ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 4, 2006
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    HOMEWOOD DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.,
    an Illinois corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 05-203
    (Enforcement - Land)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On June 3, 2005, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Homewood Disposal Service, Inc. (Homewood).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The complaint concerns
    Homewood’s solid waste transfer station at 25 South Park Street, Park Forest, Cook County.
    The Board accepted the complaint for hearing on June 16, 2005.
     
    In the complaint, the People allege that Homewood violated Section 21(d)(1) of the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act)(415 ILCS 5/21(d)(1) (2004)); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    807.210; and special condition five of Supplemental Permit number 1995-020-SP. The People
    further allege that Homewood violated these provisions by (1) modifying a waste management
    site without a permit; and (2) violating a special permit condition requiring a closure plan.
     
    On July 26, 2006, the People and Homewood filed a stipulation and proposed settlement,
    accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1) of the Act.
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004). These filings are authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act. 415
    ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2004).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed stipulation,
    Homewood does not affirmatively admit the violations alleged in the complaint, but agrees to
    pay a civil penalty of $20,000.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on August 4, 2006, by a vote of 4-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     
      

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