ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
January 9, 2003
PIONEER OIL COMPANY,
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
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PCB 03-44
(UST Fund)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T. E. Johnson):
The Board accepts for hearing Pioneer Oil Company’s (Pioneer) timely filed petition
appealing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (Agency) decision. The Agency did not
approve the site classification work plan budget amendment or site classification completion
report regarding an underground storage tank site at 1st and Poplar in Pana, Christian County.
Pioneer appeals on the grounds that the Agency decision not to approve the site classification
work plan budget was arbitrary and capricious. Also, Pioneer contends that the site classification
completion report was prepared and fully implemented according to generally accepted
engineering practices. Pioneer’s petition meets the content requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
105.408.
On October 17, 2002, the Board, at the parties’ request, extended until January 6, 2003,
the time period within which Pioneer may appeal an August 30, 2002 determination of the
Agency.
See
415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (2000),
amended by
P.A. 92-0574, eff. June 26, 2002; 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 105.406. On January 6, 2003, Pioneer filed a petition asking the Board to review the
Agency’s determination.
Pioneer has the burden of proof. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.112(a). Hearings will be based
exclusively on the record before the Agency at the time the Agency issued its determination. 35
Ill. Adm. Code 105.412. Hearings will be scheduled and completed in a timely manner,
consistent with the decision deadline (
see
415 ILCS 5/40(a)(2) (2000),
amended by
P.A. 92-
0574, eff. June 26, 2002), which only Pioneer may extend by waiver (
see
35 Ill. Adm. Code
101.308). If the Board fails to take final action by the decision deadline, Pioneer may deem its
request granted.
See
415 ILCS 5/40(a)(2) (2000),
amended by
P.A. 92-0574, eff. June 26, 2002.
Currently, the decision deadline is May 3, 2003 (the 120th day after January 6, 2003).
See
35 Ill.
Adm. Code 105.114. The Board meeting immediately before the decision deadline is scheduled
for May 1, 2003.
Unless the Board or the hearing officer orders otherwise, the Agency must file the entire
record of its determination by February 5, 2003, which is 30 days after Pioneer filed the petition.
35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.410(a). If the Agency wishes to seek additional time to file the record, it
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must file a request for extension before the date on which the record is due to be filed. 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 105.116. The record must comply with the content requirements of 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 105.410(b).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above order on January 9, 2003, by a vote of 5-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board