ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December

5,

1972

PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF RULES

AND REGULATIONS FILED BY

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#R72- 20

PEABODY COAL COMPANY

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(BY SAMUEL

T.

LAWTON,

JR.):

We have received a proposed amendment to Rule 201 of

Chapter

4, Water Regulations, submitted by letter of Peabody

Coal Company, proposing amendment to present Rule 201 with

respect to the dates for acquiring permits for opening, re-

opening, abandoning or conducting mining operations,

together

with statement in support of the proposal.

Since the submission

does not satisfy the mandatory hearing requirements as provided

by statute, pursuant to which

a hearing must be set on the proposed

regulation, we will withhold our decision on whether to order

such hearing pending receipt from the Environmental Protection

Agency of its analysis and comments respecting the proposed

regulation which we direct be submitted to the Board within

21

days from the date of this Order.

IT IS

SO ORDERED.

I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,

certify that the above Order was adopted on the 5th Day of December,

1972,

by a vote of

4

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