Environmental Protection Agency v. Pollution Control Board

Petitioner, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency), filed a direct appeal in the appellate court (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. IlIVs, par. 1041) challenging the decision of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) to remove several conditions from the construction and operating permits the Agency had issued in September 1980 to Alburn, Inc., operator of a liquid waste incinerator in Chicago, Illinois. The Agency contends that the Board’s decision to remove the permit conditions was against the manifest weight of the evidence; the Board argues in response that the Agency’s action…