ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December 4, 2003
WEI ENTERPRISES,
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
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PCB
04-22
(UST
Appeal)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
On September 4, 2003, the Board, at the parties’ request, extended until November 17,
2003, the time period within which Wei Enterprises (Wei) may appeal a July 15, 2003
determination of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency).
See
415 ILCS
5/40(a)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.406. At issue is the Agency’s denied reimbursement of
requested corrective action costs for Wei Enterprises’ leaking underground petroleum storage
tank facility located at 529 Maple Street, Shiloh, St. Clair County.
On November 18, 2003, Wei sent a petition and the requisite number of copies via the
United States mail for filing and service. The Board received the petition on November 21,
2003. The Board lacks jurisdiction to consider appeals filed after the time specified in Section
40(a)(1) of the Act.
See
Naperville Radiator Services v. IEPA, PCB 01-4 (Sept. 7, 2000);
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Compa
ny v. IEPA, Ill. App. 3d, 2000 (4th Dist., June 5, 2000). The
Board lacks jurisdiction in this matter because the appeal was filed after the end of the extension
period specified in the Board's September 4, 2003 order. Accordingly, the Board dismisses this
case and closes the docket.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above order on December 4, 2003, by a vote of 5-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board