ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 23, 1989
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
LUTHER and MARGARET TREADWELL,
)
AC 89-17
(IEPA Docket No. 9373—AC)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD:
This matter comes before the Board upon
a January 12,
1989
filing of
an Administrative Citation pursuant to Section 31.1
of
the Illinois Environmental Protection
Act
(Act)
by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (Agency).
A copy of that
Administrative Citation
is attached
hereto.
Service of
the
Administrative Citation was made upon Luther and Margaret
Treadwell on January
12,
1989.
The Agency alleges that Luther
and Margaret Treadwell has violated Sections 2l(q)(l)
and
21(q)(3)
of the Act.
The statutory penalty established
for each
of these violations
is $500.00 pursuant to Section 42(b)(4)
of
the Act.
Luther
and Margaret Treadwell has not
filed
a Petition for
Review with the Clerk
of the Board within 35 days of the date of
service
as allowed
by Section 31.1(d)(2)
of the Act.
Therefore,
pursuant
to Section 31.l(d)(l), the Board finds
that Luther
and
Margaret Treadwell
has violated each and every
provision alleged
in the Administrative Citation.
Since
there
are two
(2) such
violations,
the total
penalty to
be imposed
is set at
$1,000.00.
It
is hereby ordered
that, unless the penalty has already
been paid, within
30 days of
the date of this Order
Luther and
Margaret Treadwell
shall, by certified check or money order
payable
to the State of Illinois and designated
for deposit
into
the Environmental Protection Trust Fund,
pay a penalty in
the
amount of
$1,000.00 which
is
to be sent to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
2200 Churchill
Road
Springfield,
IL 62706
IT
IS SO ORDERED.
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I,
Dorothy
M. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
hereby
certi~y
that
the
above
Order
was
adopted
on
the
A-’(
day
of
,
1989,
by
a
vote
of
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Dorothy
M. ,~nn,
Clerk’
Illinois
P&llution
Control
Board
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY
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IEPA DOCKET NO. 9373-AC
LUTHER TREADWELL and
)
MARGARET TREADWELL,
)
Respondent.
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JURISDICTION
This Administrative Citation is issued
pursuant to authority vested
in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency by Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1987, ch.
111½,
par. 1031.1.
FACTS
1.
That Respondents are the present owners and/or operators
of a facility located
in the County of Iroquois, State of Illinois.
2.
That said facility
is
an open dump, operating without
an
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Operating Permit, and desig-
nated with Site Code No.
0758040001.
Said facility is commonly known
to the Agency as Beaverville Twp./Treadwell.
3.
That Respondent
has owned and/or operated said facility at
all times pertinent hereto.
4.
That on November 22,
1988,
S. Dale Elenberger,
of the Illinois
Environmental Protecfion Agency, inspected the above-described facility.
A copy of
the inspection report
setting forth the results of such inspection
is attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
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VIOLATIONS
On
the basis
of direct observation of
S. Dale Elenberger,
the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has determined
that Respondent
has caused or allowed open dumping at the above—described facility
in
a manner which
resulted in the following occurrences:
A.
That on November 22,
1988 an on—site inspection of said facility
disclosed the following:
(i)
Causing or allowing litter (Section 21(q)(l) of the
Act).
(ii)
Causing or allowing open burning (Section 2l(q)(3) of
the Act).
CIVIL PENALTY
Pursuant
to
Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1987,
ch.
111½, par.
l042(b)(4),
Respondents
herein are subject
to
a
civil
penalty of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) for each violation specified above
in Paragraphs A(i)
and
A(ii),
for
a
total
of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Additionally,
should Respondents elect to petition the Illinois Pollution Control
Board under the review process described hereinbelow, and
if there
is
a finding
of the violations alleged herein, after
an adjudicatory
hearing,
Respondents
shall
be assessed the associated hearing costs
incurred by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the
Illinois
Pollution Control
Board,
in addition to the
Five Hundred Dollar
($500.00)
statutory penalty for. each finding of violation.
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If you acknowledge the violations cited
hereinabove, the civil
penalty specified above shall
be due and payable
no later than February
25,
1989.
