ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 11,
    1993
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 92—68
    (Enforcement)
    CHEM-PLATE INDUSTRIES,
    INC.,
    an Illinois Corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    This complaint was filed on May 7,
    1992.
    On February 26,
    1993,
    the parties filed a stipulations and proposal for
    settlement.
    On March
    1,
    1993,
    the parties filed 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
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    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 certif
    that the above and order was adopted,on the
    /t~~
    day of
    ___________________,
    1993, by a vote of
    ~‘
    °
    A
    /
    ~VDorothy N. G~n, Clerk
    Illinois Po1~utionControl Board
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