ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    17,
    1993
    THE GRIGOLEIT COMPANY,
    an
    Illinois Corporation,
    Petitioner,
    PCB 90—135
    v.
    )
    (Trade Secret)
    (also see PCB 92—110)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    On June
    4,
    1993, The Grigoleit Company
    (Grigoleit)
    filed a
    status report
    in response to the Board’s May 5,
    1993 order
    in
    this matter and a motion to continue.
    In its Nay 5,
    1993 order,
    the Board directed the parties to file status reports with the
    Board by June 4,
    1993.
    In its motion, Grigoleit requests the Board to continue this
    matter and require the parties to file a status report on or
    before July 16,
    1993.
    Grigoleit asserts that such extension will
    provide it with additional time to determine what course of
    action it intends to follow in this matter.
    In support of its request, Grigoleit states that it has
    participated in a series of settlement negotiations with the
    State which would,
    if successful, culminate in the settlement of
    this case as well as the following three cases:
    PCB 91-157,
    People of the State of Illinois
    v. The Grigoleit Company PCB 92-
    23, The Grigoleit Company
    v.
    Illinois Environmental Protection
    AgencY and PCB 92-110,
    In the Matter of Trade Secret Claim by
    The Grigoleit Company.
    Grigoleit adds that the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (Agency)
    notified Grigoleit on May
    19,
    1993,
    that it was
    postponing settlement negotiations with respect to PCB 92—23,
    pending a decision to seek appeal of the Fourth District
    Appellate Court decision in 4-92-0029
    (i.e., the appeal of PCB
    89-184).
    The telephone notification was followed by a letter of
    the same date in which the Agency postponed settlement
    negotiations in the above—mentioned cases.
    Grigoleit notes that
    the Agency’s decision to postpone settlement discussions was made
    without prior consultation with Grigoleit and,
    in Grigoleit’s
    opinion, had the effect of unilaterally terminating settlement
    discussions in all matters before the Board.
    In light of the above, the Board grants the motion~to
    continue.
    Accordingly, the Board will reserve ruling on
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    L.
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    Grigoleit’s September
    3,
    1992 motion for reconsideration that is
    currently pending
    in this case.
    The Board notes that this is the
    sixth motion to continue this matter.
    Accordingly, the Board
    cautions Grigoleit that it will not continue this matter
    indefinitely and that it expects the parties to expeditiously
    pursue
    a resolution of this case.
    The parties are directed to
    file status reports in this matter.
    Such status reports are to
    be received by the Board no later than July 16,
    1993.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify th
    the above order was adopted on the
    ____________
    day of
    _________________,
    1993,
    by
    a vote of
    7
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    Dorothy M. fl/inn,
    Clerk
    Illinois P(bjlution Control Board
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