ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January
    22, 1987
    CONCERNED NEIGHBORS FOR A
    BETTER ENVIRONMENT,
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 85—131
    WATTS TRUCKING SERVICE,
    INC.,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER CF THE BOARD
    (by
    B.
    Forcade):
    On
    May
    7,
    1985,
    Concerned Neighbors
    for
    a Better Environment
    (hereinafter “Concerned Neighbors”)
    filed
    a complaint against
    Watts Trucking Service,
    Inc.
    (hereinafter “Watts”).
    The twelve
    count complaint charged Watts with various violations of the
    Environmental Protection Act
    (“Act”), Board
    regulations
    and prior
    Board Orders
    Environmental
    Protection Agency
    v. Watts Trucking
    Service,
    Inc.,
    PCB
    74—131 and People
    v. Watts Trucking Service,
    Inc., PCB 77—1621.
    The complaint sought,
    as relief, revocation
    of watt’s permit
    for
    a landfill, civil penalties and
    a cease
    and
    desist order.
    Hearing was set for November
    5,
    1986.
    At the November
    5,
    1986, hearing, Respondent Watts was
    present by counsel.
    Counsel
    for complainant did not attend
    the
    hearing.
    Several members of complainants’ organization moved
    for
    continuance
    (R.
    8), but that motion was denied
    (R.
    20).
    Respondent moved
    for dismissal with prejudice or default
    (R.
    19).
    The hearing officer
    referred
    that motion
    to the Board
    (R.
    20—21).
    The hearing officer
    advised the members of complainants’
    organization of the opportunity to oppose
    the motion for default
    judgment by filing appropriate documents with the Board
    (R.
    21).
    No
    such opposition has been filed.
    The Board orders that complainant shall show cause, by
    verified
    filing not later
    than February
    6,
    1987, why this matter
    should not be dismissed
    for want of prosecution.
    Respondent is
    allowed
    until February 16,
    1987,
    to
    file
    a response.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    75-27
    —2—
    I, Dorothy
    N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi~ythat the above Order
    was adopted on
    the ~~~day
    of
    ~
    ,
    1987, by a vote
    of
    ___________
    ~7.
    ~
    Dorothy
    M. ,Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    75-28

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