GRANITE CITY DIV. OF NAT. STEEL CO. v. POLLUTION CONTROL BD.

No. 72850.

613 N.E.2d 719 (1993)

155 Ill.2d 149

184 Ill.Dec. 402

GRANITE CITY DIVISION OF NATIONAL STEEL COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. The ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Harrington, Heidi E. Hanson, David L. Rieser, Chuck W. Wesselhoft and Darren J. Hunter, of Ross & Hardies, Chicago, and R. Eric Robertson, Lueders, Robertson & Konzen, Granite City, for appellants.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and James L. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellee.

Martha A. Churchill, Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Assoc. of Commerce & Industry et al.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we are asked to consider the validity of recent amendments which the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) made to its water quality standards. Generally, water quality standards are statewide pollution control standards for Illinois waters which the Board promulgates in rulemaking proceedings. The water quality standards at issue in this appeal were adopted by the Board in a rulemaking proceeding...

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