ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 15, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    HUCK STORE FIXTURE COMPANY, INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-215
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On May 9, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Huck Store Fixture Company, Inc. (Huck).
    See
    415
    ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Huck Store Fixture
    Company violated Section 9(a) and (b) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a)
    and (b) (2002)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141, 201.142, and 201.143. The People further allege
    that Huck violated these provisions by using materials in its manufacturing process that had
    volatile organic material (VOM) content which exceeded the limits established by regulation,
    failing to maintain records required by permit, and beginning use of materials with VOM content
    in excess of that allowed by regulation without construction or operating permits. The complaint
    concerns Huck’s wood furniture manufacturing facility at 1100 North 28th Street, Quincy,
    Adams County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if Huck fails within that timeframe to file an answer
    specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of a material allegation
    in the complaint, the Board will consider Huck to have admitted the allegation. 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on May 15, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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