ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 21, 2002
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    OLD WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., an Illinois
    corporation, and SPECIALTY SEALANT
    TAPES, INC., a dissolved Illinois corporation
     
    Respondents.
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    PCB 97-168
    (Enforcement – Land)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On March 26, 1997, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Old World Industries, Inc. and Specialty
    Sealant Tapes, Inc. (respondents).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204.
    The People seek to recover costs incurred by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for
    removal of hazardous waste and other remedial action pursuant to Section 22.2 of the
    Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/22.2 (2000)). The complaint concerns
    respondents’ facility that manufactured cements, tapes, and adhesives located at 7800 South
    Woodlawn, Chicago, Cook County.
     
    On February 1, 2002, the People and respondent Old World Industries, Inc. (Old World)
    filed a stipulation and proposed settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing
    requirement of Section 31(c)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000)). This filing is
    authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2000)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.300(a). Under the proposed stipulation, Old World denies liability for the recovery costs,
    but agrees to pay a civil penalty of $65,000.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 21, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
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    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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