ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 20,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
)
v
)
PCB 94—296
(Enforcement)
ANERICAN CIRCUIT SYSTEMS,
INC.,
)
an Illinois Corporation,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD:
On October 18,
1994, the Illinois Attorney General, on behalf
of
the
People
of
the
State
of
Illinois
and
the
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency,
filed
a formal complaint naming
American Circuit Systems, Inc., as a respondent.
On the same day,
the
parties
filed
a
stipulation
and
proposal
for
settlement
accompanied
by
a
request
for
relief
from
the
requirements
of
Section 31(a) (1)
of the Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
that
proposed stipulated
settlements be presented at public
hearing.
(415 ILCS
5/31(a) (1)
(1992).)
Section 31(a) (2) of the Act provides that 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 stipula-
tion
and proposal
for
settlement accompanied
by
a request
for
relief from the requirement of a hearing.
The Board is required to
cause notice of the stipulation, proposal and request for relief to
be published, unless the Board in its discretion,
concludes that a
hearing
is
necessary.
The
notice
is
required
to
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 hold a hearing.
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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy K.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify
1th~t
the above order was adopted on th~
•~O~day of ______________________,
1994, by a vote of
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Dorothy i~/Gunn, Clerk
Illinois ~~o11ution Control Board