ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March
    7,
    1974
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB
    73-372:
    through 73-379
    COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY,
    Respondent.
    COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )PCB 74-16
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER
    (by Mr. Henss)
    Commonwealth Edison Company has filed Appeal from Order
    of Hearing Officer, and Request for Clarification of January
    17,
    1974 Order of Board.
    Essentially the company requests that we
    postpone hearings in the enforcement proceeding until 10 days after
    the receipt of the transcripts of the hearings of the variance
    proceedings.
    It
    is stated that this will enable the parties to
    proceed to adequately prepare for the variance hearings,
    and,
    after
    those hearings,
    to enable the parties to determine which portions
    (if any)
    of the record in the variance proceedings should not be
    incorporated into the record of the enforcement proceeding.
    Counsel
    assure us that part or all of the variance record will be incorporated
    into the record of the enforcement case and the purpose of the motion
    for postponement is to avoid costly duplication of effort.
    The Environmental Protection Agency has no objection to
    the motion and in fact states that a denial would cause:
    duplication
    of time and expenses regarding hearing officers,
    attorneys and court
    reporters,
    inability of the Agency to properly conclude discovery,
    may interfer~withthe variance proceedings or prevent a full and
    comprehensive record in the variance case.
    11 —461
    We will
    allow
    the motion since this will
    facilitate
    the
    handling
    of
    a
    rather
    complex
    set
    of
    hearings.
    The hearing officer
    is
    directed
    to
    postpone
    further
    hearings
    in
    the
    enforcement.
    proceeding
    until
    10
    days after the
    receipt
    of
    the
    transcripts
    of
    the
    hearings
    of
    the
    variance
    proceedings.
    It is
    so
    ordered.
    I,
    Christan
    L~ Moffett;~
    Crk
    ci:
    Lhe
    11 ~inc~i
    t~otlution
    Control
    Board
    certify
    that
    the
    cbo~e cnder
    w~t~d
    hv
    the
    Board
    on
    the
    7th
    day
    of
    March,
    11
    ~
    by
    rote
    ~
    ~offe~J
    Clerk
    III
    r~is
    Pc1~ut.io~~~ontro1
    Board

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