 7, 2002 order granting the motion, is the expectation that
    Mr. Blanton will comply with Illinois civil procedure and Board procedure in this matter. The
    Board denies complainant’s response. The Board’s February 7, 2002 order in this matter stands.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 21, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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