ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June 1,
1995
SPRAYLAT
RA,
)
)
Petitioner,
PCB
94—312
v.
)
(UST
FUND)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
)
Respondent.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by E. Dunham):
This matter comes before the Board on “Petitioner’s Motion
to Dismiss with Leave to Refile”
filed on May 19,
1995.
Petitioner moves to dismiss the petition with leave to refile
if
respondent fails to fulfill the conditions of the settlement
agreed to by the parties.
Pursuant to the agreement,
respondent
is to issue a voucher to the petitioner in the amount of
$56,870.00.
The Board cannot grant petitioner the right to refile its
petition for review since appeals can only be filed within 35
days of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s
(Agency)
determination,
so that any attempt to reopen this case would be
jurisdictionally barred.
(See Metropolitan Airport Authority of
Rock Island v. Office of State Fire Marshal
(March 31,
1994), PCB
94-45.)
However, the Board believes that petitioner would be
able to pursue additional action in this matter to enforce the
settlement.
The Board will grant the motion to dismiss and directs the
parties to effectuate their agreement.
The Board will
incorporate the letters of May
5,
1995 and May
10,
1995 between
the parties expressing the terms of the settlement.
In the event
that petitioner fails to fulfill the provisions of the
settlement,
petitioner may elect to file a new
action against
respondent for failure to obey a Board order or seek enforcement
of this Board order in the appropriate circuit court.
In the event that the parties believe that this order does
not effectuate the intent of the parties, the parties may elect
to file a motion for reconsideration with the Board.
This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
conclusions of law in this matter.
ORDER
1.
The Board hereby accepts the agreement of the parties as
delineated in the Agency’s letter of May
5,
1995 offering
2
final settlement of this UST fund case,
and ratified by
Petitioner by letter dated May 10,
1995.
2.
The Board orders that the Agency cause to be issued funds in
the amount of $56,870.00 to Petitioner,
as agreed between
the parties.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
(415 ILCS
5/41
(1992)), provides for appeal of final orders of the Board
within 35 days of the date of service of this order.
The Rules
of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish filing requirements.
(See also 35
Ill.
Adm. Code 101.246, Motion for Reconsideration.)
I, Dorothy
M. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above opin
and order was
adopted on the
/~*
day of
__________________,
1995,
by a vote of
7-c)
Dorothy M. G~’n,Clerk
Illinois Po~.y.1tionControl Board