ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 26, 2001
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Complainant,
v.
ROYSTER-CLARK, INC.,
Respondent.
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PCB 02-8
(Enforcement – Water, NPDES)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
On July 19, 2001, the People of the State of Illinois filed a four-count complaint against
respondent, a distribution operation, for spills of anhydrous ammonia. The complaint alleges water
pollution of the Illinois River at Marseilles, LaSalle County, violation of various general effluent
standards, violation of effluent standards contained in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System permit, and various operational violations. These activities were in alleged violation of Sections
12(a) and 12(f) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/12(a), 12(f) (2000)) and 35 Ill.
Adm Code 304.125(a), 304.141(a), 306.102(a) and (b) of the Board’s regulations. The Board
accepts this matter for hearing.
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 the responsibility of the hearing officer to guide the parties
toward prompt resolution or adjudication of this matter, through whatever status calls and hearing officer
orders he determines are necessary and appropriate.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above
order was adopted on the 26th day of July 2001 by a vote of 6-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board