ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February
    1,
    1996
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB
    96-147
    )
    (Enforcement
    -
    Water and
    Mine)
    ILLiNOIS CEMENT COMPANY, a joint
    )
    venture,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    This mattercomes before the Board upon a two-count complaint filed December 29,
    1995
    by the Attorney General ofthe State ofIllinois,
    on behalfofthe Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency and the People ofthe State ofIllinois, against Illinois
    Cement Company (Illinois Cement),
    ajoint venture, located at P. 0. Box
    442,
    RockwellRoad, LaSalle, LaSalle County, Illinois.
    The
    complaint alleges that illinois Cement has violated
    Sections 12(a) and
    12(f) ofthe Environmental
    Protection Act (Act), (415
    ILCS
    5/12(a),
    5/12(f)) and 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 403.102
    and 403.104
    by discharging contaminants without an NPDES permit
    and the construction of a mine related
    facilitywithout the proper permits.
    Pursuant to 415 ILCS
    5/31(a)(2),
    theparties filed a joint motion requesting relief from the
    Act’s hearing requirement on December 29,
    1995.
    The Board published a notice ofthe
    waiver
    on
    January
    5,
    1996.
    On January 25
    and
    26,
    1996, theBoard received letters ofobjection.
    Waiver of
    hearing is denied.
    A hearing officer will contact the objector and the parties to schedule a hearing
    date.
    IT IS
    SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk ofthe Illinois IF~oJutionControl Board, hereby certify that the
    above order was adopted on the /~1”day of
    1996,
    by a vote of
    illinois
    Control Board

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