ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    June 29,
    1995
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 95—180
    (Enforcement-Air)
    ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND
    )
    COMPANY,
    a Delaware
    )
    corporation,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. McFawn):
    On June 22,
    iggs,
    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
    Archer Daniels Nidland Company,
    a Delaware corporation,
    as
    respondent.
    On June 22,
    1995, 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 5/3l(a)(l)
    (1992).)
    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.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    2
    I, Dorothy N.
    Cunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify ,j~atthe above order was adopted on the
    _____
    day of _____________________,
    1995,
    by a vo~eof
    ____
    o’6-c-c17
    A&.
    Dorothy
    14. 4ünn,
    Clerk
    Illinois P~,IlutionControl Board

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