ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY
    1021
    NORTH GRAND
    AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276,
    SPRINGFIELD,
    ILLINOIS 62794-9276
    — (
    21
    7)
    782-3397
    JAMES
    R. THOMPSON
    CENTER,
    100
    WEST
    RANDOLPH,
    SUITE
    11-300,
    CHICAGO,
    IL
    60601
    — (312)
    814-6026
    ROD R.
    BLAGOJEVICH,
    GOVERNOR
    DOUGLAS
    P.
    SCOTT,
    DIRECTOR
    RECEVEQ
    (217) 782-9817
    CLERK’S
    OFFICE
    TDD: (217)
    782-9143
    AUG 2
    52008
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    August 21,
    2008
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    John
    IllinoisTherriault,
    Pollution
    ClerkControl
    Board
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    James R. Thompson Center
    100
    West Randolph Street,
    Suite 11-500
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60601
    Re:
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection Agency
    v.
    George
    R. Ford
    TEPA File
    No.
    154-08-AC:
    0578060001—Fulton
    County
    Dear Mr. Therriault:
    Enclosed for
    filing with the
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    please find the
    original and nine
    true and correct copies
    of the Administrative
    Citation
    Package,
    consisting
    of the
    Administrative
    Citation, the inspector’s
    Affidavit,
    and the inspector’s Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    Open
    Dump Inspection Checklist,
    issued
    to the above-referenced
    respondent(s).
    On this date,
    a copy of the Administrative
    Citation
    Package was
    sent to the Respondent(s)
    via
    Certified Mail. As
    soon as I receive the
    return receipt,
    I will promptly
    file a copy with
    you,
    so
    that the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board
    may calculate the
    thirty-five
    (35) day appeal
    period
    for
    purposes
    of entering a default
    judgment
    in the event the Respondent(s)
    fails
    or elects not
    to
    file a
    petition for
    review contesting
    the Administrative
    Citation.
    If you
    have any questions
    or
    concerns,
    please do not
    hesitate
    to contact
    me at
    the
    number
    above.
    Thank you
    for your
    cooperation.
    Michelle M. Ryan
    Assistant
    Counsel
    Enclosures
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    St.,
    Peoria,
    IL 61614— (309) 693-5463
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    IL 61820—
    (217)
    278-5800
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    —4500 5.
    Sixth Street
    Rd., Springfield, IL 62706 —(217)
    786-6892
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    —2009
    MalI Street,
    Collinsville,
    IL 62234
    —(618)
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    Suite
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    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
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    CITATION
    25
    2008
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    PIItt
    Control
    Board
    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    AC
    )
    v.
    )
    (IEPANo.
    154-08-AC)
    GEORGE
    R
    FORD,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    NOTICE
    OF
    FILING
    To:
    George
    R. Ford
    23735
    N County
    Hwy
    2
    Smithfield,
    IL 61477-9529
    PLEASE
    TAKE NOTICE
    that
    on this
    date I mailed
    for
    filing with
    the Clerk
    of
    the
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    of the State
    of Illinois
    the following
    instrument(s)
    entitled
    ADMINISTRATIVE
    CITATION,
    AFFIDAVIT,
    and
    OPEN
    DUMP
    INSPECTION
    CHECKLIST.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    Assistant
    Counsel
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    1021
    North Grand
    Avenue
    East
    P.O. Box
    19276
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276
    (217)
    782-5544
    Dated:
    August
    21, 2008
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    FILING
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    ILLINOiS
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    ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    AC
    U
    V.
    )
    (IEPA No.
    154-08-AC)
    GEORGER.
    FORD,
    )
    Respondent.
    JURISDICTION
    This
    Administrative
    Citation
    is
    issued
    pursuant
    to the
    authority
    vested
    in
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    by
    Section
    31.1 of
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/31.1
    (2006).
    FACTS
    1.
    That
    George
    R. Ford
    (“Respondent”)
    is the
    present
    owner
    and
    operator
    of
    a facility
    located
    at The
    Southeast
    Quarter
    of
    Section
    Number
    Thirty-two
    (32)
    in
    Township
    Seven
    (7) North
    of
    the
    Base Line,
    Range
    Two
    (2)
    East
    of
    the Fourth
    Principal
    Meridan
    , in the
    Town
    of
    Deerfield,
    Fulton
    County,
    Illinois.
    The property
    is
    commonly
    known
    to the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    as
    Ford
    Property.
    2.
    That
    said facility
    is an open
    dump
    operating
    without
    an
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    Operating
    Permit
    and
    is
    designated
    Ath Site
    Code
    No. 0578060001.
    3.
    That Respondent
    has
    owned
    and
    operated
    said
    facility
    at
    all times
    pertinent
    hereto.

