ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October
11,
1990
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
)
ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 90-115
(Enforcement)
EXCELLO COLOR AND CHEMICAL
COMPANY,
an Illinois
Corporation,
Respondent.
MR. JOSEPH
J. ANNUNZIO AND MS. ELIZABETH WALLACE APPEARED ON
BEHALF OF THE COMPLAINANT.
MR. WILLIAM M. RUBINSTEIN APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by R.
Flemal):
This matter comes before the Board upon a complaint filed
June 18,
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 Excello Color
and Chemical Company
(“Excello”),
located in Chicago Illinois.
The complaint alleges that Excello has violated Sections 9(a)
and
(b)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
(“Act”),
Ill.
Rev. Stat.
1989,
ch. ll1~,pars.
1001,
et.
seq.,
and 35
Iii.
Adm.
Code 201.144 of
the Board’s rules and regulations.
Hearing on this matter was held August
22,
1990,
in Skokie,
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.
Excello admits
to past violations of Sections 9(a) and
(b)
of
the Act and
35
Ill. Adm. Code 201.144 and agrees to pay a civil penalty of ten
thousand dollars
($10,000).
Excello 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.
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This Opinion constitutes the Board’s
findings of fact and
conclusions of law
in this matter.
ORDER
1.)
The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and
Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
State of Illinois and Excello Color and Chemical
Company, concerning Excello’s operations located in
Chicago,
Illinois.
The Stipulation and Settlement
Agreement are incorporated by reference as though
fully set forth herein.
2.)
Excello shall pay the sum of ten thousand dollars
($10,000) 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
Excello 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. ll1~,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 abovftq2inion and Order was
adopted on the
//Z7~
day of
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,
1990, by a
vote of
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~on Control Board
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