BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROOA~c~
MA~132003
THE CITY OF
KANKAKEE,
an Illinois
)
STMEOF1Lur~o1S
Municipal Corporation,
Pollution Control Board
Plaintiff,
)
NO.
PCB 03—125
vs.
COUNTY OF KANKAKEE,
a body politic and
corporate;
KANKAKEE COUNTY BOARD; and
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS,
INC.,
Defendants.
PETITIONER CITY OF KANKAKEE’S DOCUMENT REQUESTS
NOW COMES Petitioner,
CITY OF KANKAKEE,
an Illinois Municipal
Corporation,
by and through its attorneys,
L.
Patrick Power and Kenneth A.
Leshen, Assistant City Attorneys, pursuant to the Rules
of the Il1ino~s
Pollution Control Board,
and submits the following Document Requests to
the Respondent,
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS,
INC.
(hereinafter,
“WMII”)
DEFINITIONS
A.
“WMII” refers to Waste Management of Illinois,
Inc.,
and its
agents,
directors,
officers,
employees,
representatives,
attorneys,
and
all persons
or entities who have acted or purported to act on its behalf.
B.
“County of Kankakee” refers to the County of Kankakee and the
Kankakee County Board and their respective agents,
employees,
attorneys,
and all persons or entities who have acted or purported to act on their
respective behalves.
C.
“Communication” means, without limiting the generality of its
meaning, any form of communication between two or more persons,
including,
but not limited to,
correspondence,
e—mails,
conversations, phone calls,
reports,
documents,
and memoranda.
D.
“Landfill Siting Application” means WMII’s Application with the
Kankakee County Board seeking approval for a new regional pollution
control facility immediately adjacent to its existing landfill located in
Kankakee County,
Illinois, which is the subject of this matter.
E.
“Document” means, without limiting the generality of its meaning,
writings, papers,
or tangible things of any kind and nature whatsoever in
the possession or subject to the control of the Respondent,
its agents,
experts,
witnesses,
employees or attorneys,
including letters, handwritten
notes,
calendar pads,
appointment books, notepads,
notebooks,
correspondence of any
kind,
postcards,
memorandum,
telegrams,
telexes, e-
mails,
internal communications of any kind,
annual or other reports,
financial statements, billing statements,
payment authorizations,
canceled
checks,
books,
records,
ledgers,
journals, minutes of all meetings,
contracts,
agreements,
appraisals,
analysis,
charts,
graphs,
bulletins,
speeches,
reports, data sheets,
data tapes,
or readable computer
interpretations thereof, computer programs,
software or any medium
containing computer programs,
circulars,
pamphlets,
notices, statements,
stenographic notes,
surveys, microfilm, microfiche,
tape and disk
recordings,
photostats,
photographs,
drawings, transparencies,
overlays,
periodicals,
sketches,
illustrations, blueprints, plans,
and personal
interviews, wherever located, including non-final drafts
or earlier
versions and non—identical copies of any of the above,
and all
compilations of the foregoing,
including binders, notebooks,
folders and
files.
F.
“Facility”
shall refer to the proposed landfill which is the
subject
of the application filed by WMII with the County of Kankakee.
G.
“Refer or relate” means anything which directly or indirectly
concerns,
consists
of, pertains to,
reflects, evidences,
describes,
sets
forth,
constitutes,
contains,
shows, underlies,
supports,
or refers to
in
any way,
or was used in the preparation of, appended to,
legally,
logically, •or factually connected with,
proves,
disproves,
or tends to
prove or disprove.
H.
The singular and plural form shall be construed interchangeably
so as to bring within the scope of these requests any documents which
might otherwise be construed outside their
scope.
I.
The words
“and” and “or” shall be construed conjunctively and
disjunctively as necessary to bring within this document request all
information that might otherwise be construed as outside their scope.
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Continuing Responses.
This document request shall be deemed to
be continuing in nature and if,
after serving your responses,
additional
information becomes
known or available to you that is responsive to this
document request, then you are required to reasonably supplement or amend
your responses.
2.
Work Product or Privileges.
With respect to each document,
oral
statement,
or communication which you claim is privileged or subject to
the work product doctrine,
identify the document,
statement or
communications to the fullest extent,
including the date,
maker,
and
recipient,
the general subject matter,
and the basis
of the claim of
privilege or work product.
In accordance with the foregoing definitions and instructions, please
produce the following:
DOCUMENT REQUESTS
1.
Identify and produce any and all documents,
letters,
communications or memoranda prepared by WMII that relate or refer to the
planning, development
or siting of the Facility.
Please identify which of
these documents,
letters, communications or memoranda were provided to the
County of Kankakee and when they were provided.
2.
