ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February 25, 1993

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IN THE MATTER OF:

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AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL.

ADN.

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R92-8

CODE SUBTITLE C (WATER TOXICS

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(Rulemaking)

AND

BIOACCUMULATION)

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(by 3.

C. Marlin):

On February 3,

1993,

the Board received a motion to

stay

the

proceedings in this matter.

This motion was filed on behalf of

the Illinois Steel Group, Acme Steel Company, Commonwealth

Edison,

LTV

Steel Company, and

UNO-VEN

Company (joint movants).

On February 16,

1993, the proponents:

Sierra Club, Lake Michigan

Federation,

I4cHenery County Defenders,

and the Citizens for a

Better Environment (joint proponents),

filed,a response in

opposition to the motion to stay.

On February 22,

1993, the

Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group

(IREG)

filed a motion to

be added as a signatory to the motion to stay the proceedings.

Additionally, IERG’s motion contains new statements in support of

the motion to stay the proceedings.

On February 23,

1993, the

joint proponents filed a response in opposition to IERG’s motion

to stay the proceedings.

On February 24,

1993, the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency filed a response in opposition to

the joint iuovants’ motion to stay the proceeding.

Also on

February 24, 1993, the joint movants filed a reply to

the

proponents’ response to the joint movants’ motion to stay the

proceedings •and a request from GE Chemicals Inc. to join the

motion to stay.

The Board is issuing this order today to alert the

participants of the Board’s intent to proceed with the previously

scheduled hearings in this matter on March

4 and 5,

1993.

The

Board will withhold ruling on the above motions at this time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify tha~theabove order was adopted on the

5~Z~day of

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1993, by a vote of

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Dorothy M.

n, Clerk

Illinois P

ution Control Board

0139-0667