ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 12, 2001
ESG WATTS, INC. (Sangamon Valley Landfill,
Taylor Ridge Landfill, and Viola Landfill),
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
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PCB 01-139
(Permit Appeal - Land)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C. A. Manning):
On July 5, 2001, ESG Watts, Inc. (ESG) filed a petition for review of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency’s (Agency) refusal to release any existing financial assurance instruments issued by
Firstar Bank on the grounds that ESG had not provided acceptable alternate financial assurance. The
Agency issued a single letter concerning the three ESG landfills. These are the Sangamon Valley
Landfill, in Sangamon County, the Taylor Ridge Landfill, in Rock Island County, and the Viola Landfill
in Mercer County. The Board accepts this matter for hearing.
Hearings shall be scheduled and completed in a timely manner pursuant to the applicable
statutory decision deadline or as extended by waiver (see 415 ILCS 5/40(a)(2) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 101.308). Unless otherwise ordered by the hearing officer, the Agency shall file the record of its
review of the permit application within 30 days of notice of the petition. See 35 Ill. Adm. Code
105.116.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Board Member T.E. Johnson abstained.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above
order was adopted on the 12th day of July 2001 by a vote of 4-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board