ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December
6,
1983
PEOPLE
OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS
v.
)
PCB
83—220
COMMONWEALTH EDISON
COMPANY
(Certification No, 21RA—ILL—WPC—82—31)
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J.D.
Dumeile):
Recently enacted Public Act
(P,A.)
83-0883, which became
effective on September
9,
1983,
amends the definition
of
“Pollution Control Facility”
as contained in Section
21a—2 of
the Illinois Revenue
Pact of 1939
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
Ch.
120, par.
502a—2)
in the following manner:
“For purposes
of assessments
made after January
1,
1983,
~p~l
lution
c&~?~6rT~i
1ities” shafl~tTnc1u~e,howe~r,
a)
any
~ystern,
method,
construction,
device or appliance
aD~urtenanttherçd~ed,ç~~tructed, installed or
~
of
(1)
eliminating,,
containing,~prevent~,~
or
reducing radioactive contami-
nants_or ener9y,
or
(ii) treating wastewater produced
~~nuclear
generation of electric power;
b) any
large diameter pipes or pi~g, ~
used
to remove
and
disperse heat from water involved in the nuclear
aeneration
of
electric
power;
or
c) any equipment,
construction, device
o~~pjianceappurtenant thereto,
~p~atedby
any person other than a unit
of governmen~
~h~?1ië~r
within or outsrde of the territorial boundaries
~L~_~_ia~al_government,
for sewage disposal or
treatment.
The Pollution Control_Board shall
revoke any prior
certification in conflict
with_this_amendato,~y,
act of
1983 before Janua~1,
1984.”
Pursuant
to this statutory directive,
the Board has reviewed
Pollut:ion Control Facility Certtfications and ~pplications
for
55-185
—2—
Certification
which
were referred
to
the Board by the Hlinois
Environmental Protection Agency for decertification und~rthis
language.
On the basis of this information, the Board
rinds
that the facility which
is the subject of this certification
falls
within
subparagraph
(a)(ii)
of
paragraph
502a—2 of the
Illinois Revenue Act of
1939,
as
amended.
(The
information
on
which
this
belief
is
based
is
attached
to
this
Order.)
OPPORTUNITY FOR_HEARING
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For
any
i~y~
r
tL
rfas
matter
on
December
20,
1983
at
9:00a.m.
at
the
Pollution
Control
Board
Office,
Suite
3001
309
W.
c~TashingtonStreet~
Chicago,
Illinois.
However,
a
hearing
will
be
scheduled
in
this
matter
only
if,
1)
the
Board
receives
a
request
for
hearing,
and
2)
a
short
statement
of
the
facts to he presented
at heating
is
filed with
the
Cler1c of the
Board by no
later
than 12:00 noon on
December19,_1983,
Such
statement of
facts shall
also
be served on the Attorney General
by no later
than
12:00
noon
on
December
19L~J~98’
Requests
for hearing should be directed to Mr.
Lee Cunningham at
312/793—6923.
At such hearing oral argument will be limited
to
15 minutes for each party.
Accompanying written subnissions
shall
be limited to 15 pages.
The Board will hear cases
in the
order that it receives requests for
hearing.
This hearing wiil
he conducted pursuant to the contested case provisions of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
(Ill. Rev,
Stat.
‘~h. 127,
par.
101O~’1018,)
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
IN LIEU OF
HEARING
If no facts are contested,
legal
argument on this proposed
revocation may be submitted in written
form
rather than at
hearing.
Legal briefs on this matter must be filed with the
Clerk of the Board at Suite 300,
309 W. Washington Street,
Chicago,
Illinois 60606,
and served on
the
Attorney General,
no
later than_5:00
.m. on December 20,1983.
Responsive
legal
T~Th
may
~
e
no
ater
t
an
:
0 noon
on Decemb~2~,,~983.
All briefs
shall
he limited
to no
more
than 15 pages.
FINAL ORDER
The Board proposes to adopt a Final Order which may revoke
this Certification on or before December 28,
1983,
Due to the
impending statutory deadline for revocation of affected certi-
fications,
no motions
for reconsideration or stay of the Final
Order
in this matter will he heard by the Board.
As provided
in paragraph 502a—7 of the Illinois Revenue Act of 1939,
as
amended, appeal of
the Board~sFinal Order may be made to the
55-186
Circuit Court pursuant to the Administrative Review Act
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
Ch.
110, pars.
264 et seq.)
IT
IS
SO ORDERED,
I, Christan L. Moffett,
Clerk of the Illinois Poll’j.tjon
Control Bo~rd,hereby certify that the above Order was adopteL
on the
to~__,,_dayof
~
1983 by ~ vote
of
“7-’C~
____
Christan
L. Mof~t~ Clerk
55-187