ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September
    28, 1989
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 89-103
    (Enforcement)
    SIMKINS INDUSTRIES,
    INC.,
    Respondent.
    WILLIAM SEITH, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF
    PETITIONER.
    TOM GILLER APPEARED ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    Marlin):
    This matter comes before
    the Board upon
    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 Simkins
    Industries,
    Inc.
    (Simkins).
    The complaint alleges that Simkins has violated
    Section
    9(a)
    of
    the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act), Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch. lll~,par.
    1009(a), and the Pollution Control
    Board Order entered in PCB 67—181.
    Hearing on
    this matter was held on August
    9,
    1989
    in
    Chicago.
    At the hearing, petitioner’s
    counsel summarized a
    Stipulation and Proposal
    for Settlement
    (Stipulation), executed
    by the parties.
    The Stipulation addresses
    the facts and proposed
    terms
    of settlement
    in this matter.
    No members
    of the public
    attended the hearing.
    Respondent denies
    the violations
    of the
    June 16, 1988 Order entered
    in Simkiris Industries,
    Inc.
    v.
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PCB 87—181,
    and any
    liability arising therefrom under Section
    42(a)
    of the Act
    (Ill.
    Rev. Stat.
    1987,
    ch. lll~,par.
    1042(a)),
    as alleged by the
    Agency
    in its complaint.
    The Board
    finds
    the Stipulation acceptable under
    35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code
    103.180.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s finding of
    fact and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    The Board hereby accepts
    the Stipulation and Proposal for
    Settlement executed by Simkins Industries,
    Inc.
    (Simkins) and the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) concerning
    103-547
    2
    Sirnkins’
    rotogravure printing operation located at 5701 West
    Ogden,
    Cicero, Cook County,
    Illinois and filed on June
    16,
    1989.
    The Stipulation and the Proposal for Settlement
    is
    incorporated by reference as though set forth herein.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1987 ch. 111 ~
    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 certif
    that the abov~Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the ~
    day of
    ,~Z-’
    ~_~-_t~,
    1989,
    by a vote
    of
    —.
    /
    Dorothy M./Aunrl, Clerk
    Illinois P6llution Control Board
    103—548

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