ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 19, 1992
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 92—146
    )
    (Enforcement)
    GREYHOUND LINES, INC., a
    )
    Delaware Corporation,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.C. Marlin):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    October 7, 1992 on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois,
    by and through its attorney, Roland W. Burns, Attorney General
    of the State of Illinois, against Greyhound Lines, Inc., located
    in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The complaint alleges that
    Greyhound Lines, Inc. has violated Section 21(i) of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act (“Act”), Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch.
    111½, par. 1021(i) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.141(a) of the
    Board’s rules and regulations.
    Pursuant to Section 31(a) (1) of the Act, a joint Motion
    requesting relief from the Act’s hearing requirement was filed by
    the parties on October 7, 1992. Notice of the waiver was
    published by the Board on October 22, 1992; no objection to grant
    of the waiver was received. Waiver of hearing is granted by the
    Board via today’s opinion and order.
    A Stipulation and Settlement Agreement was filed by the
    parties on October 7, 1992. The Stipulation sets forth facts
    pertaining to the nature, operations, and circumstances
    surrounding the claimed violations. Greyhound Lines, Inc.,
    admits to past violations of Sections 21(1) of the Act, Ill. Rev.
    Stat. 1991, ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021(i) and 35 Ill. Adm Code
    722.141(a) and agrees to pay a civil penalty of Twenty-Eight
    Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00). Greyhound Lines, Inc. further
    agrees to cease and desist from the alleged violations.
    The Board finds the Settlement Agreement acceptable under 35
    Ill. Adir. 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.
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    ORDER
    1.) The Board hereby accepts the Stipuation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the People of the State of
    Illinois and Greyhound Lines, Inc., concerning
    violations of Section 21(1) of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act (“Act”), Ill. Rev. Stat.
    1991, ch. 111½, par. 1021(i), and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    722.141(a) by Greyhound Lines, Inc.’s, operations
    located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The
    Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are incorporated
    by reference as though fully set forth herein.
    2.) Greyhound Lines, Inc., shall pay the sum of Twenty-
    Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) within 30 days of
    the date of this Order. Such payment must be made by
    certified check or money order payable to the Treasurer
    of the State of Illinois, designated to the Illinois
    Hazardous Waste Fund, and must 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
    Greyhound Lines, 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
    subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income
    Tax Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 120, par. 10—1003),
    as now or hereafter amended, from the date payment is
    due until the date payment is received. Interest shall
    not accrue during the pendency of an appeal during
    which payment of the penalty has been stayed.
    3. Greyhound Lines, Inc. shall cease and desist from the
    alleged violations.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act, Ill. Rev.
    Stat. 1991, ch. 111½, par. 1041, provides for appeal of final
    Orders of the Board within 35 days. The Rules of the Supreme
    Court of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member J. Theodore Meyer dissented.
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    I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certj.,~,y.that the above—)opinion and order was
    adopted on ~the ~
    day of
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