    4.
    That
    on July
    9,
    2008, Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    of
    the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency’s
    Peoria
    Regional
    Office
    inspected
    the above-described
    facility.
    A
    copy of
    his inspection
    report
    setting
    forth
    the
    results
    of said
    inspection
    is
    attached
    hereto
    and
    made
    a part
    hereof.
    VIOLATIONS
    Based
    upon
    direct
    observations
    made
    by
    Robert
    J. Wagner
    during
    the
    course
    of
    his
    July
    9,
    2008
    inspection
    of the
    above-named
    facility,
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    has
    determined
    that
    Respondent
    has violated
    the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act (hereinafter,
    the
    “Act”)
    as
    follows:
    (1)
    That
    Respondent
    caused
    or
    allowed
    the open
    dumping
    of waste
    in
    a
    manner
    resulting
    in
    litter,
    a violation
    of Section
    21(p)(1)
    of
    the
    Act, 415
    ILCS 5/21(p)(1)
    (2006).
    (2)
    That
    Respondent
    caused
    or
    allowed
    the
    open
    dumping
    of waste
    in
    a
    manner
    esulting
    in
    open
    burning,
    a
    violation
    of Section
    21(p)(3)
    of the
    Act, 415
    ILCS
    5/21
    )(3)(2006).
    (3)
    That
    Respondent
    caused
    or
    allowed
    the
    open
    dumping
    of waste
    in
    a
    manner
    resulting
    in
    Deposition
    of General
    Construction
    or
    Demolition
    Debris:
    or
    Clean
    Construction
    or
    Demolition
    Debris
    a violation
    of
    Section
    21 (p)(7)
    of
    the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/21
    (p)(7)
    (2006).
    CIVIL PENALTY
    Pursuant
    to Section
    42(b)(4-5)
    of
    the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/42(b)(4-5)
    (2006),
    Respondent
    is
    subject
    to
    a
    civil
    penalty
    of
    One Thousand
    Five
    Hundred
    Dollars
    ($1,500.00)
    for
    each
    of the
    violations
    identified
    above,
    for
    a
    total
    of Four
    Thousand
    Five Hundred
    Dollars
    ($4,500.00).
    If
    Respondent
    elects
    not to
    petition
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    the statutory
    civil
    penalty
    2

    specified above
    shall
    be
    due
    and
    payable
    no
    later
    than
    September
    30,
    2008,
    unless
    otherwise
    provided
    by
    order
    of the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board.
    If Respondent
    elects
    to
    contest
    this
    Administrative
    Citation
    by
    petitioning
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    in
    accordance
    with
    Section
    31.1
    of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/31.1(2006),
    and
    if
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    issues
    a finding
    of
    violation
    as
    alleged
    herein,
    after
    an adjudicatory
    hearing,
    Respondent shall
    be
    assessed
    the
    associated
    hearing
    costs
    incurred
    by the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    and
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution Control
    Board.
    Those
    hearing
    costs
    shall
    be
    assessed
    in
    addition
    to
    the
    One
    Thousand
    Five
    Hundred
    Dollar
    ($1,500.00) statutory
    civil
    penalty
    for
    each
    violation.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    31.1
    (d)(1)
    of
    the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/31.1
    (d)(1)
    (2006),
    if
    Respondent
    fails
    to
    petition
    or
    elects
    not
    to
    petition
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    for
    review
    of
    this
    Administrative
    Citation
    within
    thirty-five
    (35)
    days
    of the
    date
    of
    service,
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    shall
    adopt
    a
    final
    order,
    which
    shall
    include
    this
    Administrative
    Citation
    and
    findings
    of
    violation
    as
    alleged
    herein,
    and
    shall
    impose
    the
    statutory
    civil
    penalty
    specified
    above.
    When
    payment is made,
    Respondent’s
    check
    shall
    be
    made
    payable
    to
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Trust
    Fund
    and
    mailed
    to
    the
    attention
    of
    Fiscal
    Services,
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency, 1021
    North
    Grand
    Avenue
    East,
    P.O.
    Box
    19276,
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276.
    Along
    with
    payment, Respondent
    shall
    complete
    and
    return
    the
    enclosed
    Remittance Form
    to
    ensure
    proper
    documentation
    of
    payment.
    If any
    civil
    penalty
    and/or
    hearing
    costs
    are
    not
    paid
    within
    the
    time
    prescribed
    by
    order
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    interest
    on
    said
    penalty
    and/or
    hearing
    costs
    shall
    be
    assessed
    against
    the
    Respondent
    from
    the
    date
    payment
    is
    due
    up
    to
    and
    including
    the
    date
    that
    payment
    is
    received. The
    Office
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Attorney
    General
    may
    be
    requested
    to
    initiate
    proceedings
    against Respondent
    in
    Circuit
    Court
    to
    collect
    said
    penalty
    and/or
    hearing
    costs,
    plus
    any
    interest
    accrued.
    3

