ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

8,

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

3.

Anderson):

On February 26,

1993, the parties filed a stipulation and

proposal for settlement in this matter.

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.

(See

Section 31(a)(2),

as enacted in P.A. 87-0134, effective August

13,

1991.)

On March 11,

1993,

the Board issued an order

directing the Clerk to cause publication of the required

newspaper notice and reserving ruling on the parties’ request

until after the statutory 21 days has passed.

Newspaper notice

was published on March 17,

1993.

On March 25, 1993, James

S. Wagner filed a request that a

hearing be held in this matter.

Section 31(a)(2) of the

Environmental Protection Act

(Act)

provides that the Board shall

deny the request for relief from a hearing and hold a hearing in

accordance

with the provisions of Section 31(a) (1)

of the Act if

a person files a timely written demand for hearing.

The Board

finds that Mr. Wagner’s request for hearing was timely filed.

Accordingly, the Board hereby denies the parties’ March

1,

1993

request for relief from hearing and directs the Clerk of the

Board to schedule hearing in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Bpard,

hereby cert)~y

tb~at

the above order was adopted on the

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day of ______________________,

1993,

by a vote of

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Dorothy H. ~

Clerk

Illinois PoLltition Control Board

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