ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    April 26,
    1990
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 89—187
    (Enforcement)
    UNR’ROHN,
    a Division of
    UNR,
    Inc.,
    a Delaware
    corporation,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD BY
    (J. Anderson):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    on
    November 13,
    1989,
    on behalf of the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency
    (“Agency”), by and through its attorney, Neil
    F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against
    Unr’Rohn,
    Inc.,
    a Texas corporation,
    located in Peoria,
    Peoria
    County,
    Illinois,
    and Robert Penn,
    as President of Unr’Rohn,
    Inc.
    An amended complaint was filed with the Board on January 16,
    1990,
    naming only Unr’Rohn,
    a Division of Unr,
    Inc.,
    a Delaware
    corporation,
    (“Unr’Rohn”)
    as respondent.
    The amended complaint
    alleges that Unr’Rohn has violated Sections 12(a)
    and 12(f)
    of
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”),
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch.
    111 1/2,
    pars.
    1012(a)
    and 1012(f)
    and 35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 302.208,
    302.212, 309.102(a),
    and 309.103(d)
    of the
    Board’s rules and regulations.
    Hearing
    on this matter was held on March
    8,
    1990,
    in Peoria,
    Illinois.
    At the hearing, the parties submitted a Stipulation
    and Settlement Agreement,
    executed by the parties.
    The
    Stipulation sets forth
    a full stipulation of all material facts
    pertaining to the nature,
    operations, and circumstances
    surrounding the claimed violations.
    Unr’Rohn admits to past
    violations of Sections 12(a),
    (h),
    and
    (f)
    of the Act and 35
    Iii.
    Adm. Code 302.208, 302.212,
    304.105, 309.102(a),
    309.103(d),
    and
    309.154(a)
    and agrees to pay a civil penalty of $5,000.00.
    The Board finds the Settlement Agreement acceptable under
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 103.180.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of
    law in this matter.
    ORDER
    110—363
    —2—
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the Agency and Unr’Rohn concerning
    Unr’Rohn’s steel galvanizing and fabricating operations,
    located
    in Peoria,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement
    is
    incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
    Respondent shall pay the sum of
    $5,000.00 within
    30 days 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 Trust Fund,
    and submitted by
    first class mail to:
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794—9276
    Unr’Rohn shall also write its Federal Employer
    Identification Number or Social Security Number upon the
    certified check or money order.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby certify that the above. Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    ~
    day of
    .1
    ,
    1990,
    by a
    vote of
    C
    .
    Dorothy M.
    ~unn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    I ifl—364

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