ILLINOIr POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    OctoI~cr 4
    ,
    1978
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AC~ENCY,
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 78—154
    LIBERTY-LEDFORD WATER DISTRICT,
    )
    Respondent.
    MR. REED NEUMAN, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, APPEARED ON
    BEHALF OF COMPLAINANT.
    MR. ARLIE 0. DOS~FLL, SF.., ATTORNEY 1’.T LA~7, APPEARED ON
    BEHALF OF RESPONDENT.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Young):
    This matter comes before the Board on a Complaint filed
    Nay 29, 1978, by the Environmental Protection Agency charging
    that Liherty—Ledford Water District with operating its public
    water supply facility without a certified operator since
    September 12, 1973, in violation of Section 1 of the Public
    1~7aterSupply Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, Ch. 111 1/2, par. 501)
    Hearing was held on this matter on August 15, 1978, at which
    time the parties submitted a Stipulation and Proposal for Settle-
    ment pursuant to Rule 331 of the Board’s Procedural Rules. t~o
    •members of the public were present at the hearing.
    Liberty—Ledford water District has owned and operated a
    public water supply facility since September 1, 1973, which
    includes a distribution system, a booster pump station and a
    130,000 gallon standpipe serving approximately 1,200 people in
    Saline County, Illinois (Stip. 2).
    The Stipulation indicates that the District has operated
    this facility from September 12, 1973, without having in its
    employ a properly certified operator. In May, 1977, Respondent
    initiated efforts to hire a Class C water supply operator after
    receiving the ~gencys notice of violation. However, due to
    unstated difficulties, the Class C operator was not hired until
    June 23, 1978, after the commencement of this enforcement action
    (Stip. 3, 4, 5).
    31—605
    —2—
    In settlement, the parties agree that the District shall
    pay a $200.00 penalty and shall operate its public water facility
    only under the active supervision of a certified Class D, C, B
    or A water supply operator.
    On the basis of the foregoing, the Board finds Liberty-
    Leciford Water District in violation of Section 1 of the Public
    Water Supply Act and will hereby assess the stipulated penalty
    of $200.00.
    The Board will accept the Stipulation and Proposal for
    Settlement submitted by the parties in its entirety as required
    by Procedural Rule 331.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    Rezpondent, Liberty—Ledford Water District, is hereby found
    to have operated its public water supply facility without a
    certified operator in violation of Section 1 of the Public Water
    Supply Act. The Board will assess a penalty of $200.00 for the
    violation. Penalty payment by certified check or money order
    shall be made not later than 35 days of the date of this Order
    to: State of Illinois, Fiscal Services Division, Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency, 2200 Churchill Road, Springfield,
    Illinois, 62706.
    Respondent, Liberty-Ledford Water District, shall comply with
    all terms and conditions of the Stipulation and Proposal for
    Settlement filed August 25, 1978, which is incorporated by reference
    as if fully set forth herein.
    IT I$~ SC) ORDERED.
    Mr. Goodman abstained.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Con-
    trol Board, hereby certify Ii above Opinion and Order were adopted
    on the ~
    day of
    _____________________,
    1978 by a vote of
    Illinois Pollution
    Board

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