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    ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
     
    February 16, 2006
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, )
    )
    Complainant, )
    )
    v. ) PCB 00-104
    ) (Enforcement - Air)
    THE HIGHLANDS, L.L.C. and MURPHY )
    FARMS, INC., a division of MURPHY )
    BROWN, LLC. a North Carolina limited )
    liability corporation, and SMITHFIELD )
    FOODS, INC., a Virginia corporation, )
    )
    Respondents. )
     
    HEARING OFFICER ORDER
     
     
      
    On February 16, 2006, all parties participated in a telephonic status conference. The
    complainant represented that settlement discussions have been renewed and that it appears that
    all parties are fairly optimistic that a settlement will be reached negating the necessity of a
    hearing. To that end, the parties requested that the discovery scheduled be stayed. The parties’
    request is granted.
     
    The complainant represented that it anticipates that it will file a response to respondent
    Murphy Farms, Inc.’s amended affirmative defense, filed October 31, 2005.
     
    The parties are directed to participate in a telephonic status conference with the hearing
    officer on April 20, 2006, at 11:45 a.m. The status conference must be initiated by the
    complainant, but each party is nonetheless responsible for its own appearance. At the status
    conference, the parties must be prepared to discuss the status of the above-captioned matter and
    their readiness for hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Bradley P. Halloran
    Hearing Officer
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    James R. Thompson Center, Suite 11-500
    100 W. Randolph Street
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    312.814.8917
     
     
     
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    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
     
    It is hereby certified that true copies of the foregoing order were mailed, first class, on
    February 16, 2006, to each of the persons on the attached service list.
     
    It is hereby certified that a true copy of the foregoing order was hand delivered to the
    following on February 16, 2006:
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    James R. Thompson Center
    100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
     
     
     
     
     
      
      
      
      
      
    Bradley P. Halloran
     
      
      
      
      
      
    Hearing Officer
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    James R. Thompson Center
    100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    312.814.8917
     
      
    PCB 2000-104
    Jane E. McBride
    Office of the Attorney General
    Environmental Bureau
    500 South Second Street
    Springfield, IL 62706
     
     
     
    PCB 2000-104
    Thomas Davis
    Office of the Attorney General
    Environmental Bureau
    500 South Second Street
    Springfield, IL 62706
     
     
      
    PCB 2000-104
    Charles M. Gering
    McDermott, Will & Emery
    227 West Monroe Street
    Chicago, IL 60606-5096
      
     
     
     
    PCB 2000-104
    Jeffery W. Tock
    Harrington and Tock
    201 W. Springfield Avenue, Ste. 601
    P.O. Box 1550
    Champaign, Il 61824-1550
     
     
     
     

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