ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 18, 1999
    COUNTY OF SANGAMON,
    Complainant,
    v.
    ESG WATTS, INC.,
    Respondent.
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    AC 00-39
    (SCDPH 99-AC-24)
    (Administrative Citation)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning)
    On November 1, 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, an Iowa corporation. The administrative citation alleges that the respondent violated Sections
    21(o)(5), 21(o)(6), and 21(o)(9) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/21(o)(5), 21(o)(6), 21(o)(9) (1998)). The
    alleged violations occurred at the Sangamon Valley Landfill, 2565 Sand Hill Road, Springfield,
    Sangamon County, Illinois.
    On November 15, 1999, respondent filed a petition for review of the administrative citation
    pursuant to Section 31.1(d). 415 ILCS 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.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
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