ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 18, 2000
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    JESSE LOCKHART,
    Respondent.
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    AC 00-81
    (IEPA No. 125-00-AC)
    (Administrative Citation)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On May 3, 2000, pursuant to Section 31.1(b) of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) (415 ILCS 31.1(b) (1998)), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an
    administrative citation to Jesse Lockhart (respondent). The administrative citation alleges that
    the respondent violated Sections 21(p)(1) and 21(p)(3) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1),
    21(p)(3) (1998)), in respect to open dumping without a permit and open dumping of waste in a
    manner that results in open burning. The alleged violation occurred at 16557(B)E 2500 South
    Road, Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois.
    On May 11, 2000, respondent filed a petition for review of the administrative citation
    pursuant to Section 31.1(d). 415 ILCS 31.1(d) (1998). The Board accepts this matter for
    hearing. The Board reminds respondent that, after hearing, any person found to have violated
    the Act as alleged in the administrative citation is liable to pay a penalty under Section 42(b)(4)
    of the Act of $1,500 per violation, as well as any hearing costs incurred by the Board or the
    complainant. 415 ILCS 42(b)(4) (1998), as amended by Pub. Act 91-82, effective January 1,
    2000.
    The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as expeditiously as practicable.
    The assigned hearing officer must set the matter for hearing in accordance with the
    requirements of the Act and the Board’s procedural rules.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 18th day of May 2000 by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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