ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 2, 2002
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    VAN MELLE U.S.A., INC., an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-186
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On April 23, 2002, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a five-count complaint against Van Melle U.S.A., Inc. (Van
    Melle).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that
    Van Melle violated various provisions of the Environmental Protection Act and the Board’s air
    pollution regulations. The People further allege that Van Melle violated these provisions by
    emitting volatile organic material through the uncontrolled operation of its equipment. The
    complaint concerns Van Melle’s candy manufacturing facility located at 151 North Hastings
    Lane, Buffalo Grove, Lake County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the
    complaint may have severe consequences. Generally, if Van Melle fails within that timeframe
    to file an answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a
    material allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider Van Melle to have admitted the
    allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed
    expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the
    Board adopted the above order on May 2, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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