ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 2, 2000
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    RODGERS ENGINEERING CORPORATION,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 00-86
    (Enforcement - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):
    On November 15, 1999, the People of the State of Illinois (People) filed a three-count complaint
    against respondent Rogers Engineering Corporation (Rogers), a manufacturer of thermostat polystyrene bulk
    molding compounds. The complaint alleges Rogers failed to timely submit Clean Air Act permit
    applications, failed to submit annual emission reports, and constructed and operated new emission sources
    and new air pollution control equipment without a permit at its materials division facility in Elburn, Kane
    County, Illinois, and its two molding division facilities in Addison, Dupage County, Illinois. These activities
    were in alleged violation of Sections 9(a), 9(b), and 39.5(6)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415
    ILCS 5/9(a), 9(b), 39.5(6)(b) (1998)), Section 270.201 of the Agency’s rules at
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 270.201(c), and Sections 201.142, 201.143, 201.302(a), 254.301(a), and 254. 302 of the Board’s
    air pollution regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.142, 201.143, 201.302(a), 254.301(a), 254.302.
    In addition to the complaint , on October 17, 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 Rogers admits the allegations alleged in the
    complaint. Rogers proposes to pay a $20,000 penalty.
    Pursuant to Section 31(c)(2) of the Act, the parties 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 2nd day of November 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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