ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March
3,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
)
Complainant,
)
v.
)
PCB 94—73
(Enforcement)
K N I CORPORATION a
)
New York Corporation
)
and
KNOMARK,
INC.,
a Delaware Corporation,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by C.A. Manning):
On February 24, 1994, the Illinois Attorney General on behalf
of the People of the State of
Illinois filed
a formal complaint
naming K N
I Corporation and Knoiuark, Inc.
as respondents.
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 M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board.
hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
day of
~7)i
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,
1994, by a vote .pf ~
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~Dorothy
N. 9d7~n, Clerk
Illinois P0U(ution Control Board