ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 5, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    LEHIGH PRESS, INC., a Pennsylvania
    corporation a/k/a LEHIGH PRESS-
    CADILLAC, LEHIGH CADILLAC DIRECT,
    LEHIGH DIGITAL AND LEHIGH DIRECT,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-220
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On May 29, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Lehigh Press, Inc. (Lehigh Press).
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Lehigh Press violated
    Sections 9(a) and (b) and 39.5(6)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a)
    and (b) and 39.5(6)(a) (2002)); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.407(a)(1)(C), 218.410(c)(2), and
    218.411(b)(3); conditions 7.1.5(a), 7.1.3(e)(i)(C), and 7.1.9(c)(i) of CAAPP no. 95100080; and
    conditions 1.1.7(a) and 1.1.9(b)(i) for construction permit no. 01040039. The People further
    allege that Lehigh Press violated these provisions by causing, threatening, or allowing air
    pollution by operating its afterburner at a temperature lower than required; by failing to install,
    calibrate, operate, collect, and record data on its air pollution control equipment; and by reducing
    emissions from one unit to another in violation of its permit. The complaint concerns Lehigh
    Press’s commercial printing facility at 25th and Lexington Avenue, Broadview, Cook 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 Lehigh Press 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 Lehigh Press 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.
     
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on June 5, 2003, by a vote of 6-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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