ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 7, 2002
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    LAIDLAW CORPORATION, an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 00-33
    (Enforcement - Water)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    This matter is before the Board on a complaint filed on August 20, 1999. The complaint
    alleges that Laidlaw Corporation, an Illinois corporation (Laidlaw) allowed excess emissions of
    volatile organic material (VOM) at its facility located in Metropolis, Massac County. On
    February 11, 2002, the People of the State of Illinois (People) filed a motion to file a
    supplemental complaint accompanied by a supplemental complaint. To date, no response to the
    motion has been received.
     
    In its motion, the People request leave to file the supplemental complaint in order to
    address additional violations that have allegedly occurred subsequent to the filing of the original
    complaint. The People assert that Laidlaw has been informed of the motion and will not be
    prejudiced by the filing of the supplemental complaint.
     
    Pursuant to Section 101.500 of the Board’s procedural rules, if no response to a motion is
    filed within 14 days after service of the motion, the non-responding party will be deemed to have
    waived objection to the granting of the motion. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.500. Laidlaw is deemed
    to have waived any objection to the motion to file.
     
    Accordingly, the motion to file the supplemental complaint is granted, and the
    supplemental complaint is accepted.
     
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on March 7, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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