J.LL.LNOJ.S
POLLU’X.LOIN
CONtROL
BOARD
June
29,
1995
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 95—181
(Enforcement-Air)
KROPP
FORGE,
a
subsidiary
)
of TIC UNITED CORPORATION,
)
a Delaware corporation,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by N. McFawn):
On June 23,
1995,
the Illinois Attorney General,
on behalf
of the People of the State of Illinois and the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency,
filed
a formal complaint naming
Kropp Forge, a subsidiary of TIC United Corporation,
a Delaware
corporation,
as respondent.
on
June 23,
1995, the parties filed
a stipulation and proposal for settlement accompanied by a
request for relief from the requirements of Section 31(a) (1)
of
the Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
that proposed stipulated
settlements be presented at public hearing.
(415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1)
(1992).)
Section 31(a) (2)
of the Act provides that whenever a
complaint has been filed on behalf of the Agency or by the People
of the State of Illinois, the parties may file with the Board a
stipulation and proposal for settlement accompanied by
a request
for relief from the requirement of a hearing.
The Board
is
required to cause notice of the stipulation, proposal and request
for relief to be published,
unless the Board
in its discretion,
concludes that
a hearing is necessary.
The notice is required to
include
a statement that any person may file a written demand for
hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice.
If any person
files a timely written demand for hearing, the Board shall deny
the request for relief from a hearing and hold a hearing.
The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
of the required newspaper notice.
The Board will reserve ruling
on the parties request until after the statutory 21 days has
passed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Boar~Q~hereby certif
that the above order was adopted on
c~?7c’~day of ______________________,
1995,
by
a vote of
t’
1
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Dorothy M. G4n,
Clerk
Illinois Pol(~AAtionControl Board