    PROCEDURE
    FOR
    CONTESTING
    THIS
    ADMINISTRATIVE
    CITATION
    Respondent
    has
    the
    right
    to contest
    this
    Administrative
    Citation
    pursuant
    to
    and
    in
    accordance
    with
    Section
    31.1
    of
    the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/31/1
    (2006).
    If Respondent
    elects
    to
    contest
    this
    Administrative
    Citation,
    then
    Respondent
    shall
    file
    a
    signed
    Petition
    for
    Review,
    including
    a
    Notice
    of
    Filing,
    Certificate
    of
    Service,
    and
    Notice
    of
    Appearance,
    with
    the
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution Control
    Board,
    State
    of Illinois
    Center,
    100
    West
    Randolph,
    Suite
    11-500,
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60601.
    A
    copy
    of
    said
    Petition
    for
    Review
    shall
    be
    filed
    with
    the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency’s
    Division
    of
    Legal
    Counsel
    at
    1021
    North
    Grand
    Avenue
    East,
    P.O.
    Box
    19276,
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276.
    Section
    31.1
    of
    the
    Act
    provides
    that
    any
    Petition
    for
    Review
    shall
    be
    filed
    within
    thirty-five
    (35)
    days
    of
    the
    date
    of
    service
    of
    this
    Administrative
    Citation
    or
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    shall
    enter
    a default
    judgment
    against
    the
    Respondent.
    P
    Date:
    Io
    Douglas
    .
    Scott,
    Director
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    Prepared
    by:
    Susan
    E.
    Konzelmann,
    Legal
    Assistant
    Division
    of
    Legal
    Counsel
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    1021
    North
    Grand
    Avenue
    East
    P.O.
    Box
    19276
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276
    (217)
    782-5544
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    ECEVED
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    OFFICE
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    REMITTANCE
    FORM
    STATE
    OF
    lLLINOI
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    AC
    ii’
    V.
    )
    (IEPA No.
    154-08-AC)
    GEORGE
    R.
    FORD,
    Respondent.
    FACILITY:
    Ford
    Property
    SITE
    CODE
    NO.:
    05780600001
    COUNTY:
    Peoria
    CIVIL
    PENALlY:
    $4,500.00
    DATE
    OF
    INSPECTION:
    July
    9, 2008
    DATE
    REMITTED:.
    SS/FEIN NUMBER:
    SIGNATURE:
    NOTE
    Please
    enter
    the
    date
    of
    your
    remittance,
    your
    Social
    Security
    number
    (SS)
    if an
    individual
    or
    Federal
    Employer
    Identification
    Number
    (FEIN)
    if
    a corporation,
    and
    sign
    this
    Remittance
    Form.
    Be
    sure
    your
    check
    is
    enclosed
    and
    mail,
    along
    with
    Remittance
    Form,
    to
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection Agency,
    Attn.:
    Fiscal
    Services,
    P.O.
    Box
    19276,
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276.
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    DOCKET NO.
    RESPONDENT
    Affiant,
    Robert
    J. Wagner,
    being
    first duly
    sworn,
    voluntarily
    deposes
    and
    states
    as
    follows:
    1.
    Affiant
    is
    a field
    inspector employed
    by the
    Land
    Pollution
    Control
    Division
    of
    the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    and has
    been so employed
    at
    all times
    pertinent hereto.
    2.
    On
    July
    9,
    2008,
    between
    10:50
    a.m. and 11:00
    a.m.,
    Affiant
    conducted
    an inspection
    of
    the
    open
    dump in Fulton
    County,
    Illinois,
    known as
    Ford Property,
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    Site No.
    0578060001.
    3.
    Affiant
    inspected
    said Ford Property
    by an
    on-site
    inspection,
    which
    included
    walking
    the
    site and photographing
    the
    site.
    4.
    As a result
    of
    the activities
    referred
    to in
    Paragraphs
    3
    above,
    Affiant
    completed
    the
    Inspection
    Report form
    attached
    hereto
    and made
    a part hereof,
    which,
    to the best of
    Affiant’s knowledge
    and
    belief,
    is an accurate
    representation
    of
    Affiant’s
    observations
    and factual
    conclusions
    with respect
    to
    Ford
    Property open dump.

