ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
May 16, 1996
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
BOBAK SAUSAGE COMPANY, an Illinois
corporation,
Respondent.
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PCB 96-160
(Enforcement - Air)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
On January 18, 1996 the Illinois Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
of Illinois and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency), filed a formal
complaint naming as respondent, Bobak Sausage Company, an Illinois located corporation at
5275 South Archer, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On May 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 5/31(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 Illinois
Pollution Control Board (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 discre-
tion, 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 of the Board 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.
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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 _____ day of ___________, 1996, by a vote of
______________.
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Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board