Worthen v. Village of Roxana

This case is on appeal from a decision of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (PCB) affirming the decision of the Village of Roxana Board of Trustees (Village) which granted site approval to Laidlaw Waste Systems (Madison), Inc. (Laidlaw), for expansion of its Cahokia Road landfill. Petitioners appeal to this court pursuant to the provisions of section 41(a) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111 1/2, par. 1041(a) (now 415 ILCS 5/ 41(a) (West 1992))). The issues which we consider in this appeal are: (1) whether this court lacks jurisdiction because…