ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December 6,
1991
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
V.
)
PCB 90—60
(Enforcement)
ALLIED-H/~.STINGSBARREL
)
and DRUM SERVICE,
INC.,
)
Respondent.
REBECCA A.
BURLINGHAN APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPLAINANT.
RICHARD W. COSBY APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J.
C. Marlin):
This matter
conies before the Board upon a complaint filed
April
17, 1991 on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois,
by and through its attorney,
Roland W.
Burns, Attorney General
of the State of Illinois,
against Allied-Hastings Barrel and Drum
Service,
Inc.,
located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
The
complaint alleges that Allied-Hastings Barrel and Drum Service,
Inc. has violated Sections 9(a)
and 9(b)
of the Illinois Environ-
mental Protection Act
(“Act”),
Ill. Rev.
Stat.
1989,
ch.
111½,
pars.
1001,
et.
seq.,
and 35
Ill.
Athri.
Code 201.143 and
215.204(j)
of the Board’s rules and regulations.
Hearing on this matter was held June
18, 1991 in Chicago,
Illinois.
On November 14,
1991 the parties submitted
a
Stipulation and Settlement Agreement,
executed by the parties.
Allied-Hastings Barrel and Drum denies the alleged violations.
Allied-Hastings Barrel and Drum agrees to pay
a civil penalty of
Three Thousand Dollars
($3,000.00).
The Board has authority to impose a penalty where the
parties have stipulated to a penalty, but not to a finding of
violation.
See,
Chemetco,
Inc.
v.
Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
140 Ill.
App.3d
,283,
488 N.E.2d 639,
643
(5th Dist.
1986); and Archer Daniels Midland v. Pollution Control Board,
140
Ill.App.3d 823,
489 N.E.2d 887
(3rd Dist.
1986).
The Board finds 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 pollution control 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 Allied—Hastings Barrel
& Drum Service,
Inc.,
concerning its operations located in Chicago,
Illinois.
The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are
incorporated by reference as though fully set forth
herein.
2.)
Allied—Hastings Barrel
& Drum Service,
Inc. shall pay
the sum of Three Thousand dollars
($3,000.00) 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
s-ent
by First Class mail to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield,
IL 62794—9276
Allied-Hastings Barrel
& Drum Service,
Inc.
shall also
write its Federal Employer Identification Number or
Social Security Number on the certified check or money
order.
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,
(Ill. Rev.
Stat.
1989,
ch.
120, par.
10-
1003),
as now or hereafter amended, from the date of
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.
3.
Allied-Hastings Barrel
& Drum Service,
Inc. shall cease
and desist from the alleged violations.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
Ill. Rev.
Stat.
1987,
ch. 111½, par.
1041, provides for appeal of final
Orders of the Board within 35 days.
The Rules of the Supreme
Court of Illinois establish filing requirements.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Board Member
3.
Theodore Meyer dissented.
I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby cer~4ythat the a1bpve Opinion and Order was
adopted
orj.
the
(c
day of
e~6Z~~)
,
1991, by a
vote of
~-~/
Dorothy M.,/~unn, Clerk
Illinois P~11utionControl Board
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