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lOLl

LITION

CONTROL

BOMD

September

15,

1977

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

and

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

)

Complainants,

V.

)

PCB

76~290

DODGE

TROPHIES and PLATING,

INC..,

)

a Delaware corporation,

)

Respondent.

MS.

ANNE

MARKEY,

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY

GENERAL,

APPEARED

ON

BEHALF

OF

COMPLAINANTS;

MR. LARRY R,

EATON,

PETERSON, ROSS,

HALL, BARBER

&

SEIDEL, APPEARED

ON BEHALF OF

RESPONDENT~

OPINION

AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by

Mr. Werner):

I.

LEGAL BACKGROUND

This

matter comes before the Board upon the Noverrbei

10,

1976

Complaint by

the Attorney General charging Dodge TropI~iesand

Plating,

Inc.

(Dodge)

with

violations of Rule 953(a)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution

and Section 12(b)

of the

Environmental Protection

Act

(Act).

An

Amended

Complaint

was filed on December

14,

1976

adding the

Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency)

as a Complainant.

A Motion to Dismiss brought by Dodge was

denied by the

Board

Order

of April

28, 1977.

A hearing

was

held on May

9, 1977, and the

parties

filed a Stipulation

of

Facts

and Proposed Settlement on August

31,

1977..

II,

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Dodge operates a facility used for trophy plating located near

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois.

Wastewater generated by

its

operations, containing heavy metals and

cyanide,

is treated at a

wastewater treatment plant

(WWTP)

operated

by

Dodge

at the site.

Following

treatment,

a residue of

heavy

metals is

collected

in

the

form of a sludge and disposed.

Treated wastewater

is

discharged

into

a subsurface leaching pit located at the

site.

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In 1967, b~x~

L

~c~eivei a

t from the

‘~nitaryWater

Board

to install

and up~i~x~e

it~

bv~iP

LLaB

evcr

received an Agency

operating

permit,

Dodge,

in its stipulation

i~~s thving o~erated

its 1~TP

with-

out an

operating permit since

~

1

1973.

III,

STIPULA~1Oi~

~OPOSED SETTLLMENT

In

the Proposed Setci~aut~

,

o

oge

tdS agreed to

take

numerous

compliance

measures,

E~i~inç,~iise tank~ ised it Dodge9s plating

operations

will be modified mi curbs w

I be ins~a1ledto

contain

spills of

plating solutions,

Dodge also agrees to operate

its

existing

WWTP in the manner pre~cribedI

~he Proposed Settlement,

provide for

the

evaporation of tr~ated

ewater, devise

a method

of sludge

disposal, and relocate

a

by-~os~pipe leading from

its

WWTP.

Dodge

wi~1lexcavate i’s

si1~ax

a leaching pit and

remove the

surrounding

soil..

Dodge will also provide

a

certified operator

for

its

WWTP,

Finally, Dodge a~rocsto

ii

progress reports, keep

daily

records of

the volume of wastowater re~

Lt

ng from its

rinsing opera-

tions,

and

permit representatives of

Lx

thtorney General and

the

Agency to inspect

its facility

Lvery r~qu~rerrentin this

compliance

program will be

completed within

~cft months of the date of

this

Order.

IV,

D A?

ORDIr

The

Board accepts the St

r

~a~&~1onof Fact and Proposed Settle-

ment

and

finds Dodge in violat~nof 1ul~

53,a)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution and

Section

9 b

ci tho A~’t, The Board imposes

the

stipulated

penalty of

$l,00J~0

This

Opinion and Order coistitute txe

~Lidingsof fact and

conclusions

of law of the Boax~aI

tfrs maattct,

It is the Order of the Pci’

or

o~zolBoird that:

1.

Dodge is in violation

: HAlo 93(a

of Chapter

3:

Water

Pollution

and Section

9(b)

or ~he Act,

2.

Dodge shall comply

t’~i~

al~the thres of the Stipulation

of

Facts and Proposed Settlement

flIed August 31,

1977, which

is incorporated by

referexce as it fully set forth herein.

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I,

Christan

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of

the

lilinoim

Pollution

Control

Board,

here~i

certify

ti.e

above

Opinion

and

Drder

were

adopted

~

day

of

_____________

1977,

by

a

JstanL.M~rk

Illinois

Pollution

trol Board