ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 7, 1996
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    COMPONENTS CORPORATION OF
    AMERICA, a New York corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 94-260
    (Enforcement - RCRA)
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a six-count complaint filed September 21,
    1994, by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency and the People of the State of Illinois, against Components Corporations of
    America (Components), a New York corporation located at 501 South Reed Street, Robinson,
    Crawford County, Illinois. The complaint alleges that Components violated Sections 21(f)(1),
    21(f)(2) and 42(f) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/21(f)(1),
    (2)), and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703.121(a) and (b), 725.113(a) and (b), 725.114(b) and (c),
    725.117(a) and (b), 725.271, 725.275(a), 725.273(b), 725.274, 725.131, 725.132, 725.137,
    725.151(a), 725.155, 725.173, 725.175, 725.212(a), 725.242(a), and 728.107(a) of the
    Board’s Waste Disposal Regulations. These regulations pertain to, among other things,
    hazardous waste storage, treatment and disposal operations, RCRA permit requirements, waste
    analysis requirements, waste analysis plans, and closure plans.
    Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a)(1), the parties filed a joint motion requesting relief from
    the Act’s hearing requirements on September 23, 1996. The Board published a notice of the
    waiver on September 25, 1996; no objection to the granting of the waiver was received.
    Waiver of hearing is hereby granted.
    The parties filed a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement on September 23, 1996. The
    Stipulation sets forth facts relating to the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding the
    claimed violations. Components neither admits nor denies the alleged violations and agrees to
    pay a civil penalty of twenty three thousand dollars ($23,000.00).
    The Board finds that the settlement agreement acceptable under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.180. This settlement agreement in no way affects respondent’s responsibility to comply
    with any federal, state or local regulations, including but not limited to the Act and the Board’s
    regulations.
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    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law in this
    matter.
    ORDER
    1)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement executed by
    the People of the State of Illinois and Components Corporations of America, a
    New York corporation, located at 501 South Reed Street, Robinson, Crawford
    County, Illinois. The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement is incorporated by
    reference as though fully set forth herein.
    2)
    Components shall pay the sum of twenty three thousand dollars ($23,000.00)
    within 30 days of the date of this Order. Such payment shall be made by
    certified check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the State of Illinois,
    designated to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, and shall be sent by
    First Class mail to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield, IL 62794-9276
    The certified check or money order shall clearly indicate on its face, Components Federal
    Employer Identification Number and that payment is directed to the Environmental Protection
    Trust Fund.
    3)
    Components shall also pay the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) within
    60 days of the date of this order. Such payment shall be made by certified
    check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the State of Illinois,
    designated to the Hazardous Waste Fund, in the same manner and to the same
    address provided in paragraph 2 above:
    The certified check or money order shall clearly indicate on its face
    Respondent’s Federal Employer Identification Number or Social Security
    Number, and that payment is directed to the Hazardous Waste Fund.
    Any such penalty not paid within the time prescribed shall incur interest at the rate set
    forth in subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, (35 ILCS 5/1003), as
    now or hereafter amended, from the date payment is due until the date payment is received.
    Interest shall not accrue during the pendency of an appeal during which payment of the penalty
    has been stayed.
    4)
    Components shall cease and desist from the alleged violations.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1994)) provides for
    the appeal of final Board orders to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days of the date of
    service of this order. The Rules of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    (See also 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.246 “Motions for Reconsideration.”)
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above opinion and order was adopted on the _____ day of ___________, 1996, by a vote
    of ______________.
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    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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