If you do not petition the Illinois Pollution Control Board
for review of this Administrative Citation within thirty-five
(35)
days of service hereof or if you elect to contest this Administrative
Citation, any judgment rendered against you shall
specify the due date
of the statutory civil
penalty and any costs
assessed against
you.
When payment
is made, your check should
be made payable
to
the
Illinois Environmental Protection Trust
fund and mailed
to the attention
of Fiscal Services,
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
2200
Churchill
Road, P.O.
Box
19276, Springfield,
Illinois 62794—9276.
Also,
please complete and return the enclosed Remittance Form, along
with your payment,
to assure proper documentation of payment.
If any civil
penalty, by reason of acknowledgment,
default or
finding after adjudicatory hearing
is not paid when due,
the Offices
of
the Illinois Attorney General
shall
be requested to
initiate proceedings
in Circuit Court
to collect said civil
penalty.
In addition
to the
previously assessed civil
penalty,
and hearing costs of the
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency and the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
if any; the Attorney General’s Office will seek to recover their
costs of litigation.
PROCEDURE FOR CONTESTING THIS
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
You have
the right to contest this Administrative Citation.
See
Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1987,
ch.
111½,
par. 1031.1.
If you elect to contest
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this Administrative Citation, you must file
a Petition for Review with
the Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board.
A copy of the Petition
for Review should
be filed with the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
Such Petition for Review must be filed within thirty-five
(35) days of the date of service of this Administrative Citation, or
a default judgment shall
be entered by the Pollution Control
Board.
The Petition for Review may be filed with the Clerk of the Illinois
Pollution Control
Board
at the State of Illinois Center, 100 West Randolph,
Suite
11—500, Chicago, Illinois 60601; and,
a copy of said Petition
for Review filed with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
at 2200 Churchill
Road, P.O. Box 19276, Springfield, Illinois
62794-9276,
Attention:
Enforcement Services.
Bernard
P.
Killian, Director
Illinois Environmental ProtectionAgency
Prepared by:
William Seltzer
Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
(217)782-5544
Date:
January 10,
1989
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AFFIDAVIT
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
LUTHER TREADWELL and
MARGARET TREADWELL,
)
IEPA DOCKET NO.
9373-AC
)
Respondent
Affiar,t,
S.
Dale Elenberger, being first duly sworn, voluntarily deposes and
states
as follows:
1.
Affiant
is
a field inspector employed by the Land Pollution
Control Division of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and has been
so employed at
all
times pertinent hereto.
2.
On November 22,
1988,
between
10:15 a.m. and
11:23 a.m., Affiant
conducted an inspection
of
a disposal
site operated without an Agency permit,
located
in
Iroquois County, Illinois and known
as Beaverville Twp./Treadwell
by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
Said site has been assigned
site code number 0758040001 by the Agency.
3.
Affiant inspected said Beaverville Twp./Treadwell
open dump site
by an on—site
inspection which included walking and photographing the
site.
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4.
As a result of the activities referred to
in Paragraph
3 above,
Affiant completed the Inspection
Report form attached hereto and made a part
hereof, which, to the best of Affiant’s knowledge and belief,
is
an accurate
representation of Affiant’s observations and factual conclusions with respect
to said Beaverville Twp./Treadwell open dump.
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IEPA DOCKET NO. 9373-AC
LUTHER TREADWELL and
)
MARGARET TREADWELL,
)
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Respondent.
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FACILITY:
Beaverville Twp./Treadwell
SITE CODE NO:
0758040001
COUNTY:
Iroquois
CIVIL PENALTY:
$1,000.00
DATE OF INSPECTION:
November
22, 1988
DATE REMITTED:
___________________________
SIGNATURE:
________________________________
NOTE
Please enter the date of your remittance and sign this Remittance Form.
Be sure your check is enclosed and mail, along with Remittance Form,
to
illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Attention:
Fiscal
Services,
2200 Churchill
Road,
P.O.
Box 19276, Springfield,
Illinois
62794-9276.
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