ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 7, 2001
     
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    KISHWAUKEE AUTO PARTS,
     
    Respondent.
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    AC 01-37
    (IEPA No. 141-01-AC)
    (Administrative Citation)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by S.T. Lawton, Jr.):
     
    On, April 16 2001, pursuant to Section 31.1(b) of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) (415 ILCS 31.1(b) (2000)), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an
    administrative citation to respondent, Kishwaukee Auto Parts. The administrative citation
    alleges that the respondent caused or allowed the open dumping of waste in a manner that
    resulted in litter. These activities were in alleged violation of Section 21(p)(1) of the Act (415
    ILCS 5/21(p)(1) (2000). The alleged violation occurred at a site located at 601 Harrison
    Avenue, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois.
     
    On May 18, 2001, Kishwaukee Auto Parts filed a petition for review of the
    administrative citation pursuant to Section 31.1(d). 415 ILCS 31.1(d) (2000). The Board
    accepts the matter of the petition by Kishwaukee Auto Parts for hearing. The Board reminds
    Kishwaukee Auto Parts 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) (2000).
     
     
    The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as to Kishwaukee Auto Parts 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 7th day of June 2001 by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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