ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

15,

1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

RANDOLPH COUNTY LANDFILL

)

AC 87—92

AND SALVAGE,

INC.

)

(IEPA Docket No.

6563—AC)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD:

This matter comes before

the

Board

upon

a September

8,

1967

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 Randolph County

Landfill

on September

3,

1987.

The Agency alleges that the

Randolph County Landfill has violated Section 2l(p)(5)

of the

Act.

The statutory penalty established

for

this violation

is

$500.00 pursuant to Section 42(b)(4)

of the Act.

The Randolph County Landfill

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 31.l(d)(2)

of the Act.

Therefore,

pursuant

to Section 31.l(d)(l),

the Board

finds

that the Randolph

County Landfill

has violated the provision alleged

in the

Administrative Citation.

Since

there

is one

(1)

such violation,

the total penalty

to

be imposed

is

Set

at

$500.00.

It

is hereby ordered

that,

unless the penalty has already

been paid,

within

30 days

of the date

of this Order

the Randolph

County Landfill 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 $500.00 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

ot the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify

that the above Order was adopted

on

the

/~

day of

~

,

1987

by

a vote

of

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Dorothy

M

Gunn,

Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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ST~ATT’1E

CITATION

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This Ac~inistratf’ieCitation

is issued pursuant to the authority

vested

in the :llinois Envircn~ontai Protection

.4gency by Public Act

84-1320

(Iii.

Pev.

Stat.

19~6,

Suop.

,

ch. il1~, par.

1031.1).

FACTS

1.

That Resoondant, R~nco1pnCounty Landfill

and Salvage,

Inc.,

is

the present o~erctoro~a iaci ~ty locatec

in

tne

County of Randolph,

State

of

Illinois.

2.

Tnat

saic 1-ac~iiLy~s operatcd as

a sanitary landfill, operating

urcer Illinois ~r.’iron~ental

P~ctectionAcency Operating Permit No.

l974-~0-0P, and desionated with Site

Code

~o. 1570600001.

Said facility

is cccnly

rnc;n

~o

the

~cancj

as

Sparta,’ Randoipn

County

Landfill

3.

Tnat

Penponcent

ha~ororatec

said ~ac~lityat

all

times

pertinen

h~

cc

to.

4.

That

on July

~Q.

l9o/,

P.anc.~’ Ballorc,

of

the

Illinois

Environmen

Protection

Ac~ncy,

inopocted

the

abo~a-describodlandfill

facility.

A

couv

cf

t~e

in:~ection

cerort

~et:ing

forth

the

results

of

such

I

nopecti

is

at

crec

‘-~ereto

and

:au~~

a

a,irt

nereof.

IN THE

TTEP.

C~:

P.~D0LPKCCUNT’~LA~E

LL

SAL’.’AGE

,

INC.

a ~ei~:areccr:~orn-

tiori

icensed

to

co

busi ness

in

Illinois.

d~

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1EPA DOCKET NO.

8563-AC

82—325

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On

the basis

of direst

observation

of

Randy

Ballard,

the Illinois

Environ’nents.l

?rcta:ticn

Aoancv has

deterniired

that

Respondent

~ias

conducting

a

scritar’.’

l~rifill

o:eration

at

the

above—described

facility,

~‘h~ch

is

recui’-ed

to

~a’.’e

a

oer~i:pursuant

to

111.

Rev.

Stat.

1985,

ch.

lil~:,par.

ll1d~,

in

a

r~:noer‘~hichresulted

in

the

followina

conditions:

A.

On Jnv

30,

l~i,

saic lanconl

sac~n:y nec

unccverec

refuse

re—~r~rc-ro~a

a

e

o~st:e~

10

Cc~

i~

neat

cr o~ill

°e’

Stat.

19Th Su:p.,

or.

lilt,

oar.

iC2lçp)(o~.

c’.’:L

DE5~TV

Pursuant

to

Public

Act

S4-U20

(Ill.

Rev.

Stat.

1986

Supp.

,

oh.

ill~,

pa-.

