Rockford Drop Forge Co. v. Pollution Control Board

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD,

specially concurring:

I concur in the result reached by the majority, but not with all that is said in the majority opinion.

The majority takes the position that this court, in determining the validity of the rules and regulations of the Pollution Control Board (PCB), cannot adjudicate a constitutional challenge to those sections of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 111*2, par. 1001 et seq.) upon which those rules are based. The majority states:

“[T]his petition is before our court pursuant only to the specific provisions of section [29] of the…