PEOPLE OF THE
STATE
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
MIDWEST GRAIN
PRODUCTS
OF
ILLINOIS,
INC.
Respondent.
NOTICE OF FILING
To:
Mr.
Charles
Merrill
Ms.
Amy Wachs
Ms.
Tracy
S.
Menges
Husch
& Eppenberger
100
N.
Broadway,
Suite
1300
St. Louis,
Missouri
63102
John
Burds
Hearing
Officer
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board
100 West Randolph
State
of
Illinois Center
Chicago,
Illinois
60601
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that
on
this date
I mailed for filing with the Clerk of the
Pollution Control
Board
of the State
of Illinois a copy of STATUS
REPORT
Respectfully submitted,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,
JAMES
E.
RYAN, Attorney General
of the
State of Illinois
500
South Second Street
Springfield,
Illinois 62706
217/782-9031
Dated:
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MATTHEW J.
DUNN, Chief
Environmental
Enforcement/
Asbestos Litigation
Division
BY:
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E.
MCBRIDE
Assistant Attorney General
Environmental
Bureau
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
Complainant,
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PCB 97-1 79
POLLL TIOW CONTROL BOARD
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(Enforcement)
v.
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MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS OF
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ILLINOIS,
INC.
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Respondent.
STATUS REPORT
The Complainant, People of the State of Illinois, by
its attorney, James
E.
Ryan, the
Attorney General of the State of Illinois, pursuant to
Hearing Officer Order of January 23,
1998,
hereby files
the following status report.
1.
The Complaint was filed
in this case on April
7,
1997.
2.
Since April of 1997, Respondent has been taking
measures to correct the
emission problems at its plant.
3.
The parties met
on
March
6, 1998.
As a result of that meeting, the Respondent
decided
to complete a PSD permit application
for its
alcohol plant expansion.
The Respondent
has
submitted
a proposed Scope of Work and
Schedule for the submission of that application
to
the Illinois EPA.
4.
It is the Complainant’s belief that it is in the best interest of the parties that
settlement negotiations be allowed to continue and that discovery and the hearing be
postponed.
WHEREFORE,
Complainant requests that discovery
and the hearing be postponed in
this matter.
Respecffully submitted,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
JAMES
E.
RYAN,
Attorney General
of the State of Illinois
MATTHEW J. DUNN, Chief
Environmental Enforcement/Asbestos
Litigation Division
BY:
________________
KIANE
E.
MCBRIDE
Assistant Attorney General
500 South Second Street
Springfield,
Illinois
62706
(217) 782-9031
Dated:
May 17,
1998
2
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I
hereby certify that
I
did on
the
18th
day of May,
1998,
send
by
First
Class
Mail,
with
postage thereon
fully prepaid,
by depositing
in
a
United
States
Post
Office
Box a true
and
correct copy
of the following
instruments
entitled NOTICE
OF FILING
and
STATUS
REPORT
To:
Mr.
Charles
Merrill
John
Burds
Ms.
Amy
Wachs
Hearing
Officer
Ms.
Tracy
S.
Menges
Illinois
Pollution
Control Board
Husch
&
Eppenberger
100 West
Randolph
100
N.
Broadway, Suite
1300
State
of Illinois
Center
St.
Louis,
Missouri
63102
Chicago,
Illinois
60601
and
the original
and
five true
and
correct copies of the same foregoing
instruments
on the
same
date
by First
Class
Mail with
postage thereon fully
prepaid
To:
Dorothy
Gunn, Clerk
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board
State
of Illinois
Center
100W.
Randolph
Chicago,
IL
60601
E~2~~Q
~—1ANE E.
MCBRIDE
Assistant Attorney General
Environmental Bureau/Springfield
This filing is submitted
on
recycled
paper.
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OFFICE
OF
THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
May
18,
1998
Jim
Ryan
ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Honorable Dorothy Gunn
Illinois Pollution
Control Board
State
of Illinois Center
100
West Randolph
Chicago,
IL
60601
Re:
People v.
Midwest Grain
Products of Illinois,
Inc.
PCB No.
97-179
Dear Clerk Gunn:
Enclosed for filing please find
the original
and five copies of a
NOTICE OF FILING and
STATUS REPORT
in the above-captioned matter.
Please
file the originals and
return a file-
stamped
copy of the documents to
our office in the enclosed self-addressed stamped
envelope.
Thank you for your cooperation and consideration.
Sincerely,
E.
McBride
;sistant Attorney General
Environmental Bureau
500 South Second Street
Springfield,
Illinois
62706
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Enclosures
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Illinois
62706
(217) 782-1090
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ITY:
(217)
785-2771
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FAX:
(217) 782-7046
100 West Randolph
Street, Chicago,
Illinois
60601
(312)
814-3000
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TTY:
(312) 814-3374
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FAX:
(312) 814-3806
1001
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62901
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FAX:
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