ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    16,
    1993
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 93-85
    (Enforcement)
    LIQUID AIR CORPORATION,
    )
    a Delaware Corporation,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by N. Nardulli):
    This complaint was filed
    on May
    10,
    1993.
    On December 13,
    1993, the parties filed a stipulation and proposal for settlement.
    On the same day, the parties filed a request for relief from the
    otherwise applicable
    requirement of Section
    31(a) (1)
    of the Act
    (415
    ILCS
    5/31(a)(l))
    that
    proposed
    stipulated
    settlements
    be
    presented at public hearing.
    Section 31(a) (2) of the Act provides
    in pertinent part as follows:
    Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this
    subsection
    (a), 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 pursuant to
    subdivision
    (1).
    Unless the Board,
    in its discretion,
    concludes that a hearing will be held,
    the Board shall
    cause notice of the stipulation, proposal and request for
    relief to be published and sent in the same manner as is
    required for hearing pursuant to subdivision
    (1) of this
    subsection.
    The notice shall 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 shall hold a
    hearing in accordance with the provisions of subdivision
    (1)
    415
    ILCS 5/31(a) (2)
    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.
    2
    IT IS
    SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy
    N. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    do hereby certi~ythat the above order was adopted on the
    ~
    day
    of
    ___________________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    //
    ~
    A.
    ~
    ~Dorothy
    M. 9~hn,Clerk
    Illinois PoL&ution Control Board

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