ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 4, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    PARAMOUNT DEVELOPERS, INC., an
    Illinois corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 04-84
    (Enforcement - Water)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On November 24, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of
    the State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Paramount Developers, Inc. (Paramount
    Developers).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege
    that Paramount Developers violated Section 12(a), (d) and (f) of the Environmental Protection
    Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/12(a), (d) and (f) (2002)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 306.102(a) and
    309.146(a)(1) and (a)(2). The People further allege that Paramount Developers violated these
    provisions by (1) causing, threatening, or allowing erosion of loose dirt, and silt into storm
    sewers that discharge into a pond and wetland area and the DuPage River; (2) causing or
    allowing the deposition of contaminants on the land so as to create a water pollution hazard; (3)
    failing to monitor its site, failing to improve and install adequate storm water controls, and
    failing to submit required incident of noncompliance reports in compliance with general National
    Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for storm water discharges from construction
    activities; and (4) failing to construct and operate erosion control measures so as to minimize
    violations of applicable standards during contingencies like flooding or adverse weather. The
    complaint concerns Paramount Developers’ residential home development in Section 15,
    Township 38 North, Range 10 East in Lisle, DuPage 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 Paramount Developers 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 Paramount Developers to have
    admitted the allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to
    proceed expeditiously to hearing.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on December 4, 2003, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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