BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    CLERK’S OFFICE
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    ex rel.
    LISA MADIGAN, Attorney
    )
    General of the State of Illinois
    STATEOF!LUNO~S
    PoUut~onContro’ Board
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 03-101
    (Enforcement-Air)
    WERNER CO.,
    a Pennsylvania
    corporation,
    Respondent.
    NOTICE OF FILING
    TO:
    Mr.
    Charles Gering
    McDermott,
    Will
    & Emery
    227
    W.
    Monroe Street
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60606-5096
    PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on February
    4,
    2005,
    we filed with the
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    a Stipulation and Proposal for
    Settlement and Motion for Relief From Hearing Requirement,
    a true and
    correct copy of which is attached and hereby served upon you.
    Respectfully submitted,
    LISA MADIGAN
    Attorney General
    State ~o~—’Illi~is
    BY
    isto
    er P( 1~erzan
    Assis
    ant
    tt¼~rr\eyGeneral
    Environmental B~ikeau
    .188
    W.
    Randolph St.,
    20th Floor
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60601
    (312)
    814-3532

    BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDCLERK’S
    OFFICE
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    FER ~~20.05
    ex rel.
    LISA MADIGAN, Attorney
    General
    of the State
    of Illinois,
    )
    .
    .
    STATEOFILUNO~S
    Po~Iut~on.Contro~
    E~oard
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 03-101
    (Enforcement-Air)
    WERNER
    CO.,
    a Pennsylvania
    corporation,
    Respondent.
    .
    .)
    STIPULATION AND PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT
    Complainant,
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    by LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois,
    on her own motion,
    and at
    the request of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (“Illinois
    EPA”),
    ansi Respond~nt, WERNER
    CO.
    (“Werner”),
    do hereby submit this
    Stipulation and Proposal
    for Settlement.
    The parties agree that the
    Complainant’s statement
    of facts contained herein is agreed to only
    for the purposes
    of settlement.
    The parties further state that
    neither the fact that
    a party has entered into this stipulation,
    nor
    any of the facts stipulated herein,
    shall be admissible into evidence,
    or used fo.r any purpose in
    this,
    or any other proceeding,
    except to•
    enforce the terms hereof,
    by the parties to this agreement.
    Notwithstanding
    the previous sentence,
    this Stipulation and Proposal
    for Settlement,
    and any Illinois Pollution Control Board
    (“Board”)
    order accepting same,
    may be used as evidence of
    a past adjudicated
    violation of the Act as alleged herein,
    pursuant to Section 42~(h) of
    the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    415 ILCS
    5/42(h) (2002),
    in determining
    appropriate civil penalties
    for any
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    future violations of
    the Act.
    This Stipulation may also be used
    in
    any permitting adtion for the purposes
    of Section 39(i)
    of the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/39(1) (2002)
    .
    This Stipulation and Proposal
    f.or Settlement
    shall be null and void unless
    the Board approves and disposes
    of this
    matter on each and every one of the
    terms, and conditions of the
    settlement set forth herein.
    I.
    JURISDICTION
    The Board has jurisdiction of
    the subject matter herein and of
    the parties consenting hereto pursuant to the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/1
    et
    seq.
    (2002)
    .
    II.
    AUTHORIZATION
    The undersigned representatives
    for each party certify that they
    are fully authorized by the party whom they represent
    to enter, into’
    the terms and condition’s of this Stipulation and Proposal
    for
    Settlement and to legally bind them to it.
    III.
    APPLICABILITY
    This stipulation and Proposal
    for Settlement shall apply
    to,
    and
    be binding upon,
    the Complainant and Werner,
    and any officer,
    shareholder,
    director,
    agent,
    employee
    or servant of Werner,
    as well
    as Werner’s successors and assigns.
    Werner shall not raise as’a
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    defense to any enforcement action taken pursuant
    to this settlement
    the failure of
    its officers,
    shareholders,
    directors,
    agents,
    servants
    or employees to take such action as shall be required
    to comply with
    the provisions
    of this settlement.
    Iv.
    STATEMENT OF FACTS
    1.
    The Illinois EPA is an administrative agency of the State of
    Illinois,
    created pursuant
    to Section 4 of the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/4
    (2002),
    and is charged,
    inter alia,
    with the duty of enforcing the
    Act.
    2.
    Respondent Werner,
    at all times relevant to the Complaint in
    this matter, was and is a Pennsylvania corporation in good standing
    and authorized to do business in Illinois.
