ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 21, 1999
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    J.L. CLARK, INC., a Delaware
    corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 99-73
    (Enforcement - Air)
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On
    December 3
    , 1998, the parties filed a stipulation and proposal for settlement. The
    Board accepts the stipulation and proposal for settlement filed by the parties in this matter.
    The complaint alleged that the respondent violated Sections 9(a), 9(b), and 39.5(6)(b) of the
    Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a), 9(b), 39.5(6)(b) (1996)) and 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 201.143, 201.144, 270.201(c), 201.302(a), and 254.302 by operating an existing
    emission source and air pollution control equipment without a permit, by operating a major
    stationary source without a permit, by failing to timely submit annual emission reports, and by
    operating a new emission source and air pollution control equipment without a permit.
    Pursuant to Section 31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (1996)), the Board caused
    publication of the required newspaper notice of the stipulation and proposal for settlement and
    request for relief from the hearing requirement. The Board did not receive any requests for
    hearing. Accordingly, the Board grants a waiver from the hearing requirement.
    The stipulation and proposal for settlement sets forth the facts relating to the nature,
    operations, and circumstances surrounding the allegations in the complaint. The respondent
    neither admits nor denies the alleged violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of $25,000.
    Respondent must continue to comply with any federal, State, or local regulations including,
    but not limited to, the Act and the Board’s regulations.
    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 J. L. Clark, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
    for alleged violations at 2300 Sixth Street, Rockford, Winnebago County,
    Illinois and 2300 Wisconsin Avenue, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois.
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    The stipulation and settlement agreement is incorporated by reference as though
    fully set forth herein.
    2.
    The respondent shall pay the sum of $25,000 within 30 days of the date of this
    order. Such payment shall be made by two certified checks or money orders
    payable to the Treasurer of the State of Illinois. The first check shall be in the
    amount of $2,159 designated to the Illinois Environmental Protection Clean Air
    Act Permit Fund (091). The second check shall be in the amount of $22,841.00
    designated to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund. The case number, case
    name, and the respondent’s federal employer identification number 36-3582485
    shall also be included on both checks (or money orders).
    3.
    The checks (or money orders) shall be sent by first class mail to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    1021 North Grand Avenue East
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
    A copy of each payment transmittal and check shall be simultaneously
    submitted to:
    Johnna J. Potthoff
    Assistant Attorney General
    Environmental Bureau
    Attorney General’s Office
    100 West Randolph Street, 11th Floor
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    4.
    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,
    (35 ILCS 5/1003), as now or hereafter amended, from the date 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.
    5.
    Respondent shall cease and desist from the alleged violations.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1996)) provides for
    the appeal of final Board orders to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days of the date of
    service of this order. Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establish such filing requirements. See
    172 Ill. 2d R. 335; see also Ill. Adm. Code 101.246, Motions for Reconsideration.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above opinion and order was adopted on the 21st day of January 1999 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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