RECEIVED

CLERK’S

OFFICE

NOV

082005

BEFORE THE POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

STATE OF ILLINOIS

OF THE STATE

OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control

Board

BASIC WIRE

&

CABLE CO.,

)

Petitioner,

)

)

v.

)

PCBNo.

05-198

)

(UST Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

WAIVER OF DECISION DEADLINE

Pursuant to

35

Ill. Adm

Code

101.308, Petitioner Basic

Wire &

Cable hereby

waives the statutory

decision deadline

(See

415

ILCS

5/40(a)(2) (2004)) ofDecember 15,

2005

and extends that

deadline for 90 days to

March

15,

2006.

Respectfully

submitted,

BASIC

WIRE

&

CABLE CO.

By:___

One of its attorneys

Raymond T. Reott (#8440)

Jorge T. Mihalopoulos

Reott Law Offices, LLC

35

East Wacker Drive,

Suite 650

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 332-7544

Dated: November

7, 2005

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Certificate of Service

I, Raymond T.

Reott, hereby certify that on November

7, 2005, I caused the

original and nine (9) copies ofthe Waiver of Decision Deadline to be

filed with the Clerk

ofthe Pollution Control Board and a true copy to

be mailed by United States Mail

postage pre-paid to John J. Kim ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,

1021

North Grand Avenue East, Post Office Box

19276,

Springfield IL,

62794-9276, and also

to Hearing Officer Bradley P. Halloran of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, James R.

Thompson Center,

100 West Randolph Street,

Suite 11-500, Chicago, IL 60601.

Raymond T. Reott

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