ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 1, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    COMMUNITY LANDFILL COMPANY,
    INC. and CITY OF MORRIS, an Illinois
    municipal corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-191
    (Enforcement - Land)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On April 17, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a one-count complaint against Community Landfill Company,
    Inc. (CLC) and the City of Morris (Morris).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.204. The People allege that CLC and Morris violated Section 21(d)(2) of the Act, and
    Sections 811.700(f) and 811.712 of the Board rules. 415 ILCS 21(d)(2); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    811.700(f), 811.712. The People further allege that respondents violated these provisions by
    failing to provide proper financial assurance. The complaint concerns the Morris Community
    Landfill, approximately 119 acres in area and divided into parcel “A” and parcel “B,” located at
    1501 Ashley Road, Morris, Grundy 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 the respondents fail 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 the respondents 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 May 1, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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