ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August

5, 1976

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Complainant,

)

v.

)

PCB 75—469

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS UTILITIES,

INC.,

Respondent.

INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

This matter comes before the Board on a Complaint filed by

the Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency) against Arlington

Heights Utilities,

Inc.

(Utility)

on December

15,

1975.

A

hearing was held on February

5,

1976.

The Utility owns and operates a sewage facility which serves

between

300 and 500 people in Nameoki Township, Madison County,

Illinois

(R.

9)

.

The facility consists,

in part,

of

three extended

aeration plants with a combined capacity of 58,000 GPD,

two polishing

ponds, and a 750 gallon chlorine contact tank

(Exhibit No.

1).

The

Complaint alleges that the third of these package treatment plants

was constructed and operated without the required permits and that

the entire facility was operated without a certified operator in

violation of Rule 951(a),

952(a),

and 1201 of the Board!s Water

Pollution Regulations and Section 12(b)

of the Act.

At the hearing

the Utility stipulated to the truth of these allegations.

At

several points in the hearing the parties refer to agreed actions

to be taken

(R.

4,

5,

8,

9).

The Board cannot incorporate an agreement or settlement

into an order where as in this case the agreement

is indiscernible

from the record.

Further, there is insufficient assessment of

any environmental damage which may be caused by the Utilities

operations.

This cause is hereby remanded

to the Hearing

Officer for further action consistent with this Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

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hereby certify the above Interim Order was adopted on the

_______day of August,

1976 by a vote of _________________________

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