ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    17,
    1993
    IN THE MATTER
    OF:
    )
    PCB 92—110
    TRADE SECRET CLAIM BY
    )
    (Trade Secret)
    THE GRIGOLEIT COMPANY, an
    )
    (also see PCB 90-135)
    Illinois Corporation.
    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 March 25,
    1993 order and
    a motion to continue.
    In its March
    25,
    1993 order, the Board
    directed the parties to file status reports with the Board by May
    5,
    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 period 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 90-135, ~
    Grigoleit Company
    v.
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    PCB 91-157, People of the State of Illinois v. The GricToleit
    Company and
    PCB 92-23, The Grigoleit Company v. Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency.
    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 Grigoleit’s motion
    to continue.
    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.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby certify tha
    e above order was adopted on the
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    day of
    _________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    Dorothy M.
    9~Iftn,
    Cle~k
    Illinois Pq~JutionControl Board
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