ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 1, 2004
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, a Delaware
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 04-161
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On March 17, 2004, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against ConocoPhillips Company.
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that ConocoPhillips Company
    violated Section 9(a) and (b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a) and (b)
    (2002)), 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141, and standard condition 7 of operating permit 72110616.
    The People further allege that ConocoPhillips Company violated these provisions by emission of
    hydrocarbon vapor so as to cause or tend to cause air pollution. The complaint concerns
    ConocoPhillips Company’s petroleum refining facility at the Wood River Refinery, at 900 South
    Central Avenue, Roxana, Madison County.
     
    On March 17, 2004, the People and ConocoPhillips Company also 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)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, the ConocoPhillips Company neither admits nor denies the alleged violations but
    agrees to pay a civil penalty of $35,386.
     
    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. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board 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 April 1, 2004, by a vote of 4-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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