ILr.~I~OISPOLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    5,
    1985
    DEMETER,
    It’IC.
    Petitioners,
    v.
    )
    P08 85—75
    ILLI~OtSENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    D.
    Dumelie):
    This matter
    is accepted for hearing.
    Hearing must be
    scheduled within
    14 days of the date of this Order
    and completed
    within 60 days of
    the date of this Order.
    The hearing officer
    shall inform the Clerk of
    the Board of the time and location of
    the hearing at least
    40 days
    in advance of hearing
    so that public
    notice
    of hearing may be published.
    After hearing,
    the hearing
    officer shall submit an exhibit list and all actual exhibits
    to
    the Board within
    5 days of the hearing.
    The hearing officer may
    by order
    set
    a schedule for submission
    of briefs,
    But such
    schedule shall provide for final filings as expeditiously as
    possible and
    in no event
    later
    than
    70 days from the date of this
    Order.
    If after appropriate consultation with
    the parties,
    the
    parties fail
    to provide an acceptable hearing date or
    if after
    an
    attempt the hearing officer
    is unable to consult with the
    parties,
    the hearing officer shall unilaterally set
    a hearing
    date
    in conformance with
    the schedule above.
    This
    schedule will
    only provide the Board
    a very short time period to deliberate and
    reach
    a decision before
    the due date,
    The hearing officer and
    the parties are encouraged to expedite this proceeding as much
    as
    possible.
    The hearing officer may extend this schedule only on
    a
    waiver
    of the decision deadline by the petitioner
    and only for
    the equivalent or fewer number
    of days that the decision deadline
    is waived.
    Such waivers must be provided
    in writing to the Clerk
    of the Board,
    Because this proceeding
    is the type for which
    the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act sets a very short statutory deadline
    for decisionmaking~absent
    a waiver, the Board will grant
    extensions or modifications only in unusual circumstances.
    Any
    such motion must set forth
    an alternative schedule for notice,
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    hearing,
    and final submissions,
    as weLi
    as
    the
    deadline
    for
    decision,
    including response
    time
    to such
    a
    motion.
    However,
    no
    such motion shall negate the obligation of the hearing officer
    to
    set
    a date pursuant
    to
    the second paragraph of this Order.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED
    I,
    Dorothy M~Gunri, Clerk
    of~ the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify
    tha,~
    the above Order was adopted on
    the
    4~
    day
    of
    __~~~__,
    1985,
    by a vote
    R~L. i~.
    Dorothy
    M. dunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    64-220

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