ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 28,
    1991
    COUNTY OF JACKSON,
    )
    Complainant,.
    v.
    )
    AC 89—258
    )
    Docket B
    (Administrative Citation)
    DONALD TAYLOR,
    )
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by B.
    Forcade):
    This matter comes to the Board on an Administrative Citation
    filed pursuant to authority vested
    in the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency and delegated to the County of Jackson pursuant
    to Section 4(r)
    of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
    (hereinafter “the Act”)
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    111 1/2,
    par.
    1001
    et.
    seq.).
    The citation was filed November 20,
    1989,
    and
    alleges that Respondent,
    Donald Taylor,
    the operator of
    a
    facility located
    in Jackson County,
    Illinois
    is in violation of
    Sections 21(q) (1) and 21(q) (3) for causing or allowing open
    dumping of wastes that result in litter and result in open
    burning.
    A Petition for Review was filed with the Board on December
    21,
    1989.
    Hearing was held February 23,
    1990,
    at the City
    Council Chambers
    in Nurphysboro,
    Illinois.
    On January 10, 1991
    the Board issued an Order finding that the cited violations had
    occurred and imposed
    a penalty of $500.00 each.
    The Board also
    directed the Clerk of the Board and the County to file affidavits
    declaring their hearing costs.
    On January 22,
    1991,
    the Clerk of the Pollution Control
    Board filed an affidavit stating that the Board’s hearing costs
    were $682.96.
    On February 14, 1991 the County filed an affidavit
    stating its hearing costs were zero.
    The total hearing costs to
    be assessed against Respondents are $682.96.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of facts and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    It is hereby ordered that within thirty days of the date of
    this Order,
    Donald Taylor shall,
    by certified check or money
    order, payable to the State of Illinois and designated for
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    deposit into the General Revenue Fund, pay as compensation for
    hearing costs incurred by the Board, the amount of $682.96 which
    is to be sent to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Service Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    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.
    J. Theodore Meyer dissented.
    I,
    Dorothy N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Opinion a~pdOrder was
    adopted on the
    _________________
    day of _______________________
    1991,
    by a vote of
    51
    .
    ~o~~1
    Dorothy M.Munn,
    Clerk
    Illinois P~1lutionControl Board
    119—98

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