ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 16, 2000
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    JOHN CRANE, INC., an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 01-76
    (Enforcement – Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On October 31, 2000, the People of the State of Illinois filed a two-count complaint
    against John Crane, Inc. (Crane), a packing seal manufacturer. The complaint alleges Crane
    violated air pollution emission limitations for volatile organic compounds and violated air
    pollution control requirements at its facility located at 6400 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, Cook
    County, Illinois. These activities were in alleged violation of Section 9(a) of the Environmental
    Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a) (1998)) and Sections 201.141, 218.204(j)(2)(A), and
    218.946 of the Board’s air pollution regulations located at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141,
    218.204(j)(2)(A), 218.946. The Board accepts this matter for hearing.
    The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as expeditiously as practicable. The
    assigned hearing officer must set the matter for hearing in accordance with the requirements of
    the Act and the Board’s procedural rules. Accordingly, this matter must be set for hearing within
    90 days after the filing of the complaint unless the hearing officer, after appropriate consultation
    with the parties, determines that a later date is appropriate and that no undue delay or material
    prejudice in the resolution of this matter would result. See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.125(a). In any
    event, it is the responsibility of the hearing officer to guide the parties toward prompt resolution
    or adjudication of this matter, through whatever status calls and hearing officer orders he or she
    determines are necessary and appropriate.
    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 16th day of November 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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