ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 9, 1999
    KAREN JONES, ANITA RICE, JODI LEEPER, TIM
    LEEPER, CASSANDRA VAUGHN, CHERYL VAUGHN,
    HOBART JONES, and PEGGY EBERHARDT,
    Complainants,
    v.
    HERITAGE TOOL & DIE MANUFACTURING, INC.,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 99-145
    (Enforcement - Noise, Citizens)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):
    On June 3, 1999, the Board adopted an order accepting this case for hearing. In that order, the Board noted
    that of the named complainants, only one—Karen Jones—had signed the complaint as the Board’s procedural rules
    require. See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.104(g). The Board gave the other named complainants until June 25, 1999, to
    cure this deficiency.
    On July 22, 1999, the Board adopted an order in which it stated that only one of the other named
    complainants, Anita Rice, had filed a signed complaint, and dismissed the remaining named complainants as
    parties. Subsequently, complainant Karen Jones informed the hearing officer that other signed complaints had
    been filed. Upon investigation, personnel from the Clerk of the Board’s office located additional complaints
    signed by Jodi and Tim Leeper, Cassandra and Cheryl Vaughn, Hobart Jones, and Peggy Eberhardt. These
    complaints were not docketed at that time because they were mistaken for the required copies of the original
    complaint signed and filed by Anita Rice. Section 101.103(b) of the Board’s procedural rules requires that nine
    copies of all pleadings be filed in addition to the original.
    The Board waives the requirements of Section 101.103 with respect to these complaints and accepts them as
    filed on June 25, 1999. Complainants should note that they are subject to the procedural rules of the Board with
    respect to documents filed in this case, and should consult those rules for all future filings. Copies of the Board’s
    procedural rules will be provided to the parties with this order.
    The Board’s order of July 22, 1999, is vacated with respect to Jodi and Tim
    Leeper, Cassandra and Cheryl
    Vaughn, Hobart Jones, and Peggy Eberhardt. These persons are reinstated as party complainants. The caption is
    amended to reflect the addition of these parties.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above order was
    adopted on the 9th day of September 1999 by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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