ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
November 1, 2001
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Complainant,
v.
MARK and ANN MUSSER, PRO-
EXCAVATING, LTD., CHARLES
HEUERMAN d/b/a CHARLES HEUERMAN
GENERAL TRUCKING, DAVID
SWINGLER d/b/a SWINGLER
CONSTRUCTION and BEECHER CITY
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
Respondents.
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AC 02-9
(IEPA No. 391-01-AC)
(Administrative Citation)
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
On September 17, 2001, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) timely
filed an administrative citation against Mark and Ann Musser, Pro-Excavating, Ltd., Charles
Heuerman d/b/a Charles Heuerman General Trucking, David Swingler d/b/a Swingler
Construction, and Beecher City Community School District (respondents).
See
415 ILCS
5/31.1(c) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.202(c). The Agency alleges that respondents violated
Section 21(p)(1) and (p)(7) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1),
(p)(7) (2000)). The Agency further alleges that respondents violated these provisions by causing
or allowing open dumping resulting in litter and the deposition of general construction or
demolition debris or clean construction or demolition debris at a site in Effingham County. The
administrative citation meets the content requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.202(b).
As required, the Agency served the administrative citation on respondents within “60
days after the date of the observed violation.” 415 ILCB 5/31.1(b) (2000);
see also
35 Ill. Adm.
Code 108.202(b). To contest an administrative citation, a respondent must file a petition with the
Board no later than 35 days after being served with the administrative citation. If the respondent
fails to do so, the Board must find that the respondents committed the violations alleged and
impose the corresponding civil penalty. 415 ILCS 31.1(d)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
108.204(b), 108.406. Here, respondents failed to timely file a petition. Accordingly, the Board
finds that respondents violated Section 21(p)(1) and (p)(7) of the Act.
The civil penalty for violating Section 21(p) is $1,500 for a first offense and $3,000 for a
second or subsequent offense. 415 ILCS 5/42(b)(4-5) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.500(a).
Because there are two violations of Section 21(p) and these violations are first offenses, the total
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civil penalty is $3,000. Under Section 31.1(d)(1) of the Act, the Board attaches the
administrative citation and makes it part of the order below.
This opinion constitutes the Board’s finding of fact and conclusions of law.
ORDER
1. Mark and Ann Musser, Pro-Excavating, Ltd., Charles Heuerman d/b/a Charles
Heuerman General Trucking, David Swingler d/b/a Swingler Construction and
Beecher City Community School District (respondents) must pay a civil penalty
of $3,000 no later than December 1, 2001, which is the 30th day after the date of
this order.
2. Respondents must pay the civil penalty by certified check or money order, made
payable to the Illinois Environmental Protection Trust Fund. The case number,
case name, and respondents’ social security number or federal employer
identification number must be included on the certified check or money order.
3. Respondents must send the certified check or money order and the remittance
form to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
4. Penalties unpaid within the time prescribed will accrue interest under Section
42(g) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/42(g) (2000)) at the rate
set forth in Section 1003(a) of the Illinois Income Tax Act (35 ILCS 5/1003(a)
(2000)).
5. Payment of this penalty does not prevent future prosecution if the violations
continue.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41(a) of the Environmental Protection Act provides that final Board orders may
be appealed directly to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days after the Board serves the
order. 415 ILCS 5/41(a) (2000);
see also
35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.300(d)(2), 101.906, 102.706.
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes filing requirements that apply when the Illinois
Appellate Court, by statute, directly reviews administrative orders. 172 Ill. 2d R. 335. The
Board’s procedural rules provide that motions for the Board to reconsider or modify its final
orders may be filed with the Board within 35 days after the order is received. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
101.520;
see also
35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.902, 102.700, 102.702.
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I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above opinion and order on November 1, 2001, by a vote of 6-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
