ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
November 7,
 1991
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
 )
)
Complainant,
)
v.
 )
 PCB 91—211
(Enforcement)
)
SWIFT-EC~RICH,INC.,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
 (by J.
 C. Marlin):
This complaint was filed on November 5,
 1991, accompanied by
a stipulation and proposal for settlement.
 At the same time, the
parties filed 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 filed 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
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on the parties’
 request
 until
 after the
 statutory
 21 days
 has
passed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N.
 Gunn,
 Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Bo~d-,-hereby certi.f
 that the above Order was adopted on the~
/‘4
 day of ______________________,
 1991, by a vote of
 /
 ~
Dorothy N.
Illinois
 Control Board
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