ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    September 21, 1978
    ENVIRON~NTAL PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 78—85
    CORINTH
    PUBLIC
    RATER
    DISTRICT,
    a
    )
    public corporation,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    MR.
    REED
    W.
    NEUMAN,
    ASSISTANT
    ATTORNEY
    GENERAL,
    APPEARED
    ON
    BEHALF
    OF
    THE
    COMPLAINANT.
    MR.
    DON
    E.
    KRAI?R,
    ATTORNEY
    AT
    LAW,
    APPEARED
    ON
    BEHALF
    OF
    THE
    RESPONDENT.
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER
    OF
    THE
    BOARD
    (by
    Dr.
    Satchell):
    This
    matter
    comes
    before
    the
    Board
    upon
    a
    complaint
    filed on March 20, 1978 by the Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (Agency)
    alleging that Respondent owns and operates
    a public water supply system which includes, but is not
    limited to,
    a distribution system consisting only of dis-
    tribution piping.
    It is further alleged that Respondent’s
    public water supply system has been operated since
    September 1,
    1975 continuing to the date of this complaint
    without having in Respondent’s employ
    a certified Class D,
    Class C, Class B or Class A water supply operator in violation
    of Section
    1 of “An Act to Regulate the Operating of a Public
    Water Supply”
    Ch.
    111 1/2 Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat. ¶501
    (1977).
    A
    hearing was held in this matter on August
    23, 1978 at which
    time
    a stipulation and proposal for settlement was presented
    for Board approval.
    No testimony was given.
    The stipulation provides the following facts.
    The
    District owns and operates
    a water supply facility in
    Williamson County,
    Illinois.
    The District receives treated
    water from the Rend Lake intercity water supply system.
    The
    Corinth Public Water District employs no chemical treatment
    for its water.
    The water goes through a distribution system
    consisting of distribution piping which serves approximately
    2800 people.
    This system has operated since at least
    September 1,
    1975.
    31—477
    —2—
    The facility requires at least a Class D certified
    operator.
    Since September 12,
    1975 the District has not had
    a properly certified operator.
    On April 1, 1977 the Agency
    sent a notice of violation requesting a response.
    No
    response was given.
    On May 2, 1978 subsequent to the filing
    of this complaint the District hired George Holland as its
    water supply operator.
    Mr. Holland is a certified Class A
    operator.
    He has no fixed term of employment and is required
    to work as many hours as the District’s needs may require at
    a salary of $50 a month.
    The Agency has provided Respondent
    with a list of certified operators in the area to assure the
    District can secure services suited to its needs.
    Respondent admits the alleged violation and agrees that
    compliance is technically practicable and economically
    reasonable.
    The suitability of location
    is not in issue.
    The facility has significant social and economic value to the
    community but past failure to comply has constituted a potential
    to injure or interfere with the protection of the property and
    general welfare of the people.
    In settlement Respondent agrees
    to operate its public water supply facility only under the
    active supervision of a certified Class D,
    C, B or A water
    supply operator.
    Respondent agrees to pay
    a penalty of $400.
    The Board finds the stipulated agreement acceptable under
    Procedural Rule 331.
    The Board further finds Respondent in
    violation of Section 1 of “An Act to Regulate the Operating
    of a Public Water Supply”.
    Respondent will be assessed a
    penalty of $400.
    This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and con-
    clusions of law of the Board in this matter.
    ORDER
    It is
    the Order of the pollution Control Board that:
    1.
    The Corinth Public Water District is found to have
    violated Section
    1 of “An Act to Regulate the
    Operating of a Public Water Supply” Ch.
    111 1/2
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    ¶501
    (1977).
    2.
    Respondent shall comply with all terms of the stipulation
    agreement hereby incorporated by reference as if
    fully set forth herein.
    31—472
    —3—
    3.
    Respondent shall pay a penalty of $400 within
    thirty-five days of this order.
    Payment shall
    be by certified check or money order payable to:
    State of Illinois
    Fiscal Services Division
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    Mr. Jacob D. Dumelle concurred.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, hereby certify the above Opini n and Order
    were adopted on the
    ___________
    day of
    ____________,
    1978
    by a vote of
    ~
    Christan L. Moffè
    ~,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollutio
    ontrol Board
    31—479

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