ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 17,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
)
)
Complainant,
)
v.
)
PCB
94—52
(Enforcement)
JAYS FOOD INC.,
)
a Illinois Corporation,
)
)
Respondent.
OPINION
AND ORDER
OF THE BOARD:
This matter comes before the Board upon a three—count
complaint filed February 2,
1994, by Roland W. Burns,
Attorney
General of the State of Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency and the People of the State of
Illinois, against Jays Food Inc., an Illinois Corporation located
at 825 E. 99th Street,
in the City of Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois.
The complaint alleges that Jays Foods has violated
Sections
9(b)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
(Act),
415 ILCS 5/9(b)
and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
SS
201.142, 201.143,
201.144 and 201.162 for operating and constructing emission
sources without the proper permits.
Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1), the parties filed a joint
Motion requesting relief from the Act’s hearing requirement on
February 2,
1994.
The Board published a Notice of the waiver on
February 7,
1994; no objection to grant of the waiver was
received.
Waiver of hearing is hereby granted.
The parties filed a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement on
February 2, 1994.
The Stipulation sets forth facts relating to
the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding the claimed
violations.
Jays Food neither admits nor denies the alleged
violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of eleven thousand
dollars
($11,000.00).
The Board finds the settlement agreement acceptable under 35
Ill. Adm. Code 103.180.
This settlement agreement in no way
affects respondent’s responsibility to comply with any federal,
state or local regulations, including but not limited to the Act
and the Board’s pollution control regulations.
This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
2
conclusions of law in this matter.
ORDER
1)
The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
Agreement executed by the People of the State of
Illinois and Jays Foods,
concerning its facility
located in Cook County,
Illinois.
The Stipulation and
Settlement Agreement are incorporated by reference as
though fully set forth herein.
2)
The Jays Foods,
shall pay the sum of eleven thousand
dollars ($11,000.00) within 30 days of the date of this
Order.
Such payment shall be made by certified check
or money order payable to the Treasurer of the State of
Illinois, designated to the Environmental Protection
Trust Fund,
and shall be sent by First Class mail to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794—9276
The certified check or money order shall clearly
indicate on its face,
the Jays Foods Federal Employer
Identification Number or Social Security Number and
that payment is directed to the Environmental
Protection Trust Fund.
Any
such penalty not paid within the time prescribed
shall incur interest at the rate set forth in
subsection
(a)
of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act,
(35 ILCS 5/1003), as now or hereafter amended,
from the date payment is due until the date payment is
received.
Interest shall not accrue during the
pendency of an appeal during which payment of the
penalty has been stayed.
3)
Jays Foods shall cease and desist from the alleged
violations.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
E.
Dunham Abstained.
J. Theodore Meyer Concurred.
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Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS
5/41) provides for the appeal of final Board orders within 35
days of the date of service of this order.
(See also 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 101.246, Motion for Reconsideration.)
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby cert~~thatthe abov
opinion and order was
adopted on the
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day of
_________________,
1994, by a
vote of
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Dorothy N. ç~nn,Clerk
Illinois Pc~(lutionControl Board