ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 18, 1999
    GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 99-75
    (Permit Appeal - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by K.M. Hennessey):
    On December 9, 1998, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) and
    petitioner filed a request for extension of the 35-day appeal period pursuant to Section 40 of
    the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (1996)), relating to a
    November 5, 1998 Agency determination. On February 3, 1999, the Board received
    petitioner’s petition for review. The final determination concerns petitioner’s
     
      
    site located in
    Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois. The Board accepts this matter for hearing.
    The Board’s rules require that the Agency file the entire Agency record of the permit
    application within 14 days of notice of the petition.
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    See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.102.
    Hearing must be scheduled and completed in a timely manner, pursuant to the applicable
    statutory decision deadline, or the decision deadline as extended by a waiver. See 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 101.105. The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk of the Board of the
    time and location of hearing at least 40 days in advance of hearing so that a 30-day public
    notice of hearing may be published.
    Absent any future waivers of the decision deadline, the statutory decision deadline is
    now June 3, 1999 (120 days from February 3, 1999); a Board meeting is scheduled for June 3,
    1999.
    The Board notes that it is unclear whether petitioner’s attorney, David J. Engel (Engel),
    is licensed and registered to practice in Illinois. Within 14 days of the date of this order, the
    Board must receive a motion from Engel to appear in this matter
    pro hac vice
    , a filing from
    Engel that states that he is licensed and registered to practice in Illinois, or an appearance of
    another attorney who is licensed and registered to practice in Illinois that states that he or she
    substitutes for Engel in this matter.
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    The Board refers to the assigned hearing officer the Agency’s motion to extend the time to
    file the Agency record.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 18th day of February 1999 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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