ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April 21,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 94—108
)
(Enforcement)
AMOCO OIL COMPANY,
a Maryland Corporation,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD:
On April
4,
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
Amoco
oil
Company 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 settle-
ments
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 M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
~oard,
hereby certify
hat~te above order was adopted on th~
.~
c~4”~’ day of ______________________,
1994, by a vote of
~
-
/~J~1~
Dorothy M.
qd,~n,Clerk
Illinois Pol”~tutionControl Board