ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February
    3,
    1994
    SANGANON
    COUNTY,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    v.
    )
    AC 93—6 (Docket B)
    (County No. SCDPH-93-AC-2)
    RUTH
    ANN SHEPPARD and
    )
    (Administrative Citation)
    STEVE
    SHEPPARD,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by C.A. Manning):
    This matter is before the Board on an administrative citation
    filed
    February
    1,
    1993
    by
    Sangamon
    County
    pursuant
    to
    the
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act.
    (415
    ILCS
    5/31.1
    (1992).)
    Respondents filed a petition for review with the Board on February
    22, 1993,
    and a public hearing was held.
    On November 4,
    1993, the
    Board issued an opinion and order finding the cited violation had
    occurred, and imposed
    a $500 fine.
    The Board also directed the
    Clerk
    of
    the Board
    and
    Sangainon County
    to
    files
    affidavits
    of
    hearings costs.
    On
    November
    12,
    1993,
    the
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Board
    filed
    an
    affidavit stating that the Board’s hearing costs were $1,088.35.
    On December 6, 1993,
    Sangnion County filed an affidavit of costs for
    $170.00
    ($150.00 in attorneys fees and
    $20.00 in witness fees).
    Therefore,
    the
    total
    hearing
    costs
    to
    be
    assessed
    against
    respondents
    are
    $1108.35.
    (San~amonCounty Department
    of Public
    Health
    V.
    Lee Hsueh,
    (October 21,
    1993) AC 92-79,
    Docket B.)
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of
    facts
    and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    1.
    It is hereby ordered that within 30 days of the date of
    this
    order,
    respondents
    shall,
    by certified
    check
    or
    money order payable to the State of Illinois, designated
    for
    deposit
    to the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Trust
    Fund,
    pay
    as
    compensation
    for
    hearing
    costs
    incurred by the Board the amount of $1088.35, which is to
    be sent by first class mail to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O. Box 19276
    2
    Springfield,
    IL
    62794—9276
    2.
    It is hereby ordered that within 30 days of the date of
    this
    order,
    respondents
    shall,
    by certified check
    or
    money order payable to the County of Sangamon, pay as
    compensation for hearing costs incurred by the County of
    Sangamon, the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) which is
    to be sent by first class mail to:
    James D. Stone,
    Director
    Sangamon County Department of Public Health
    200 South Ninth, Room 301
    Springfield, IL
    62701
    3.
    Respondent
    shall
    write
    the
    case
    name
    and
    number
    and
    social security or fedearl Employer Identification Number
    on the certified check or money order.
    Penalties unpaid after the due date shall accrue interest
    pursuant to Section 42 (g) of the Environmental Protection
    Act.
    4.
    This docket
    is hereby closed.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41)
    provides for the appeal of final Board orders within 35 days.
    The
    Rules
    of
    the
    Supreme
    Court
    of
    Illinois
    establish
    filing
    requirements.
    (See also 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 101.246 “Motions for
    Reconsideration”.)
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boare, hereby cer
    fy, that the above order was adopted on the
    3A~~
    day of
    •--~-i--L~-~i
    ,
    1994, by a vote of
    7-0.
    ~
    Dorothy N. ,~inn,Clerk
    Illinois P~.lutionControl Board

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