Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board

Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., seeks review over the decision of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (hereinafter PCB), which affirmed the decision of the County Board of Will County (hereinafter Board). Waste Management had filed a request for site approval with the Board for expansion of their existing Will County ESL landfill, which is a regional pollution control facility. The Board denied Waste Management’s request for expansion, finding, after hearings, that Waste Management had failed to show that the facility was necessary to accommodate the waste needs of the area it was…