ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February
    8,
    1990
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    PCB 89—65
    (Enforcement)
    VAUGHN M.
    BRIGHT,
    d1/b/a IMPERIAL PLATING
    CO.,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    B.
    Forcade):
    This matter cones before the Board
    U~Ofl
    a complaint filed
    on
    behalf of
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (“Agency”),
    by and through
    its attorney,
    Neil
    F.
    Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of
    Illinois,
    against Vaughn
    M.
    Bright,
    d/b/a Imperial Plating Company
    (“Bright),
    located
    in
    Springfield, Sangamon County,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges
    that Bright has violated Section
    9(b)
    of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch.
    1ll~, pars.
    1009(b) and 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 201.143 and 201.144 of
    the Board’s
    rules and regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held on January 9,
    1990
    in
    Springfield,
    Illinois.
    At the hearing,
    the parties submitted
    a
    Stipulation
    and Settlement Agreement,
    executed by
    the parties.
    The Stipulation
    sets forth
    a full stipulation of all material
    facts pertaining
    to the nature,
    operations,
    and circumstances
    surrounding
    the claimed violations.
    Bright admits
    to past
    violations of Section
    9(b)
    of
    the Act and
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code
    201.144 and agrees
    to pay a civil penalty of
    $600.
    Bright
    further agrees
    to
    cease and desist from the alleged violations.
    The Board finds
    the settlement agreement
    acceptable under
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code
    103 .180.
    This settlement agreement
    in no way
    affects respondent’s
    responsibility
    to comply
    ;•:i:h any federal,
    state or local
    regulations,
    including
    but not limited
    to
    the Act
    and the Board’s air pollution control
    regu ations.
    This Opinion constitutes
    the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of
    law
    in this matter.
    ORDER
    The Board hereby accepts
    the Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the :llinois Environmenral Protection
    10~—23
    —2—
    Agency and Vaughn
    M.
    Bright, d/b/a Imperial Plating Company
    concerning Bright’s electroplating operations
    which are capable
    of emitting particulate matter
    into the atmosphere
    located
    in
    Springfield,
    Sangamon County,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement are incorporated by reference
    as though
    fully set forth herein.
    Section
    41
    of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch. lll~,par.
    1041,
    provides
    for appeal
    of final
    Orders
    of
    the Board within
    35 days.
    The Rules of the Supreme
    Court
    of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby cert~ifythat the above Opinion and Order was
    adopted on
    •the
    ______
    day
    of ________________________
    ,
    1990,
    by
    a
    vote of
    .
    Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    108—24

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