ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 20,
    1991
    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    AC 90-81
    (Docket B)
    v.
    )
    (Administrative Citation)
    )
    GEORGE RIBBLE,
    )
    Respondent.
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    C. Marlin):
    This matter comes to the Board on an Administrative Citation
    filed by the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency
    (“Agency”)
    pursuant to the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Act (hereinafter
    “the Act”)
    (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989,
    ch.
    111 1/2, par. 1001 et. seq.)
    The
    citation
    was
    issued
    September
    6,
    1990
    and
    alleges
    that
    Respondent,
    is in violation of Section 21(q) (1) and 21(q) (5) of the
    Act for causing or allowing open dumping of wastes that resulted
    in litter and the proliferation of disease vectors.
    A Petition for Review was filed with the Board on September
    20,
    1990.
    Hearing was held December 6, 1990 at the Macoupin County
    Courthouse,
    Carlinsville,
    Illinois.
    On May
    23,
    1991 the Board
    issued an Order finding that the cited violations had occurred and
    imposed a penalty of $1,000.00.
    The Board also directed the Clerk
    of the Board and the Agency to
    file affidavits
    declaring their
    hearing costs.
    On May
    27,
    1991,
    the Clerk of the Pollution Control
    Board
    filed
    an affidavit stating that the Board’s hearing costs were
    $616.15.
    On May 31,
    1991,
    the Agency filed an affidavit stating
    it had hearing costs of
    $23.04.
    The total hearing costs to be
    assessed against Respondent are $639.29.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of facts and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    1.
    It is hereby ordered that within thirty days of the date
    of this Order,
    George Ribble shall,
    by certified check
    or money
    order,
    payable
    to the State
    of
    Illinois and
    designated for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, pay
    as compensation for hearing costs incurred by the Board
    and Agency, the amount of $639.29 which is to be sent to:
    2
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Service Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    2.
    This docket
    is hereby closed.
    Section
    41
    of the Environmental
    Protection Act,
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    111 1/2,
    par 1041, provides
    for appeal of Final
    Orders of the Board within 35 days.
    The Rules of the Supreme Court
    of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby,.çertify that the above,
    inion and Order was ~adopted
    on the
    ____________
    day of _______________________,
    1991 by
    a vote of
    7—r.9
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    Dorothy N.
    Gt~thi, C1erk~
    Illinois Pol4etition Control Board

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