ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 23, 1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

SILVER BROTHERS, INC. and   

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AC 87—73

DANIEL L. SILVER, individually 

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(IEPA Docket No. 8475—AC)

Respondents.

ORDER OF THE BOARD:

This matter comes before the Board upon a July 13, 1987

filinc 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 Silver Brothers on July

10, l9E~. The A~en~’:alleces that the Silver Brothers has

violated Sections 2l(p)(7), 21(p)(4), 2l(p)(l) and 2l(p)(9) of

the Act. The statutory penalty established for each of these

violations

is $300.00 pursuant to Section 42(b)(4) of the Act.

The Silver Borthers 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.1(d)(2) of the Act. Therefore, pursuant to

Section 31.1(d)(l), the Board finds that the Silver Brothers has

violated each and every provision alleged in the Administrative

Citation. Since there are four (4) such violations, the total

penalty to be imposed is set at $2,000.00.

It is hereby ordered that, unless the penalty has already

been paid, within 30 days of the date of this Order the Silver

Brothers 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 $2,000.00 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 M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby cert~ify that the above Order was adopted on the

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day of

1987 by a vote of 

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Dorothy M. Gu~i, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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Citation

is issuec pursuant to the authori:;

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Protection ~oenc,’

Pub~icAct

E..-132C (:1. ~ev.Stat. l~6.Sup~., oh. lll:~, par. 

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FACTS

1.  That ~.cs;oncan:sare the present operators of a faciThty

located in the County 

Vermilion, State of Illinois.

2.

That said facility

is operated as a sanitary landfill, opera—

tirc 

witnout an

~llincisEnvi-onm.entel Protection Acency permit, aid

designated 

with

Site Code No. 1830450007. 

Said facility is commonly

known to the Agency 

Hoopeston/Silver.

3.

That

Respondents have operated said facility at all times

pertinent hereto.

4.  That on F~ay15, 1057, S. Dale Ellerberger, of the illinois

Environmental Protection 

Aaercy,

inspected the above-described landfill

facility. A copy of th~inspection report setting forth the results

of such inspection is attochec hereto and made a port hereof.

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Silenberoer, t~e

Illinois En.’iror—enoal ~~ote:ticn~:en:’has determined that Rasponcert

was condjctino an uroer-itted landfill 

ooeration at the above-described

facility, whi:r 

otner~,ise requirec to 

rave

a permit pursuant to

Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, oh. l1i;~, par. 1021(d), in a manner which resulted

in the following conditions:

A.  no:ection of said unoerritted lanofili facility on ~ev 15,

1957 disciosec 

tre

follc~inc:

1. the acce:tarce 

of wastes without necessary permits, in

:6 ::1. ~

Stat. 1556 Sup:., 

ch.

l11~, par.

1021 ~~)(7).

2. the previous

open 

burning

of

refuse in violation

of 35

111. Adm. Code Section 807.311, thereby violatinc Ill. Rev.

Stat. l9o~~

ch.

iil~2, 

par. lO2l(p)(4).

3. refuse in standing

or

flowing water, in violation of

Ill. Rev. Stat. 1936 Sup:., ch. ili~:, par. lO2l(p)(l).

4. the cisp:sition cf

refuse 

in an unpermitted

portion of

said landfill facility, in violation of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1986

Supp., ch. l1l~,par. lO2l(p)(9).

CIVIL PENALTY

Pursuant to Public Act 84-1320 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1986 Supp., ch.

l1l~,par. l042(b)(4)), Respondent herein is subject to a civil penalty

of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each violation specified above

in Paragraphs A(l) through A(4), for a total of Two Thousand ($2,000.00)

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‘.i:::t-.:r,: allecec nerein. after an ad~ucicatcr,

heaninc, ‘.‘cu s~eli he asseseac the associated hearinc costs incurrec

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a -‘.~-‘c’-ec Dol1~v (3500 00) st~c-

penalty 

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each o~nd’ncco vio1at~ion.

If

ac~rc.led:a 

the

viclat’crs cited hereinabc’.e, the civil

pe~1t’ s:eo~e:a::;e ::l be du~and payable rc later then 

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you cc rot 

:::~ticn

the Illinois Pollution Control Board

for re 

C~tr~s

~~o:-:n~strat~.aCitation witnin tnirty—five (35)

of service ~-e’~e:~ :.~o-~elect to contest this Administrative

Citation, an. 

~c:--ant rencere~

against you shall specify the due date

the stOtutor, 

c-:v~i penalty and

any

costs

assessed 

against you.

When 

p~—er:

i o made. your check should be made payable to 

the

Illinois 

Enviror~-ent~1

~ro:cctionTrust fund and mailed to the attention

of Fiscal Ser.i:ea. l~in:.is En,ircnmero:l Protection Agency, 

22C0

Churchill Peed, P.O. 6o’: 1527?, Sprincfield, Illinois 62794—9276.

Also, please complete and return the enclosed Remittance Form, along

with your payment, to assure proper documentation of payment.

If any civil penalty, be reason of acknowledgment, default or

finding after adjudicatory hearing, is not paid when due, the Offices

of the Illinois Attorney General shall be requested 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 an’.; the Attorney General’s Office will seek to recover their

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CIT~TIC:,

You

have the rico to

contest this Administrative Citation. 

See

Public ~-.cu

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Pei.

Stat. 1936 Su;p., ch. lii~, par. 1031.1)

you eiect to contest tn~s~cm1n1strativeCitation, you must file

a Petition for 

Review

with the Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board. A copy of the Petition for 

Review

should be filed with the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Such Petition for Review

must be filed

within 

thirty-five (35)

days of the date of service of

thi: ~cm~r~:t:-::i.eC~::tcon,or a default jud:ment shall be entered

by

the

Pollution Contrcl Board. 

The

Petition for Review may be filed

with 

th~C1~r~of tne

Illinois Pollution Control Board at the State

of Illinois Center, 100 West Randolph, Suite 11—500, Chicago, Illinois

60601; and, a copy of said Petition for Review filed with the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency at 2200 Churchill Road, P.O. Box 19276,

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276, Attention: Enforcement Services.

Date: July 8, 1987

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Illinois Envi

rector

Protection Agency