    3.
    Respondent Werner,
    at all times relevant
    to the Complaint
    in
    this matter, has owned and operated a facility located at 10800 West
    Belmont Avenue,
    Franklin Park,
    Cook County,
    Illinois
    (“facility”).
    4.
    Werner conducts extrusion fabrication and manufacturing
    operations at the facility.
    Werner fabricates ladders,
    scaffolding,
    stages and planks.
    Among other things,
    Werner operates punch presses
    and rail piercers
    in its operations.
    5.
    Werner obtained a joint construction and operating permit
    for emissions sources and air pollution control equipment at the
    facility on February
    18,
    1998.
    The Illinois EPA further issued a
    Clean Air Act Permit Program Permit
    to Werner on April
    21,
    2000.
    6.
    The Illinois EPA issued a violation notice
    to Werner dated
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    September
    21,
    1999.
    Werner submitted
    to’ the Illinois EPA a proposed
    Compliance Commitment Agreement
    (“CCA”)
    dated January 24,
    2000.
    By
    letter of February
    23,
    2000,
    the Illinois EPA rejected the CCA.
    The
    Illinois EPA further issued a Notice of Intent to Pursue Legal Action
    letter dated April
    5,
    2000.
    7.
    Werner has substantially reduced its use of lubricants
    containing volatile organic material
    (“VOM”)from greater than 31 tons
    to less than 1 ton per year.
    V.
    ALLEGATIONS OF NONCOMPLIANCE
    Complainant contends that the Respondent has violated the
    following provisions of the Act and Illinois Pollution Control Board
    (“Board”)
    Air Pollution Regulations:
    Count
    I:
    AIR POLLUTION
    violation of Section 9(a)
    of the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/9(a),
    and 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 201.141 and 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 218.986.
    Respondent emitted VOM pollutants in violation of
    applicable control requirements for VOM.
    Count
    II:
    FAILURE TO OBTAIN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
    violation of
    Section 9(b)
    of
    the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/9(b) (2002)
    and 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 201.142.
    Respondent failed to obtain
    a construction permit
    from the Illinois EPA before constructing new emission sources
    and air pollutioi~control equipment.
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    Count
    III: FAILURE TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING PERMIT
    violation
    of
    Section 9(b)of the Act,
    415 ILCS 5/9(b) (2002),
    and
    35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 201.143.
    Respondent failed to obtain an operating
    permit before operating new emission sources and air pollution
    control equipment.
    VI.
    NATURE OF RESPONDENT’S
    OPERATIONS
    Respondent operates
    a ladder manufacturing facility.
    Respondent
    operates equipment including rail piercers and pultruders,
    along with
    associated pollution control equipment.
    Respondent historically
    employed lubricants containing VOM in the course of these operations.
    VII.
    EXPLANATION OF PAST FAILURES
    TO COMPLY
    1.
    Respondent submitted
    a
    permit application to the Illinois
    EPA on or about December
    23,
    1997.
    The permit application identified
    emission sources and air pollution control equipment that were
    constructed without authorization.
    2.
    Respondent further operated emission sources and air
    pollution control equipment without permit authorization.
    3.
    Werner failed to comply with the applicable emission control
    requirements
    of 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 218.986.
    VIII.
    FUTURE PLANS OF COMPLIANCE
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    Werner shall comply with all requirements
    of the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/1
    et seq.
    (2002),
    and the Illinois Pollution Control Board
    Regulations,
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code Subtitles A through H.
    IX.
    IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC RESULTING FROM ALLEGED NON-COMPLIANCE
    Section 33 (c)
    of the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/33 (c)
    (2002)
    ,
    provides
    as
    follows:
    In making its orders and determinations,
    the
    Board shall take
    into consideration
    all
    the
    facts
    and
    circumstances
    bearing
    upon
    the
    reasonableness of the emissions,
    discharges,
    or
    deposits
    involved
    including,
    but
    not
    limited
    to:
    1.
    the character and degree of injury to,
    or interference with the protection of
    the
    health,
    general
    welfare
    and
    physical property of the people;
    2.
    the
    social
    and
    economic
    value
    of
    the
    pollution source;
    3.
    the suitability or unsuitability of the
    pollution
    source
    to
    the area
    in which
    it
    is located,
    including the questions
    of
    priority
    of
    location
    in
    the
    area
    involved;
    4.
    the,
    technical
    practicability
    and
    economic reasonableness
    of reducing or
    eliminating
    the
    emissions,
    discharges
    or
    deposits
    resulting
    from
    such
    pollution source;
    and
    5.
    any subsequent
    compliance.
