ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 8, 2004
     
    ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY
    AUTHORITY (Des Plaines South),
     
    Petitioner,
     
    v.
     
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB
    04-103
    (UST
    Appeal)
    (90-Day
    Extension)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On December 26, 2003, the parties timely filed a joint notice to extend the 35-day period
    within which the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may appeal a November 18, 2003
    determination of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency).
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/40(a)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.402, 105.406. Because the postmark date of the joint
    request is within the time for filing, the joint request was timely filed. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    101.300(b)(2), 105.404. The Agency approved petitioner’s high priority corrective action plan,
    with modifications, with modifications, for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority’s leaking
    underground petroleum storage tank facility located at mile post 4.5 on the east bound Northwest
    Tollway, Des Plaines, Cook County. The Board extends the appeal period until March 24, 2004,
    which is the 125th day after the Agency determination.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (2002); 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 105.406. If the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority fails to file an appeal on or
    before the March 24, 2004 date, the Board will dismiss this case and close the docket.
     
    In so doing, the Board notes that the parties had requested an extension until April 26,
    2004, which is the 160th day after November 18, 2003. In extending the appeal period through
    March 24, 2004, the Board has granted the maximum extension allowed under the
    Environmental Protection Act.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (2002).
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on January 8, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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