ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 5, 1998
    COUNTY OF BOONE, a body
    corporate and politic, and the CITY
    OF BELVIDERE, a municipality,
    Petitioners,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 98-111
    (Permit Appeal - Land)
    (90-Day Extension)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On February 23, 1998, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) and the
    County of Boone, a body corporate and politic, and the City of Belvidere, a municipality,
    (petitioners) filed a request for extension of the 35-day appeal period pursuant to Section 40 of
    the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (1996)), relating to a January
    15, 1998, Agency determination. The Agency requested the extension “to April 15, 1998, or
    any other date not more than a total of 90 days from the date of the Agency's final
    determination.”
    Section 40(a)(1)of the Act, which governs the appeal process, provides:
    the 35-day period for petitioning for a hearing may be extended
    for a period of time not to exceed 90 days by written notice
    provided to the Board from the applicant and the Agency within
    the initial appeal period. 415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (1996).
    As the Board maintains its files by docket number only, the Board will reserve docket
    PCB 98-111 for any appeal which may be filed by petitioners. Petitioners are directed to use
    this docket number in any future filing concerning this appeal. In the event that petitioners fail
    to file an appeal on or before April 15, 1998 (the 90th day after January 15, 1998), the Board
    will dismiss the docket. A $75 filing fee will be required if petitioners file a petition.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 5th day of March 1998 by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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