ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 21, 2000
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    BARRON INDUSTRIES, INC., an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 00-203
    (Enforcement - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by S.T. Lawton, Jr.):
    On May 26, 2000, the People of the State of Illinois filed a seven-count complaint against respondent Barron
    Industries, Inc. The complaint alleges that respondent failed to comply with emissions limitations, constructed
    emission sources without a permit, operated emission sources without a permit, failed to comply with batch vapor
    and in-line cleaning machine standards, failed to comply with monitoring procedures, failed to comply with record
    keeping requirements, and failed to comply with reporting requirements at its facility at 129 Morgan Street,
    Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. These activities were in alleged violation of Section 9(b), 9.1(d)(1) and (d)(2)
    of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(b), 5/9.1(d)(1), (d)(2) (1998)), Sections 201.142, 201.143 of
    the Board’s air pollution regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.142, 201.143, Section 63.343(e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(4),
    63.466(a)(1) and (a)(2), (b)(2), (c)(1) and (d), and 63.467(b)(1), 63.468(f) of the National Emission Standards for
    Hazardous Air Pollutants, 40 C.F.R. § 63.343(e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(4), 63.466(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(2), (c)(1), (d), 63.467(b)(1),
    63.468(f), and special conditions 1a and 8 of respondent’s Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit (FESOP).
    On September 18, 2000, the parties filed a stipulation and proposal for settlement, accompanied by a motion
    requesting relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (1998)). In the
    proposed stipulation the respondent admits the violations alleged in counts I and IV through VII, but denies the
    alleged violations contained in counts II and III. Respondent proposes to pay a $20,000 penalty.
    Pursuant to Section 31(c)(2) of the Act, the complainant may file with the Board a stipulation and proposal
    for settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement. (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (1998)).
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board is required to publish notice of the stipulation and
    proposal for settlement and request for relief from the hearing requirement.
    Accordingly, the Board directs the Clerk of the Board to cause publication of the required newspaper notice.
    Any person may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days of the published notice. If a hearing is requested,
    the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and schedule a hearing.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above order was
    adopted on the 21st day of September 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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