SIERRA CLUB v. ILL. POLLUTION CONTROL BD.

No. 110882.

957 N.E.2d 888 (2011)

354 Ill. Dec. 294

SIERRA CLUB et al., Appellants, v. The ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wentworth II , and James P. Lawson , of Hasselberg, Williams, Grebe, Snodgrass & Birdsall, of Peoria, for appellants.

Claire A. Manning , of Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, of Springfield, and Brian J. Meginnes and Janaki Nair , of Elias, Meginnes, Riffle & Seghetti, P.C., of Peoria, for appellee Peoria Disposal Company.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and John P. Schmidt , Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Nathan D. Eisenberg , of Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for amicus curiae International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 627.

David A. Brown , of Black, Black & Brown, of Washington, for amicus curiae Tazewell County, Illinois.


OPINION

Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue in this case is whether Sierra Club and Peoria Families Against Toxic Waste (the opposition groups) had standing to seek review of the Illinois Pollution Control Board's decision granting Peoria Disposal Company's delisting petition. We conclude that they did not.

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 1989, the Illinois Environmental Protection...

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