ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 19, 2004
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    ROYAL TRUCKING COMPANY, a
    Mississippi corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 04-67
    (Enforcement - Water)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On October 17, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Royal Trucking Company (Royal Trucking).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. At issue is the People’s allegation
    that Royal Trucking violated Section 12(a) and (d) of the Environmental Protection Act (415
    ILCS 5/12(a) and (d) (2002)). The People further allege that Royal Trucking violated these
    provisions by threatening or causing water pollution when a truck overturned in transit releasing
    sodium bisulfite on the roadway and in swales along the roadway on Interstate 94 in Chicago,
    Cook County.
     
    On July 28, 2004, the People and Royal Trucking 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). These filings are 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, Royal Trucking does not admit to the violations alleged in the complaint, but agrees
    to pay a civil penalty of $5,000.
     
    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. 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.
     
    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 August 19, 2004, by a vote of 4-0.
     
     
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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