ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 12, 1977

IN THE MATTER OF:

PROCEDURAL RULES REVISIONS

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R 77-11

(PART VI (A):

HEARINGS UNDER

RULE 203(i) (10)

OF CHAPTER

3)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Zeitlin):

The Board hereby proposes and orders set for publication

the additions to Chapter

1: Procedural Rules shown below.

These

procedural changes are

designed to specify the manner in which

proceedings under Rule 203(i) (10)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution,

relating to the setting of specific thermal standards

for artifi-

cial cooling lakes, are

to be held.

See, R77-7,

Public comment

will be accepted

for thirty days in accord with Title

7,

Sections

26 and 28 of the Environmental Protection Act,

Ill.

Rev. Stat.,

Ch.

111—1/2, §~1026,

1028

(1977).

PART VI (A):

HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RULE 203 (i)

(10)

OF

THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS

1.

Petition

A

hearing pursuant to Rule 203(i) (10)

of the Water

Pollution Control Regulations,

Chapter

3 of the Board’s Rules

and Regulations,

shall be commenced by filing a

petition for

a

determination of specific thermal standards pursuant to Rule

203 (i)

(10) (cc).

At the time such petition

is

filed, the peti-

tioner shall

submit to the

Agency and

to

the Board any reports

or other

evidence which it plans

to

introduce in support of

said petition.

2.

Notice and

Hearing

(a)

The Clerk

shall give notice of the petition

and hearing

in accordance with

Part III of

these Rules.

The proceed-

ings shall be in accordance with

the

Rules set forth in

Part

III,

except as other

provided herein.

(b)

In a hearing, the burden

of

proof shall

be

on the petitioner.

(c)

Intervention shall be allowed by any party

in accordance

with Rule 310 of this

chapter,

except that such intervention

shall not be limited by parts 310(a)

(1) and

310(a) (2)

of

that Rule,

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3.

Transcripts

(a)

In any

proceeding

brought pursuant to this Part VI, the

petitioner at its

own cost shall furnish to the Board

within

15 days

following

the completion of the hearing

seven legible copies

of a complete stenographic tran-

script

of the

proceedings of the hearing.

(h)

Upon

petition and

good cause shown,

the Board may assume

such

cost,

4.

This Part

pertaining

to Rule 203(1) (10)

shall apply to petitions

filed subsequent to April

1,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby certify the

above Order was adppted on

the

~

day of

~,

1977,

by a vote of

p

U

Christan

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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