    In response
    to these
    factors,
    the parties
    state as follows:
    1.
    The impact to the public resulting from Werner’s
    noncompliance was that the Illinois EPA and the public were
    not privy
    to information that is important to
    the control
    of air pollution in
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    Illinois.
    The permit process
    is the only method available
    for the
    State to identify possible air pollution
    sources and their control and
    to ensure that those sources will not contribute
    to or cause
    the
    deterioration of air quality in Illinois.
    Werner also failed to
    comply with emission control requirements for its punch presses and
    rail piercing operations.
    2.
    The Parties agree that the Respondent’s facility has social
    and economic value.
    3.
    The Parties agree
    that
    the Respondent’s facility is suitable
    to the area in which
    it
    is located.
    4.
    The Parties agree that
    the reduction of emissions from the
    facility required by the applicable regulations was both technically
    practicable and economically reasonable.
    5.
    The Parties agree that the Respondent has achieved
    compliance with the regulatory requirements
    cited in the Complaint.
    X.
    CONSIDERATION OF SECTION 42(h)
    FACTORS
    Section 42(h)
    of the Aát,
    415 ILCS
    5/42(h) (2002), provides
    as
    follows:
    In determining the appropriate civil penalty
    to be imposed under subdivisions
    (a),
    (b) (1),
    (b) (3),
    or
    (b)
    (5)
    of this Section,
    the Board
    is
    authOrized
    to
    consider
    any
    matters
    of
    record
    in
    mitigation
    or
    aggravation
    of
    penalty,
    including
    but
    not
    limited
    to
    the
    following factors:
    1.
    the
    ‘duration
    and
    gravity
    of
    the
    violation;
    2.
    the
    presence
    or
    absence
    of
    due
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    diligence on the part of the respondent
    in
    attempting
    to
    comply
    with
    the
    requirements
    of
    this
    Act
    and
    regulations
    thereunder
    or
    to
    secure
    relief
    therefrom
    as provided
    by
    this
    Act;
    3.
    any
    economic benefits
    accrued
    by
    the
    respondent
    because
    of
    delay
    in
    compliance with requirements;
    4.
    the
    amount
    of monetary penalty which
    will serve to deter further violations
    by the respondent and to otherwise aid
    in
    enhancing voluntary compliance with
    this Act
    by
    the
    respondent
    and other
    persons similarly subject
    to the Act;
    and
    5.
    the
    number,
    proximity
    in
    time,
    and
    gravity
    of
    previously
    adjudicated
    violations
    of
    this
    Act
    by
    the
    respondent.
    6.
    whether
    the
    respondent voluntarily
    self-disclosed,
    in
    accordance
    with
    subsection
    (i)
    of
    this
    Section,
    the
    non-compliance to the Agency;
    7.
    whether
    the
    respondent
    has
    agreed
    to
    undertake a “supplemental environmental
    project,”
    which
    means
    an
    environmentally beneficial project that
    a
    respondent
    agrees
    to
    undertake
    in
    settlement
    of
    an
    enforcement
    action
    brought under this Act,
    but which the
    respondent
    is
    not
    otherwise
    legally
    required to perform.
    In response to these factors,
    the parties state
    as follows:
    1.
    The Complainant contends
    that the violations that are
    the
    subject of the Complaint occurred over an approximately five-year
    period,
    from 1995 until 2000.
    2.
    The Complainant contends that the Respondent was not
    diligent
    in acquiring permit authorization to construct and operate
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    the emission sources and air pollution control equipment as alleged in
    the Complaint and complying with applicable emission control
    requirements.
    Werner did subsequently respond to the issuance of a
    Violation Notice and Notice of Intent to Pursue Legal Action letter.
    The Respondent notes that it acquired the necessary permits and
    achieved the requisite 81
    control for the VOM sources as of October
    2,
    2000.
    3.
    The Respondent did not accrue an appreciable measure of
    economic benefit by operating emission sources without achieving the
    required control.
    4.
    The parties believe that the civil penalty as set out in
    Section XI will deter Werner from committing further violations,
    and
    will aid in enhancing voluntary compliance by Werner and others
    similarly subject to the Act.
    5.
    The State
    is not aware
    of any other adjudicated violations
    of the Act by Werner.
    6.
