ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    October
    11,
    1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
    ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 90—105
    (Enforcement)
    EVANGELICAL HEALTH SYSTEMS,
    )
    a/k/a CHRIST HOSPITAL,
    )
    an Illinois Corporation,
    Respondent.
    PAMELA CIARROCCHI APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPLAINANT.
    ROSERY PAYNE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. Nardulli):
    This matter comes before the Board upon
    a complaint filed
    May 29,
    1990, on behalf
    of the People of the State of Illinois
    (“People’t),
    by and through its attorney, Neil F. Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against Evangelical
    Health Systems a/k/a Christ Hospital, located in Chicago,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges that Evangelical Health Systems
    has violated Section 9(b)
    of the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Act
    (“Act”), Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch. lll~, pars.
    1001,
    et.
    seq., and
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 201.143 of the Board’s
    rules and regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held August13,
    1990
    in Chicago,
    Illinois.
    At hearing,
    the parties submitted a
    Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement, executed by the parties.
    The Stipulation
    sets forth
    facts pertaining
    to the nature, operations,
    and
    circumstances surrounding the claimed violations.
    Evangelical
    Health Systems admits
    to past violations of Section 9(b) of the
    Act and 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 201.143 and agrees to pay a civil
    penalty of five thousand dollars
    ($5,000).
    Evangelical Health
    Systems 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
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    affects
    respondent’s responsibility to comply with any federal,
    state or local regulations, including but not limited to the Act
    and the Board’s pollution control 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 Evangelical Health Systems,
    concerning Evangelical Health Systems operations
    located
    in Chicago, Illinois.
    The Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement are incorporated by reference as
    though fully set forth herein.
    2.)
    Evangelical Health Systems shall pay the sum of five
    thousand dollars
    ($5,000) within 30 days of
    the date
    of this Order.
    Such payment shall be made by
    certified check or money order
    payable to the
    Treasurer of the State of Illinois, designated to the
    Environmental Protection Trust Fund, and shall be sent
    by First Class mail
    to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield,
    IL 62794—9276
    Evangelical Health Systems shall also write
    its
    Federal Employer Identification Number or Social
    Security Number on the certified check or money order.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat. 1989,
    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.
    Board Member
    J. Theodore Meyer dissented.
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    I, Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the abovt~J1Jon
    and Order was
    adopted on the
    //T~~
    day of
    ___________________
    ,
    1990, by
    a
    vote of
    ~
    .
    (7
    Illi
    P0.
    Control Board
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