ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    6,
    1989
    ILLINOIS ENV:RONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB
    89-69
    (Enforcement)
    KLAUSING TREE SERVICE,
    INC.,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by B.
    Forcade):
    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
    Klausing Tree
    Service,
    Inc.
    (“Klausing”).
    The complaint alleges
    that Klausing
    has violated Section 9(a)
    and
    (C)
    of
    the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch. lll~,pars.
    1009(a) and
    (c), and
    35 Ill. Adm.
    Code
    237.102(a)
    of the Board’s
    rules and regulations.
    Hearing
    on this matter was held on July
    14,
    1989
    in New
    Lenox,
    Illinois.
    At the hearing,
    the parties submitted
    a
    Stipulation and Settlement Agreement,
    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.
    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.
    ORDER
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency and Klausing Tree Services,
    Inc.
    concerning Klauslngs
    tree trimming services,
    located
    in New Lenox,
    Illinois.
    The
    St~puiatior1and Setternent AgreemenL are incorporated
    by
    reference as though fully set
    forth herein.
    106-15
    —2—
    Section
    41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    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.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby certify that the above Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    ~.
    ~i
    day of
    i...
    ~
    ,
    1989,
    by a
    vote of
    ________
    .
    •
    /
    .
    /
    Dorothy
    M. £~Unn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    10616

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