ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 19, 1995
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 96-80
    (Enforcement-Air)
    BEHR PRECI0U~METALS, INC.,
    )
    an Illinois corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On October 13,
    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
    Behr Precious Metals,
    Inc.,
    an Illinois corporation, as
    respondent.
    On October
    13,
    1995, the parties filed a stipulation
    and proposal for settlement accompanied by a request for relief
    from th~r~qui.rement~
    of Seetion 31(a) (1)
    of the Environmental
    Protection Act
    (Act)
    that proposed stipulated settlements be
    presented at public hearing.
    (415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1)
    (1994).)
    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, un1e~the
    Board
    in it~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 M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Bo~fi÷hereby certify
    ha
    ihe above order was adopted on the
    //~day of ____________________,
    1995,
    by a vote of
    ____
    ~&
    Dorothy M./Øunn, Clerk
    Illinois ellution Control Board

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