ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 4,
    1995
    ESG WATTS,
    INC.,
    )
    (TAYLOR RIDGE/ANDALUSIA
    )
    LANDFILL),
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    V.
    )
    PCB 95—133
    )
    (Permit Appeal-Land)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ESG WATTS,
    INC.,
    (TAYLOR RIDGE/ANDALUSIA
    )
    LANDFILL),
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 95—134
    )
    (Permit Appeal-Land)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On April 24,
    1995,
    ESG Watts,
    Inc.,
    filed two petitions for
    permit review regarding its solid and special waste landfill
    located in Rock Island County,
    Illinois,
    coitunonly known as the
    Taylor Ridge
    (or Andalusia) Landfill.
    These appeals were
    docketed as PCB 95—133 and PCB 95-134. These matters are accepted
    for hearing.
    As each of these appeals involves denial of waste
    stream approvals for the identical reason, the Board on its own
    motion consolidates these cases 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.
    Adiu. Code 101.105).
    The
    Board will assign a hearing officer to conduct hearings
    consistent with this order,
    and the Clerk of the Board shall
    promptly issue appropriate directions to that assigned hearing
    officer.
    The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk of the
    Board of the time and location of the hearing at least 40 days in
    2
    advance of hearing so that public notice of hearing may be
    published.
    After hearing, the hearing officer shall submit an
    exhibit list,
    a statement regarding credibility of witnesses and
    all actual exhibits to the Board within five days of the 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 of the
    decision deadline, the statutory decision deadline is now August
    22,
    1995
    (120 days from April 24,
    1995); the Board meeting
    immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for August 17,
    1995.
    If after 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 hearing officer
    and the parties are encouraged to expedite this proceeding as
    much as possible.
    The Board notes that Board rules
    (35 Iii.
    Adin.
    Code 105.102) require the Agency to file the entire Aaencv record
    of the permit application within 14 days of notice of the
    petition.
    This order will not appear in the Board’s opinion volumes.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby, certify that the above order was adopted on the
    ____
    day of
    _________________
    ,
    1995,
    by a vote of
    ~
    .
    Dorothy M.
    q4~’in, Clerk
    Illinois Po,~1utionControl Board
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