Shell Oil Co. v. Pollution Control Board

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action involves a petition for judicial review of Illinois Pollution Control Board Regulation R72 — 2, which regulates permissible levels of sound emissions from stationary sources. Petitioners maintain this action under sections 29 and 41 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 111%, §§1029, 1041)1 providing for direct review in this court of regulations promulgated under the Act. As grounds for review, petitioners, corporations that own petroleum refineries and related facilities throughout the…