Armstrong Chemcon, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners are a group of paint manufacturers and suppliers seeking initial judicial review in this court, pursuant to section 29 of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 111½, par. 1029), of the validity and application of the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s regulation R70—5, limiting discharges of mercury to Illinois waters. Said section 29 provides:

“Any person adversely affected or threatened by any rule or regulation of the Board may obtain a determination of the validity or application of such rule…