ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December
3,
1992
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
V.
)
PCB 92—187
(Enforcement)
DeNORMANDIE TOWEL
& LINEN
SUPPLY COMPANY,
an Illinois
Corporation,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by
J.
C. Marlin):
This complaint
was
filed
on December
1,
1992.
On the
sane
day,
the parties
filed
a
request
for relief
from
the
otherwise
applicable requirement of Section 31(a) (1)
of the Act that proposed
stipulated
settlements be
presented at public hearing.
Section
3l(a)(2),
as enacted
in P.A.
87—0134,
effective August
13,
1991,
provides
in pertinent part:
Notwithstanding the provisions
of subdivision
(1)
of
this
subsection
(a),
whenever
a
complaint
has
been
filed
on
behalf
of
the
Agency
or
by
the
People
of
the
State
of
Illinois,
the parties may file with the Board
a
stipulation
and
proposal
for
settlement
accompanied
by
a request
for relief from the
requirement
of
a
hearing
pursuant
to
subdivision
(1).
Unless
the
Board,
in
its
discretion,
concludes that
a hearing will be
held,
the
Board
shall
cause
notice
of
the
stipulation,
proposal
and request
for relief
to be published and sent in the same manner as
is
required
for
hearing
pursuant
to
subdivision
(1)
of
this
subsection.
The
notice
shall
include
a
statement
that
any
person may
file
a written demand for hearing
within 21 days after receiving the notice.
If
any person
files
a timely written
demand for
hearing,
the Board shall deny the request for
relief from a hearing and shall hold a hearing
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
subdivision
(1)
The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
of the required newspaper notice.
The Board will reserve ruling on
the parties’ request until after the statutory
21 days has passed.
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IT IS
SO ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy
M.
Gunn,
Clerk
of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board.,
hereby certify
tl~t
the above order was adopted on the
_______
day of ______________________________
,
1992,
by
a vote
of
Dorothy N. 4nn,
Clerk
Illinois P~1ution Control Board
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