ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL BOARD
    July
    3,
    1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 90—80
    (Enforcement)
    NOBERT PLATING COMPANY,
    an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
    APPEARANCE FOR COMPLAINANT B?
    PAMELA
    CIARROCCHI, ASSISTANT
    ATTORNEY GENERAL.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    Marlin):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    April
    24, 1990,
    on behalf of
    the People of
    the State
    of
    Illinois
    (“People”),
    by and through its attorney,
    Neil
    F. Hartigan,
    Attorney General
    of the State
    of
    Illinois,
    against Nobert Plating
    Company,
    (Nobert) located Chicago,
    Illinois.
    The complaint
    alleges
    that Nobert has violated Section
    9(b)
    of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    oh.
    1ll~,pars.
    1001,
    ~
    and
    35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 201.144 of the
    Board’s
    rules and regulations.
    Hearing
    on this matter was held June
    15,
    1990
    in Chicago,
    Illinois.
    At hearing,
    the parties submitted
    a Stipulation and
    Settlement
    Agreement,
    executed
    by the parties.
    The Stipulation
    sets forth
    facts pertaining
    to the nature,
    operations,
    and
    circumstances surrounding the claimed violations.
    Nobert admits
    to past violations of
    Section 9(b)
    of
    the Act and
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 201.144 and agrees
    to pay a civil penalty of one thousand
    five hundred dollars
    ($1,500).
    Nobert
    further agrees
    to cease
    and desist
    from the alleged violations.
    The Board
    finds
    the Settlement Agreement acceptable under
    35
    Ill. Ad~i.Code
    103.180.
    This Settlement Agreement
    in no way
    affects Respondent’s
    responsibility
    to comply
    with
    any federal,
    state or
    local regulations,
    including
    but not limited
    to the Act
    and the Board’s pollution control regulations.
    This Opinion constitut~s the Board’s
    findings of
    fact and
    conclusions of
    law
    in
    this matter.
    I l3~73
    —2—
    ORDER
    1.)
    The Board hereby accepts
    the Stipulation and Settement
    Agreement executed
    by the People of
    the State
    of
    Illinois and Nobert Plating Company, concerning
    Nobert’s operations located
    in Chicago, Illinois.
    The
    Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are incorporated
    by reference as though fully set forth herein.
    2.)
    Nobert shall pay
    the sum of one thousand
    five
    hundred
    dollars
    (Sl,500) within
    30 days of
    toe date of
    :h:a
    Order.
    Such payment
    shall
    be made
    by
    certified chec~
    or money order payable
    to
    the ‘reasurer
    ci
    the State
    of
    Illinois,
    designated
    to the Environmenta
    ::rotection
    Trust
    Fund, and shall
    ~e sent
    ny
    First Class mail
    t:
    :llinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O.
    Box 19276
    Springfield,
    IL 62794—9276
    Nobert shall also write
    its Federal Employer Identification
    Number or Social Security Number on the certified coeck or money
    order.
    Section 41 of
    the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch. lll~,par.
    1041,
    provides
    for appeal of
    final
    Orders
    of the Board within
    35 days.
    The Rules of
    the Supreme
    Court of
    Illinois establish
    filing requirements.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member
    J.
    Theodore Meyer dissented.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of
    the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify
    that the above Ooinion and Order was
    adopted
    on the
    ~ ‘~~dayof
    ___________________
    ,
    1990,
    by
    a
    vote of
    (—/
    .
    /
    ~
    ,//,
    Dorothy
    M.
    G~yhn, C1er~
    Illinois Po34ution Control Board
    113—74

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