ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 16, 2002
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    GREAT LAKES TERMINAL &
    TRANSPORT CORPORATION, an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-199
    (RCRA Enforcement)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On May 13, 2002, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a two-count complaint against Great Lakes Terminal &
    Transport Corporation (Great Lakes).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.204. The People allege that Great Lakes violated Sections 21(g) and (k) of the
    Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/21(g), (k) (2000)) and the Board’s hazardous
    waste transportation regulations. The People further allege that Great Lakes violated these
    provisions by transporting hazardous waste without a permit, and failing to pay required fees.
    The complaint concerns Great Lake’s hazardous waste transportation facility at 8800 West 71st
    Street, Bedford Park, Cook County.
     
    Additionally, on May 13, 2002, the People and Great Lakes 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) (2000)). This filing is authorized by Section
    31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2000)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under
    the proposed stipulation, Great Lakes neither admits nor denies the alleged violations, but
    agrees to pay a civil penalty of $15,000.
     
    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) (2000); 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 May 16, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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