ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 1, 2003
     
    BRIAN FINLEY, individually, LOCAL 3315 of
    the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE,
    COUNTY, & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
    (COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS
    ASSOCIATION), and the following additional
    individuals: LISA A. KOSOWSKI, QUENTIN
    PITLUK, MARTHA C. NEIRA, JOEL TOBIN,
    TACYE VERSHER, SEAN VARGAS-
    BARLOW, ROSA FLORES, DANITA KIRK,
    JENNIFER BOROWITZ-GUTZKE, OPHELIA
    BARNER-COLEMAN, KARIN WENZEL,
    BARBARA A. BLAINE, VALLERIA
    FORNEY, JAMES BURTON, AMANDA
    LAMERATO, JENNIFER HOMBURGER,
    THOMAS GRIPPANDO, KATE HAARVEI, K.
    MARY FLYNN, CHRIS WILLIAMS, ALPA J.
    PATEL, PAMELA D. MOSS, LILIANA J.
    DAGO, PATRICIA CINTRON-BASTIN,
    TAMMY EVANS, CELESTE K. JONES,
    WILLIAM A. GOMEZ, KAREN MAHER,
    TRESA LOUISE JACKSON, MARCIA G.
    HAWK, MARIZOL RODRIGUEZ, MODHURI
    K. PATEL, JOSE A. PEREZ, NICHOLAS A.
    YOUNGBLOOD, CATHLEEN REYNOLDS,
    DAWN M. ROESENER, KIMBERLIE BOONE,
    AMY E. McCARTHY, QUENTIN HALL,
    GWENDALYN GRANT, GAIL DAILY,
    COREY E. MYERS, MARIA DI CRESCENZO,
    MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ, FELICIA BATES,
    DARNELL TROTTER, HATTIE MARTIN,
    AUGUSTUS PINCKNEY, GEORGE
    SANCHEZ, LIZETTE U. McBRIDE,
    DEBORAH BUFFKIN, RONALD JACKSON,
    JOANNE MORRISON, VALARIE M.
    COURTO-HILL, KIMBERLY TURNER,
    CONSTANCE L. HARRIS, STEPHANIE
    FLOWERS, B. YVONNE YOUNGER, DORIS
    J. YUFUF, LUCRETIA ROGERS, DANA N.
    LOCKETT, TAMARA BRASS, JAMES
    COLEMAN, SIDNEY TYUS, JACK L.
    McBRIDE, PHYLLIS RYAN, DORIS LOPEZ,
    SHIRLEY A. VESSEL, MARY PEARSON,
    ANGELINE RECANDEZ, DELORES
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    WASHINGTON, PATRICIA M. SALORIO,
    MICHELLE E. HOLMES, RY HANNAH,
    ADDIE HAWKINS, RONALD DOZIER,
    BARBARA GORDON, RALPH LEAKES,
    WILLIE LEAKS, JR., THEORDORE
    SHORTER, JR., QUDALLA WARD,
    MICHAEL JONES, PEARLIE MAE MOSS,
    SHEILA DUNN, SHARON LEE, LAVERNE
    BULLOCK, HELEN CHARLES, EDWARD J.
    POE, ANTHONY BINGHAN, RENETTA
    GLASS WARD, LILLIAN OWENS, FREDDIE
    JOHNSON, MINNIE HORTON, CARL
    TRIBBLE, SR., CLAY APPLETON, SAM
    JOHNSON, GENEVA L. CHARLES and
    NATHANIEL CHARLES,
     
    Complainants,
     
    v.
     
    IFCO ICS-CHICAGO, INC.
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-208
    (Citizens Enforcement – Air)
     
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On May 21, 2002, Local 3315 of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal
    Employees (AFSCME), Brian Finley, and other named individuals (complainants) filed a
    complaint alleging that IFCO ICS-Chicago, Inc. (IFCO) violated Section 9(a) of the
    Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a) (2002)) by emitting chemicals, odors, and
    smoke into the environment, resulting in air pollution. IFCO’s facility is located at 2300 West
    13th Street in Chicago, Cook County.
     
    On November 18, 2002, the parties filed a stipulation and proposal for settlement, and a
    joint motion asking the Board to dismiss the complaint. On December 5, 2002, the Board issued
    an order that denied the joint motion to dismiss the complaint, and directed the parties to proceed
    to a hearing on the proposed settlement.
     
    A hearing on the stipulation was held on February 10, 2003. No members of the public
    were present. At hearing, the parties presented the stipulation, and summarized the contents
    therein. The stipulation was admitted into the record as an exhibit.
     
    In the stipulation, the respondent denies the alleged violations, but agrees to permanently
    shut down its facility on or before May 31, 2003.
     
     
     
      
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    Section 103.302 of the Board’s procedural rules sets forth the required contents of
    stipulations and proposed settlements. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.302. These requirements include
    stipulating to facts on the nature, extent, and causes of the alleged violations and the nature of
    respondent’s operations. Section 103.302 also requires that the parties stipulate to facts called
    for by Section 33(c) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/33(c) (2002)). The parties have satisfied Section
    103.302. The Board accepts the stipulation and proposed settlement.
     
      
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
     
    ORDER
     
    1. The Board accepts and incorporates by reference the stipulation and proposal for
    settlement.
     
    2. The Title V – Clean Air Act Permit Program Permit and Title I Permit, ID
    # 031600ASD (Application # 95120305), issued on March 23, 2000 for the 2300
    W. 13th Street, Chicago facility is hereby revoked as of May 31, 2003, if not
    already voided, revoked or terminated by that date.
     
    3. IFCO ICS-Chicago, Inc. must permanently shutdown its reconditioning
    operations at the 2300 W. 13th Street, Chicago facility on or before May 31,
    2003.
     
    4. IFCO ICS-Chicago, Inc. must notify the complainants in writing when the
    activities required by paragraph 3 of this order have been completed. Notification
    must be provided within seven (7) days of completion and be sent to:
     
    Richard M. Kates, Esq.
    155 N. Michigan Avenue
    Suite 700
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
     
    5. IFCO ICS-Chicago, Inc. must comply with all requirements of Act, (415 ILCS
    5/1
    et seq
    . (2002)), and Board regulations.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    Section 41(a) of the Environmental Protection Act provides that final Board orders may
    be appealed directly to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days after the Board serves the
    order. 415 ILCS 5/41(a) (2002);
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.300(d)(2), 101.906, 102.706.
    Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes filing requirements that apply when the Illinois
    Appellate Court, by statute, directly reviews administrative orders. 172 Ill. 2d R. 335. The
    Board’s procedural rules provide that motions for the Board to reconsider or modify its final
    orders may be filed with the Board within 35 days after the order is received. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    101.520;
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.902, 102.700, 102.702.
     
     
     
      
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above opinion and order on May 1, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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