ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 6, 1994
FIRST COLONIAL BANK-ROSENONT,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB 94—193
(UST-Fund)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY,
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Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
On July 14, 1994, First Colonial Bank-Roseinont (Bank) filed
a petition for review of an Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency’s (Agency) June 9, 1994 rejection of its Leaking
Underground Storage Tank (LUST) site soil physical classification
and groundwater investigation plan. The Bank’s facility is
located at 9850 Balmoral, Rosemont, Cook County, Illinois. The
Board accepted this matter for hearing on July 21, 1994.
On October 3, 1994 Bank filed a motion to dismiss the appeal
without prejudice. In the motion the Bank states that the it
submitted an amended plan to the Agency on September 9, 1994.
The Agency approved the amended plan on September 14, 1994. Bank
states that based on this the parties agreed that the Bank would
withdraw this appeal without prejudice and the Agency would
withdraw its rejection without prejudice.
Under Section 40 of the Environmental Protection Act (415
ILCS 5/40 (1992)) an appeal must be filed within 35 days of the
date of the Agency’s final decision. Therefore, a subsequent
petition would be time barred, and the Board cannot dismiss this
appeal without prejudice.
The motion to voluntarily dismiss is granted. This matter
is hereby dismissed and the docket is closed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS
5/41 (1992)) provides for the appeal of final Board orders 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
~oard, hereby certify that the above order was adopt~don the
~t~day
of
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1994, by a vote of
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Dorothy N. Guflh, Clerk
Illinois PolZ~tionControl Board