ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
October 4,
1979
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 78—247
CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Dr.
Satchell):
On September 21,
1979 the Hearing Officer in this and the
related cases PCB 79—111 and PCB 79—114 filed a motion for
authority to set hearing dates and related matters.
The Hearing
Officer’s authority to grant continuances under Procedural Rules
307 and 311 has expired.
On March
8,
1979 the Board entered an
Order granting the parties
a forty-five day continuance.
The
parties have not yet completed discovery, but anticipate that
they will be ready for a hearing in January or February, 1980.
On September 24, 1979 the Environmental Protection Agency filed
a response indicating
rio objection to the motion.
The motion is granted.
The Hearing Officer shall have authority
to permit additional discovery, grant continuances and set hearings
through March
1,
1980.
IT IS SO
ORDERED.
I, Christan L.
Noffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
ontrol
Board,
h
eby certify the above Order was adopted on the
if
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day
of
_____________,
1979 by a vote of
460
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Illinois Pollution
trol Board
35—447