ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 16, 2000
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY, a
    subsidiary of PHILLIPS PETROLEUM
    COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 01-79
    (Enforcement – RCRA)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On November 8, 2000, the People of the State of Illinois filed a one-count complaint
    against respondent Phillips Pipe Line Company (Phillips). The complaint alleges Phillips shipped
    waste antifreeze without conducting testing, failed to determine if the waste needed to be treated
    prior to land disposal, failed to provide required notification, failed to report hazardous waste,
    failed to return copies of sample results, and caused open dumping at its facility located at 3300
    Mississippi Avenue, Cahokia, St. Clair County, Illinois. These activities were in alleged
    violation of Sections 21(a), (e), and (f)(1) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS
    5/21(a), (e), (f)(1) (1998)), and the Board’s waste disposal regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    722.111, 722.140(c), 722.141(a), 728.107(a)(1) and (a)(2), and 855.104.
    In addition to the complaint, on the same day, 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 Phillips
    does not admit the violations alleged in the complaint, but proposes to pay a $15,000 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.
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    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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