ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 8, 1975
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 75—80
    UNITED STATES STEEL CORPOR?~TION,
    Respondent;
    )
    and
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB
    75—141
    UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION,
    Respondent.
    MR.
    RICHARD
    W.
    COSBY, Assistant Attorney General,
    for
    Complainants.
    MR.
    JOSEPH
    S.
    WRIGHT, JR.,
    attorney for Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    Dr.
    Odell)
    On February
    20,
    1975, People of the State
    of
    Illinois
    (People)
    filed
    with the Pollution Control Board
    (Board)
    a Complaint
    (PCB
    75-80) against United States Steel Corporation
    (Steel) alleging
    violations
    of certain Rules of the Air Pollution Regulations,
    Chapter
    2
    (Chapter
    2) and Section 9(a)
    of the Environmental
    Protection Act
    (Act).
    People filed an 2~mendedComplaint with the
    Board on March 14,
    1975.
    On April
    2,
    1974,
    the Environmental Protection Agency
    (Agency)
    also filed with the Board a Complaint
    (PCB 75-141)
    against United
    States Steel Corporation alleging violations
    of certain Rules of
    Chapter
    2 and the Act.
    Both of these Complaints are against an integrated steel
    plant, owned and operated by Respondent, and located at or near
    3426 East 89th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
    On May
    1,
    1975, United States Steel Corporation filed with
    the Board in each of these cases,
    a Motion to Consolidate PCB 75—80
    and PCB 75-141.
    Respondent stated that
    (1) the subject matter of
    both cases
    is the same,
    (2)
    similar issues are raised in both
    cases,
    (3) counsel for all of the parties are identical,
    and
    (.4)
    consolidation of these two cases would not prejudice any sub-
    stantial right
    of any
    interested party to either action.
    16
    —627
    —2—
    The Illinois Pollution Control Board hereby grants
    Respondent’s Motions to Consolidate PCB 75-80and PCB 75-141,
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan
    L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Bo~rd,hereby certify
    that
    the above Order was adopted on the
    ~$
    day of May,
    1975, by a vote of ~
    Christan
    L. Moff~t~/~lerk
    Illinois Po1lutio~i~ntro1Board
    16—628

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