ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 22,
1993
ST.
CLAIR
COUNTY,
)
Complainant,
V.
)
AC 92—33
)
Docket B
JANES ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT
)
(Administrative Citation)
OF ALEXANDER DEVELOPMENT CO.,
)
INC.,
Respondent.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by C.
A.
Manning):
This matter
is before the Board on an administrative
citation
(AC)
filed by St. Clair County pursuant to the
Environmental Protection Act.
(415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
(1992).)
The citation was filed
on May
4,
1992,
and alleges that
respondent,
James Alexander violated Section 21(p) (1) of the Act
by causing or allowing open dumping of waste resulting in litter,
and Section 21(p) (3)
by causing or allowing open dumping of waste
resulting in open burning.
Respondent filed a petition for review with the Board on Nay
20,
1992.
A hearing was held on July 31,
1992,
in St. Clair
County Building, Belleville,
Illinois,
at which no members of the
public were present.
On February 25,
1993,
the Board issued an
order finding that the cited violations had occurred and imposing
a one thousand five hundred dollar
($1,500)
fine.
The Board also
directed the County to file an affidavit declaring its hearing
costs.
On March 24,
1993, the Clerk of the Board filed an affidavit
stating that the Board’s hearing costs were five hundred fifty
eight dollars and ninety nine cents
($558.99).
The County has
not filed an affidavit.
Therefore, the total hearing costs to be
assessed against respondent are five hundred fifty eight dollars
and ninety nine cents
($558.99).
This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of facts and
conclusions of law in this matter.
ORDER
1.
It is hereby ordered that within 30 days of the date of
this
order,
respondent
shall,
by
certified
check
or
money
order
payable
to
the
State
of
Illinois,
designated
for
deposit
to
the
General
Revenue
Fund,
pay
2
as compensation for hearing costs incurred by the Board
the amount of five hundred fifty eight dollars and
ninety nine cents
($558.99) which is to be sent by
First Class mail to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield,
IL
62794—9276
2.
This docket is hereby closed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act
(415 ILCS
5/41) provides for the appeal of final Board orders within 35
days.
The Rules of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish
filing requirements.
(See also,
35
Ill. Adm. Code 101.246,
Notions for Reconsideration.)
I,
Dorothy M.
Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
-~:~-i-’-dayof
-~
,
1993,
by a vote of
7—.
I,
•Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board