ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 24, 1997
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    ALLSTEEL, INC.,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-10
    (Enforcement - RCRA)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
    This matter is before the Board on a 14-count complaint filed July 11, 1996, by the
    Illinois Attorney General on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois (complainant) against
    Allsteel, Inc. (Allsteel), an Illinois corporation and steel furniture manufacturer located at
    Allsteel Drive, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. The complaint alleged that Allsteel violated
    Sections 21(f)(1) and 21(f)(2) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) by operating a
    hazardous waste storage facililty without a permit; failure to develop and follow a waste
    analysis plan; failure to implement and maintain a contingency plan; failure to submit the
    contingency plan to local authorities; failure to maintain an operating log; failure to submit an
    annual report; failure to train personnel; failure to install and provide access to internal
    communications or alarm system; failure to adequately make a hazardous waste determination;
    failure to make arrangements with local authorities; and, failure to maintain notices of land
    disposal. 415 ILCS 5/21(f)(1) and (f)(2) (1996).
    On June 25, 1997 the parties filed a joint stipulation and settlement agreement whereby
    Allsteel neither admitted nor denied the violations but agreed to pay a penalty of $27,500.
    Pursuant to Section 31 of the Act, the parties also requested relief from the hearing
    requirement in this matter. 415 ILCS 5/31 (1996). On June 27, 1997, pursuant to Section
    31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (1996), the Board published notice in the Aurora
    Beacon-News of the proposed stipulation and settlement agreement which included the
    statement that any person may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving
    the notice.
    On July 18, 1997, the Board received a timely filed letter of objection. The parties’
    waiver of hearing is denied. A hearing officer will contact the objector and the parties to
    schedule a hearing date.
    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 24
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    day of July 1997, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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