ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 28,
    1991
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 90—66
    )
    (Enforcement)
    ROBINSON FARM SERVICES,
    INC.,
    )
    an Illinois corporation
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by R. Flemal):
    This matter comes before the Board upon
    a complaint filed
    April
    20,
    1990 on behalf of
    the People of the State
    of Illinois
    (“People”), by and through its attorney, NeilF.
    Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against Robinson Farm
    Services,
    Inc.
    (“Robinson”), located in Annanwan, Henry County,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges that Robinson has violated
    Sections 9(a)
    and
    (b)
    of the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Act
    (“Act”), Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch. lll~,pars.
    1001, et.
    seq., and
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 201.144 of the Board’s rules and
    regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held August
    14, 1990
    in
    Cambridge, Henry County,
    Illinois.
    At hearing,
    the parties
    submitted a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement,
    executed by the
    parties.
    The Stipulation sets forth facts pertaining
    to the
    nature, operations, and circumstances surrounding the claimed
    violations.
    Robinson admits to past violations of Sections
    9(a)
    and
    (b)
    of the Act and
    35
    111. Adm. Code 201.144 and agrees to
    pay a civil penalty of fifteen hundred dollars
    ($1,500.00).
    Robinson further agrees to cease and desist from the alleged
    violations.
    The Board finds the Settlement Agreement acceptable under 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 103.180.
    This Settlement Agreement in no way
    affects respondent’s responsibility to comply with any federal,
    state or local regulations, including but not limited to the Act
    and the Board’s pollution control regulations.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of
    law in this matter.
    119—27
    —2—
    ORDER
    1.)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and
    Settlement Agreement executed by the People of the
    State of Illinois and Robinson Farm Services, Inc.,
    concerning Robinson’s Farm Services,
    Inc. operations
    located in Annanwan, Henry County,
    Illinois.
    The
    Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are attached and
    incorporated by reference as though fully set forth
    herein.
    2.)
    Robinson Farm Services,
    Inc. shall pay the sum of
    fifteen hundred dollars
    ($1,500) within 30 days of the
    date of this Order.
    Such payment shall be made by
    certified check or money order payable to the
    Treasurer of the State of Illinois, designated to the
    Environmental Protection Trust
    Fund, and shall
    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
    Robinson Farm Services,
    Inc. shall also write
    its
    Federal Employer Identification Number
    or Social
    Security Number on the certified check
    or money order.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch. lll~,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.
    J. Theodore Meyer dissented.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certif
    that the abo
    Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    ~a~?
    day of
    .~.cit..4.
    ,
    1991, by a
    vote of
    5—/
    Illinois P
    ution Control Board
    119—28

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