ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 31,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 93—225
(Enforcement)
PARKVIEW METAL PRODUCTS,
INC., an Illinois Corporation,
Respondent.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD:
This matter comes before the Board upon a one—count
complaint filed November 16,
1993,
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 Parkview Metal Products,
Inc.,
an Illinois
Corporation located in 4931 West Armitage Avenue,
in the City of
Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois.
The complaint alleges that
Parkview Metal Products, Inc.,
has violated Sections 9(a) and
9(b)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
and 35
Ill. Adm. Code S 201.143 for operating and constructing emission
sources without the proper permits.
Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (2), the parties filed a joint
Motion requesting relief from the Act’s hearing requirement on
February 18,
1994.
The Board published a Notice of the waiver on
March
3,
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 18,
1994.
The Stipulation sets forth facts relating to
the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding the claimed
violations.
Parkview Metal Products, Inc. admits the alleged
violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of five thousand
dollars
($5,000.00).
The Board finds the settlement agreement acceptable under
35
Ill.
Adin.
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
conclusions of law in this matter.
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ORDER
1)
The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
Agreement executed by the People of the State of
Illinois and Parkview Metal Products,
Inc. concerning
its facility located in 4931 West Armitage, Chicago,
Cook County, Illinois.
The Stipulation and Settlement
Agreement are incorporated by reference as though fully
set forth herein.
2)
The Parkview Metal Products,
Inc. shall pay the sum of
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) 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 Parkview Metal Products, Inc.
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)
Parkview Metal Products,
Inc. shall cease and desist
from the alleged violations.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
3. Theodore Meyer concurred.
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.
Adin.
Code 101.246, Motion for Reconsideration.)
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I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above opinion and order was
adopted on the
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day of
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,
1994, by a
vote of
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Dorothy N. p~nn,Clerk
Illinois P6ylution Control Board