ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 4, 2001
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    MERIDIAN DEVELOPMENT
    CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-30
    (Enforcement – Water)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On September 7, 2001, the People of the State of Illinois filed a four-count complaint
    against respondent Meridian Development Corporation (Meridian). The complaint alleges that
    Meridian operated without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit,
    violated water quality standards, created a water pollution hazard, and violated NPDES permit
    conditions at a construction site in Beach Park, Lake County, Illinois. These activities were in
    alleged violation of Sections 12(a), 12(d), and 12(f) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act)
    (415 ILCS 5/12(a), 12(d), and 12(f) (2000)), Sections 302.203 and 309.102(a) of the Board’s
    regulations (35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.203 and 309.102(a)), and Sections IV.D.2.c.i and IV.D.4.d of
    Meridian’s NPDES permit.
     
    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, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on October 4, 2001, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     
     

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