Citizens Utilities Co. v. Pollution Control Board

The plaintiffs, Citizens Utilities Company of Illinois, Prestwick Utilities Company and Derby Meadows Utility Co., Inc., are each public utility companies operating one or more wastewater treatment plants. Pursuant to a recent act of the General Assembly, Public Act 83 — 883, the Pollution Control Board revoked the certification of plaintiffs’ plants as “pollution control facilities” as that term is defined in section 21a — 2 of the Revenue Act of 1939 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 120, par. 502a — 2). The plaintiffs sought administrative review of the Board’s decision in the circuit court of…