80-387

ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 20,

1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

CITY OF PRINCETON

)

 AC 87-71

(IEPA Docket No. 8473—AC)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE

BOARD:

This matter comes before the Board upon

 a July 10, 1987

filing

of

 an Administrative Citation pursuant

 to Section 31.1

of

the Illinois Environmental Protection Act

 (Act)

by

 the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

 (Agency).

 A copy of that

Administrative Citation

 is attached hereto.

 Service

 of the

Administrative Citation was made upon the City of Princeton on

July

9,

 1987.

 The Agency alleges

 that the City of Princeton has

vio1ate~Sertions 2Lc)(5)

 and 2l(p)(l)

of

 the Act.

The

statutory penalty established

 for each of these violations

is

$500.00 pursuant

 to Section 42(b)(4)

 of the Act.

The City of Princeton has not filed

 a Petition for Review

with

 the Clerk

of

 the Board within

 35 days of the date

 of service

as allowed

 by Section

 3l.l(d)(2)

 of the Act.

 Therefore, pursuant

to Section 3l.l(d)(l),

 the Board finds

 that

 the City of Princeton

 has violated each and every provision

 alleged

 in the

Administrative Citation.

 Since

 there are two (2)

 such

violations,

 the total penalty

 to be imposed

 is set

at

$1,000.00.

It

 is hereby ordered

 that,

 unless the penalty has already

been paid,

 within

 30 days of the date of

 this Order

 the City of

Princeton

 shall,

 by certified check

 or money order payable

 to the

State of Illinois and designated

 for deposit

 into the

Environmental Protection Trust

 Fund, pay

 a penalty

 in the amount

of $1,000.00 which

is

 to be sent to:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Fiscal Services Division

2200 Churchill Road

Springfield,

 IL 62706

IT

 IS SO ORDERED.

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I,

 Dorothy N.

 Gunn, Clerk of

 the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

 hereby cert~y that the above Order was adopted

 on the

_____Zday

of

 1987 by a vote of

~

Dorothy

 M. G

i-i,

 Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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This Ac~ ~

 Cfta:ion

is

 issuec oursuant

to

tne

authority

-ctcci:~.~car:;

by

Public

Ac:

8~-O2C

(:11.

 Rev. S:~:. ~9E?,

 Suor.,

 oh. lli~,par.

 1031.1).

FAC

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1.

 Tha: Res:crcent,

City

of

 Princeton,

 is ~nepresent

 o~.:ner

and operator of

a

 facili:y located

 in the County of Bureau,

 State

of

Illinois.

2.

 Th:t saic

f~:iTh:y

is operatea as

 a sanitary landfill, oDeratinc

under Iilinr~s

En’.irur.~entai

Protection Agency ODerating Permit

No.

1973-18,

 arid

designated with Site Code

No.

 0110250001.

 Said facility

is commonly known

 to the Agency

 as Princeton t~unicipal.

3.

 That Respondent has operated said facility at

all

 times pertinent

hereto.

4.

 That on June

15,

 1987,

 Thomas

 Henninger,

 of the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency, inspected the above—described landfill

facility.

 A copy of the inspection

 report

 setting forth the results

of

 such inSpection ~s attacned hereto

 and made

a

 part hereof.

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hen.nircer,

 t~-e

l~iro:

oeterHnec that

ReSDOflCefl

Was

conductinc

a

 sanit:’~vi:ncfiii ooeration at

 the above—described facility,

inich

is

rec~,ia:cc

 a :.ern~: pursuant to

 Ill.

 Rev.

 Stat.

 1935,

ch.

 111,.

 par.

l~l~ci.

in

 a ~annerwhi:h resulted

 in the

 follc;’.inc

conditions:

 Cr ~ne

iS,

 1937,

the

 landfill

 had uncoverec refuse

 renaininc

a :~-e.i:.:

:~‘-

c~’:.

v~olat~o’-

1.

 Re’.’.

 Scat.

1926

Su~o.,cb.

par.

2.

.E.

 ::.a

loucfYl

hac

 refuse

in

 stCncinz

or

flo’~,’ir: ..ater.

 ir v~ca:iorof

1i.

 Rev.

 Stat.

 1986 Suro.

 ch. lll~,

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PENALTY

Pursuant

 to Public

Act

84—1320

(ill.

 Rev.

 Stat.

