ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March

22, 1990

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Complainant,

V.

)

PCB 89—192

(Enforcement)

NORTHROP CORPORATION,

a

Delaware Corporation

Respondent.

MS. PAMELA M. CIARROCCHI, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, APPEARED ON

BEHALF OF COMPLAINANT.

MS.

MARY

ANN CLIFFORD,

CORPORATION COUNSEL, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF

RESPONDENT.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.

Marlin):

This matter comes before the Board upon

a complaint filed on

behalf of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(“Agency”),

by and through its attorney, Neil

F.

Hartigan,

Attorney General of

the State of

Illinois, against Northrop

Corporation,

a Delaware Corporation doing business

in the State

of

Illinois (“Northrop”).

The complaint alleges

that Northrop

violated 35

Ill. Adm. Code 201.142 and Section 9(b)

of the

Illinois Environmental Protection Act

(“Act”),

Ill. Rev.

Stat.,

1987,

ch.

111 1/2,

par.

1009(b)

and

35

Ill. Adm.

Code 201.142 and

201.143.

Hearing on this matter was held on February

9, 1990

in

Chicago,

Illinois.

At the hearing,

the parties submitted a

Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement executed by the

parties.

The Stipulation sets forth

a

full stipulation of all

material facts pertaining

to the nature,

operations,

and

circumstances surrounding the claimed violations.

Northrop

admits to past violations

of Section

9(b)

of

the Act and

35

Ill.

Adm. Code 201.142 and 201.143.

Northrop also agrees to pay a

civil penalty of ten thousand dollars

($10,000.00).

Northrop

further agrees

to cease and desist from the alleged violations.

The Board finds

the settlement agreement acceptable under

35

Ill. Adm.

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 air pollution control regulations.

This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings

of fact and

conclusions of law

in this matter.

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ORDER

The Board hereby accepts

the Stipulation and Settlement

Agreement executed by the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency and Northrop Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

concerning a laser trimmer, grit blaster and baghouse which are

emission sources

not exempted from an operating permit

requirement.

The Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement are

incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.

Northrop shall pay the sum of ten thousand dollars

($10,000.00) within

30 days of this Order.

Such payment

shall be

made by certified check

or money order payable

to the Treasurer

of the State of Illinois, and designated to the Environmental

Protection Trust

Fund,

and shall be sent by First Class mail

to:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Fiscal Services Division

2200 Churchill Road

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield,

Illinois 62794—9276

Northrop shall also state

its Federal Employer Identification

number upon the certified check or money order.

Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,

Ill.

Rev.

Stat.

1987,

ch.

111 1/2, 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 Opinion and Order was

adopted on the

~~~‘~‘day

of

_____________

,

1990,

by a vote

of

______________

.

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Dorothy M. ,4’~unn, Clerk

Illinois ~&llution

Control

Board

109—562