ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 6, 1997
    SIERRA CLUB AND JIM BENSMAN,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    CITY OF WOOD RIVER AND NORTON
    ENVIRONMENTAL,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 98-43
    (Pollution Control Facility Siting
    Appeal)
    CONCURRING OPINION (by G.T. Girard and J. Theodore Meyer):
    We respectfully concur with the action taken by the majority today. On page four of
    the majority’s order, the majority strikes paragraph two of Mr. Bensman’s petition for review.
    The majority strikes this paragraph because Mr. Bensman “is prohibited from representing the
    Sierra Club” in this matter. In a dissenting opinion of October 2, 1997, we disagreed with the
    majority’s position that Mr. Bensman cannot represent the Sierra Club in this matter.
    An attorney representing the Sierra Club has subsequently filed an appearance before
    the Board in this matter. Thus, the challenge set forth in paragraph two of Mr. Bensman’s
    original petition will be carried forward in this proceeding. Therefore, since we agree with the
    other determinations made in the majority’s order, we believe that we need only concur with
    that order. We do however continue to stand by our dissent of October 2, 1997.
    J. Theodore Meyer
    G. Tanner Girard
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above concurring opinion was submitted on the 18th day of November, 1997.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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