iLLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 7,
    1996
    OSCAR
    MAYER
    FOODS
    )
    CORPORATION/KRAFT FOODS, INC.,
    )
    (427
    West Scott Street,
    LUST
    incident
    )
    #9405
    16).,
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 96-166
    )
    (UST
    *
    Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    ORDER OF THE
    BOARD
    (byJ.
    Yi):
    This matter comes before the Board on a February 22,
    1996 amended petition filed by
    Oscar Mayer Foods CorporationfKraft Foods, Inc.
    The amended petition cures the defects found
    by the Board as explained in its February
    1,
    1996 order.
    This matter is accepted for hearing.
    The hearing must be scheduled and completed in a
    timely manner, consistent with Board practices and the applicable statutory decision deadline, or
    the decision deadline as extended by a waiver (petitioner may file a waiver ofthe statutory
    decision deadline pursuant to
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code
    101.105).
    The Board will
    assign a hearing officer
    to conduct hearings consistent with this order, and
    the Clerk ofthe Board shall promptly issue
    appropriate directions to that assigned hearing officer.
    The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk ofthe Board ofthe time and location
    ofthe hearing at least 40 days in advance ofhearing so that public notice ofhearing may be
    published.
    After hearing, the hearing officer shall submit an
    exhibit list, a statement regarding
    credibility ofwitnesses and all actual exhibits to
    the Board within five days ofthe hearing.
    Any
    briefing schedule shall provide for final filings as expeditiously as possible and, in time-limited
    cases,
    no later than 30 days prior to the decision due date, which is the final regularly scheduled
    Board
    meeting date on or before the statutory
    or deferred decision deadline.
    Absent any future
    waivers ofthe decision deadline, the statutory
    decision deadline is nowJune 21,
    1996 (120 days
    from February 22,
    1996);
    the Board meeting immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for
    June 20,
    1996.
    Ifafter appropriate consultation with the parties, the parties fail to provide an acceptable
    hearing date or if after an attempt the hearing officer is unable to consult with the parties, the
    hearing officer shall unilaterally
    set a hearing date in
    conformance with the schedule above.
    The
    2
    hearing officer and the parties are encouraged to expedite this proceeding as much as possible.
    The Board
    notes that Board rules (35
    III. Adm.
    Code l05.102~require the Agency to file the
    entire Agency record in this matter within
    14 days ofnotice ofthe petition.
    IT IS SO
    ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    hereby certif~,’that the
    above order was adopted on the
    7~-’
    day of
    -ic~..-t~cI-J
    ,
    1996, by a vote of
    7-c)
    ~7~JY
    Dorothy M.
    Illinois
    Control Board

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