ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 6, 2004
     
    OASIS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
     
    Petitioner,
     
    v.
     
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 04-116
    (CAAPP Permit Appeal – Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    The Board accepted this Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) permit appeal for
    hearing on April 15, 2004. In its petition filed April 6, 2004, Oasis Industries, Inc. (Oasis)
    included a motion to stay the effectiveness of conditions 3.2.3, 5.2.7, 5.6.2(b), 5.9.1(a) and
    7.1.12(c) (contested conditions) of CAAPP permit No. 99090059, in accordance with Section
    105.304(b) of the Board’s procedural rules. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.304(b). The Board reserved
    ruling on the motion to allow the Agency time to respond. This order addresses the petitioner’s
    motion to stay. To date, the Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) has not responded to
    the motion.
     
    The Board has recognized that Illinois law provides standards to determine whether a
    stay is appropriate. Community Landfill Company and City of Morris v. IEPA, PCB 01-48, 49
    (Oct. 19, 2000), citing Motor Oils Refining Co., Inc. v. IEPA, PCB 89-116 (Aug. 31, 1989). The
    four standards are as follows: (1) a certain and clearly ascertainable right needs protection; (2)
    irreparable injury will occur without the injunction; (3) no adequate remedy
    at law exists; and (4)
    there is a probability of success on the merits. Motor Oils, PCB 89-116, slip op. at 1-2 (Aug. 31,
    1989), citing Junkunc v. S.J. Advanced Technology & Mfg., 149 Ill. App. 3d 114, 498 N.E. 2d
    1179 (1st Dist. 1986). The Board has held that it is not required to specifically address each of
    these factors in making a stay determination. Bridgestone/Firestone Off-Road Tire Company v.
    IEPA, PCB 02-31 (Nov. 1, 2001).
     
    Motions to stay a proceeding must be accompanied by sufficient information detailing
    why a stay is needed. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.514(a). If a party fails to respond to a motion
    within 14 days the party will be deemed to have waived objection to the granting of the motion.
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    The Board finds that Oasis clearly has a right to appeal the CAAPP permit conditions
    imposed by the Agency. The Board further finds that absent a stay, Oasis will suffer irreparable
     
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    harm. The Board grants Oasis’ motion to stay effectiveness of the CAAPP permit conditions
    3.2.3, 5.2.7, 5.6.2(b), 5.9.1(a) and 7.1.12(c) until the Board’s final action in this matter, or until
    the Board orders otherwise. The Board directs the parties to proceed as expeditiously as
    practicable.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on May 6, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
      
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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