ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 18,
    1993
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 92—191
    (Enforcement)
    PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.,
    a Pennsylvania Corporation with
    )
    a business unit known as PPG/
    )
    Mazer Chemicals
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    C. A. Manning):
    This complaint was filed on December 1,
    1992.
    On November
    16,
    1993,
    the parties. filed a request for relief from the other-
    wise applicable requirement of Section 31(a) (1) of the Act (415
    ILCS 5/31(a) (1)) that proposed stipulated settlements be present-
    ed at public hearing.
    Section 31(a)(2)
    (415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1))
    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 stipulation 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 subdivi-
    sion (1).
    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.
    The Board notes that the parties have also filed a motion
    for expedited review.
    The motion is granted.
    The Board will
    2
    proceed to decision expeditiously after passage of the 21 day
    notice period.
    •IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boar~,~dohereby cer ify that the above order was adopted on the
    /Y~
    day of
    ________________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    5-0
    Illino.
    Control Board

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