ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February

7,

1980

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Complainant,

V.

)

PCB 79~~194

VILLAGE OF STE.

MARIE,

Respondent,

Concurring Opinion

(by

Mr. Dumelle):

I

am concurring

in this decision because of doubts over

the

size

of

the

penalty

here

levied.

The Village

of

Ste.

Marie

has

a population

of

335.

The

penalty

of $300 works

out to $0.90 per capita.

Small

towns,

especially

those

in

Jasper

County

and

other

portions

of

Southern

Illinois,

have great

difficulty

in

raising

revenues

for municipal

purposes.

A penalty

of

this size is much too large to be afforded by the Village of

Ste.

Marie.

Chicago has an official population of 3,369,359,

Would

the

Board

for similar offenses have voted

for

a penalty on

Chicago of $3,032,000?

I think not.

The

penalty

should

have

been

$100.

And

quicker

enforcement by the Agency would have shortened the period of

non~compliance.

I

respectfully

concur,

True,

it

is

a

stipulation

penalty

but

a

tiny

village

such

as

this

one

is

easily

out~gunned by

the

majesty

of

the

State

in

negotiations.

Jacob

D.

37~331

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—2—

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the

Illinois Pollution

Control

Board,

do

hereby cert~fy that the above Concurring

Opinion was submitted this

~

day of

____

Christan

L.

Moff

,

Clerk

Pollution Control Board