ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    3,
    1992
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 92—149
    (Enforcement)
    OAK VALLEY WOOD PRODUCTS,
    INC.,
    AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    C.
    Marlin):
    On
    October
    8,
    1992,
    a
    complaint was filed
    on
    against
    the
    respondent.
    On December
    2,
    1992, the parties filed
    a request for
    relief
    from
    the
    otherwise
    applicable
    requirement
    of
    Section
    31(a) (1)
    of
    the
    Act
    that
    proposed
    stipulated
    settlements
    be
    presented at public hearing.
    Section 31(a)(2), as enacted in P.A.
    87—0134, effective August
    13,
    1991,
    provides
    in pertinent part:
    Notwithstanding the provisions
    of subdivision
    (1)
    of
    this
    subsection
    (a)
    ,
    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
    pursuant
    to
    subdivision
    (1).
    Unless the
    Board,
    in
    its
    discretion,
    concludes that a hearing will
    be
    held,
    the
    Board
    shall
    cause
    notice
    of
    the
    stipulation,
    proposal
    and request
    for relief
    to be published and sent in the same manner as
    is
    required
    for
    hearing
    pursuant
    to
    subdivision
    (1)
    of
    this
    subsection.
    The
    notice
    shall
    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 shall hold a hearing
    in
    accordance
    with
    the
    provisions
    of
    subdivision
    (1)
    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.
    0137-056L
    2
    IT IS
    SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy
    N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
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    day of
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    1992,
    by a vote of
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    Dorothy N.
    ç~u~n,
    C1erk~’
    Illinois Po~tZutionControl Board
    01370562

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