ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 17, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    PASSAVANT AREA HOSPITAL,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-183
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    On April 8, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Passavant Area Hospital.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1)
    (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Passavant Area Hospital violated
    Sections 9(a) and 39.5(6)(a) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a) and
    39.5(6)(a) (2002)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141, 219.125(b), 229.146, 229.148, 229.152(a),
    229.166, 229.170(a), and 229.182(a)(3), (a)(7), and (g). The People further allege that Passavant
    Area Hospital violated these provisions by operating an emission source in excess of the limits
    set by permit and regulation, by allowing the operation of the source by operators that were not
    properly certified, by operating an emission source without engaging in required monitoring and
    testing, and without maintaining required records. The complaint concerns Passavant Area
    Hospital’s medical/infectious waste incinerator facility at 1600 West Walnut Street, Jacksonville,
    Morgan County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if Passavant Area Hospital fails 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 Passavant Area Hospital
    to have admitted the allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing
    officer to proceed expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on April 17, 2003, by a vote of 6-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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