ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Complainant,

ILLINOIS VALLEY HARDWOOD,

Respondent

Thomas A, Cengel, Assistant Attorney General for the EPA

Don P. Boggs, Attorney for Respondent

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr~Henss):

Illinois Valley Hardwood owns and operates a sa~ill in

Havana Township approximately one mile east of

Havana, Illinois,

In its Complaint against Respondent the Agency alleges that

Respondent caused or allowed the open burning of refuse on

eleven specific dates in 1973 in violation of Section 9(e) of

the Environmental Protection Act and Rule 502 of the Air Pollution

Control Regulations

The parties have submitted a Settlement Agreement wherein

Respondent admits to the violations as charged and agrees to

remit $1,000

as

penalty for the admitted violations~ Respondent

agrees to cease and desist from further violations of this type

and will dispose of its waste materials without recourse to

open burning. According to the Agreement, some of the waste

will be processed through a wood chipper, and sawdust will be sold~

We accept the Settlement Agreement and commend the parties for

the forthright manner in which the issues were resolvecL

~DER

It

is the Order

of the Pollution Control Board that

l~ lIii~oisValley Hardwood shall pay to the State of

Illinois by August 30, 1974 the

sum of

$1,000 as a

penalty for the violations admitted in this proceedings

Penalty payment by certified check or money order

payable to the State of Illinois shall be made to:

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Fiscal Services Division, Illinois EPA, 2200

Churchill Road, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

2. Respondent shall cease and desist from further

violations of Section 9(c) of the Environmental

Protection Act~and Rule 502 of the Air Pollution

Control Regulations.

I, Christan L,

Mof5ett, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Boards

hereTby

certify the above Order was adopted this

_________

day

of

1974

by

a vote

of ~

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