RECERVEED

CLERK’S OFFICE

MAR

082004

RESOLUTION

STATE OF

ILLINOIS

PoIlu~o~ControI

Board

R04-29

WHEREAS, on November 21,

1996 the County Board ofthe County ofSaline, Illinois,

granted local siting approval for a proposed expansion ofthe Saline County Landfill, and

WHEREAS, following that local

siting approval, Saline County Landfill, Inc.,

submitted to

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency an application for a permit to expand that sanitary

landfill, in accordance with that local siting approval ofNovember 21, 1996; and

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2003, the County Board ofthe County of Saline adopted a

resolution that a letter be sent to the Enviromnental Protection Agency, requesting that State Agency

permit expansion ofthe Saline County Landfill as long as it met all environmental requirements; and

WHEREAS, the Saline County Board Chairman and the Chairman ofthe Landfill Committee

ofthe Saline County Board, forwarded a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in support of

expanding the Saline County Landfill as long as all EPA requirements are met; and

WHEREAS, on or aboutDecember

5,

2003, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

denied a permit for expansion ofthe Saline

County Landfill, for reasons unrelated to environmental

safely, and the Saline County Landfill then appealed that decision to the Illinois Pollution Control

Board; and

WhEREAS, without prior permission or knowledge ofthe Saline

County Board, the Office

of the Saline County State’s Attorney, filed on January 27, 2004, a motion to intervene in that permit

appeal before the Illinois Pollution Control Board, to oppose expanding the Saline County Landfill.

NOW, it is herebyresolved as follows:

1.

The Motion ofthe State’s Attorney to intervene before the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, in cause PCB 04-117, is contrary to the position repeatedly stated by the County Board, the

County Board Chairman, and the Landfill Committee ofthe Saline County Board.

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2.

The Saline County Board continues to support the proposed expansion ofthe Saline

County Landfill, so long as all environmental safety requirements are met.

3.

The Chairman ofthe Saline county Board is hereby authorized and requested to forward

correspondence to the Environmental Protection Agency and to the Clerk ofthe Pollution Control

Board,

with a copy ofthis resolution, confirming the State’s Attorney ofSaline County does not

represent the position ofthe Saline County Board, when he seeks to intervene in the permit appeal

ofthe Saline county Landfill, cause PCB 04-117.

APPROVED by a vote ofthe Saline County Board of

6

to

~_,

on this _26th day

of_February

,

2004.

By:

Chairman, Saline CoqØy Board

By:

Saline County Clerk

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