ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 20, 1997
    LIONEL TREPANIER, DANIEL MILLER,
    WES WAGER, MAUREEN COLE,
    LORENZ JOSEPH, MAXWORKS GARDEN
    COOPERATIVE and AVI PANDYA,
    Complainants,
    v.
    SPEEDWAY WRECKING COMPANY and
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,
    Respondents.
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    PCB 97-50
    (Enforcement - Citizens)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by K.M. Hennessey):
    This is a citizens’ enforcement case involving the demolition of several buildings in the
    area of Halsted and Maxwell streets in the City of Chicago. The complaint alleges that
    respondents have demolished or will demolish certain buildings and have created or will create
    air pollution and open dumping in violation of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.
    Now pending before the Board is the March 6, 1997 motion of the Board of Trustees of
    the University of Illinois (University) for leave to file its general denial and affirmative
    defenses, to cure any technical defaults, to postpone the hearing of this matter and to allow the
    additional appearance of Mr. Jeddeloh and the firm of Burditt & Radzius. The University also
    attached its first request to produce and its first set of interrogatories to its motion.
    Complainants have not filed a response to the University’s motion.
    In its motion, the University states that it received the Board’s order of January 23,
    1997, which granted the complainants’ motion to add the University as a respondent, on or
    about January 29, 1997. (Mtn. at 1.) The University states that it retained the services of Mr.
    Jeddeloh and his firm shortly thereafter, who have prepared the answer, affirmative defenses
    and discovery requests attached to the motion. (
    Id
    .) The Board grants the University’s motion
    insofar as the motion seeks to cure any technical defaults. The Board also grants the
    University’s motion to the extent that it seeks leave to file the University’s general denial,
    affirmative defenses and appearances of its attorneys.
    The University also states that on January 31, 1997, the Hearing Officer in this case
    issued an order setting this case for hearing on May 21, 1997. (Mtn. at 2.) The University
    requests that the hearing be postponed for at least one month, or until after complainants have
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    fully answered the University’s written discovery. (
    Id
    .) The University states that after it
    receives discovery responses, it may wish to schedule depositions or to file a motion for
    summary judgment. (
    Id
    .) The University also requests that a status conference be set for 45
    days hence. (
    Id
    .) The Board refers each of these matters to the Hearing Officer.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the _______ day of _____________, 1997, by a vote of
    ______________.
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    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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