ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 22, 2002
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    RIBA-FAIRFIELD, INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-14
    (RCRA Enforcement)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On August 12, 2002, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Riba-Fairfield, Inc. (Riba-Fairfield).
    See
     
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that Riba-
    Fairfield violated Section 21(p) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/21(p) (2000),
    as amended by
    P.A. 92-0574, eff. June 26, 2002) and numerous provisions of the Board’s
    hazardous waste regulations by storing hazardous waste without a permit granted by the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency. The People further allege that Riba-Fairfield stored
    hazardous waste without a written waste analysis plan, and that Riba-Fairfield failed to conduct
    inspections, keep a written operating record, submit an annual report, have a written closure
    plan, and establish financial assurance for closure of the facility. The complaint concerns
    Riba-Fairfield’s facility at 3210 Parkway Drive, Decatur, Macon County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the
    complaint may have severe consequences. Generally, if Riba-Fairfield fails within that
    timeframe to file an answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a
    belief of, a material allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider Riba-Fairfield to have
    admitted the allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer
    to proceed expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the
    Board adopted the above order on August 22, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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