RECE~VED
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CLERK’S OFFICE
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOAl~ATE
Pollution
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Control
ILLINOIS
Board.
Commonwealth Edison Company,
Petitioner
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
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Respondent
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Midwest Generation EME, LLC,
Petitioner
V.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
Respondent
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PCB 04-216
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Trade Secret Appeal
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(not consolidated)
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NOTICE OF FILING
To:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph
Suite 11-500
Chicago, illinois 60601
Brad Halloran
Hearing Officôr
illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Sheldon A. Zabel
Mary A. Mullen
Andrew N. Sawula
Schiff Harden LLP
6600 Sears Tower
Chicago, illinois 60606
Byron F. Taylor
Chante D. Spaiin
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP~
Bank One Plaza
10 5. Dearborn
Chicago, illinois 60603
Keith Harley
Annie Pike
Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc.
205 West Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Please take notice that today we have filed with the Office ofthe Clerk ofthe
Pollution Control Board an original (1) and nine (9) copies of IEPA’s Response to the
Board’s June 17 Order Concerning Consolidation. A copy is herewith served upon the
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PCB 04-215
Trade Secret Appeal
assigned Hearing Officer, the attorneys for the Petitioner, Commonwealth EdisOn
Company, Midwest Generation EME, LLC, and the attorneys for the Sierra Club.
Dated: Chicago, Illinois
July 26, 2004
LISA MADIGAN, Attorney General ofthe
State ofillinois
MATTHEW. DUNN, Chief, Environmental Enforcement!
Asbestos Litigation Division
BY~~i&~f~
exander, Assistant ttomey General and~
Environmental Counsel
Paula Becker Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General
188 West Ranaolph Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-814-3772
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312-814-2347 (fax)
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REC~JVEDCLERK’S
OFFICE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
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Commonwealth Edison Company,
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
Petitioner
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PCB 04-215
Pollution Control Board
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Trade Secret Appeal
V.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
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Respondent
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Midwest Generation EME, LLC,
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Petitioner
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PCB 04-216
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Trade SecretAppeal
V..
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(not cOnsolidated)
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
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Respondent
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IEPA’S RESPONSE TO THE BOARD’S
JUNE
17 ORDER CONCERNING CONSOLIDATION
Respondent, illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”), by Lisa
Madigan, Attorney General ofthe State of Illinois, herewith submits its respons.e to the
request by the Board in its Order dated June 17, 2004 that he parties address whether it
would be appropriate to consolidate the two captioned appeals for purposes ofhearing, if
any, and decision. In response, Respondent states as follows:
1.
The two trade secret appeals concernthe same set ofdocuments submitted
by appellant Commonwealth Edison in response to an information request by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, and subsequently copied to IEPA. One appeal
was brought by Commonwealth Edison as owner ofthe documents, and the other was
brought by Midwest Generation, the current owner ofthe facilities that are the subject of
the documents. The administrative records ofthe two appeals are therefore close to
identical, with the only difference between them being the separate trade secret
justification statements submitted by Commonwealth Edison and Midwest Generation.
Consolidation ofthe two matters is therefore “in the interest of convenient, expeditious,
and complete determination ofclaims.” 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.406.
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Additionally, consolidation would not cause material prejudice to any
party, and the burdens ofproofin the two matters do not vary.
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For these reasons, Respondent IBPA favors and recommends
consolidation ofthe two matters.
• Dated: Chicago, Illinois
July26, 2004
• LISA MADIGAN, Attorney General of the
State ofillinois
MATTHEW DUNN, Chief, Environmental Enforcement!
• Asbestos Litigation Division
BY~ander~istant
Attorney General and
Environmental Counsel
Paula Becker Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General
188 West Randolph Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60601
• 312-814-3772
312-814-2347 (fax)
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Commonwealth Edison Company,
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Petitioner
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PCB 04-215
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Trade Secret Appeal
v.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
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Respondent
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Midwest Generation EME, LLC,
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Petitioner
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PCB 04-216
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Trade SecretAppeal
v.
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(not consolidated)
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
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• Respondent
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Ihereby ceriify that I did on the 26th Day ofJuly 2004 send by First Class Mail,
with postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession ofthe United States
Postal Service, one (1) original and nine (9) copies ofthe following instruments entitled
Notice ofFiling and IEPA’s Response to the Board’s June 17 Order Concerning
Consolidation to
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To:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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100 West Randolph
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Suite 11-500
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Chicago, Illinois 60601
and a true and correct copy ofthe same foregoing instruments, by First Class Mail with
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postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession ofthe United States Postal
Service, to:
Byron F. Taylor
ChanteD.Spann
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Bank One Plaza
10 S. Dearborn
Chicago, illinois 60603
Sheldon A. Zabel
Mary A. Mullen
Andrew N. Sawula
Schiff Harden LLP
6600 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Dated: Chicago, Illinois
July 26, 2004
LISA MADIGAN, Attorney General of the
State of Illinois
Keith Harley
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Annie Pike
Chicago Legal Clinic; Inc.
205 West Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, illinois 60606
MATTHEW DUNN, Chief, Environmental Enforcement!
Asbestos Litigation Division
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BY:Ai~-~1~xander~Assistant
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‘Attorney General and
Environmental Counsel
Paula Becker Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General
188 West Randolph Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-814-3772
312-814-2347 (fax)
