- BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF:
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND
POLICY CENTER, on behalfofPRAIRIE
RIVERS NETWORK and SIERRA CLUB,
ILLINOIS CHAPTER,
Intervenor,
v.
- FREEMAN UNITED COAL
MINING CO., L.L.C., and
SPRINGFIELD COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.,
Respondents.
- Admin.
- Code§ 101.614.
- For the reasons discussed below,
the Hearing Officer should deny Intervenors' discovery requests, because it is necessary to
prevent undue delay, expense, and harassment to Springfield Coal and to third-party individuals
and entities.
- There is no question that these requests are not relevant to the
enforcement action at hand and that these...