ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November
    3,
    1988
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    CHICAGO HEIGHTS REFUSE DEPOT,
    )
    AC 87-47
    INC.
    )
    (IEPA No.
    8383—AC)
    Respondent.
    )
    Docket B
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. Nardulli):
    This matter comes before the Board upon
    a May 15,
    1987
    filing
    of
    an Administration Citation pursuant
    to Section 31.1 of
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (hereinafter “Act”)
    by
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter
    “Agency”).
    The citation alleged that Chicago Heights Refuse
    Depot,
    Inc.
    violated Section 2l(p)(S) of the Act on both March
    24,
    1987 and April 13, 1987.
    The civil penalty established
    for
    each of these violations
    is $500.00 plus any hearing cost
    incurred by
    the Board
    and/or the Agency, pursuant to Section
    42(b)(4)
    of the Act.
    On a Petition
    for Review filed on behalf of Chicago Heights
    Refuse Depot,
    Inc., hearing was held on January 25, 1988.
    On
    September 22, 1988,
    the Board issued an Opinion and Order finding
    that the cited violations had occurred and imposed
    a penalty
    in
    the amount of $1,000.00.
    The Board also directed the Clerk of
    the Board and the Agency to file an affidavit stating their
    hearing costs.
    The Agency filed
    an affidavit on October
    18,
    1988
    establishing
    their hearing cost at $124.06.
    The Clerk of the
    Board
    filed an affidavit on October
    4, 1988 declaring hearing
    cost
    of $368.10.
    Therefore,
    the total hearing costs
    to be
    assessed against the Petitioner are $492.16.
    It
    is hereby ordered that within
    30 days of the date of
    this
    Order, Chicago Heights Refuse Depot,
    Inc.
    shall, by certified
    check
    of 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 the
    Agency
    the amount of $492.16, which
    is
    to be sent to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Fiscal Service Division
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield,
    IL 67206
    This docket
    is hereby closed.
    93—323
    —2—
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1985 ch. 1l)~par.
    1041,
    provides for appeal of Final
    Orders
    of the Board within
    35 days.
    The Rules of Supreme Court
    of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    J.T. Meyer
    dissented.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    ~“-~
    day
    of
    ____________________,
    1988 by
    vote of
    ‘/
    ~
    Dorothy M.,~unn,Clerk
    Illinois ~61lution Control Board
    93—324

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