ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 6, 2003
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    MANO NEGRA WRECKING CORP.,
    an Illinois corporation, and FERNANDO
    O. ZAMORA, individually and as president
    of MANO NEGRA WRECKING CORP.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 00 -103
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M.E. Tristano):
     
    On December 20, 1999, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Mano Negra Wrecking Corp., an Illinois
    corporation, and Fernando O. Zamora, individually and as president of Mano Negra Wrecking
    Corp..
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that
    respondents violated various provisions of the Act, the Board’s air pollution regulations, and the
    federal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. The People further allege
    that respondents violated these provisions by failure to provide a completed notification of
    demolition; by failure to adequately wet asbestos containing waste material; causing or allowing
    open dumping; and causing or allowing litter. The complaint concerns respondents’ demolition
    of structures located in a residential neighborhood at 2635 East 100th Street and 10601 South
    Torrence Avenue, Chicago, Cook County.
     
    On January 27, 2003, the People and respondents filed a stipulation and proposed
    settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, the respondents neither admits nor denies the alleged violations, and Mano Negra
    Corp agrees to pay a civil penalty of $20,000 and Fernando O. Zamora agrees to pay a civil
    penalty of $5,000.
     
    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) (2002); 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.
     
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 6, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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