ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 10, 2002
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    BILL PALMER, an individual d/b/a
    COMMERCIAL GROUP, FRANK GLOSKY,
    an individual d/b/a GLOSKY REALTY, and
    R.A.S. DEVELOPMENT, INC., an Illinois
    corporation,
    Respondents.
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    PCB 02-84
    (Enforcement – Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
    On December 20, 2001, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a four-count complaint against Bill Palmer d/b/a Commercial
    Group, Frank Glosky d/b/a Glosky Realty, and R.A.S. Development, Inc. (respondents).
    See
    415
    ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that respondents violated
    Section 12(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/12(a) (2000)), violated various
    provisions of the Board’s water pollution regulations, and violated respondents’ National
    Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The People further allege that
    respondents violated these provisions by constructing storm water sewers in a manner that
    caused silt, sediment, and other solid material to discharge into Morgan Creek. The complaint
    concerns respondents’ residential housing development near the intersection of Collins and
    Grove Roads, Oswego, Kendall County.
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c).
    Respondents’ failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the
    complaint may have severe consequences. Generally, if respondents fail within that timeframe
    to file an answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a
    material allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider respondents to have admitted the
    allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed
    expeditiously to hearing.
    In the complaint the People indicated that they attached a copy of respondents’ NPDES
    permit as exhibit A. The Board did not receive a copy of the NPDES permit. As the NPDES
    permit is a key component of Count IV of the complaint, the Board orders that the People file a
    copy of the NPDES permit with the Board no later than February 10, 2002.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on January 10, 2002, by a vote of 5-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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