ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 18, 1999
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    JOHN SIMPSON,
    Respondent.
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    AC 00-27
    (IEPA 471-99-AC)
    (Administrative Citation)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning)
    On October 4, 1999, pursuant to Section 31.1(b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act)
    (415 ILCS 5/31.1(b) (1998)), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) issued an
    administrative citation to John Simpson. The administrative citation alleges that the respondent violated
    Sections 21(p)(1) and 21(p)(7)(i) of the Act. 415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1), 21(p)(7)(i) (1998). The alleged
    violations occurred at a facility located in Cumberland County, Illinois, commonly known to the Agency
    as Neoga/John Simpson.
    On November 4, 1999, respondent filed a petition for review of the administrative citation
    pursuant to Section 31.1(d) of the Act. (415 ILCS 5/31.1(d) (1998) 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.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above
    order was adopted on the 18th day of November 1999 by a vote of 6-0.
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    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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