BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARAECE~VED

CLERK’S OFFICE

FREEDOM OIL COMPANY,

JUL

200k

Petitioner,

STATE OF ILLINOIS

PCB

03 -121

Pollution Control

Board

(TJST

Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

NOTICE OF FILING

AND

 PROOF OF SERVICE

TO:

 Dorothy Gunn,

 Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

100 West Randolph Street

State

of

 Illinois

Building,

 Suite 11-500

Chicago,

 IL 60601

Carol Sudman

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue

 East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield,

 IL 62794-9274

John Kim

Division of Legal Counsel

Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue

East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield,

 IL 62794-9276

PLEASE BE

ADVISED

THAT we are today filing with the Pollution

Control Board the original and nine copies of Eighth Waiver of

Deadline for Decision,

 a copy of which is attached hereto.

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy

of

this Notice of Filing,

 together with

 a copy

of

the document

described above, were today served upon the hearing officer via

facsimile transmission and upon the hearing officer and counsel of

record

of

all parties to this cause by enclosing same in envelopes

addressed to such attorneys at their busines~addresses as

disclosed by the pleadings of record hpi~in, ~

 h\postage

 fully

prepaid,

 and by depositing same inJ~-,U.S.

Ma.k~1~

Springfield,

Illinois on the 23~day of July,

 200’

-~---

Prillaman

MOHAN,

 ALEWELT,

PRILLAMAN

1 North Old Capitol Plaza,

 Suite

325

Springfield,

 IL 62701

(217)

528

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THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

RECEJVED

BEFORE

THE

ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

 CLERKS OFFICE

FREEDOM OIt~COMPANY,

)

JUL

2004

STATE OF ILLINOIS

petitioner,

)

PolIut~onControl Board

v.

)

 PCB 03-121

(UST Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

EIGHTH WAIVER OF DEADLINE FOR DECISION

NOW COMES Petitioner, FREEDOM OIL COMPANY,

 by its

undersigned attorneys,

 and files this waiver of deadline pursuant

to Section 101.308(c) (1)

 of the Board’s Procedural Rules,

35

 Ill.

Adm.

 101.308(c) (1) hereby waiving its right to a decision within

120 days of filing,

 as provided in Section 40(a)

(2)

 of the

Illinois Environmental Protection Act

 (415 ILCS 5/40(a) (2)),

provided that such final action be taken by the Board on or

before December 22,

 2004.

Respectfully submitted,

FREEDOM OIL COMPANY,

Petitioner

By MOHAN,

By

MOHAN,

 ALEWELT, PRILLAMAN

&

ADAMI

1 North Old Capitol Plaza,

 Suite 325

Springfield,

62701

Phone:

 (217)

 528-2517

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&

ADAMI