ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 22, 1993
    REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC.,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 92—165
    )
    (UST Fund)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by B. Forcade):
    On March 11, 1993, the Board granted Reichhold Chemical’s
    (Reichhold) motion for a 120 day extension of the stay in this
    matter. The Board granted a stay until June 25, 1993. In a
    March 25, 1993 order the Board mistakenly stated that the matter
    was stayed until October 25, 1993. October 25, 1993 is the
    current decision deadline in this matter. The Board granted the
    stay only until June 25, 1993
    A December 3, 1992, hearing officer order scheduled a
    hearing in this matter for April 12, 1993. On the date of the
    scheduled hearing only the hearing officer appeared at the
    hearing. After contacting the parties, it was determined that
    the parties believed that because the matter was stayed the
    hearing was cancelled. Neither the motion for stay nor the
    Board’s orders directly mentioned the scheduled hearing or the
    effect of the stay on the hearing. The parties took no formal
    action to cancel the hearing and did not contact the hearing
    officer or the Board concerning the status of the scheduled
    hearing.
    This a deadline case which has been before the Board for
    less than six months in which the petitioner has filed 3 limited
    waivers and two motions to stay. Further, the petitioner did not
    formally cancel a scheduled hearing. The continual filing of
    limited waivers and the cancellation of hearings taxes the
    administrative resources of the Board. Further, the cancellation
    of a hearing that has already been noticed in newspapers of
    general circulation wastes the Board’s resources and misinforms
    the public.
    To allow adequate time for the filing of briefs and Board
    deliberation before the deadline, the Board requires that
    hearings be scheduled approximately 120 days prior to the
    decision deadline. It is the responsibility of the petitioner to
    provide adequate waivers and proceed with the matter in a timely
    fashion, yet not to cancel hearings after notice has been
    published without substantial justification.
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    Failure to provide the Board with an adequate waiver or
    cancellation of noticed hearings may subject this matter to
    dismissal for want of prosecution.
    The parties have been ordered to file status reports with
    the Board on or before June 25, 1993.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify..tha~tthe above order was adopted on the
    ~~~—day
    of
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    ,
    1993, by a vote of
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    DorothyM.,~nn,
    ~c.
    Clerk
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    Illinois ~‘~lution Control Board
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