ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December
14,
1978
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Complainant,
v.
)
PCB 78—258
K.L. OIL CO., d/b/a K&L AUTO WASH,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Mr. Goodman):
On December
1,
1978,
the Environmental Protection Agency filed
a Motion
for
Sanctions against Respondent,
K.L.
Oil Co.,
for failure
to comply with discovery orders
in this matter.
Respondent filed
a Response to Interrogatories and a Response to Motion for Sanctions
on December
8, and the Environmental Protection Agency filed a Reply
to the Response on December 12.
In its Reply,
the Agency points out
that Respondent failed to supply financial data sought
in the Inter-
rogatories.
The Board finds
that Respondent has failed to comply with a
discovery order.
In accordance with Procedural Rule
701, we order
that Respondent be debarred from maintaining any claim or defense on:
1)
the economic reasonableness of reducing or eliminating
the emissions from the complained of noise source;
and
2)
the ability of Respondent to pay any penalty which may
be imposed by the Board in this matter.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I,
Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control Board, hereby
ertif
the above Order was adopted on
the
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day of
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1978 by
a vote of
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