ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 23,
1995
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
)
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 93—160
(Enforcement—Air)
NAPERVILLE ASPHALT,
INC.,
)
an Illinois corporation,
Respondent.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by M.
McFawn):
This matter comes before the Board upon a one—count
complaint filed August 30,
1993,
by the Attorney General of the
State of Illinois,
on behalf of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency and the People of the State
of Illinois,
against Naperville Asphalt,
Inc.,
an Illinois corporation located
at 622 Route
34,
in the City of Aurora, Kane County,
Illinois.
The complaint alleges that Naperville Asphalt,
Inc. has violated
Sections 9(b) and 9.1(d)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Act (Act),
415 ILCS 5/9(b),
5/9.1(d)
by exceeding its opacity
limits as set forth in its Operating Permit 87030079 and by
violating 40 CFR 60.92 on June
29,
1989 and August 11,
1989.
Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (2), the parties filed a joint
motion requesting relief from the Act’s hearing requirement on
January 23,
1995.
The Board published a notice of the waiver on
January 26,
1995; no objection to the granting of the waiver was
received.
Waiver of hearing
is hereby granted.
The parties filed a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement on
January 23,
1995.
The Stipulation sets forth facts relating to
the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding the claimed
violations.
Naperville Asphalt,
Inc. admits the alleged
violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of two thousand
dollars
($2,000.00)
The Board finds the settlement agreement acceptable under
35
Ill. Adm. Code 103.180.
This settlement agreement in no way
affects respondent’s responsibility to comply with any federal,
state or local regulations,
including but not limited to the Act
and the Board’s pollution control regulations.
This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
conclusions of law in this matter.
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ORDER
1)
The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
Agreement executed by the People of the State of
Illinois and Naperville Asphalt,
Inc.,
an Illinois
corporation located at 622 Route 34,
in the City of
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
The Stipulation and
Settlement Agreement are incorporated by reference as
though fully set forth herein.
2)
Naperville Asphalt,
Inc. shall pay the sum of two
thousand dollars
($2,000.00) within 30 days of the date
of this Order.
Such payment shall be made by certified
check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the
State of Illinois, designated to the Environmental
Protection Trust Fund,
and shall be sent by First Class
mail to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield,
IL 62794—9276
The certified check or money order shall clearly
indicate on its face, Naperville Asphalt,
Inc.’s
Federal Employer Identification Number or Social
Security Number and that payment is directed to the
Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
Any such penalty not paid within the time prescribed
shall incur interest at the rate set forth in
subsection
(a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act,
(35 ILCS 5/1003),
as now or hereafter amended,
from the date payment is due until the date payment is
received.
Interest shall not accrue during the
pendency of an appeal during which payment of the
penalty has been stayed.
3)
Naperville Asphalt,
Inc. shall cease and desist from
the alleged violations.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Board Member
J. Theodore Meyer concurred.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS
5/41)
provides for the appeal of final Board orders within 35
days of the date of service of this order.
(See also 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 101.246, Motion for Reconsideration.)
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I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certif,~’that the above opinion and order was
adopted on the
~5
~ day of
__________________,
1995,
by a
vote of
7~°
~
Dorothy M7j~unn,Clerk
Illinois ~1lution
Control Board