ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
June 30,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
V.
)
PCB 93—87
(Enforcement)
SOUTH
HOLLAND
METAL
FINISHING
COMPANY,
INC.,
an Illinois Corporation,
Respondent.
ORDER
OF THE BOARD
(by M. McFawn):
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 South Holland Metal
Finishing Company Inc. as a respondent on May 10,
1993.
On June
24,
1994, the parties filed a request for relief from the
requirements of Section 31(a) (1)
of the Environmental Protection
Act (Act), which requires that proposed stipulated settlements be
presented at public hearing.
(415 ILCS 5/31(a)(l)
(1992).)
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 must 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.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certi
that the above order was adopted on thç
~
day of ______________________,
1994,
by a vote of
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Dorothy M. G~in,Clerk
Illinois Pol1~(itionControl Board