ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January
    18,
    1979
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
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    Complainant,
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    v.
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    PCB 78—199
    VILLAGE OF NORRIS,
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    Respondent.
    MR. PATRICK J.
    CHESLEY, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, appeared on
    behalf of Complainant.
    MR. JOHN C.
    POTTER, BAUDINO
    & POTTER, appeared on behalf of
    Respondent.
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle):
    :
    The Complaint
    in this case alleges that Respondent operated
    a public water supply facility,
    discharging contaminants
    in
    violation of Section 12(f)
    of the Act which requires an NPDES
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    permit for point source discharges,
    and Water Pollution Rules
    901 and 902(e).
    A hearing was held on October 27, 1978 in
    Farrnington,
    Illinois.
    At the hearing the parties offered Joint Exhibit
    1, a
    Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement as the entire record.
    No
    members of the public were present.
    The Stipulated Settlement states that since October
    24,
    1977
    Respondent has operated
    a public water supply facility in Norris
    and discharged contaminants into an unnamed tributary of Big
    Creek.
    Big Creek is a tributary of Spoon River, both being
    navigable waters and waters of the state.
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    On May 27, 1978 the Village of Norris was informed by the
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    Agency that it required an NPDES permit under Section 39(b)
    and
    Water Pollution Rules 901 and 902(e)
    for its public water supply
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    system.
    No NPDES permit was applied for by Norris,
    or any explana-
    tion given to the Agency as to why such permit was not needed
    within 30 days of notification.
    On July 29,
    1978,
    the Village of
    Norris eliminated the discharge from its public water supply system.
    The Stipulation and Proposal for Settlement provides that
    no NPDES permit is presently needed by Respondent due to eliminata-
    tion of the discharge.
    Respondent
    is to pay a $100 penalty
    within forty-five
    (45)
    days of the date of the Board’s approval
    32—435
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    of this settlement.
    The Board finds, after a review of the factors
    listed in Section 33(c)
    of the Act, that the settlement constitutes
    a reasonable and appropriate resolution of this case.
    This Opinion constitutes
    the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law in this case.
    ORDER
    1)
    Respondent has violated Rules 901 and 902(e)
    of the Water
    Pollution Rules and Section 12(f)
    of the Act.
    2)
    Within forty—five
    (45) days of the date of this Order,
    Respondent shall forward the sum of $100, payable by
    certified check or money order to:
    State of Illinois
    Fiscal Services Section
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, hereby certify the abo e Opinion and Order were
    adopted on the
    ______________
    day of
    __________________,
    1979
    by a vote of
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    Illinois Pollution
    Board
    32—436

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