ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 5,
    1993
    SHELL OIL COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 92—101
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by G.
    T. Girard):
    This matter comes before the Board on a petition filed on
    July
    10,
    1992.
    Since the filing of the petition, respondent has
    filed
    several motions for extension of time to file the Agency
    record in this matter, citing on-going negotiations between
    respondent and petitioner.
    On August
    3,
    1992, petitioner filed
    an open waiver of the decision date.
    On April 23,
    1993, the
    parties filed a joint status report and motion to extend time to
    file record.
    The parties anticipate that this matter will be
    resolved by the adoption of rulemaking R93-9.
    R93-9,
    In the
    Matter Of:
    Omnibus Cleanup of the Volatile Organic Material RACT
    Rules Applicable to Ozone Nonattainment Areas:
    Amendments to 35
    Ill.
    Athn.
    Code Parts
    203,
    211,
    218 and 219,
    is a “fast—track” air
    rulemaking being conducted pursuant to the expedited procedures
    of Section 28.5 of the Environmental Protection Act
    (415 ILCS
    5/28.5).
    Among other things, the proposed rulemaking includes
    practices for cooling towers, which are at issue in this appeal.
    The
    Board anticipates adopting R93—9 by December of 1993.
    The
    parties request that respondent be given until December 30,
    1993,
    to file the Agency record.
    The parties have committed to submit
    additional status reports to the Board within 120 days of the
    issuing of this Order.
    The Agency’s motion to extend the time in which to file the
    Agency
    record in this matter until December 30,
    1993,
    is hereby
    granted.
    The parties are directed to file a status report
    concerning this matter to be received by the Board on
    or
    before
    September
    6,
    1993.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    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
    7/
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    Dorothy M.
    ~nn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Po~ution Control Board
    O~L~2-OO2L~.

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