ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 18, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    STEIN STEEL MILL SERVICES, INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB
    02-1
     
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On July 2, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Stein Steel Mill Services, Inc. (Stein Steel Mill
    Services).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that
    Stein Steel Mill Services violated Section 9(a) and (b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act)
    (415 ILCS 5/9(a) and (b) (2002)); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141, 212.309(a), and 212.316(g)(4);
    and special condition 8(b) of operating permit 96090078. The People further allege that Stein
    Steel Mill Services violated these provisions by causing or allowing air pollution and permit
    violations. The complaint concerns Stein Steel Mill Services’ slag crushing and screening
    facility at 2201 Edwardsville Road, Granite City, Madison County.
     
    On December 2, 2003, the People and Stein Steel Mill Services filed a stipulation and
    proposed settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section
    31(c)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, the Stein Steel Mill Services neither admits nor denies the alleged violations and
    agrees to pay a civil penalty of $15,000.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
      
     
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on December 18, 2003, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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