Identify and produce any documents,
letter, communications or
memoranda prepared by WMII that relate or refer to the Solid Waste
Management Plan of the County of Kankakee.
Please identify which of these
documents,
letters, communications or memoranda were provided to the
County of Kankakee and when they were provided.
3.
All reports,
correspondence,
and other documents received by WMII
(including,
but not limited to,
its consultants,
attorneys and experts)
from the County of Kankakee
(including,
but not limited to,
its
consultants, attorneysand experts)
regarding the planning, development,
and siting of the Facility and when they were provided.
4.
All notes, minutes,
and other documents of all phone calls and
meetings between WMII and the County of Kankakee, the Kankakee County
Board,
or their agents relating to the planning, development, and siting
of the Facility.
5.
Any and all records or documents referring or relating to
billing by the firm of Hinshaw and Culbertson to any entity whatsoever
relating or referring to the planning or siting of the Facility or to the
drafting,
construction or interpretation of the Solid Waster Management
Plan of the County of Kankakee.
6.
All correspondence,
contracts or other communications between
each opinion witness or other witness and
WMII,
(including,
but not
limited to, its consultants,
attorneys and experts)
in connection with the
subject matter of this action.
7.
All demonstrative exhibits which WMII or its agents may offer or
use at hearing.
8.
All exhibits which WMII, orits agents may offer into evidence or
otherwise use at hearing including,
but not limited to, documents,
summaries,
objects,
charts, and other
items.
9.
All transcripts, statements,
articles, writings or other
documents or tangible items which WMII or its agents may use at hearing in
direct or cross-examination of any witness.
10.
All releases, covenants or other agreements,
promises or
understandings
(including any document reflecting or referring to the
same)
with respect to the subject matter of this action,
which is not
contained in the Landfill Siting Application nor admitted into evidence at
the Kankakee County Board hearing on the Application.
11.
Any and all documents or things
set forth or referred to in
Respondent’s answers to interrogatories propounded by Petitioner or
identified in response to said interrogatories,
or which Respondent or
Respondent’s counsel consulted
in preparation of said answers.
12.
It
is further requested that each party and/or his or its
attorney in compliance with this request for production shall furnish an
Affidavit stating whether the production is complete.
DATED:
March
7,
2003.
Respectfully submitted,
BY
THE C
Kenneth
A.
Leshen
One of Its Attorneys
PREPARED BY:
L.
Patrick Power
Assistant City Attorney
956 North Fifth Avenue
Kankakee,
IL
60901
815/937—6937
Kenneth A. Leshen
Assistant City Attorney
One Dearborn Square,
Suite 550
Kankakee,
IL
60901
815/933—3385
AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE
The undersigned, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1-109 of the
Illinois Code of Civil Procedure,
hereby under penalty of perjury under
the laws of the United States of America, certifies that on March
7,
2003,
a copy of the foregoing Petitioner City of Kankakee’s Interrogatories was
served upon:
Karl Kruse,
Chairman
Kankakee County Board
189 East Court Street
Kankakee,
IL
60901
Charles
F.
Heisten,
Esq.
Hinshaw
& Culbertson
P.
0.
Box 1389
Rockford,
IL
61105—1389
Edward
D.
Smith,
State’s Attorney
c/c Brenda Gorski,
Asst.
SA
189 East Court Street
Kankakee,
IL
60901
Kenneth A.
Bleyer
Attorney at Law
923 West Gordon Ter.
#3
Chicago,
IL
60613—2013
Leland Milk
6903 South Route 45—52
Chebanse,
IL
60922
Keith Runyon
1165 Plum Creek Drive
Bourbonnais,
IL
60914
Donald J.
Moran
Attorney at Law
161 North Clark,
Suite 3100
Chicago,
IL
60601
Bruce Clark
Kankakee County Clerk
189 East Court Street
Kankakee,
IL
60901
Jennifer
J.
Sackett Pohlenz
Attorney at Law
175
W.
Jackson Blvd.,
Ste.
1600
Chicago,
IL
60604
Patricia O’Dell
1242 Arrowhead Drive
Bourbonnais,
IL
60914
George Mueller
Attorney at Law
501 State Street
Ottawa,
IL
61350
by depositing
a copy thereof, enclosed in an envelope in the United States
Mail at Kankakee,
Illinois, proper postage prepaid, before the hour of
5:00 p.m.,
addressed as above.
SU
C IBED
D
WORN TO b
ore me this
7th
day of March,
2003.
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c ~
L.
Patrick Power
Kenneth
A.
Leshen
Assistant City Attorney
956 North Fifth Avenue
Kankakee,
IL
60901
815/937—6937
H
Assistant City Attorney
One Dearborn Square,
Suite 550
Kankakee,
IL
60901
815/933—3385