    Subscribed
    and
    Sworn
    to
    be:
    me
    this
    day
    of
    2oc
    OFFICIAL
    SEAL
    Carolyn
    S.
    Schlueter
    Notary
    Pubhc.
    State
    of
    Illinois
    My
    Commission
    Ixpires
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    %otary
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    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY
    Open
    Dump
    Inspection
    Checklist
    County:
    Fulton
    LPC#:
    0578060001
    Region:
    3
    - Peoria
    Location/Site
    Name:
    Smithfield
    /
    Ford
    Property
    Date:
    07/09/2008
    Time:
    From
    10:50
    AM
    To
    11:00
    AM Previous
    Inspection
    Date:
    04/23/2008
    Inspector(s):
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    Weather:
    85
    F,
    Sunny,
    Dry
    No. of
    Photos
    Taken:
    #
    10
    Est.
    Amt.
    of Waste:
    52
    yds
    3
    Samples
    Taken:
    Yes
    #
    No
    Interviewed:
    No
    one onsite
    Complaint
    #:
    C-2007-087-P
    Latitude:
    40.54384
    Longitude:
    90.29231
    Collection
    Point Description: Dump
    LocEC
    E
    v
    E
    D
    (Example:
    Lat.:
    41.26493
    Long.:
    -89.38294)
    Collection
    Method:
    GPS
    -
    “‘
    OFFICE
    Responsible
    Party
    Mailing
    Address(es)
    and
    Phone
    Number(s):
    George
    R. Ford
    AUG
    2
    2008
    23735
    N
    County
    Hwy
    2, RR1
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    Smithfield,
    II 61477-9529
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    309-293-4642
    SECTION_[
    DESCRIPTION
    [_VIOL
    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    ACT
    REQUIREMENTS
    1.
    9(a)
    CAUSE,
    THREATEN
    OR ALLOW
    AIR
    POLLUTION
    IN
    ILLINOIS
    2.
    9(c)
    CAUSE
    OR
    ALLOW
    OPEN
    BURNING
    3.
    12(a)
    CAUSE,
    THREATEN
    OR ALLOW
    WATER
    POLLUTION
    IN ILLINOIS
    LI
    4.
    12(d)
    CREATE
    A
    WATER
    POLLUTION
    HAZARD
    LI
    5.
    21(a)
    CAUSE
    OR
    ALLOW
    OPEN
    DUMPING
    CONDUCT
    ANY
    WASTE-STORAGE,
    WASTE-TREATMENT,
    OR WASTE-
    DISPOSAL
    6.
    21(d)
    OPERATION:
    (1)
    Without
    a Permit
    (2)
    In Violation
    of Any
    Regulations
    or
    Standards
    Adopted
    by
    the Board
    DISPOSE,
    TREAT,
    STORE,
    OR
    ABANDON
    ANY
    WASTE,
    OR TRANSPORT
    ANY
    7.
    21(e)
    WASTE
    INTO
    THE
    STATE
    ATITO SITES
    NOT
    MEETING
    REQUIREMENTS OF ACT
    CAUSE
    OR
    ALLOW
    THE
    OPEN
    DUMPING
    OF ANY
    WASTE
    IN A MANNER
    WHICH
    RESULTS
    8.
    21(p)
    IN
    ANY OF
    THE
    FOLLOWING
    OCCURRENCES
    AT
    THE DUMP
    SITE:
    (1)
    Litter
    (2)
    Scavenging
    LI
    (3)
    Open
    Burning
    (4)
    Deposition
    of Waste
    in
    Standing
    or
    Flowing
    Waters
    LI
    (5)
    Proliferation
    of
    Disease
    Vectors
    LI
    (6)
    Standing
    or
    Flowing
    Liquid
    Discharge
    from
    the
    Dump Site
    LI
    Revised
    6/21/2007
    (Open
    Dump
    -
    1)

    LPC#
    0578060001
    Inspection
    Date:
    07/09/2008
    Informational
    Notes
    [Illinois]
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act: 415
    ILCS
    5/4.
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board:
    35 III.
    Adm.
    Code,
    Subtitle
    G.
    Statutory
    and
    regulatory
    references
    herein
    are
    provided
    for convenience
    only
    and should
    not be
    construed
    as legal
    conclusions of
    the
    Agency
    or
    as
    limiting
    the
    Agency’s
    statutory
    or
    regulatory
    powers.
    Requirements
    of
    some statutes
    and
    regulations
    cited
    are
    in summary
    format.
    Full
    text
    of requirements
    can be found
    in references
    listed
    in 1.
    and 2.
    above.
    4.
    The
    provisions
    of subsection
    (p)
    of
    Section
    21 of
    the [Illinois]
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act shall
    be enforceable
    either
    by administrative citation
    under
    Section
    31.1 of the
    Act
    or by
    complaint
    under
    Section
    31
    of the Act.
    5.
    This
    inspection
    was
    conducted
    in accordance
    with
    Sections
    4(c)
    and
    4(d)
    of
    the
    [Illinois]
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act:
    415
    ILCS
    5/4(c)
    and (d).
    6.
    Items
    marked
    with
    an
    “NE”
    were
    not evaluated
    at
    the
    time
    of this
    inspection.
    Deposition
    of: (i) General
    Construction
    or
    Demolition
    Debris
    as
    defined
    in
    Section
    (7)
    3.160(a);
    or
    (ii)
    Clean
    Construction
    or Demolition
    Debris
    as
    defined
    in
    Section
    3.160(b).
    9.
    55(a)
    NO
    PERSON
    SHALL:
    (1)
    Cause_or
    Allow_Open_Dumping_of
    Any_Used_or_Waste_Tire
    (2)
    Cause
    or
    Allow
    Open
    Burning
    of Any
    Used or
    Waste
    Tire
    35 ILLINOIS
    ADMINISTRATIVE
    CODE
    REQUIREMENTS
    SUBTITLE
    G
    FAILURE
    TO SUBMIT
    AN
    APPLICATION
    FOR A
    PERMIT
    TO
    DEVELOP
    AND
    10.
    812.101(a)
    OPERATE
    A
    LANDFILL
    11.
    722.111
    HAZARDOUS
    WASTE
    DETERMINATION
    LI
    12.
    808.121
    SPECIAL
    WASTE
    DETERMINATION
    LI
    ACCEPTANCE
    OF
    SPECIAL
    WASTE
    FROM
    A WASTE
    TRANSPORTER WITHOUT
    A
    WASTE
    HAULING
    PERMIT,
    UNIFORM
    WASTE
    PROGRAM
    REGISTRATION AND
    El
    13.
    809.302(a)
    PERMIT
    AND/OR
    MANIFEST
    —-
    -
    OTHER
    REQUIREMENTS
    14.
    APPARENT
    CASE_NUMBER:
    VIOLATION
    OF:
    (LI)
    PCB;
    ORDER_ENTERED_ON:
    (LI)
    CIRCUIT
    COURT
    LI
    15.
    OTHER:
    LI
    LI
    LI
    LI
    LI
    LI
    1.
    2.
    3.
    Revised
    6!2]i2007
    (Open
    Dump
    -2)

