BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
ATKINSON LANDFILL COMPANY,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB 07-20
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(Pollution Control Facility
THE VILLAGE OF ATKINSON AND
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Siting Appeal)
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE
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VILLAGE OF ATKINSON,
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Respondents
NOTICE OF FILING
TO
:
SEE SERVICE LIST
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that on December 20, 2007, the attached document,
Response to Petition for Review, was filed with the Clerk of the Pollution Control Board.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I,
GLENN C. SECHEN
, an attorney, certify that I have served a copy of the
attached document by regular mail upon the person(s) on the attached Service List at or
before 4:00 p.m. on the 20
th
Day of December, 2007.
Glenn C. Sechen
Glenn C. Sechen, Counsel for the Petitioner
Glenn C. Sechen
James R. Griffin
Schain, Burney, Ross & Citron, Ltd.
222 North LaSalle Street
Suite 1910
Chicago, IL 60601-4514
312/ 332-0200
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Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, December 20, 2007
BEFORE THE VILLAGE BOARD
VILLAGE OF ATKINSON, ILLINOIS
IN RE: THE APPLICATION OF THE
ATKINSON LANDFILL COMPANY FOR
A POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY IN
THE VILLAGE OF ATKINSON
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PCB 07-20
(Pollution Control Facility
Siting Appeal)
RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR REVIEW
NOW COMES the Respondent, VILLAGE OF ATKINSON and THE VILLAGE
Board
of the village of Atkinson, BY ITS ATTORNEY, Virgil A. Thurman, and for its
Response to the PETITION FOR REVIEW
of the Applicant, ATKINSON LANDFILL
COMRA..
1'J"Y,
states as follows:
1. - 22. The Village admits the allegations of Paragraphs 1. - 22., except
Paragraphs 8. - 10., to which it responds by affirmatively stating as follows:
A. At the special closed session of the Village Board held at 6:00 P.M. on
August 28, 2006, the parties present at that session were:
Keith Noard, Mayor
Bobby Burton, Trustee
Corey Junior, Trustee
Ryan Rahn, Trustee
Shad Sturtewagen, Trustee
Carolyn Jiles, Village Clerk
Virgil
A.
Thurman, Village Attorney
Stacey Hall, Special Attorney for Village
At this spe'cial closed session, the Atkinson Landfill siting conditions were discussed. At
the conclusion
of the special closed session, the Village Board conducted a special open
meeting at 7:00 P.M. on the same date.
B.
At this special open meeting, the same individuals set forth above were
present, along with the following persons:
Gary Reynolds
Bob Walker
Ted Larimar, all from Giant Goose conservationist organization
Erik Vardijan
Mario Vardijan
Branko Vardijan, all from Atkinson Landfill Corporation
Rory VanOpdorp
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, December 20, 2007
After a general discussion period where all present participated, the Village Board passed
Resolution No. 185. The Village admits that the passage
of this Resolution was not based
upon specific evidence submitted at the siting hearing.
WHEREFORE, the Village submits the issue
of relief to the discretion of
the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
of Atkinson and
illage Board
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, December 20, 2007