Celotex Corp. v. Pollution Control Board

This appeal is from a decision by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (the Agency) to deny an operating permit for the Celotex Corporation. The Agency’s decision to deny the permit was affirmed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (the Board). The appellate court considered the denial on a petition for direct review and reversed the Board. (100 Ill. App. 3d 520.) (Under the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 111½, par. 1041), review proceeds directly to the appellate court.) We granted the Agency leave to appeal under Rule 315 (73 Ill. 2d R. 315).

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