ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 25,
    1993
    THE GRIGOLEIT COMPANY,
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    V.
    )
    PCB 92-23
    )
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    J. Anderson):
    On March 16,
    1993,
    The Grigoleit Company (Grigoleit)
    filed a
    joint status report in response to the Board’s February 25,
    1993
    order and a motion to continue.
    In its February 25,
    1993 order,
    the Board directed the parties to file status reports with the
    Board by March
    16,
    1993.
    On February 18,
    1993, Grigoleit
    provided a waiver of the decision deadline through June 30,
    1992.
    In its motion, Grigoleit requests the Board to continue this
    matter and require the parties to file a status report on or
    before May 3,
    1993.
    In support of its request, Grigoleit states
    that it and the Agency have been engaged in settlement
    negotiations which would,
    if successful,
    culminate in the
    settlement of this case as well as the following three cases:
    PCB 90-135, The Grigoleit Company v. Illinois Environmental
    Protection A~encv PCB 91-157, People of the State of Illinois v.
    The Grictoleit Company
    and PCB 92-110,
    In the Matter of Trade
    Secret Claim bY The Grigoleit Company.
    Grigoleit adds that,
    in addition to the settlement
    discussions set forth
    in the parties’ February 16,
    1993 status
    report, the State has provided Grigoleit with written responses
    to the settlement proposal on February 19 and 25,
    1993, and on
    March
    16,
    1993.
    On February 25,
    1993, Grigoleit replied to the
    Agency’s February 19,
    1993 response.
    Because of difficulties in
    coordinating schedules, the parties have been unable to meet in
    person to further their discussions.
    The parties are now trying
    to schedule such a meeting for the first week of April.
    In its October 29,
    1992,
    and January 21,
    1993 orders, the
    Board stated that it intended to make a final determination in
    this matter by the decision deadline (i.e., at that time,
    December 11,
    1992).
    The Board also reminded the parties that
    they were obligated, via a September 21,
    1992 Board order, to
    contact the hearing officer if they wished to hold another
    hearing in this matter.
    Although the decision deadline is now
    June 30,
    1993,
    the Board notes that,
    if the parties determine on
    May 3,
    1993, that they are unable to settle this matter but wish
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    to have another hearing,
    the Board will be
    left with Virtually
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    time after hearing in which to render a decision in this case by
    the June 30,
    1993 decision deadline.
    Accordingly, the Board denies Grigoleit’s motion to
    continue.
    The Board will reconsider our ruling provided that
    Grigoleit provides
    a waiver of the June 30,
    1993 decision
    deadline.
    Any waiver shall be received by the Board no later
    than April
    8,
    1993.
    If, however, Grigoleit chooses not to
    provide a waiver,
    it shall inform the hearing officer by April
    10,
    1993, whether or not it wishes to proceed to hearing.
    (See
    September 21,
    1992 Board order.)
    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
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    Dorothy M. 4(inn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pe,Xlution Control Board
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