ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 20, 2001
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    WALTER DEEMIE d/b/a RIVER CITY
    DEMOLITION,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-79
    (Enforcement – Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
     
    On December 14, 2001, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Walter Deemie d/b/a River City Demolition
    (Deemie).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that
    Deemie violated Section 9(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a) (2000)), and
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141. The People further allege that Deemie violated these provisions by
    causing, threatening, or allowing the emission of dry friable asbestos into the environment so as
    to cause air pollution. The complaint concerns Deemie’s contract with the Capitol Development
    Board to perform demolition activities within a Central Management System power plant located
    at 1920 10 1/2 Street, Springfield, Sangamon County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if Deemie fails within that timeframe to file an
    answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a material
    allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider Deemie to have admitted the allegation. 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed expeditiously to
    hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on December 20, 2001, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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