Rockford Drop Forge Co. v. Pollution Control Board

The appellants, 22 Illinois forging companies and the Forging Industry Association (the forging companies), filed a petition directly in the Appellate Court for the Second District under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 111½, par. 1001 et seq.) to review rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board of the State of Illinois (the Board) for noise emissions from stationary, or “property line,” sources. The rules were upheld by the appellate court (71 Ill. App. 3d 295), and we granted the forging companies’ petition for leave to appeal. The Board has…