ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 7, 2000
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    J. D. PLATING WORKS, INC.,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-147
    (Enforcement – Water, RCRA)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
    On February 28, 1997, the People of the State of Illinois (People) filed a nine-count
    complaint against respondent J. D. Plating Works, Inc. (Plating), a metal electroplater. The
    complaint alleges Plating conducted a hazardous waste management facility without a Resource
    Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit, conducted a hazardous waste thermal treatment
    unit without a RCRA permit, failed to maintain operating records, failed to submit annual
    reports, failed to maintain a written closure plan, failed to have a cost estimate for closure, caused
    a water pollution hazard, failed to properly maintain and operate a disposal facility, and stored
    hazardous wastes in open containers at its facility located at 1424 12th Street, Waukegan, Lake
    County, Illinois. These actions are in alleged violation of Sections 12(f)(2), 21(d), 21(f)(1) and
    (f)(2) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/12(f)(2), 21(d), (f)(1), (f)(2)
    (1998)) and the Board’s waste disposal regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703.121(a) and (a)(1),
    725.131, 725.173(a), 725.175, 726.212(a), 725.242(a), 725.273(a).
    On November 20, 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 Plating neither admits nor
    denies the allegations contained in the complaint. Plating proposes to pay a $10,000 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.
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    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 7th day of December 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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