BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

CLERK’S OFFICE

APR 01

200k

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Complainant,

vs.

ECONOMY PLATING,

INC.,

an Illinois

corporation,

Respondent.

PCB 97-69

(Enforcement

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STATE OF ILUNO~~

PoJi~.j~

Control Boa m

Air)

NOTICE

OF FILING

TO:

Mr. Victor

J. Koerner

President

Economy Plating,

Inc.

2350 North Elston

Chicago, Illinois 60614

Bradley P. Halloran

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

Suite 11-500

James

R. Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Pursuant to the Hearing Officer’s Order of March 24,

2004,

I

am filing Complainant’s Exhibits A and B that were inadvertently

left unfiled with Complainant’s December

5,

2003,

Brief

in

Support of a Remedy in the above-referenced matter.

DATE: April

1,

2004

LISA

MADIGAN

Attorney General

State of Illinois

BY:

ZEMEHERET BEREKET-AB

Assistant Attorney General

Environmental Bureau

188 W. Randolph St.,

20th Fir.

Chicago,

Illinois 60601

(312)

814-3816

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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JAMES

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DAVID

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POGRUND

WRITER’S

E-MAIL:

CHRISTOPHER

T.

NOWOTARSKI,

cnowotarski@spklaw.com

LAWRENCE

J.

STARK

CARTER

A.

KOREY

January

17,

2003

Zemeheret Bereket-AB

Office OfThe Attorney General

State of Illinois

188 West Randolph Street

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20th

Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60601

R&L

People v. Economy Plating, Inc. PCB97-69

Dear Mr. Bereket-AB:

Enclosed please find Federal US

Corporate Income Tax Return for Economy Plating for the

years of 1999,

2000,

and 2001.

You will note that the company on a fiscal year ending June 30.

Based on this fact the 2002 tax return is not due until September 15, 2003.

As you will see

from the tax returns, the company has lost in excess of $26,000.00

each year

with the loss increasing.

You will also notice that the salary ofMr. Koerner is very modest

ranging between $10,000.00 and $18,000.00 per year. Based on this numbers, the company does

not have the ability to pay the significant fine.

After you have reviewed the tax returns,

please call me to discuss the possible settlement ofthis

matter.

Very truly yours,

STONE, POGRUND & KOREY

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STONE,

POGRUND

& KOREY

32~FLOOR

221

NORTH LASALLE STREET

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS

60601

TELEPHONE:

(3121

792.3638

r-ACSIMILE:

(312)

782.1482

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SHERWIN

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POGRUND, P.C.

MARTIN S.

KOREY

JAMES

P. ZIEGLER

DAVID B.

POGRUND

WRITERS E.MAIL~

CHRISTOPHER 1. NOWOTARSKI,

CflowOtaV~ki@~pkIe~w,com

LAWRENCE J.

STARK

CARtER A

KOREY

June 2,

2003

Via Facsimile

Zemeheret Bereket-AB

Office OfThe

Attorney

General

State ofIllinois

188 West Randolph Street

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20L~ Floor

Chicago, illinois 60601

Re:

People v. Ecoflomy Platiu~.

tnc.

PCB~J7-69

Dear Mr. Bereket-AB:

Purstiatit

to our telephone conversation of today, Economy

Plating

would

Like to propose a

settlement of the above captioned matter.

If the IEPA would allowEç~~~y

to

continue~o

chrome plate for a

period

of I

year,

it woi~Id

then cease to do chrome plating ai~1

cLose th~ting

~

The tin~e

is nocessa~y

so

that

Economy

would

b~i~tOe~rn

sUfficienfiii~omc

to

finance the costs ofclosing the chrome platir~g

operation.

Please advise our offlee

as soon as possible ofyour decision regarding the above proposal of

settlern’~nt.

After you

have

reviewed the

above

call me with any questions

you may have.

Very truly yours,

STONE, POGRUND & KOREY

Christopher T. Nowotarski

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