    Respondent did not self-disclose the noncompliance pursuant.
    to the requirements
    of Section 42(h) (6)
    of the Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/42(h) (6) (2002)
    7.
    Respondent has performed a Supplemental Environmental
    Project and the Complainant has mitigated its penalty demand
    accordingly,
    as further detailed in Section XI.
    XI.
    TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
    1.
    The Respondent represents that
    it has entered into this
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    Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement for the purpose
    of settling
    and compromising disputed claims without having to incur the expense
    of contested litigation.
    By entering into this Stipulation and
    Proposal for Settlement and complying with its terms,
    the Respondent
    does not affirmatively admit the allegations of violation within the
    Complaint,
    and this Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement shall not
    be interpreted as including such admission.
    2.
    a.
    The Complainant believes a civil penalty in the amount
    of $85,000.00 is appropriate based on the estimated gravity and
    duration of the violations,
    lack of due diligence,
    deterrence impact
    and the economic benefit of noncompliance.
    b.
    In order to promote the goals of the Act to restore,
    protect and enhance the quality of the environment,
    the Complainant
    agrees to mitigate its civil penalty demand by approximately sixty-two
    per cent
    (62),
    based on Respondent’s implementation
    of. a Supplemental
    Environmental Projects at its facility as set forth in this
    Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement.
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    c.
    Accordingly,
    Respondent shall pay a civil penalty of
    $32,000.00
    into the Environmental Protection Trust Fund within thirty
    (30)
    days after the date the Board adopts a final opinion and order
    approving this Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement.
    Payment shall
    be made, by certified check or money order, payable to the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency,
    designated to the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Trust
    Fund,
    and shall be sent by first class
    mail to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Section
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    1021 North’ Grand Avenue East
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield,
    IL 62794
    A copy of
    the check shall be
    sent
    to:
    Christopher
    P.
    Perzan
    Assistant Attorney General
    Environmental Bureau
    188 West Randolph Street,
    20th Floor
    Chicago,
    IL 60601
    Werner shall write
    the case caption and number,
    and its Federal
    Employer Identification Number
    (“FEIN”)
    ,
    25-1754435,
    upon the
    certified check or money order.
    3.
    For purposes
    of payment and collection,
    the Respondent may
    be reached at the following address:
    -
    Werner
    Co.
    c/o Geoffrey
    R.
    Hartenstein
    93 Werner Road
    Greenville,
    Pennsylvania 16125
    With a copy to:
    Charles N.
    Gering
    McDermott, Will
    & Emery
    227 West Monroe Street
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60606
    4.
    Pursuant
    to Section 42(g)
    of the Act,
    415 ILCS
    4/42 (g) (2002),
    interest shall accrue on any amount
    not paid within the
    time period prescribed herein,
    at the maximum rate allowable under
    Section 1003(a)
    of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
    35 ILCS 5/1003 (a)
    (2002)
    .
    a.
    Interest on unpaid amounts shall begin to accrue from
    the date
    the penalty is due and continue
    to accrue
    to the date payment
    is received.
    b.
    Where partial payment
    is made on any payment amount
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    that is
    due,
    such partial payment shall be first applied to any
    interest on unpaid amounts then owing.
    c.
    All interest
    on amounts owed the Complainant,
    shall be
    paid by certified check payable to the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency for deposit in the Environmental Protection Trust
    Fund and delivered in the same manner as described in Section XI.2.
    herein.
    5.
    The
    SEP implemented by the Respondent consists of the
    conversion of an open bath pultrusion machine to
    a pre-form resin
    injection machine.
    Capital cost of the SEP was approximately
    $139,000.00.
    Werner began implementation of the SEP in 2001.
    The
    SEP
    resulted in the following environmental benefits:
    a.
    A reduction in air emissions
    of approximately 3,500
    pounds
    (i.e.,
    1.75
    tons)
    of styrene per year.
    Styrene is both a
    volatile organic material and a hazardous air pollutant.
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    This
    emission reduction
    is based on current production levels and may
    increase to
    as much
    ‘as
    5,400 pounds
    (2.7
    tons)
    per year as production
    increases.
    -
    b.
    An overall reduction in ambient air concentrations
    of’
    styrene in the workplace attributed to the reduced volume of resin
    used and smaller resin surface area
    that comes into contact with the
    air.
    ‘6.
    No VOM emission reductions associated with the
    SEP shall be
    used to demonstrate, compliance with the Emission Reduction Market
    System
    (“ERMS”)
    or otherwise made available
    for sale,
    trade or banking
    in the ERMS.
