ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July
    22,
    1993
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Cox~iplainant,
    )
    v
    )
    PCB 93—109
    (Enforcement)
    GRANITE CITY PICKLING,
    )
    & WAREHOUSING,
    INC.,
    )
    an Illinois Corporation,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by C.
    A.
    Manning):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    June 9,
    1993 on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois
    (“People”), by and through its attorney, Roland W. Burns,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against Granite City
    Pickling & Warehousing,
    Inc., an Illinois Corporation located
    in
    Granite City, Madison County,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges
    that Granite City Pickling
    & Warehousing,
    Inc. has violated
    Section 9(a)
    of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”-
    ),
    415 ILCS 5/25b—2.
    Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1),
    a joint Motion requesting
    relief from the Act’s hearing requirement was filed by the
    parties on June 9,
    1993.
    Notice of the waiver was published by
    the Board on June 21,
    1993; no objection to grant of the waiver
    was received.
    Waiver of hearing
    is hereby granted.
    A Stipulation and Settlement Agreement was filed by the
    parties on June 28,
    1993.
    The Stipulation sets forth facts
    relating to the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding
    the claimed violations.
    Granite City Pickling & Warehousing,
    Inc. admits the alleged violations.
    Granite City Pickling
    &
    Warehousing, Inc. agrees to pay a civil penalty of Two Thousand
    Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars
    ($2,650.00).
    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
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    2
    ORDER
    1)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the People of the State of Illi-
    nois and Granite City Pickling
    & Warehousing,
    Inc.,
    concerning its operations located in Granite City,
    Madison County,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and Settle-
    ment Agreement are incorporated by reference as though
    fully set forth herein.
    2)
    The Granite City Pickling
    & Warehousing, Inc. shall pay
    the sum of Two Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars
    ($2,650.00)
    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 Illi-
    nois,
    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
    Granite City Pickling
    & Warehousing,
    Inc.
    shall also
    write its Federal Employer Identification Number or
    Social Security Number on the certified check or money
    order.
    Any such penalty not paid within the time prescribed
    shall
    incur interest at the rate set forth in subsec-
    tion
    (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 penden—
    cy of an appeal during which payment of the penalty has
    been stayed.
    3)
    Granite City Pickling
    & Warehousing,
    Inc.
    shall cease
    and desist from the alleged violations.
    Section
    41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS
    5/41)
    provides for the appeal of final Board orders within 35
    days.
    The Rules of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish
    filing requirements.
    (See also 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 101.246, Motion
    for Reconsideration.)
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    3
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above opinion and order was
    adopted on the
    ~H
    day of
    ___________________,
    1993,
    by a
    voteof
    ______.
    /
    /
    /1,
    ~‘
    .~
    Dorothy N.
    Gunni,1 Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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