    0578060001
    -- Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Property
    FOS
    Prepared By:
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    Inspection
    Date:
    July 9, 2008
    Page 1
    Narrative
    On July
    9,
    2008
    [10:50
    AM to
    11:00 AM],
    this author
    (Robert
    J.
    Wagner)
    conducted
    an
    open
    dump
    re-inspection
    of
    property
    owned
    by George
    R. Ford.
    The property
    is located
    approximately
    11/4
    miles
    south
    or Illinois
    Route 9 on
    Smithfield
    Road
    (see attached
    site map).
    History
    This
    site
    was
    originally
    inspected
    on April
    19,
    1989,
    as an open
    dump
    because
    of a citizen
    complaint.
    A Pre-Enforcement
    letter
    was sent
    to George
    R. Ford for
    open
    dumping
    violations.
    These
    violations
    were
    subsequently
    resolved
    during
    a June
    9, 1989
    inspection.
    On
    June 17, 1991,
    George
    R.
    Ford received
    an Administrative
    Warning
    Notice
    for open
    dumping
    at the
    property.
    On
    July 17,
    1991, George
    R.
    Ford adequately
    responded
    to the
    letter.
    On
    September
    18, 2007,
    an inspection
    took
    place
    at the Ford
    Property.
    On
    October
    12, 2007,
    the
    property
    owner,
    George
    R.
    Ford was
    sent an
    Administrative
    Citation
    Warning
    Notice
    (ACWN)
    for
    the
    following
    violations:
    Section
    9(a),
    9(c),
    21(a),
    21(d)(1),
    21(d)(2),
    21(e), 21(p)(1)
    21(p)(3),
    21(P)(7),
    55(a)(1),
    and 55(a)(2)
    of
    the Act
    and Section
    812.201(a)
    of the
    Regulations.
    Mr. Ford
    did
    not
    respond
    to the ACWN.
    Inspection
    This
    author
    arrived
    at
    the
    property
    at 10:50
    AM.
    This
    author knocked
    on the door
    to the
    house
    located
    on
    the property.
    The house
    was
    abandoned.
    Since
    the area in
    question
    was in clear
    site
    from
    the road
    and there
    was
    no expectation
    of
    privacy
    this author
    proceeded
    with
    the inspection.
    This author
    observed
    the charred
    remains
    of vinyl
    siding,
    processed
    wood fragments,
    tire
    beads,
    and
    metal
    debris
    dumped in
    a burn pile
    with
    a
    fence
    around
    the area.
    Photographs
    1, 2, 3,
    and 4
    show the
    charred remains
    of vinyl
    siding, processed
    wood
    fragments,
    tire beads,
    and
    metal
    debris.
    The size
    of
    the
    burn
    pile
    was
    approximately
    5 feet
    long
    by 5
    feet
    wide
    by 1 foot
    high (1
    yd3).
    Photographs
    7, 8, 9,
    and
    10 show
    a pile
    of
    waste
    material
    located
    northeast
    of the original
    pile
    sited
    in the October
    12,
    2008 ACWN
    (see
    site
    sketch).
    The
    waste
    pile consisted
    of
    trees
    branches
    tree
    trunks,
    and
    the charred
    remains
    of vinyl
    siding. The
    size of
    the
    new
    pile
    was
    approximately
    10
    feet
    long
    by 10 feet
    wide
    by
    14 foot
    high (51
    yd3).
    This author
    departed
    the
    steat
    11:00AM.
    George
    R.
    Ford is
    the property
    owner. This
    author
    spoke
    to George
    R.
    Ford via
    telephone.
    According
    to
    George R.
    Ford,
    he was responsible
    for
    the
    open burning
    of the waste
    materials.
    Mr. Ford
    is a
    general
    contractor
    who
    travels
    the
    area
    doing
    construction
    work. He
    on
    occasion
    brings
    back waste
    material
    generated
    from
    these job sites
    and disposes
    of them
    by
    open burning.
    The
    second waste
    pile according
    to
    Mr.
    Ford was
    generated from
    cleaning debris
    from
    around
    the
    property.

