ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
August 5,
1993
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 93—56
(Enforcement)
WORLD COLOR PRESS,
INC.,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J. Theodore Meyer):
This complaint was filed on March 19,
1993.
On July 27,
1993,
the parties filed an executed stipulation and proposal for
settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the otherwise
applicable requirement of Section 31(a) (1) of the Act that
proposed stipulated settlements be presented at public hearing.
Section 31(a) (2)
,
as enacted in P.A.
87—0134, effective
August
13,
1991, provides in pertinent part:
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision
(1)
of this subsection
(a), 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 stipulation and proposal for settlement
accompanied by a request for relief from the
requirement of a hearing pursuant to
subdivision
(1).
Unless the Board,
in its
discretion,
concludes that a hearing will be
held, the Board shall cause notice of the
stipulation,
proposal and request for relief
to be published and sent in the same manner
as
is required for hearing pursuant to
subdivision
(1) of this subsection.
The
notice shall 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 shall hold a
hearing
in accordance with the provisions of
subdivision
(1).
The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
of the required newspaper notice.
The Board will reserve ruling
2
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
Board, hereby~ertifythat the above order was adopted on the
4~day
of
_________________,
1993,
by a vote of
________
~
Dorothy M.4inn,
Clerk
Illinois Pb~11utionControl Board