ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
Nay 19,
1994
PEOPLE OF THE STATE
)
OF ILLINOIS,
)
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB
93—25
(Enforcement)
D
& B REFUSE SERVICE, INC.,
an Illinois Corporation,
)
Respondent.
OPINION AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by R.C.
Flemal):
This matter comes before the Board upon a three-count
complaint filed February 5,
1993,
by Roland W. Burns, Attorney
General of the State of Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency and the People of the State of
Illinois, against D
& B Refuse Service,
Inc.,
an Illinois Corpo-
ration located in Noultnie County, Illinois.
The complaint
alleges that D
& B Refuse Service, Inc. has violated Sections
21(p) (5) and
(12)
of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
(Act),
415 ILCS
5/21(p)(5),
(12).
Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a) (1), the parties filed a joint
Motion requesting relief from the Act’s hearing requirement on
April
18,
1994.
The Board published a Notice of the waiver on
April
20,
1994; no objection to grant of the waiver was received.
Waiver of hearing is hereby granted.
The
parties filed a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement on
April 18,
1994.
The Stipulation sets forth facts relating to the
nature,
operations and circumstances surrounding the claimed
violations.
D
& B Refuse Service,
Inc. denies the alleged
violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of twenty—one
thousand dollars
($21,000.00).
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 D
& B Refuse Service,
Inc.,
concerning its
facility located in Moultnie County,
Illinois.
The
Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are incorporated
by reference as though fully set forth herein.
2)
D
& B Refuse Service,
Inc.,
shall pay the sum of
twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00). The penalty
shall be paid in four installments: five thousand two
hundred fifty
(5,250.00) within 30 days of the date of
this Order,
and
five thousand two hundred fifty
(5,250.00) payable six months, twelve months, and
eighteen months thereafter.
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
A copy of the transmittal and check shall be
simultaneously submitted to:
Environmental Control Division
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
500 South Second Street
Springfield,
Il.
62706
The certified check or money order shall clearly
indicate on its face,
D
& B Refuse Service, 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)
D
& B Refuse Service,
Inc.
shall cease and desist from
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the alleged violations.
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 of the date of service of this order.
(See also 35
Iii.
Adm. Code 101.246, Motion for Reconsideration.)
I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above opinion and order was
adopted on the
~
day of
_________________,
1994,
by a
vote of
________.
A~.
Dorothy N. ~nn,
Clerk
Illinois Po~/LutionControl Board