ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 24, 1997
    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, INC.,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 98-19
    (Permit Appeal - Air)
    (90-Day Extension)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    On July 18, 1997, Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. (petitioner) filed a request for extension of
    the 35-day appeal period pursuant to Section 40(a)(1) of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) (415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (1996)), relating to a June 18, 1997, Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency (Agency) determination. On July 22, 1997, the Agency filed its
    concurrence for extension of the 35-day appeal period.
    Section 40(a)(1) of the Act, which governs the appeal process, provides:
    the 35-day period for petitioning for a hearing may be extended
    for a period of time not to exceed 90 days by written notice
    provided to the Board from the applicant and the Agency within
    the initial appeal period. 415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (1996).
    As the Board maintains its files by docket number only, the Board will reserve docket
    PCB 98-19 for any appeal which may be filed by petitioner. Petitioner is directed to use this
    docket number in any future filing concerning this appeal. In the event that petitioner fails to
    file an appeal on or before September 16, 1997 (the 90th day after June 18, 1997), the Board
    will dismiss the docket. A $75 filing fee will be required if petitioner files such petition.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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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 24th day of July 1997, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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