ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October
    11,
    1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 90—110
    (Enforcement)
    HOMAK MFG. CO.,
    an Illinois Corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J
    .
    C. Marlin):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
    June 14,
    1990, on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois
    (“People”),
    by and through its attorney, Neil F.
    Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against Homak
    Mfg.
    Co., located
    in Chicago,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges that
    Homak Mfg. Co.
    has violated Sections 9(a) and
    (b)
    of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill. Rev. Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    l1l~,pars.
    1001,
    et.
    seq., and 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 201.142 and
    201.143 of the Board’s rules and regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held September
    11,
    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 circumstances surrounding the claimed
    violations.
    Homak Mfg.
    Co. admits to past violations of Sections
    9(a)
    and
    (b)
    of the Act and
    35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 201.142 and 201.143
    and agrees to pay a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
    ($1,000).
    Homak Mfg.
    Co. further agrees to cease and desist from
    the alleged violations.
    The Board finds
    the Settlement Agreement acceptable under
    35
    Ill. Adm. 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.
    115—289
    —2—
    ORDER
    1.)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
    State of
    Illinois and Homak Mfg.
    Co., concerning Homak
    Mfg. Co.’s operations located in Chicago,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are
    incorporated by reference as though fully set forth
    herein.
    2.,)
    Homak Mfg. Co. 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
    Homak Mfg.
    Co. 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 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.
    I, Dorothy
    M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above~Op~j~on
    and Order was
    adopted on the
    //tT day of
    __________________,
    1990, by a
    vote of
    -~~~—/
    1111
    ~on Control Board
    U 5—290

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