ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 25,
    1993
    CENTRAL
    CAN
    COMPANY,
    )
    Petitioner,
    V.
    )
    PCB 92—176
    )
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Theodore Meyer):
    This matter is before the Board on the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency’s
    (Agency) March 16,
    1993 motion
    to extend time to file its record.
    The Agency states that the
    record is currently due on March 22,
    1993, that petitioner
    Central Can is currently negotiating with USEPA about definitions
    which are crucial to this case, that Central Can met with USEPA
    in December 1992,
    and that the case was referred to USEPA
    national headquarters.
    The Agency states that because this case
    may settle and never proceed to hearing,
    requiring the filing of
    a record would be time consuming and a waste of Agency resources.
    The Agency notes that Central Can has filed a 90-day waiver of
    the decision deadline, and asks that the date for filing the
    record be extended to June 22,
    1993.
    The Board notes that Central Can has submitted a waiver of
    the decision deadline, to September 22,
    1993.
    In that waiver,
    Central Can refers to discussions with USEPA and the Agency, and
    states that, although USEPA stated on December 28,
    1992 that it
    needed an additional 30 days to review the matter, USEPA has not
    yet responded to Central Can.
    Central Can states that the
    discussions are aimed at resolving the matter without prolonged
    litigation,
    and that the parties have agreed to await the outcome
    of the discussions between Central Can and USEPA.
    This is the fourth motion to extend time filed by the
    Agency.
    When granting the previous motion for extension,
    on
    February 25,
    1993,
    the Board stated that it would be the final
    extension.
    However,
    in the interests of administrative economy,
    and because the delay in proceeding
    is not the fault of either
    party, the Board will grant the requested extension.
    The Board
    cautions both parties, however, that we will not await the
    outcome of USEPA’s review indefinitely.
    The Agency’s motion for
    extension of time is granted, and the record is due on June 22,
    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
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    1993,
    by a vote of
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