ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April 19, 2001

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, )

)

Petitioner, )

)

v. ) PCB 01-135

) (Land - Enforcement)

PATRICK ROBERTS LAND TRUST, )

)

Respondent. )

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by S.T. Lawton, Jr.):

A complaint in the above-captioned matter was filed on April 3, 2001. The complaint

alleges that respondent violated specific provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act)

(415 ILCS 5/1

et seq.

(1998)) and Board regulations (35 Ill. Adm. Code 812.101(a)). The

complaint alleges that violations occurred at or around respondent’s facility, known as the

Weaver Landfill, located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 9, T.26N., R,3W, Washington

Township, Tazewell County, Illinois. The Board accepts this case for hearing.

The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as expeditiously as practicable. The

assigned hearing officer must set the matter for hearing in accordance with the requirements of

the Act and the Board’s procedural rules. It is the responsibility of the hearing officer to guide

the parties toward prompt resolution or adjudication of this matter, through whatever status calls

and hearing officer orders he determines are necessary and appropriate.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the

above order was adopted on the 19th day of April 2001 by a vote of 6-0.

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board