ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 26, 2007
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    LAKE POINT ESTATES, LLC,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 06-132
    (Enforcement - Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T.Girard):
    On January 18, 2006, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a one-count complaint against Lake Pointe Estates L.L.C. (Lake
    Pointe Estates).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The complaint
    concerns water pollution causes during construction activities at Lake Pointe Estates’ residential
    development in Springfield, Sangamon County.
    On January 8, 2007, the People and Lake Pointe Estates filed a stipulation and proposed
    settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1)
    of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004)). This filing is
    authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2004)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.300(a). Under the proposed stipulation, Lake Pointe Estates neither admits nor denies the
    alleged violations, but agrees to pay a civil penalty of $7,500.
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on January 26, 2007, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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