ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 19, 1997
    INGLESIDE CITGO SERVICE, INC.,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-182
    (UST Appeal)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
    On April 18, 1997 the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) and Ingleside
    Citgo Service , Inc.(petitioner) filed a joint notice of extension of the 35-day appeal period
    pursuant to Section 40 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/40 (1996)), relating to a
    March 13, 1997 Agency determination. The Agency requested the extension to June 11, 1997.
    On
    June 16, 1997
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    , the Board received
    petitioner
    ’s petition for review. The final determination
    concerns
    petitioner
    ’s
     
    site located at 25970 West Highway 134, Ingleside
    ,
    Lake County,
    Illinois. This matter is accepted for hearing.
    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 40 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 October 14, 1997 (120 days from June 16, 1997); the Board meeting immediately
    preceding the decision deadline is scheduled for October 2, 1997.
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    Petitioner’s certificate of service states a mailing date of June 11, 1997.
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    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 its review of the High Priority Corrective
    Action Plan and Budget within 14 days of notice of the petition.
    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 19th day of June 1997, by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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