ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 7,
1996
J.M. SWEENEY COMPANY,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB 96-184
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(Variance
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Air)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY,
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Respondent.
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ORDER OF THE BOARD:
On February 28,1996, J. M. Sweeney Company filed a petition forvariance regarding its
gasoline dispensing facility located at
24545
W. Miller Road,
LakeZurich, Lake County,
Illinois.
This facility is
located in the Chicago ozone nonattainment area.
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 of the statutory decision deadline pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 10
1.105).
The Board will assign a hearing officer to conduct hearings consistent with this
hearing, 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 now June 27,
1996 (120 days
from February 28,
1996); the Board meeting immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for
June 20,
1996.
Ifafter appropriate consultation withthe 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
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 104.180) require the Illinois Environmental
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Protection Agency (Agency) to file its recommendation for disposition ofthe petition within 30
days offiling ofthe petition.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the
above order was adopted on the
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Illinois Polli
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