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    7.
    Respondent
    shall at all times’operate and maintain all
    equipment
    and systems relating to the SEP
    so as to ensure that the
    resulting VOM emission reductions
    are permanent and continuous.
    In
    the event that the Respondent determines that the SEP or its
    associated equipment or systems must be altered, modified or replaced,
    the Respondent shall. ensure that the alterations, modifications or
    replacements result in equal or greater emission reductions than those
    obtained from the approved SEP pursuant to this Stipulation and
    Proposal for Settlement.
    The Respondent shall provide written notice
    to the Illinois EPA at least
    30 days prior to the start of
    construction of any alteration, modification or replacement.
    The
    notice shall include a detailed explanation of the planned
    alterations,
    modifications or replacements and a demonstration ‘of
    associated emissions reductions.
    8.
    Respondent certifies,
    by signature to this Stipulation and
    Proposal
    for Settlement,
    that
    it has not, and will not ever,
    sell
    emission offsets or accept any kind of emissions credit under the New
    Source Review programs
    (i.e.,
    the Prevention of Significant
    Deterioration program of 40 C.F.R.
    §52.21 and the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board’s non—attainment area program at 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code Part
    203)
    that relate to or derive from the emissions reductions achieved
    by the implementation of the above-referenced SEP.
    9.
    Any
    public statement,
    oral or written, made by or on behalf
    of Respondent,
    concerning any SEP required by this, Stipulation and
    Proposal for Settlement,
    shall
    include the following language:
    “This
    ‘project was undertaken in connection with the settlement of
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    enforcement actions initiated by the State of Illinois.”
    10.
    Respondent hereby certifies that,
    as of the date of filing
    of this Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement, Respondent
    is not
    required by any federal, state or local law,
    regulation, permit or
    order to perform any actions required herein; nor is Respondent
    required to perform any of the actions required herein by any other
    agreement, grant or as injunctive relief in any other
    case.
    Respondent further certifies that it has not received, and is not
    presently negotiating to receive credit,
    penalty offset, or other
    benefit in any other enforcement action for any actions required by
    this Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement.
    11.
    Werner shall cease and desist from future violations of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS 5/1
    et seq.
    (2002), and the Board Regulations,
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code Subtitles A through H,
    including, but not limited to,
    those sections
    of the Act and Doard Regulations
    that were the
    subject matter of the Complaint as outlined in Section V. of this
    Stipulation and Proposal, for Settlement.
    XII.
    .
    COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS
    AND
    REGULATIONS
    This Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement in no way affects
    the Respondent’s responsibility to comply with any federal,
    state
    o,r
    local laws and regulations.
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    XIII.
    RIGHT OF ENTRY
    In addition to any other authority,
    the Illinois EPA,
    its
    employees and representatives, and the Attorney General, her agents
    and representatives,
    shall have the right of entry into and upon the
    Respondent’s facility which is the subject of this Consent Order,
    at
    all reasonable times for the purposes of carrying out inspections.
    In
    conducting such inspections,
    the Illinois EPA,
    its employees and
    representatives, and the Attorney General, his employees and
    representatives may take photographs,
    samples, and collect
    information,
    as they deem necessary.
    The Respondent reserves its
    rights to assert claims
    as to trade secrets or other nondisclosable
    information pursuant
    to
    2
    Ill. Adm.
    Code
    Part 1828,
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code
    Part 130 or other applicable law.
    XIV.
    RELEASE FROM LIABILITY
    In consideration of the Respondent’s payment of
    a $32,000.00
    civil penalty, its commitment to implement the aforementioned SEP and
    its commitment to refrain from further violations of the Act and the
    Board Regulations,
    upon receipt by Complainant of the payment required
    by Section XI of this Stipulation,
    the Complainant releases, waives
    and discharges Respondent and its officers,
    directors,
    employees,
    agents,
    successors and assigns from any further liability or penalties
    for violations which were the subject matter of the Complaint herein.
    However, nothing in this Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement shall
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    be construed as a waiver by Complainant of the right to redress future
    violations
    or obtain penalties with respect thereto.
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    WHEREFORE,
    Complainant and Respondent request that the Board
    adopt and accept the foregoing Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement
    as written.
    AGREED:
    FOR THE COMPLAINANT:
    FOR THE RESPONDENT:
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
    WERNER CO.
