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
    c~~-t—--iL-’
    ,
    1994, by a vote .pf ~
    -
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    ~Dorothy
    N. 9d7~n, Clerk
    Illinois P0U(ution Control Board

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