ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June 21, 1990
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 90—54
(Enforcement)
F & F LABORATORIES, INC.,
an Illinois Corporation,
Respondent.
APPEARANCE FOR THE COMPLAINANT BY RENEE CIPRIANO, ASSSTANT
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’t), by and through its attorney, Neil F. Hartigan,
Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against F & F
Laboratories, Inc., (F & F) located in Chicago, Illinois. The
complaint alleges that F & F has violated Section 9(b) of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”), Ill. Rev. Stat.
1989, ch. l1l~,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
circumstamces surronding the claimed violations. F & F admits to
past violations of Section 9(b) of the Act and 35 IlL. Adm. Code
201.143 and agrees to pay a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
($1,000). F & F further agrees to cease and desist frcm the
alleged violations.
The Board finds the Settlement Agreement acceptable under 35
Ill. Adm. Code 103.180. This Settlement Agreement in no ~ay
affects respondent’s responsibility to cornDly ‘~ith 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.
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ORDER
1.)
The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and
Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
State of Illinois and F & F Laboratories, Inc.
concerning F & F’s operations located in Chicago,
Illinois. The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement
are incorporated by reference as though fully set
forth herein.
2.)
F & F shall pay the sum of one thousand dollars
($1,000) 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 Illinois, 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
F & F 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. 11l~, par. 1041, provides ~or 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
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,
1990, by a
vote of
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Dárothy M. ~nn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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