ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 21, 1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 90—54
    (Enforcement)
    F & F LABORATORIES, INC.,
    an Illinois Corporation,
    Respondent.
    APPEARANCE FOR THE COMPLAINANT BY RENEE CIPRIANO, ASSSTANT
    ATTORNEY GENERAL
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. Nardulli):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    April 13, 1990, on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois
    (“People’t), by and through its attorney, Neil F. Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against F & F
    Laboratories, Inc., (F & F) located in Chicago, Illinois. The
    complaint alleges that F & F has violated Section 9(b) of the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”), Ill. Rev. Stat.
    1989, ch. l1l~,pars. 1001, et. seq., and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    201.143 of the Board’s rules and regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held June 6, 1990, in Chicago,
    Illinois. At hearing, the parties submitted a Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement, executed by the parties. The Stipulation
    sets forth facts pertaining to the nature, operations, and
    circumstamces surronding the claimed violations. F & F admits to
    past violations of Section 9(b) of the Act and 35 IlL. Adm. Code
    201.143 and agrees to pay a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
    ($1,000). F & F further agrees to cease and desist frcm the
    alleged violations.
    The Board finds the Settlement Agreement acceptable under 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 103.180. This Settlement Agreement in no ~ay
    affects respondent’s responsibility to cornDly ‘~ith 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 Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
    State of Illinois and F & F Laboratories, Inc.
    concerning F & F’s operations located in Chicago,
    Illinois. The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement
    are incorporated by reference as though fully set
    forth herein.
    2.)
    F & F shall pay the sum of one thousand dollars
    ($1,000) 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 Illinois, 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
    F & F shall also write its Federal Employer Identification Number
    or Social Security Number on the certified check or money order.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act, Ill. Rev.
    Stat. 1989, ch. 11l~, par. 1041, provides ~or 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.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the ~
    day of
    ___________________
    ,
    1990, by a
    vote of
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    Dárothy M. ~nn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
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