ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

March 24,

1983

MARATHON

PETROLEUM

COMPANY,

V.

PCB

83—26

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PCB

83—29

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

)

Respondent

ORDER OF THE

BOARD

(by

J.D~

Dumelle):

On March 22,

1982 Marathon

Petroleum Company filed a motion

to consolidate PCB

83-~26

and PCB

83—29,

Both these proceedings

are permit appeals,

filed

within a matter of a few days of each

other by

Marathon

concerning

identical conditions in operating

permits issued

to its

bulk gasoline

and fuel oil terminals

located

in Champaign and Hartford.

Thus,

the

arguments for consolidation are strong.

However,

given the considerable disparity in

location and the Environmental

Protection Act’s

intent that the pub:Lic

have convenient access

to permit appeal

hearings,

as well

as

a mandate of Section 103.123

of the Board’s

Procedural Rules,

absent

a showing of a lack of

public interest,

the

Board

finds that the

administrative con-

venience

and

the

convenience to the parties

is

overridden by the

public~s

right

to access~

The

motion

is, therefore,

denied.

IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of

the

Illinois Pollution

Control

Boai~,

hereby certify that

the, above

Order

was

adopted

on

the

day o~

_____________________,

1983

by

a

vote

of

~

Illinois

Pollution

Board

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