ILLINOIS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOARD
January
4,
1996
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
)
ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
)
PCB 96—147
(Enforcement
-
V.
)
Mine Related Water)
ILLINOIS CEMENT COMPANY,
)
a joint venture,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD:
On December 29,
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
Illinois Cement Company,
a joint venture, as respondent.
On
December 29,
1995, the parties file 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)
(1994).)
section 31(a) (2)
or 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.
2
I, Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Baa3xl, hereby ce
fy that the above order was adopted on the
4’-’f~day of
_________________,
1996, by a vote of
7~
1
7
4~fl
Dorothy M./tjrttnn, Clark
Illinois ~,tlution Control Board
