ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 12, 2001
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
     
    Complainant,
     
     
    v.
     
    LAKEWOOD HOMES, INC.,
     
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 01-174
    (Enforcement – Water)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On June 29, 2001, the People of the State of Illinois (People) filed a four-count complaint
    against respondent Lakewood Homes, Inc. (Lakewood). The complaint alleges that Lakewood caused
    or allowed water quality violations, created a water pollution hazard, discharged without a permit, and
    discharged in violation of a permit in Round Lake Beach, Lake County, Illinois. These activities were in
    alleged violation of Section 12(a), 12(d), and 12(f) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415
    ILCS 5/12(a), 12(d), 12 (f) (2000)), the Board’s regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.203,
    309.102(a), and 309.146(a), and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit ILR103814.
     
    On June 29, 2001, the parties also filed a stipulation and proposal for settlement, accompanied
    by a motion requesting relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(1) (2000)). Lakewood denies the alleged violations in the complaint but proposes to pay a
    $25,000 penalty.
     
    Pursuant to Section 31(c)(2) of the Act, the People may file with the Board a stipulation and
    proposal for settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement. 415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(2) (2000). Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board is required to
    publish notice of the stipulation and proposal for settlement and request for relief from the hearing
    requirement.
     
    Accordingly, the Board directs the Clerk of the Board to cause publication of the required
    newspaper notice. Any person may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days of the published
    notice. If a hearing is requested, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and schedule a
    hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
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    Board Member T.E. Johnson abstained.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above
    order was adopted on the 12th day of July 2001 by a vote of 4-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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