ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
May 4, 2000
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Complainant,
v.
WAYNE WILLIAMS and ZORA
WILLIAMS,
Respondents.
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AC 00-75
(IEPA No. 125-00-AC)
(Administrative Citation)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning)
On March 28, 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 Wayne Williams and Zora Williams (respondents). The administrative
citation alleges that the respondents violated Section 21(p)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1)
(1998)), in respect to open dumping without a permit. The alleged violation occurred at 655
Ridgeview Lane, Bellevue, Peoria County, Illinois.
On April 24, 2000, respondents 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 respondents 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 4th day of May 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board