    0578060001
    -- Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Property
    FOS
    Prepared
    By:
    Robert J. Wagner
    Inspection
    Date: July
    9, 2008
    Page
    2
    The
    following
    alleged
    violations
    were
    observed
    and indicated
    on
    the
    open dump
    inspection
    checklist:
    1.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    9(a)
    of the
    {Illinois}
    Environmental Protection
    Act (415
    ILCS
    5/9(a)),
    no person
    shall
    cause or
    threaten
    or allow the
    discharge
    or
    emission
    of any
    contaminant
    into
    the environment
    in any State
    so as to
    cause or
    tend
    to cause air
    pollution
    in Illinois,
    either
    alone
    or in combination
    with
    contaminants
    from
    other sources,
    or so
    as
    to violate
    regulations
    or standards
    adopted
    by the
    Board under
    this
    Act.
    A violation
    of Section
    9(a) is alleged
    for the
    following
    reason:
    Evidence
    of
    open
    burning
    which
    would
    cause
    or tend
    to
    cause air
    pollution
    in
    Illinois was
    observed
    during
    the inspection.
    2.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    9(c)
    of the {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act (415
    ILCS
    5/9(c)),
    no
    person
    shall cause
    or
    allow
    the
    open
    burning
    of
    refuse,
    conduct
    any salvage
    operation
    by
    open burning,
    or cause
    or allow the
    burning
    of any refuse
    in any
    chamber
    not
    specifically
    designed
    for
    the
    purpose and
    approved
    by
    the Agency
    pursuant
    to
    regulations
    adopted
    by
    the Board
    under
    this Act.
    A
    violation
    of Section
    9(c) is alleged
    for the
    following
    reason:
    Evidence
    of
    open
    burning
    was
    observed
    during
    the inspection.
    3.
    Pursuant
    to Section
    21(a) of
    the {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act
    (415
    ILCS
    5/21(a)),
    no
    person shall
    cause
    or allow
    the open dumping
    of
    any
    waste.
    A violation
    of
    Section
    21(a)
    is alleged
    for the
    following
    reason:
    Evidence
    of open
    dumping
    of
    waste
    was observed
    during
    the inspection.
    4.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    21(d)(l)
    of the {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act (415
    ILCS
    5/21
    (d)(
    1)), no person
    shall conduct
    any waste-storage,
    waste-treatment,
    or waste-
    disposal
    operation
    without
    a permit
    granted
    by
    the Agency
    or
    in violation
    of
    any
    conditions
    imposed
    by
    such permit.
    A
    violation
    of
    Section
    21(d)(1)
    is
    alleged for
    the following
    reason:
    Waste was
    disposed
    without
    a
    permit granted
    by the Illinois
    EPA.
    5.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    21(d)(2)
    of the
    {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act
    (415 ILCS
    5/21
    (d)(2)),
    no
    person
    shall conduct
    any
    waste-storage,
    waste-treatment,
    or waste
    disposal
    operation
    in
    violation of
    any regulations
    or
    standards
    adopted by
    the Board
    under
    this Act.
    A
    violation
    of Section
    21(d)(2)
    is alleged
    for
    the
    following
    reason: A
    waste disposal
    operation
    was
    conducted
    in violation
    of regulations
    adopted
    by
    the Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board.

