ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December

2,

1993

JAMES RIVER PAPER COMPANY,

INC.,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 92—112

(Permit Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by C.

A. Manning):

On November 19,

1993,

the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency

(Agency) filed a status report in response to the Board’s

August 26,

1993 order.

The Agency indicates that the parties

have been engaged

in continuing negotiations of the issues.

The

Agency reports that the parties were scheduled to meet at the end

of November to resolve the remaining issues in this matter.

The Board notes that James River Paper Co. has filed a

waiver of the decision deadline extending the deadline until July

18,

1994.

If this case

is not dismissed or otherwise resolved by

March 19,

1994, and a hearing is required,

an additional waiver

of the statutory decision deadline should be filed in conjunction

with the status report.

The Board requires 120 days in which to

schedule hearing, give public notice,

establish a briefing

schedule, receive and review the transcript and fully deliberate

on the matter.

Under such time constraints,

the Board will be

required to set this matter for hearing sometime in March

if an

additional waiver of the statutory deadline

is not filed.

The

Board orders the parties to file additional status reports with

the Board by March

19,

1994.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy M.

Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the

~

day of ________________________,

1993,

by a vote of

~p.

Dorothy M. ~nn,

Clerk

Illinois Po~ution Control Board