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ESG WATTS

INC

STATE OF

ILUNOIS

(Taylor Ridge Landfill)

Pollution

Control Board

an Iowa Corporation,

Petitioner,

vs.

PCB No. 02-55

)

(Permit Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

OPEN DECISION DEADLINE WAIVER

NOW COMES Petitioner,

ESG

Watts,

Inc., acting by and through its attorney Larry

A.

Woodward,

and

pursuant to

35

III. Adm.

Code

§101.308(c)(1) waives

the

Pollution

Control Board’s deadline for final action

in this matter for an open time period.

In support

Petitioner states:

1.

The above-captioned

permit appeal

was

filed with

the

Board

on

or about

February 8, 2002.

The permit appeal was taken from the

Illinois Environmental

Protection

Agency’s

(IEPA’s)

denial

of application

for significant

modification

permit for the Watts

Landfill

located in

Rock Island County,

Illinois.

The current decision deadline is October

17,

2003.

2.

Because of subsequent submittals of information and permit application for

closure of said landfill, which are still under review and are, if approved, contemplated to

resolve this permit appeal; this matter needs to be extended generally.

Respectfully submitted

by,

ESG Watts, Inca,

Petitioner

By:

__________

La

A.

oodward, Aft

rney for Petitioner

)

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CERTIFICATE

OF

SERVICE

I hereby certify that

I

did

on the

14th

day of July, 2003, on or before 6:00

p.m.

send

by First Class

Mail, with postage thereon fully

prepaid, by depositing

in the

U.S.

mails

a

true

and

correct

copy

of the

following

instruments

entitled

NOTICE

OF

FILING

and

DECISION

DEADLINE WAIVER to the following person addressed as follows:

Division of Legal Counsel

Attn:

Michelle

M.

Ryan

Special Asst Atty General

Illinois

EPA

1021

North Grand Avenue,

E

Springfield,

IL 62794-9276

Carol

Sudman

Board Hearing Officer

Pollution Control

Board

State of Illinois

Center

Suite

11-500

100 West Randolph

Chicago,

IL 60601

and the original of said foregoing instruments by First Class Mail with postage thereon fully

prepaid to the following person addressed as follows:

Dorothy Gunn,

Clerk

Pollution Control

Board

State of Illinois Center

Suite 11-500

100 West Randolph

Chicago, IL 60601

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petitioner

odward,