ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 19, 1995
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 95—176
    )
    (Enforcement-Air)
    PRO-PAK INDUSTRIES, INC.,
    an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On June 20, 1995, the Illinois Attorney General, on behalf
    of the People of the State of Illinois and the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency, filed a formal complaint naming
    Pro—Pak Industries, Inc., an Illinois corporation as respondent.
    On October 3, 1995, the parties filed a stipulation and proposal
    for settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the
    requirements of Section 31(a) (1) of the Environmental Protection
    Act (Act) that proposed stipulated settlements be presented at
    public hearing. (415 ILCS 5/31(a)(1) (1994).)
    Section 31(a) (2) of the Act provides that 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. The Board is
    required to cause notice of the stipulation, proposal and request
    for relief to be published, unless the Board in its discretion,
    concludes that a hearing is necessary. The notice is requiredto
    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 hold a hearing.
    The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
    of the required newspaper notice.. The Board will reserve ruling
    on the parties’ request until after the statutory 21 days has
    passed.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certif~’~L. the above order was adopted
    on the
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    day of _____________________, 1995, by a vote of
    7-c.
    Ii
    Control Board

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