Chemetco, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board

This action involves an interlocutory appeal by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter the Agency) and Chemetco, Inc., from an order of the Pollution Control Board (hereinafter the Board) entered February 20, 1985, rejecting a settlement agreement submitted by the Agency and Chemetco in an enforcement action under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 111½, par. 1001 et seq.) (hereinafter the Act). We granted leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (87 Ill. 2d R. 308). In its rejection of the settlement agreement, the Board…