Grigoleit Co. v. Pollution Control Board

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN,

specially concurring:

Although I fully agree with the majority opinion, I write specially because I fear that it does not fully convey the outrageous conduct of the Agency in this case. The record before us demonstrates that the Agency has arrogated to itself a role in which it— and it alone — can be trusted with the important task of protecting our environment. (See States Land Improvement Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency (1992), 231 Ill. App. 3d 842, 849, 596 N.E.2d 1164, 1168 (Steigmann, J., specially concurring).) The Agency’s position in this case…