ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 11, 1994

COMERICA BANK-ILLINOIS,

Petitioner,

v.

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PCB 94—206

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(UST Fund)

OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE

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MARSHAL,

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Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD:

On August 1, 1994, Coiuerica Bank-Illinois (Comerica), filed

a petition for review of an Office of the State Fire Marshal

(~OSFM”) final eligibility and deductibility determination from

the Underground Storage Tank Fund. The OSFM issued a final

eligibility and deductibility decision on June 27, 1994, which

contains the stated reasons for its decision. The final

determination concerns Comerica’s site located at 7952 N. Lincoln

Avenue, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. This matter is accepted

for hearing.

The hearing must be scheduled and completed in a timely

manner. The Chief Hearing Officer shall assign a hearing officer

to conduct hearings. The Clerk of the Board shall promptly issue

appropriate directions to the assigned hearing officer consistent

with this order.

The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk of the

Board of the time and location of the hearing at least 40 days in

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.

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. The hearing officer and the parties are encouraged to

expedite this proceeding as much as possible.

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This order will not appear in the Board’s opinion volumes.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Bo~rd,hereby certfy that the above order was adopted on the

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Dorothy M. ~inn, Clerk

Illinois P~LlutionControl Board