Stark v. Pollution Control Board

This is an appeal from an order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) dismissing the petition of John Stark for review of a decision of the Cook County board which granted conditional site approval for a proposed balefill in an unincorporated area of Cook County and a conditional special use permit to the respondent Northwest Municipal Conference. The ground for dismissal ascribed by the IPCB was that it lacked jurisdiction to review actions of the Cook County board.

The only pertinent record before us is the petition for review filed before the IPCB. For the purposes of this appeal…