ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 4,
    1996
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    )
    PCB 96-149
    v.
    )
    (Enforcement
    -
    Air)
    )
    WITTRIDGE BUILDERS, INC., an Illinois
    )
    corporation,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
    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
    as respondent, Wittridge Builders,
    an Illinois
    corporation,
    located at 6532 W.
    103rd
    Street, Chicago Ridge,
    Cook County,
    Illinois.
    On March 22,
    1996,
    the parties filed a
    stipulation and proposal
    for settlement accompanied
    by a request for relief from the
    requirements of Section
    3 1(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 ofIllinois,
    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 Board, hereby certif~’
    that
    the above order was adopted on the
    4LZ~
    day of
    .
    ,
    1996,
    by a vote of
    ~
    /~•
    Dorothy M.
    Gt1fi~n,Clerk
    Illinois Pollu~j~n
    Control Board

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