ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April
18,
1996
PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
)
)
Complainant,
)
)
PCB 96-212
v.
)
(Enforcement
-
Water)
)
EGYPTIAN COMMUNITY
SCHOOL
)
DISTRICT UNIT
#5,
)
)
Respondent.
)
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by G.T. Girard):
On April
8,
1996,
the Illinois Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
of
Illinois
and
the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency,
filed a formal complaint naming
as
respondent Egyptian Community
School District
Unit
#5,
regarding its water treatment facility
located at Rural Route #1,
Tamms,
Alexander County, Illinois.
On April
8,
1996,
the parties
filed a stipulation and proposal
for settlement accompanied by
a request for relief from the
requirements of Section 31(a)(1) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) that
proposed
stipulated settlements be presented at public hearing.
(415 ILCS
5/3
1(a)(1)
(1994).)
Section
31(a)(2) of the
Act provides that whenever a complaint has been filed on behalf
of the Agency or by the People of the State of Illinois, the parties may file with the Board a
stipulation and
proposal for settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the
requirement of a hearing.
The Board
is
required to cause notice of the stipulation, proposal
and request for relief to be published, unless the Board in
its discretion,
concludes that a
hearing is necessary.
The notice
is required to
include a statement that any person may file a
written demand for hearing within 21
days after receiving the notice.
If any person files a
timely written demand for hearing, the Board shall deny the request for relief from a hearing
and hold a hearing.
The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication of the required newspaper
notice.
The Board will reserve
ruling on
the parties
request
until after
the
statutory
21
days
has passed.
2
IT IS
SO ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois
Pollution
Control Board,
hereby certify
that
the
above
order
was
adopted
on
the
/7~
day
of
~~cj/.
,
1996,
by
a
vote
of
~
,4~
Dorothy M. Q4/m.
Clerk
Illinois Pollu~nControl Board