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

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