ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 23, 1997
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    AMERICAN STEEL CONTAINER
    COMPANY, an Illinois corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 95-107
    (Enforcement - Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):
    The Illinois Attorney General on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois and the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, filed a formal complaint on March 23, 1995 naming
    American Steel Container Corporation, an Illinois corporation, located at 4445 West Fifth
    Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, as the respondent. On January 9, 1997 the parties
    filed a request for relief from the requirements of Section 31(a)(1) of the Environmental
    Protection Act (Act) that proposed stipulated settlements be presented at public hearing. (415
    ILCS 5/31(a)(1) (1994).)
    Section 31(a)(2) of the Act provides that whenever a complaint has been filed on behalf
    of the Agency or by the People of the State of Illinois, the parties may file with the Board a
    stipulation and proposal for settlement accompanied by a request for relief from the
    requirement of a hearing. The Board is required to cause notice of the stipulation, proposal
    and request for relief to be published, unless the Board, in its discretion, concludes that a
    hearing is necessary. The notice is required to include a statement that any person may file a
    written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If any person files a
    timely written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the request for relief from a hearing
    and hold a hearing.
    The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication of the required newspaper
    notice. The Board will reserve ruling on the parties’ request until after the statutory 21 days
    has passed.
    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 _____ day of ___________, 1997, by a vote of
    ______________.
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    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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