ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 5,
    1993
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 93—56
    (Enforcement)
    WORLD COLOR PRESS,
    INC.,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Theodore Meyer):
    This complaint was filed on March 19,
    1993.
    On July 27,
    1993,
    the parties filed an executed stipulation and proposal for
    settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the otherwise
    applicable requirement of Section 31(a) (1) of the Act that
    proposed stipulated settlements be presented at public hearing.
    Section 31(a) (2)
    ,
    as enacted in P.A.
    87—0134, effective
    August
    13,
    1991, provides in pertinent part:
    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
    subdivision
    (1).
    The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
    of the required newspaper notice.
    The Board will reserve ruling
    2
    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~ertifythat the above order was adopted on the
    4~day
    of
    _________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    ________
    ~
    Dorothy M.4inn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pb~11utionControl Board

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