ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 25,
1990
COUNTY OF JACKSON,
)
Complainant,
AC 90—57
v.
)
(Administrative Citation)
FRANK DOAN,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD BY
(J.
C.
Marlin):
This matter comes before the Board on the October 11,
1990
response filed by the respondent,
Frank Doan.
On August
30,
1990,
the Board issued a Default Order in this matter against Mr.
Doan which found three violations of the Environmental Protection
Act
(Act)
and assessed the statutory penalty for those
violations.
On September 7,
1990,
the complainant, County of
Jackson,
filed a motion with the Board requesting leave to
withdraw one violation alleged in the Administrative Citation.
On September 27,
1990, the Board construed this motion as a
timely motion for reconsideration pursuant to Section 101.246(a)
of the Board’s procedural rules and allowed respondent time to
file a response.
The Board construes the respondent’s timely filed response
as agreeing to the County of Jackson’s motion.
The Board hereby
grants the motion for reconsideration.
On reconsideration of this matter, the Board will consider
complainant’s motion
for withdrawal of violation filed September
7,
1990.
In support of its motion the County of Jackson states
that, with regard to the alleged violation,
respondent is now in
compliance with the Act and has paid the penalty amount for the
remaining violations.
The Board notes that subsequent compliance is not recognized
by the Act as justification for reducing an administrative
citation penalty.
Even so, the Board has customarily allowed the
complainant
in an administrative citation proceeding to amend and
withdraw,
in a timely manner,
a complaint as the complainant sees
fit to do.
The Board hereby grants the motion for withdrawal of
violation 3 of the Administrative Citation.
To avoid confusion between the default order for the
original administrative citation and the default order being
issued for the amended administrative citation, the Board hereby
vacates the prior Order of August 30,
1990 in this matter.
On July
6,
1990, an Administrative Citation was filed with
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the Board pursuant to Section 31.1 of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Act
(Act)
by the County of Jackson
(County).
A copy
of that Administrative Citation is attached hereto, but will not
be printed in the Board’s Opinion Volumes.
Service of the
Administrative Citation was made upon Frank Doan on July
3,
1990.
The County’s amended administrative citation alleges that on June
15,
1990,
Frank Doan,
present operator of a facility located
in
the County of Jackson, violated Sections 21(q) (1) and 21(q) (2) of
the Act.
The statutory penalty established for each violation is
$500.00 pursuant to Section 42(b)(4)
of the Act.
Respondent did not file a petition for review.
Therefore,
pursuant to Section 31.1(d) (1), the Board finds that Frank Doan
has violated the provisions alleged in the amended Administrative
Citation.
Since there are two
(2) such violations,
the total
penalty to be imposed is $1000.00.
It is hereby ordered that,
unless the penalty has already
been paid,
within 30 days of the date of this Order Frank Doan
shall,
by certified check or money order payable to the Jackson
County Treasurer,
pay a penalty
in the amount of $1000.00 which
is to be sent to:
Shirley Booker
Jackson County Treasurer
Jackson County Courthouse
Nurphysboro,
IL
62966.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify th t
he. above Order was adopted on the
~
day of
_________________
,
1990, by a vote of
Dorothy M. ~unn,
Clerk
Illinois Pàllution Control Board
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