ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 20, 1976
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
    Respondent;
    )
    PCB 75—142
    and
    )
    PCB 75-149
    PCB 75—169
    FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
    )
    (CONSOLIDATED)
    Petitioner,
    )
    V.
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    INTERIN ORDER OF THE BEARD
    (by Mr.
    Zeitlin):
    These matters are here before the Board on a Joint Motion to
    Dismiss,
    filed May 12,
    1976.
    That Motion asks that all the above
    cases be dismissed without prejudice.
    The Board has a
    ‘tspecial interest’s
    in all cases brought before
    it.
    See,
    GAF
    Corporation v. EPA, PCB 71—li,
    5 PCB 525,
    527—29
    (1972)
    (exte?i~Tve6iscussion by Mr. Currie).
    This policy has also been
    extended to Motions to Dismiss.
    EPA v. Mascoutah Township,
    PCB 71-346,
    4 PCB 523
    (1972)
    (Interim Opinion).
    Cf., EPA v. Citiiens
    Utilities,
    PCB 72-69,
    4
    PCB
    433
    (1972)
    (conservation ~prosecutorial
    resources);
    EPA v. Mascoutah Township, PCB 71-346,
    4 PCB 647
    (1972).
    The instant Motion contains no reasons for dismissal of the
    consolidated cases.
    The parties are granted leave
    to supplement
    their joint motion accordingly.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan
    L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Contol
    Board, hereby certify the above Interim Order w s adopted on the
    ~p~k’~ day of
    __________,
    1976,
    by a vote of
    ...~
    er
    Illinois Pollution ~~Lrol
    Board
    21—411

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