ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February
23,
1989
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
BI—STATE DISPOSAL,
INC.
)
AC 88—33
)
Docket B
Respondent.
JAY HOFFMAN,
ESQ., ASSISTANT
STATE’S ATTORNEY FOR
ST. CLAIR
COUNTY, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPLAINANTS, COUNTY OF ST.
CLAIR.
THOMAS IMMEL,
ESQ.
OF IMMEL,
ZELLE, OGREN, MCCLAIN, GERMERAAD AND
COSTELLO, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS, 81—STATE
DISPOSAL,
INC.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by M. Nardulli):
This matter comes before the Board
from the filing of two
Administrative Citations
by the State’s Attorney of St. Clair
County, pursuant
to Section 31.1 of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Act (hereinafter “Act”).
The citations alleged that
Bi—State Disposal,
Inc. violated Sections 21(p)(5) and 21(p)(12)
of the Act on March
26,
1988 and Section 2l(p)(5) on April
1,
1988,
April
3,
1988 and April
6,
1988.
The civil penalty
established
for each of these violations
is $500.00 plus any
hearing costs incurred by the Board, the Agency or
a party to
which the Agency has designated authority to enforce
the Act,
pursuant to Section 42(b)(4)
of the Act.
On
a Petition for Review filed on behalf of the Respondent,
hearing was held on September
8,
1988.
On December
15,
1988,
the
Board
issued an Opinion
and Order
that accepted the Stipulation
that the parties agreed
to at the hearing
and imposed
a penalty
in the amount of $3,000.00.
The Board
also directed the Clerk of
the Board
and the State’s Attorney of St.
Clair County to file
affidavits declaring
their hearing costs.
On February
2,
1989,
St. Clair County filed an affidavit
stating
that its hearing costs were $31.20 for the hearing on AC
88—24 and AC 88—33.
The Clerk of the Board
filed
an affidavit on
December
15,
1988 stating
that
the hearing costs incurred by the
Board
in AC 88—24
and AC 88—33 were $837.60.
The Board will
assess one half of these hearing costs against
the Respondent
in
AC 88—33.
It
is hereby ordered that within 30 days of the date of this
Order, Bi—State Disposal,
Inc.
shall, by certified check or money
order, payable
to the State of Illinois and designated
for
96—301
—2—
deposit
into
the
General
Revenue
Fund,
pay
as
compensation
for
hearing
costs
incurred
by
the
Board
and
the
State’s
Attorney
of
St.
Clair
County,
the
amount
of
$434.40,
which
is
to
be
sent
to:
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Fiscal
Service
Division
2200
Churchill
Road
Springfield,
IL
62706
This docket
is hereby closed.
Section
41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
Ill. Rev.
Stat.
1985,
ch.
1111/2,
par.
1041,
provides
for
appeal
of
Final
Orders
of
the
Board within
35
days.
The
Rules
of
the Supreme
Court
of
Illinois
establish
filing requirements.
IT
IS
SO
ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy
M
Gunn,
Clerk
of
the
Illinois
Pollution Control
Board,
hereby
certifX
that
the
above
Opinj.pn
and
Order
was
adopted
on
the
~
day
of
_______________________
1989,
by
a
vote
of
7—0
.
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Dorothy
M.
G~rfh,
Clerk,
Illinois
Pol~ition
Control
Board
96—302