ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 16, 2003
ABED NESHEIWAT and SAQ, INC.
(TONY’S GAS),
Petitioners,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
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PCB 01-121
(UST Fund)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
A Board order in this matter dated August 7, 2003, ordered petitioners to retain a licensed
attorney five months after withdrawal of their previous attorney. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
101.400(a)(2). The order indicated a qualified attorney must file an appearance in this matter on
behalf of Mr. Nesheiwat by September 6, 2003, or this matter would be dismissed. To date no
attorney has made an appearance on behalf of the petitioner. Accordingly, the Board on its own
motion dismisses this matter and closes the docket.
See
35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.800(a) and
105.108(c).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41(a) of the Environmental Protection Act provides that final Board orders may
be appealed directly to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days after the Board serves the
order. 415 ILCS 5/41(a) (2002);
see also
35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.300(d)(2), 101.906, 102.706.
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes filing requireme
nts that apply when the Illinois
Appellate Court, by statute, directly reviews administrative orders. 172 Ill. 2d R. 335. The
Board’s procedural rules provide that motions for the Board to reconsider or modify its final
orders may be filed with the Board within 35 days after the order is received. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
101.520;
see also
35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.902, 102.700, 102.702.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above order on October 16, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board