ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 18, 2004
     
    VILLAGE OF ROBBINS and ALLIED
    WASTE TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
     
    Petitioners,
     
    v.
     
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 04-48
    (Permit Appeal - Land)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On October 19, 2004, the Village of Robbins (Village) filed a motion asking the Board to
    reconsider the Board’s September 16, 2004 order. On November 10, 2004, the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) filed a response in opposition to the motion, as well
    as a motion for leave to file the response
    instanter
    .
     
    The Village did not file any response to the Agency’s motion for leave to file
    instanter
    .
    If a party files no response to a motion within 14 days the party will be deemed to have waived
    objection to the granting of the motion.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.500(d). The Board grants the
    motion for leave to file
    instanter
    , and accepts the Agency’s response.
     
    In ruling on a motion for reconsideration, the Board will consider factors including new
    evidence or a change in the law, to conclude that the Board’s decision was in error. 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 101.902. In Citizens Against Regional Landfill v. County Board of Whiteside, PCB 93-
    156 (Mar. 11, 1993), we observed that ‘the intended purpose of a motion for reconsideration is to
    bring to the court’s attention newly discovered evidence which was not available at the time of
    hearing, changes in the law or errors in the court’s previous application of the existing law.”
    Korogluyan v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 213 Ill. App. 3d 622, 627, 572 N.E.2d 1154, 1158 (1st
    Dist. 1992). The motion to reconsider presents no new evidence or a change in the law that
    would indicate that the Board’s September 16, 2004 decision was in error. Therefore, the motion
    to reconsider is denied.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    Section 41(a) of the Environmental Protection Act provides that final Board orders may
    be appealed directly to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days after the Board serves the
    order. 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (2002)),
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.300(d)(2), 101.906, 102.706.
    Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes filing requirements that apply when the Illinois
    Appellate Court, by statute, directly reviews administrative orders. 172 Ill. 2d R. 335. The
    Board’s procedural rules provide that motions for the Board to reconsider or modify its final
     
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    orders may be filed with the Board within 35 days after the order is received. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    101.520;
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.902, 102.700, 102.702.
     
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on November 18, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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