1C12(o)(4)),

Pes:ondent

herein

i’s

subject

to

a

civil

penalty

of Five

Nundred Dollars

(3Th0.0C)

for each violation

specified

above

in P~racrtpn

~,

icr

a

tOtCi c~

r1ve r~uncrec

(icu0.00)

Dollars.

hddit~ona~

5hOui~

you

e~eco~o recitior tic

inois

~ollut~onContro’

Boarc

under

the

~eii:

a~ocoss

c.sc

icc

ic

sir

as

ci,

ard

ii

tteie

is

a

fincing

oi

the

vioictions

alleaca

nare’n,

OTter an

adjudicatory

hearing,

you

shall

be assessed

the associotec

hearing costs

incurred

by the Illinois

Environriental Protection AcOnc.

and

the

Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

in addition

to

the

F~’.’e

Hundrod

Dollar (~5OO.O0)statutory penalty

for

coca

findinc’,

of

vicl~:ccc’.

If

you

ac’rncwl

echi~

the

viciations

cited

hereinabove,

the

civil

penalty

specifiad

above

shall

he

du~and

p~vcble no

later

than

October

13,

1937.

.oot~ot

:a:itinc

th~ Illinui:

Pollution

Control

Board

for

re’.’ia,’;

of

thi:

AhHai::rari’.’e

C~ta:icn ~~ithin

thirty-five

(25)

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days

of

serviic

0r?Cf

~‘r

ii

~ou

ci sic

to

contest

this

Adaiinistrati

ye

Citation,

any

jndcment

rendered

aeoinst

you

shall

specify

the

due

date

of

the

statutor’.’

ci.’il

:er,:it:

and

any

costs

assessed

against

you.

~nen paymen:

is

made.

9our

chic’~: should

be

made

payable

to

the

Illinois

Envirormerici

P”c::c:ion

Trust

fund

orb

mailed

to

the

attention

of

Fiscal

Ser’.’ic~t. :ili:ais

Envirdamental

Protecticn

Acency,

2200

Churchill

Road,

P.O.

Box

19275,

Springfield,

Illinois

62794-9276.

Also,

please compiete

arid

return

the

enclosed Remittance

Form,

aicng

with your

payment,

to

assure

eraser

documentation

of

payment.

If any civil

penal:.’,

be reason of acknowiedcment, default or

finding after adjucicatory hearinc,

is

not paid

‘hen

due; the Illinois

Environmental

Protection Acency

sh~il take

into

consideration

such

failure

to pay during any permit

review

process

upon

your

application

for

a

new

permit

or

for

renewal

of

an

existinc

permit.

Furthermore,

if

payment

is

rot

received

whan

due,

the

Offices

of

the

Illinois

Attorney

General

shall

be

recuessed

to

~n~tcate

proceecings

in

Circuit

Court

to

collect

SOlO

CIVIl

penalty.

In

addition

to

the

previously

assessed

civil

penalty, and

hearing

costs

of

the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency and the ii1ia~isPollution

Control

Board,

if any;

the Attorney

General’s

Office will

seek

to

recover

their

costs

of

litigation.

PROCEDUNE

FOR

CONTESTING

THIS

ADNINISTRATIVE

CITATION

You

have

the

rinht

to

contest

tnis

Administrative

Citation.

See

Public Act 84-1320

(:11.

Rev.

Stat.

l986 Supp.,

ch.

1111:,

par.

1031.1).

If you elect

to contest

this

,1dnuini~:rati’.’eCitation, you must file

a Petition

for

R-e’.’ie’.i .i~:h the Ci~rkof

the

iiiino~s

Pollution

Control

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Board.

A CO~Vof

the

‘esi

or

P

‘.‘iC’./

should

be

filed

with

the

Illinois Environmental Protection Acenc”.

Such

Petition for Review

must

be fIiCd

‘.;ithin thir:p-fi’.e

(~

ban

of

the

sate

of

service

of

this Administrative

Ci set-I an,

or

a

•def~ui

:

juc’mont

shall

be entered

by the Poiiuti~nConical

Boar:.

The

‘e:i tier

for Review may be filed

with tic Clerk

of

the Illinois

c’t

;t~n

C~a:rol Board

at

the State

of

Illinois Center,

100 vest Rar.:cl:n,

Suite

11—522,

Chicaco, Illinois

60501;

and,

a copy of

said Petitior for

Review

filac

with the Illinois

Envi ronmental Protect~cr

Aoancv

2200 Chsrcnill

Road,

P.O.

Box 19276,

Sprinofield ,IIlinois

52794—92l’Il, Attentior:

Enforcement Services.

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Ri:c’:rd

J. C~rl:tn, Director

~

Illinois

En’•’ircricntai Protect~onAgency

Date:

Sentembar

2,

1937