Union Oil Co. of California v. Pollution Control Board

Petitioner is a corporation that owns and operates a petroleum refinery with related equipment and facilities located within the Third Appellate District. Petitioner has also filed an identical petition in the First Appellate District (No. 59461). Both petitions involve the initial judicial review, pursuant to section 29 of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. HIM, par. 1029), challenging the validity of the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s Regulation R72-2 adopted on July 26,1973. Said section 29 provides:

“Any person adversely affected or threatened by any rule or…