ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 30, 1994
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 94—41
    (Enforcement)
    BOB
    EVANS
    FARMS,
    INC.,
    a Ohio Corporation,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE
    BOARD
    (by
    E.
    Dunham):
    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 Bob Evans Farms,
    Inc. as
    a respondent on January 19,
    1994.
    On June 24, 1994, the parties
    filed 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
    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 must 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
    M.
    Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boar~,hereby cert
    that
    the
    above
    order
    was
    adopted
    on
    th~
    ~
    day of
    ___________________,
    1994,
    by a vote of á~
    Dorothy M. G~n, Clerk
    Illinois Poi9lution Control Board

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