ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 19, 1990
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 90—67
    )
    (Enforcement)
    ALLWASTE TANK CLEANERS,
    a Georgia corporation,
    Respondent.
    APPEARANCE FOR THE COMPLAINANT BY JOSEPH J.
    ANNUNZIO,
    DEPUTY
    CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DIVISON, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
    GENERAL.
    APPEARANCE FOR
    THE RESPONDENT BY CHRISTOPHER L. LEPPO, DIRECTOR
    OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY AFFAIRS, ALLWASTE TANK CLEANING.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    B.
    Forcade):
    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,
    Neil F.
    Hartigan,
    Attorney General of the State of Illinois, against Aliwaste Tank
    Cleaners (Aliwaste),
    located in Joliet, Will County,
    Illinois.
    The complaint alleges that Aliwaste has violated Section 9(b)
    of
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”),
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    ll1~,
    pars.
    1001,
    et.
    seq., and 35
    Ill. Adm. Code
    201.143 of the Board’s rules and regulations.
    Hearing on this matter was held June 22,
    1990,
    in Joliet,
    Will 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.
    Allwaste admits to past violations of Section
    9(b)
    of the Act and
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 201.143 and agrees
    to pay a
    civil penalty of fifteen hundred dollars
    ($1,500).
    Aliwaste
    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.
    113—347
    —2—
    ORDER
    1.)
    The Board hereby accepts the Stipulation and Settlement
    Agreement executed by the People
    of the State of
    Illinois and Aliwaste Tank Cleaners, concerning
    Allwaste’s operations
    located
    in Joliet, Will County,
    Illinois.
    The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement are
    incorporated by reference as though fully
    set forth
    herein.
    2.)
    Aliwaste 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
    3.)
    Allwaste 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. ll1~,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.
    Board Member
    J. Theodore Meyer dissented
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn, Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the abov~Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    /7~/
    day of
    /
    ,
    1990, by a
    vote of
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    Dorothy
    M. ~unn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    11 3—348

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