RECE~VED

CLERK’S OFFICE

JUL

12

200k

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

pollutiOn

Control

Board

PERFETTI VAN MELLE USA, iNC.,

)

)

Petitioner,

)

)

PCBO2-215

vs.

)

)

(Permit Appeal

-

Air)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

)

Respondent.

)

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE

TAKE NOTICE

that

I

have

today

filed

with

the

Office

of the

Clerk

of the

Pollution Control Board the

Waiver ofStatutory Decision Deadline,

a

copy ofwhich is herewith

served upon you.

Respectfully submitted,

PERFETTI VAN MELLE USA,

INC.

By:___

Jo1~’S)alett

,

ttorney for Petitioner

Dated:

July

9,

2004

Jon

S. Faletto

Attorney for Petitioner

Howard &

Howard Attorneys, P.C.

One Technology Plaza, Suite 600

211

Fulton

Street

Peoria, IL

6 1602-1350

(309) 672-1483

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ED

JUL

1220o4

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOA~J~TE

OF ILLINOIS

o

Iutlon Controj Board

PERFETTI VAN MELLE USA, INC.,

)

)

Petitioner,

)

)

PCBO2-215

vs.

)

)

(Permit Appeal

-

Air)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

)

Respondent.

)

WAIVER OF STATUTORY DECISION DEADLINE

NOW

COMES

the Petitioner,

PERFETTI VAN MELLE

USA,

INC.,

pursuant to

35

Ill.

Admin.

Code

§101.308(c)(2)

and

waives

the

statutory

deadline

for

final Board

decision in

this

permit appeal

proceeding as

specified in

Section

40

of the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Act,

415

ILCS

5/40

(the “Act”).

In support of its waiver, Petitioner states:

1.

On September 12, 2002, Perfetti Van Melle filed a Petition for Review ofthe Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency’s decision on

May

7,

2002

to

deny the Petitioner’s

Application

for

a

Lifetime Operating Permit.

On September

19, 2002

the Board

issued an Order accepting the

Petition for hearing.

2.

Petitioner and Respondent have

undertaken discussions to

explore the possibility of

settlement.

If this

matter can

be

resolved

by

negotiation,

the expenditure of time

and

resources

associated with proceeding to hearing and final Board decision will be

avoided.

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED

ON RECYCLED PAPER

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3.

To

allow sufficient time for the parties to continue settlement discussions, Petitioner

waives the current statutory decisiondeadline ofOctober 2, 2004 and requests

a

90-day

extensionto

December 31, 2004, for the Board’s decision in this proceeding.

HOWARD

& HOWARD ATTORNEYS, P.C.

By:__

Jo

.

F

1etto,\~torney

Pc

Van M~tte

USA, Inc.

Dated:

July 9, 2004

Jon S. Faletto

Howard & Howard Attorneys,

P.C.

One Technology Plaza, Suite 600

211

Fulton Street

Peoria, IL

61602

(309) 672-1483

THIS FILING

IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

PERFETTI VAN MELLE USA,

INC.,

Vs.

Petitioner,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

PCB 02-215

(Permit Appeal

-

Air)

CERTIFICATE

OF SERVICE

I,

the

undersigned,

hereby certi~that

on

this

9th

day

of July,

2004,

I

have

served

the

attached Waiver of Statutory

Decision Deadline

for the

Board’s decision, by

depositing same via

First

Class, U.S. Mail, with proper postage prepaid, upon the following persons:

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Robb Layman,

Esq.

Division of Legal Counsel

Illinois Env. Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P. 0. Box 19276

Springfield, IL

62794-9276

Jon S. Faletto

Howard & Howard Attorneys,

P.C.

One Technology Plaza, Suite 600

211 Fulton Street

Peoria, IL

61602

(309) 672-1483

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Honorable Bradley J. Halloran

Hearing Officer

James R. Thompson Center

Illinois Pollution Control Board

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Jon~~~tto

THIS FILING IS

SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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