ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    May 7,
    1992
    GENERAL ELECTRIC
    COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    PCB 90—244
    v.
    )
    (Permit Appeal)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. Nardulli):
    This matter
    comes
    before the Board
    on
    a
    joint motion
    for
    reconsideration and extension of hearing date filed on May 5, 1992.
    By the instant motion,
    the parties ask that the Board reconsider
    its decision of April 9, 1992 directing the hearing officer to set
    this matter for hearing.
    The order directed the hearing officer to
    schedule this matter for hearing by May 11, 1992, and to finish all
    hearings by July 15,
    1992.
    This petition was filed with the Board on December 26,
    1990.
    The parties assert that they have been working together since the
    filing
    of
    the
    petition
    in
    order
    to
    resolve
    this
    matter.
    Specifically,
    the
    parties have engaged
    in
    settlement
    telephone
    conferences and meetings on January
    11,
    1991 and on January
    16,
    1992.
    Additionally,
    General Electric Company
    (GE)
    conducted a
    technical investigation and issued
    a revised draft work plan
    on
    August
    28,
    1991.
    The
    Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency
    (Agency) responded to the draft work plan with comments on January
    15,
    1992,
    and GE submitted a technical response to the Agency’s
    written comments on March
    18,
    1992.
    The parties have scheduled
    another settlement meeting
    for June
    1,
    1992.
    Finally,
    GE has
    recently hired
    a
    new environmental manager and GE believes his
    input will be essential in the upcoming settlement negotiations.
    For these reasons, the parties assert that scheduling a hearing in
    this matter would not promote settlement.
    The Board hereby grants
    the parties’ motion to reconsider.
    Upon reconsideration,
    the Board vacates the Board’s April
    9,
    1992
    order.
    Additionally,
    the Board
    directs the parties
    to
    file
    a
    status report with the Board to be received by the Board no later
    than June 30,
    1992.
    The Board notes that the June 30,
    1992 date
    will allow the Board the time necessary to hold a hearing prior to
    the December 31, 1992 decision deadline, if a hearing is necessary.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    do hereby certif
    that the above order was adopted
    on
    the
    __________
    •day of
    ___________,
    1992,
    by a vote of
    _______
    ~
    /LJ
    ~ThorothyN. 4(mnn, Clerk
    Illinois P~1lutionControl Board
    133—228

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