ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 21, 1999
    COUNTY OF SANGAMON,
    Complainant,
    v.
    ESG WATTS, INC., an Iowa corporation,
    Respondent.
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    AC 00-18
    (SCDPH 99-AC-8)
    (Administrative Citation)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On September 7, 1999, pursuant to Section 31.1(b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS
    31.1(b) (1998)), the County of Sangamon issued an administrative citation to ESG Watts, Inc., an Iowa corporation.
    The administrative citation alleges that the respondent violated Sections 21(o)(9), 21(o)(6), and 21(o)(5) of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/
    21(o)(9), 21(o)(6), 21(o)(5)
    (1998))
    . The alleged violations occurred at the Sangamon Valley
    Landfill, 2565 Sand Hill Road, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
    On October 6, 1999, respondent filed a petition for review of the administrative citation pursuant to
    Section 31.1(d). The Board accepts this matter for hearing. The Board reminds respondent that, after hearing, any
    person found to have violated the Act as alleged in the administrative citation is liable to pay a penalty under
    Section 42(b)(4) of the Act of $500 per violation, as well as any hearing costs incurred by the Board or the
    complainant. 415 ILCS 42(b)(4) (1998).
    The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as expeditiously as practicable. The assigned hearing
    officer must set the matter for hearing in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Board's procedural
    rules.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above order was
    adopted on the 21st day of October 1999 by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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