ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June
    21,
    1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    )
    PCB 90—58
    (Enforcement)
    ARLINGTON PLATING COMPANY,
    an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
    APPEARANCE FOR
    THE COMPLAINANT
    BY RENEE CIPRIANO,
    ASSISTANT
    ATTORNEY GENERAL
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. Nardulli)
    This matter comes before the Board
    upon a complaint
    filed
    April
    13,
    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 Arlington
    Plating Company
    (Arlington),
    located
    in Palatine,
    Cook County,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges
    that Arlington has violated
    Section 9(b) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill.
    Rev. Stat.
    1989,
    ch. lll~, pars.
    1001,
    et.
    seq.,
    and 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code
    201.143 of the Board’s
    rules and
    regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held June
    6,
    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.
    Arlington
    admits
    to past violations of Section
    9(b) of the Act and
    35
    111.
    Adm. Code 201.143 and agrees
    to pay a civil penalty of
    two
    thousand five hundred dollars
    ($2,500).
    Arlington 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 res~ondent’sresponsibility
    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 constitutes the Board’s findings
    of
    fact and
    conclusions of
    Law in this matter.
    112—407
    —2—
    ORDER
    1.)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
    State of Illinois and Arlington, concerning
    Arlington’s operations located in Palatine, Cook
    County,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement are incorporated by reference as though
    fully set forth herein.
    2.)
    Arlington shall pay the sum of
    two
    thousand five
    hundred dollars
    ($2,500) within
    30 days
    of the date
    of this Order.
    Such payment
    shall be made by
    certified check
    or money order payable
    to the
    Treasurer
    of
    the State
    of
    :llinois, 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,
    IL 62794—9276
    Arlington
    shall also write
    its Federal Employer Identification
    Number
    or Social Security Number on the certified check
    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 Opinion and Order was
    adopted on
    the
    ~
    day of
    ___________________,
    1990,
    by
    a
    vote of
    ~-/
    ~
    Dorothy
    M. G~nn, Clerk
    Illinois Po±lutionControl Board
    112—408

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