ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 20,
    1994
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    )
    v
    )
    PCB 94—296
    (Enforcement)
    ANERICAN CIRCUIT SYSTEMS,
    INC.,
    )
    an Illinois Corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    On October 18,
    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
    American Circuit Systems, Inc., as a respondent.
    On the same day,
    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)
    (1992).)
    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 stipula-
    tion
    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.
    I, Dorothy K.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify
    1th~t
    the above order was adopted on th~
    •~O~day of ______________________,
    1994, by a vote of
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    Dorothy i~/Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois ~~o11ution Control Board

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