ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 19, 2004
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    STAR ELECTRONICS, INC., an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-5
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by A.S. Moore):
     
    On July 11, 2002, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Star Electronics, Inc. The complaint concerns the
    company’s circuit board manufacturing facility located at 825 Pratt Blvd., in Elk Grove Village,
    Cook County. The parties now seek to settle without a hearing. For the reasons below, the
    Board directs the Clerk to provide public notice of the parties’ stipulation, proposed settlement,
    and request for relief from the hearing requirement.
     
    Under the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/1
    et seq
    . (2002)), the
    Attorney General and the State’s Attorneys may bring actions before the Board to enforce
    Illinois’ environmental requirements on behalf of the People.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31 (2002); 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 103. In this case, the People allege that Star Electronics violated Section 9(a) of the
    Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a) (2002)) and Section 201.141 of the Board’s air pollution regulations (35
    chemical reaction at its facility, releasing
     
    On February 11, 2004, the People and Star Electronics filed a stipulation and proposed
    settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002)), which requires that the public have an opportunity to request a
    hearing whenever the State and a respondent propose settling an enforcement action without a
    public hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed stipulation, Star
    Electronics admits the alleged violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of $10,000.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs
    the Clerk to provide the required notice.
     
     
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 19, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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