ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 26,

1993

MARATHON OIL COMPANY,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 91—173

)

(Variance on Remand)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by R.C.

Flenial):

On July 22,

1993 the Board ordered the parties to file

statements indicating their views on how this matter should best

proceed, including addressing whether additional briefing or

hearing is required in this matter.

The parties filed their statinents on August

9,

1993.

Marathon Oil Company (Marathon)

states that it does not believe

further hearing or briefs are necessary, and requests that the

matter proceed on an expedited basis.

Marathon further suggests

that environmental harm may result should this variance not be

granted expeditiously.

(Status report at 4.)

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)

requests that opportunity for briefs be provided and requests 14

days after filing of Marathon’s brief to file its brief.

The Board grants the request for expedited decision

consistent with time constraints.

The Board allows briefs to be

filed according to the following schedule:

1)

Marathon’s brief,

or notice of intent to not

submit a brief,

shall be filed and served

upon the Agency no later than September

9,

1993.

2)

Agency’s brief, or notice of intent to not

submit a brief,

shall be be filed no later

than fourteen days after the date of service

upon the Agency of Marathon’s brief

or

notice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy

M.

Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby cer~4fythat the above order was adopted on the

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day of

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1993, by

a vote of

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Do~othy N. ,~.inn, Clerk

Illinois PoLlution Control Board