    0578060001
    -- Fulton
    County
    Ford Property
    FOS
    Prepared By:
    Robert
    J. Wagner
    Inspection Date:
    July 9, 2008
    Page
    3
    6.
    Pursuant
    to Section 2 1(e)
    of the {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection Act
    (415 ILCS
    5/21(e)), no
    person
    shall
    dispose, treat,
    store or abandon
    any waste, or transport
    any
    waste
    into
    this State
    for disposal,
    treatment,
    storage or
    abandonment, except
    at
    a
    site
    or
    facility which
    meets
    the
    requirements
    of this Act and of
    regulations and standards
    thereunder.
    A
    violation
    of
    Section 21(e)
    is alleged
    for the following reason:
    Waste was disposed
    at
    this
    site
    which
    does
    not meet
    the
    requirements
    of the Act
    and regulations
    thereunder.
    7.
    Pursuant
    to Section
    2l(p)(l)
    of the {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection Act (415
    ILCS
    no person
    shall, in
    violation of
    subdivision (a)
    of this Section, cause
    or
    allow
    the
    open
    dumping
    of
    any waste
    in
    a manner
    which results
    in litter.
    The prohibitions
    specified
    in this
    subsection
    (p)
    shall be
    enforceable
    by
    the Agency either
    by
    administrative
    citation
    under
    Section
    3].]
    of this
    Act or as otherwise provided
    by this
    Act.
    The specific
    prohibitions
    in this
    subsection do not
    limit
    the power
    of the Board to
    establish
    regulations
    or standards
    applicable
    to open
    dumping.
    A violation
    of Section
    21(p)(1) is
    alleged for
    the
    following reason: The
    open
    dumping
    of waste
    was caused
    or allowed
    in
    a manner
    which
    resulted
    in litter.
    8.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section 21(p)(3)
    of
    the {Illinois} Environmental
    Protection Act (415
    ILCS
    5
    )),
    /
    (p)(
    3
    21
    no person
    shall, in
    violation of
    subdivision (a) of this
    Section,
    cause
    or allow
    the open
    dumping
    of any
    waste in a
    manner
    which
    results in open burning.
    A violation
    of Section 21(p)(3)
    is alleged
    for the following
    reason:
    The open dumping
    of
    waste was
    caused or allowed
    in a manner
    which resulted
    in
    open burning.
    9.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section
    21(p)(’7)
    of
    the
    {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection Act
    (415 ILCS
    5/21
    (p)(7)),
    no
    person shall
    cause or
    allow
    the open
    dumping of waste in
    a manner
    that
    results
    in
    deposition
    of
    (i) general
    construction
    or
    demolition debris as
    defined in
    Section
    3.160(a)
    of this Act;
    or (ii) clean
    construction
    or demolition debris
    as defined in
    Section
    3.160(b)
    of this
    Act.
    A violation
    of
    Section
    21(p)(’7)
    is alleged
    for
    the following reason:
    The open
    dumping
    of
    waste
    was
    caused or
    allowed
    in
    a manner
    which resulted
    in deposition
    of general
    or clean construction
    or demolition
    debris.
    10.
    Pursuant
    to Section
    55(a)(1) of
    the {Illinois} Environmental
    Protection Act (415
    ILCS
    5/55(a)(1)),
    no
    person
    shall
    cause
    or
    allow the
    open dumping
    of any used or waste
    tire.
    A
    violation
    of
    Section
    55(a)(1)
    is
    alleged
    for the
    following
    reason: Evidence
    of
    open
    dumping
    of used
    or
    waste tires
    was observed
    during the inspection.

    0578060001
    -- Fulton County
    Ford Property
    FOS
    Prepared
    By:
    Robert
    J. Wagner
    Inspection
    Date:
    July 9,
    2008
    Page
    4
    11.
    Pursuant
    to Section
    55(a)(2) of
    the
    {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act
    (415 ILCS
    5/55(a)(2)),
    no person
    shall cause
    or
    allow
    the
    open burning
    of any
    used
    or waste tire.
    A violation
    of
    Section
    55(a)(2)
    is
    alleged for
    the following
    reason:
    Evidence
    of open
    burning
    of
    used
    or
    waste
    tires
    was
    observed
    during
    the
    inspection.
    12.
    Pursuant
    to 35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 8 12.101(a),
    all
    persons, except
    those
    specifically
    exempted
    by Section
    21(d)
    of the
    {Illinois}
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act,
    shall
    submit
    to the
    Agency
    an
    application
    for
    a permit
    to
    develop
    and operate
    a
    landfill.
    A violation
    of 35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 812.101(a)
    is
    alleged for
    the
    following
    reason:
    A waste
    disposal
    site was
    operated
    without
    submitting
    to
    the Illinois
    EPA
    an application
    for
    a permit
    to
    develop
    and operate
    a
    landfill.

    0578060001
    Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Prci,crly
    FOS
    Prcpaed
    By
    Robert)
    Wagner
    hipcetion
    Date:
    July 9,
    2008
    Site
    Sketch
    Page
    1
    -
    e

    0578060001 - Fulton County
    Site
    Photographs
    Ford Property
    Page 1
    of 6
    FOS
    DATE: July 9, 2008
    TIME: 10:53AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY:
    Robert J. Wagner
    DIRECTION: Photograph taken
    toward the northwest.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER: I
    PHOTOGRAPH FILE NAME:
    057806000 F-07092008-00 1
    .jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The
    Photograph
    shows the charred remains of
    vinyl
    siding, processed wood fragments,
    tire beads, and metal debris.
    DATE: July
    9,
    2008
    TIME: 10:53 AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY:
    Robert J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph taken
    toward the northwest.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER:
    2
    PHOTOGRAPH FILE NAME:
    057806000
    1’07092008-002.jpg
    COMMENTS: The
    Photograph
    shows the charred
    remains of vinyl
    siding, processed wood
    fragments,
    tire beads, and metal
    debris.
    DOCUMENT
    FILE NAME:
    057806000 107092008.doc

