ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December 7,
1995
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
)
Complainant,
)
v.
)
PCB 94—274
)
(Enforcement-Air)
CHICAGO STEEL RULE DIE &
)
FABRICATORS COMPANY, an
)
Illinois corporation,
)
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by M. McFawn):
On September 27,
1994,
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
Chicago Steel Rule Die
& Fabricators Company, an Illinois
corporation,
located at 6630 W. Wrightwood,
Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois as respondent.
On December 5,
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)
(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, 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.
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I, Dorothy M.
Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
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day of
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,
1995, by a vote of
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Dorothy M./)~unn, Clerk
Illinois Pbllution Control Board