ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 17, 1997
    SEQUA CORPORATION, PRECOAT
    METALS DIVISION,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-181
    (Permit Appeal - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On April 14, 1997, Sequa Corporation, Precoat Metals Division filed a petition for review of permit
    regarding its facility located at 25 Northgate Industrial Drive, Granite City, Madison County, Illinois. This matter
    is accepted for hearing.
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    The hearing must be scheduled and completed in a timely manner, consistent with
    Board practices and the applicable statutory decision deadline, or the decision deadline as
    extended by a waiver (petitioner may file a waiver of the statutory decision deadline pursuant
    to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.105). The Board will assign a hearing officer to conduct hearings
    consistent with this order, and the Clerk of the Board shall promptly issue appropriate
    directions to that assigned hearing officer.
    The assigned hearing officer shall inform the Clerk of the Board of the time and location of the hearing at
    least 30 days in advance of hearing so that public notice of hearing may be published. After hearing, the hearing
    officer shall submit an exhibit list, a statement regarding credibility of witnesses and all actual exhibits to the
    Board within five days of the hearing. Any briefing schedule shall provide for final filings as expeditiously as
    possible and, in time-limited cases, no later than 30 days prior to the decision due date, which is the final regularly
    scheduled Board meeting date on or before the statutory or deferred decision deadline. Absent any future waivers
    of the decision deadline, the statutory decision deadline is now August 12, 1997 (120 days from April 14, 1997);
    the Board meeting immediately preceding the due date is scheduled for August 7, 1997.
    If after appropriate consultation with the parties, the parties fail to provide an acceptable hearing date or if
    after an attempt the hearing officer is unable to consult with the parties, the hearing officer shall unilaterally set a
    hearing date in conformance with the schedule above. The hearing officer and the parties are encouraged to
    expedite this proceeding as much as possible. The Board notes that Board rules (35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.102)
    require the Agency to file the entire Agency record of the permit application within 14 days of notice of the
    petition.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    We note that petitioner has indicated its intent to seek consolidation of this case with another
    pending appeal, PCB 96-62. As no motion has been received, we make no ruling today.
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    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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