    0578060001
    - Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Property
    FOS
    DATE: July 9,
    2008
    TIME: 10:53AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY:
    Robert J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph taken
    toward the
    northwest.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER: 3
    PHOTOGRAPH
    FILE NAME:
    0578060001
    -07092008-003
    .jpg
    COMMENTS: The Photograph
    shows
    the charred remains of vinyl
    siding,
    processed wood fragments,
    tire beads, and
    metal debris.
    DATE: July 9, 2008
    TIME:
    10:53AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED
    BY:
    Robert J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph taken
    toward the
    west.
    PHOTOGRAPH
    NUMBER: 4
    PHOTOGRAPH
    FILE NAME:
    057806000
    1—M7092008-004.jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The
    Photograph
    shows
    the charred
    remains of
    vinyl
    siding, processed
    wood fragments,
    tire beads, and
    metal debris.
    DOCUMENT FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    1-07092008.doc
    Site Photographs
    Page 2 of
    6

    DATE:
    July
    9, 2008
    Site
    Photographs
    Page
    3
    of
    6
    TIME:
    10:54AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED
    BY:
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph
    taken
    toward
    the east.
    PHOTOGRAPH
    NUMBER:
    5
    PHOTOGRAPH FILE
    NAME:
    0578060001
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    .jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The
    Photograph
    shows
    the charred
    remains
    of
    vinyl
    siding,
    processed
    wood
    fragments,
    tire beads,
    and
    metal
    debris.
    DATE:
    July
    9, 2008
    TIME:
    10:56AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED
    BY:
    Robert J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph
    taken
    toward
    the
    north.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER:
    6
    PHOTOGRAPH
    FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    107092008-006.jpg
    COMMENTS: The Photograph
    shows
    a
    pile
    of waste
    material.
    The
    pile
    consists
    of tree
    branches,
    tree
    trunks,
    processed
    wood,
    and
    vinyl
    siding.
    0578060001
    - Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Property
    FOS
    DOCUMENT FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    107092008.doc

    DATE: July 9, 2008
    TIME: 10:56AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY:
    Robert
    J. Wagner
    DIRECTION: Photograph taken
    toward the north.
    PHOTOGRAPH
    NUMBER: 7
    PHOTOGRAPH
    FILE NAME:
    057806000 1’—M7092008-007.jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The
    Photograph
    shows
    a
    pile
    of waste material. The
    pile consists
    of tree branches, tree
    trunks, processed wood, and vinyl
    siding.
    DATE: July
    9,
    2008
    TIME: 10:56AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY:
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION: Photograph taken
    toward the
    west.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER: 8
    PHOTOGRAPH FILE NAME:
    057806000
    l07092008-008.jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The Photograph
    shows a pile
    of
    waste
    material. The
    pile consists of
    tree branches, tree
    trunks, processed wood,
    and vinyl
    siding.
    DOCUMENT FILE NAME:
    057806000
    1—07092008.doc
    0578060001 - Fulton County
    Site
    Photographs
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    6
    FOS

    0578060001
    - Fulton
    County
    Ford Property
    FOS
    DATE:
    July 9, 2008
    TIME: 10:57 AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED
    BY:
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph
    taken
    toward
    the
    north.
    PHOTOGRAPH
    NUMBER:
    9
    PHOTOGRAPH FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    107092008-009.jpg
    COMMENTS: The
    Photograph
    shows
    a
    pile
    of
    waste
    material. The
    pile consists
    of tree branches, tree
    trunks,
    processed
    wood,
    and
    vinyl
    siding.
    Site
    Photographs
    Page
    5 of
    6
    DOCUMENT
    FILE
    NAME:
    0578060001
    --07092008.doc

    0578060001
    - Fulton
    County
    Ford
    Property
    FOS
    DATE:
    July 9,
    2008
    TIME:
    10:57
    AM
    PHOTOGRAPHED
    BY:
    Robert
    J.
    Wagner
    DIRECTION:
    Photograph
    taken
    toward
    the
    north.
    PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER:
    10
    PHOTOGRAPH
    FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    l07092008-0
    I
    0.jpg
    COMMENTS:
    The
    Photograph
    shows
    a
    pile of
    waste
    material.
    The
    pile
    consists
    of tree
    branches,
    tree
    trunks,
    processed
    wood,
    and
    vinyl
    siding.
    DOCUMENT
    FILE
    NAME:
    057806000
    l07092008.doc
    Site
    Photographs
    Page
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