 1986 Supp.,

ch.

ll1~,pa~-. ~

 Respondent herein

 is sub3ect

to

 a civii

 penalt~.’

o~

nyc

 r~ncre:~c’ilars

(S~uD.00)for each violation specitiec

aoove

in Paracraphs

 A and

B,

for

 a total

of

 One Thousand

 (81000.00)

 Dollars.

Additionally, should you elect

 to petition the

 Illinois Pollution Control

Board

 under the review process described hereinbelow, and

 if there

is

 a finding of the violations

 alleged herein, after an adjudicatory

hearino, you

 shall

 be assessed the associated

 hearing costs incurred

by the Illinois Environmental

 Protection Agency and the Illinois Pollution

Control

 Board,

 in addition

to

 the Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) statutory

penalty

for

each findinc

of

 violation.

2

80—386

.i~otionocite:

 ‘ercin:uc’.’e.

 t~,e

civil

pe~a

:~ sm:

e—

 :b:;:

I

be

 due and

 parable

no

 later

then

 t~ucu:t

~:nt~o

 Pca’~

for revie~:of

this

Y~s

acive

 Citation within thirty-five

 (35)

do:

 s~’~’.ice‘o-ee~

Y

 e’ect

 to cc~tes:

this

 Adninistra:ive

Citation, an~~,:d:n’~rc

rencercc

acainst

you

 shall

 soecify

the

 due date

of the

statutory

 civil

 oena’zy and any costs assessed against you.

Wnen pay~nerc

 s made, your check shoulc

 be mace ravani e

 to the

:llincis

Envir:n—an::i

°r::e:ticr

 Trust

fund

 and mailec

crc

 attention

of

 Fiscal

 Services,

 :iiir,cia

 En’.’ironnental

 Protection Aaency,

2200

2:

~

 Sorincfield,

 liin:is ?279.-~276.

Ais~,pcase

 co~n:Ie:san.:

 returr. crc enclosed

 Remittance

 Form,

 alonc

i~’itn ‘,our

pav-en:,

 to assure

 pro:er documentation

 of payment.

If any c’v

 ~enaltv,be

 reason

 of acknowiedarnent,

 default or

fircing

 after ac~ucicatoryhearina,

 is not paid when due; the

 Illinois

Environmental

 Protection, Acency

 shall

 take into consideration such

fa:’I~rc to

 p:.’ c~.’in~

or’.’

nermit

 review process

 upon your application

for

 a new perr:t

 or for

 renewal o~an existing perm:t.

 Furtnermore,

if payment

 is not received when due,

 the Offices of the

 Illinois Attorney

General

 shall

be

 recuested to

 initiate proceedings

 in Circuit Court

to

 collect said civil

 penalty.

 In addition to the previously assessed

civil

 penalty,

 and hearing costs

 of the

 Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency and the

 Illinois Pollution Control

 Board,

 if any;

 the Attorney

General’s Office will

 seek to recover their costs

of

 litigation.

3

80-387

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CTTI~’~

1:-u nave

 n’~c:~::~na:n

t’~s

Acm: ~istr::~ve

 Citatic~. ~-:e

Public Act

 80-1322 ~1.

 P~v.

 Stat.

 1986 Suoc.,

ch.

 iii~a, par.

 1031.1).

I~~

ele

 :~‘

:

~

r

e

C

t:t

 on, you r-~stf

Ic

a

 Petition,

ior

r~’,’lC.,

~:tn

th~

yl~rk

th~

~:nois

 Pollution Contra:

Board.

 A cop; of tne Petition

for

 Review should

be

 filed

with the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

 Aaency.

 Such Petition for

Review

must

,,‘itny.

t~:‘t.-Ti\C

GCVS

tflC

ca~:e 01

service

this Acminis:rati-.e Citation, or

 a default judamen’c shall

 be enterec

by th~PcIlu:ion

 Cc-n:’-:i

 Bce-c.

 Tr~Petition for

Review

may

be

 filet

th~Cler c~

 :lYn:~:Pclluticr Control

 Board

 at the

 State

of

 Illinois Center,

iGO

 ‘.‘es: Rencolph, Suite

 11-500, Chicaco,

 Illinois

60601; and,

 copy of said Petition for Review filed with the

 Illinois

Env~ronmente:rrctect:on ~gen:yat 2~uuChurchill Road,

 P.O.

 Box l9~~o,

Springfield,

 Illinois

 62791-9276, Attention:

 Enforcement

 Services.

Richard

Carlson,

Dii~ctor

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

.Agency

Date:

July

1987

80—388