ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 26,
    1992
    COUNTY OF JACKSON,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    v.
    )
    AC 92-6
    (Administrative Citation)
    JAMES QUALL,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    C.
    Marlin):
    This matter comes before the Board
    on its own motion.
    The
    administrative citation was
    filed with the Board
    on February
    3,
    1992.
    Section 31.1 of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act)
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    111 1/2, par.
    1001 et seq.)
    establishes the
    administrative
    citation
    process
    which
    allows
    for
    expeditious
    enforcement
    of
    a
    limited
    number
    of the Act’s
    provisions.
    The
    administrative citation process is similar to a speeding ticket in
    that
    the
    efficiency
    of
    the process
    is
    achieved
    by
    allowing
    a
    respondent to either not contest the citation and pay the statutory
    penalty or to contest the citation and receive
    a hearing
    on the
    merits.
    Because of the nature of the due process afforded in the
    administrative citation process, the Act details every step that a
    complainant must
    take
    to
    file
    and prosecute
    an administrative
    citation before the Board.
    Section 31.1(b) requires that an administrative citation must
    be
    served
    upon
    the
    respondent
    within
    60
    days
    of
    the
    observed
    violation.
    Section
    31.1(c)
    requires
    that
    a
    copy
    of
    each
    administrative citation shall
    be
    filed with the Board within
    10
    days after the respondent was served.
    Section 31.1(d)
    allows the
    respondent 35 days from the date of service to file
    a petition for
    review with the Board.
    Service and proof of service are essential
    requirements for a properly filed administrative citation.
    In this
    matter, the Board’s records do not contain any proof of service on
    the respondent.
    Therefore, this matter is dismissed for failure to
    prove service as required by statute.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    ,h~eby
    certify that the above
    order
    was
    adopted
    on the
    (/
    day
    of
    ~
    ~
    ,
    1992,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    2
    Dorothy MjGunri,
    Clerk
    Illinois~7ol1utionControl Board
    131—549

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