ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 19, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    MECALUX ILLINOIS, INC. a Delaware
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-222
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On June 6, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Mecalux Illinois, Inc. (Mecalux Illinois)
    See
    415
    ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Mecalux Illinois,
    Inc. violated Section 9(a), (b) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a), (b) (2002))
    and Sections 201.141, 201.142, and 218.204 of the Air Pollution Control regulations. The
    People further allege that Mecalux Illinois, Inc. violated these provisions by using 537 gallons of
    a coating that exceeded the maximum allowable volatile organic material (VOM) content and by
    commencing construction of two coating without a permit. The complaint concerns Mecalux
    Illinois, Inc.’s metal storage system manufacturing and coating facility at 1600 North 25th
    Avenue, Melrose Park, Cook County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if Mecalux Illinois, Inc. fails within that timeframe to
    file an answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a
    material allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider Mecalux Illinois, Inc. to have
    admitted the allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to
    proceed expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on June 19, 2003, by a vote of 6-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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