ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
January 9, 1997
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
VILLAGE OF TILTON,
Respondent.
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PCB 96-133
(Enforcement - Water)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.Yi):
The Illinois Attorney General on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois and the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, filed a formal complaint on December 19, 1995
naming the Village of Tilton, located in 315 North Macon, Vermilion County, Illinois, as the
respondent. The parties filed 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 on December 23, 1996. (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 required to 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 will 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.
Board Member K. M. Hennessey abstained.
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I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
the above order was adopted on the _____ day of ___________, 1997, by a vote of
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Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board