    LISA
    MADIGAN
    ,~
    Attorney General
    By:
    ______________________
    State of Illinois
    -
    Its
    ~-~~Z-
    ~‘L4~t__.—
    MATTHEW J.
    DUNN
    Chief,
    Environmental
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    Litigation Division
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    Dated:__________________
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
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    CY
    By:_______________________
    JOSE H
    E.
    SVOBODA
    Chief Legal Counsel
    Division of Legal Counsel
    Dated:
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    CLERK’S
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    BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
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    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    ex
    rel.
    LISA. MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    )
    STATEOFjJ~\;c~3
    General
    of the State
    of Illinois
    )
    Pout~onControI~)o~’rd
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 03-101
    )
    (Enforcement-Air)
    WERNER CO.,
    a Pennsylvania
    corporation,
    Respondent.
    MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM HEARING REQUIREMENT
    NOW COMES the Complainant,
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    by
    LISA MADIGAN, Attorney General of the State of Illinois,
    and requests
    relief from the hearing requirement
    in this case pursuant
    to Section
    31(c) (2)
    of
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)
    (2)
    (2002),
    and Section 103.300 of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board
    (“Board”)
    Procedural
    Rules,
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 103.300.
    In support thereof,
    the Complainant states
    as follows:
    1.
    Section 31(c)
    (2)
    of the Act allows the parties
    in certain
    enforcement
    cases
    to request relief from the mandatory hearing
    requirement where the parties submit
    t.o the Board
    a Stipulation and
    Proposal
    for Settlement.
    Section
    31(c) (2) provides
    as follows:
    Notice;
    complaint; hearing.
    *
    *
    *
    (c)
    (2)
    Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision
    (1)
    of
    this subsection
    (c)
    ,
    whenever
    a complaint has been filed on
    behalf
    of the Agency or by the People
    of the State
    of
    Illinois,
    the parties may file with
    the Board
    a stipulation
    and proposal
    for settlement accompanied by a request for
    relief from the requirement of a hearing pursuant to
    subdivision
    (1)
    .
    Unless
    the Board,
    in its discretion,
    concludes that
    a hearing will be held,
    the Board shall cause
    notice
    of the stipulation, proposal and request for relief

    to be published and sent in the same manner
    as
    is required
    for hearing pursuant
    to subdivision
    (1)
    of this subsection.
    The notice shall include
    a statement that any person may
    file
    a written demand for hearing within
    21 days after
    receiving the notice.
    If any person files a timely written
    demand for hearing,
    the Board shall deny the request for
    relief from a hearing and shall hold a hearing in accordance
    with the provisions
    of subdivision
    (1)
    2.
    Board Procedural
    Rule 103.300 provides,
    in relevant
    part,
    as
    follows
    (emphasis in original)
    Request for Relief from Hearing Requirement
    in State
    Enforcement
    Proceeding.
    (a)
    Whenever
    a
    complaint
    has
    been
    filed
    on
    behalf
    of
    the
    Agency
    or
    by
    the
    People
    of
    the
    State
    of
    Illinois,
    the
    parties
    may
    file
    with
    the
    Board
    a
    proposed
    stipulation
    and
    settlement
    accompanied
    by
    a
    request
    for
    relief
    from
    the
    requirement of
    a hearing
    pursuant
    to Section 31(c) (2)
    of
    the
    Act
    415
    ILCS
    5/31(c) (2)
    3.
    On the same date as this Request,
    the Complainant
    is filing
    a Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement with Respondents with the
    Board.
    4.
    No hearing is currently scheduled in this case.
    WHEREFORE,
    the Complainant,
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, by
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney General of
    the State of Illinois,
    respectfully
    requests relief from the requirement
    of
    a hearing pursuant
    to Section
    31(c)
    (2)
    of the Act.

    Respectfully submitted,
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    by
    LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney General
    of
    Suite
    2001
    .1
    STOPHE~
    Assista~k~orne~
    Environmental Bui~
    188 West Randolph
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60601
    (312) 814-3532

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
    I,
    CHRISTOPHER
    P.
    PERZAN,
    an Assistant Attorney General,
    certify
    that
    on the 4th day of February,
    2005,
    I caused to be served by U.S.
    Mail the foregoing documents to the parties named on
    the attached
    notice
    of’ filing,
    by depositing same
    in postage prepaid envelopes with
    the United States Postal Service located at
    100 West Randolph Street,
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60601.
    CHRISTO~~~)PE~~~)
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