ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 11,

1989

~3OL1ET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 89—79

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by 3.

Theodore Meyer):

This matter

is before

the Board on

a May

4,

1989 petition

for variance filed by petitioner Joliet Army Ammunition Plant.

The petition

~or variance was not accompanied by the $75 filing

fee required by new Section

7.2 of

the Illinois Environmental

Protection Act.

The petition

is acceflted;

however, petitioner

shall

file either the

filing

fee

or

a brief statement

(with

support)

of any claim

that the federal government

is exempt from

filing fees within

21 days of the date of this order.

If neither

is filed within 21 days,

the petition for variance will

be

subject to dismissal.

The 120—day statutory decision period will

not begin to run until

the filing fee

is paid,

or until

the Board

finds

that

a filing fee

is not necessary.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy

ri. Gunn,

Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted

on

the

j7~~

day of

—

77~~

,

1989,

by

a vote of

________

~L~

~.

Dorothy M.

ft~&inn, Clerk

Illinois PaIlution Control Board

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