ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 18, 2004
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    LEHIGH PRESS, INC., a Pennsylvania
    corporation a/k/a LEHIGH PRESS-
    CADILLAC, LEHIGH CADILLAC-DIRECT,
    LEHIGH DIGITAL, and LEHIGH DIRECT,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-220
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On May 29, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Lehigh Press, Inc. (Lehigh Press).
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Lehigh Press violated
    Sections 9(a) and (b) and 39.5(6)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a)
    and (b) and 39.5(6)(a) (2002)); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.407(a)(1)(C), 218.410(c)(2), and
    218.411(b)(3); conditions 7.1.5(a), 7.1.3(e)(i)(C), and 7.1.9(c)(i) of CAAPP no. 95100080; and
    conditions 1.1.7(a) and 1.1.9(b)(i) for construction permit no. 01040039. The People further
    allege that Lehigh Press violated these provisions by causing, threatening, or allowing air
    pollution by operating its afterburner at a temperature lower than required; by failing to install,
    calibrate, operate, collect, and record data on its air pollution control equipment; and by reducing
    emissions from one unit to another in violation of its permit. The complaint concerns Lehigh
    Press’s commercial printing facility at 25th and Lexington Avenue, Broadview, Cook County.
     
    On March 12, 2004, the People and Lehigh Press 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 Lehigh Press denies the alleged violations but agrees to pay a civil penalty of
    $30,000.
     
    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.
     
     
     
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on March 18, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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