ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 2, 2006
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    STS CONSULTANTS, LTD.,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 06-48
    (Enforcement - Public Water Supply)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    On October 5, 2005, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against STS Consultants, Ltd. (STS Consultants).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The complaint concerns STS
    Consultants’ Summer 2003 installation of water main to serve a new Home Depot store at 143rd
    Street and Bell Road, Homer Township, Will County.
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    The People allege that STS Consultants violated Section 15(a) of the Environmental
    Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/15(a) (2004)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 602.101(a). The People
    further allege that STS Consultants violated these provisions by construction of a public water
    supply without a construction permit.
    On February 14, 2006, the People and STS Consultants 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) (2004)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2004)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, the STS Consultants neither admits nor denies the alleged violation 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) (2004); 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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    This same installation is or was the subject of other pending or settled enforcement actions:
    People v. Home Depot, PCB 05-168 (settlement talks in progress); People v. Illinois-American
    Water Company, PCB 06-15 (proposed settlement filed January 26, 2006); and People v. Weis
    Builders, Inc., PCB 06-44 (settlement accepted by an order dated January 5, 2006).
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on March 2, 2006, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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