ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 6, 1996
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    RONALD WORKMAN, d/b/a Ron's Service
    Center,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 96-128
    (Enforcement - Land)
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Yi):
    This matter comes before the Board upon a three count complaint filed December 28,
    1995, by James Ryan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency and the People of the State of Illinois, against Ronald
    Workman d/b/a Ron’s Service Station, doing business at 3801 South Sixth Street, Frontage
    Road West, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. The complaint alleges that Ronald
    Workman has violated Section 12(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act), 415 ILCS
    5/12(a) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.115, 620.405, 620.410, and 620.420 by causing or
    threatening to cause water pollution, 35 Ill. Adm. Code .731.162 for failing to submit 20 day
    report and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 731.165 and 731.166 for failing to submit investigation and
    corrective action plans.
    Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/31(a)(1), the parties filed a joint Motion requesting relief from
    the Act’s hearing requirements on April 29,1996. The Board published a Notice of the waiver
    on May 1, 1996; no objection to granting of the waiver was received. Waiver of hearing is
    hereby granted.
    The parties filed a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement on April 29, 1996. The
    Stipulation sets forth facts relating to the nature, operations and circumstances surrounding the
    claimed violations. Ronald Workman admits the alleged violations and agrees to pay a civil
    penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
    The Board finds the settlement agreement acceptable under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.180.
    This settlement agreement in no way affects respondent’s responsibility to comply with any
    federal, state or local regulations, including but not limited to the Act and the Board’s
    pollution control regulations.
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law in this
    matter.
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    ORDER
    1)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement executed by
    the People of the State of Illinois and Ronald Workman d/b/a Ron’s Service
    Station, concerning its facility located in Sangamon County, Illinois. The
    Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are incorporated by reference as though
    fully set forth herein.
    2)
    Ronald Workman shall pay the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in two
    installments of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) within 60 and 90 days,
    respectively, of the date of this Order. Such payment shall be made by certified
    check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the State of Illinois,
    designated to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, and shall be sent by
    First Class mail to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Services Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield, IL 62794-9276
    The certified check or money order shall clearly indicate on its face, Ronald
    Workman d/b/a Ron’s Service Station’s Federal Employer Identification
    Number or Social Security Number and that payment is directed to the
    Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
    Any such penalty not paid within the time prescribed shall incur interest at the
    rate set forth in subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
    (35 ILCS 5/1003), as now or hereafter amended, from the date payment is due
    until the date payment is received. Interest shall not accrue during the pendency
    of an appeal during which payment of the penalty has been stayed.
    4)
    A copy of the check and payment transmittal shall be simultaneously submitted
    to:
    Office of the Attorney General
    Environmental Bureau
    500 South Second Street
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    5)
    Ronald Workman d/b/a Ron’s Service Station shall cease and desist from the
    alleged violations.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1994)) provides for
    the appeal of final Board orders within 35 days of the date of service of this order. The Rules
    of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish filing requirements. (See also 35 Ill.Adm.Code
    101.246 "Motions for Reconsideration".)
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above opinion and order was adopted on the _____ day of ___________, 1996, by a vote
    of ______________.
    ___________________________________
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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