ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 26, 2001
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
     
    Complainant,
     
     
    v.
     
    TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING, INC.,
     
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-3
    (Enforcement – Land, Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On July 12, 2001, the People of the State of Illinois (complainant) filed a two-count complaint
    against Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc. (Texaco). The complaint alleges that Texaco caused or
    allowed contamination of groundwater resulting in water pollution and caused or allowed the open
    dumping of waste at its facility located in Lockport, Will County, Illinois. These activities were in
    alleged violation of Section 12(a) and 21(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/12(a),
    21(a) (2000)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.405. The Board accepts this matter 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 26th day of July 2001 by a vote of 6-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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