Peoria Disposal Co. v. Illinois Pollution Control Board

Petitioner, Peoria Disposal Company (the company), applied for local siting approval to expand its regional landfill in Peoria County. The Peoria County Board (the county board) denied the application. The company petitioned the Pollution Control Board (the PCB) for review of that decision. The PCB upheld the county board’s ruling. The company appeals the PCB’s decision directly to this court, arguing that: (1) the application should be deemed approved by operation of law because the county board failed to take final action upon the application within the time period required by statute, (2)…