ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 24, 1997
    COUNTY OF LASALLE,
    Complainant,
    v.
    MIKE and JANET BROWN,
    Respondents.
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    AC 97-67
    (Administrative Citation)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    This matter comes before the Board upon the June 5, 1997, filing of an administrative
    citation pursuant to Section 31.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/31.1
    (1996)) by the County of LaSalle (County). A copy of that administrative citation is attached
    hereto. Service of the administrative citation was made upon Mike and Janet Brown
    (respondents) on June 5, 1997. The County alleges that on May 8, 1997, respondents, present
    owner and/or operator of a facility located in LaSalle County and commonly known to the
    County as the Brown property, violated Section 21(p)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1)
    (1996)). The statutory penalty established for this violation is $500 pursuant to Section
    42(b)(4) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/42(b)(4) (1996)).
    Respondents have not filed a petition for review with the Clerk of the Board within 35
    days of the date of service as allowed by Section 31.1(d)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31.1(d)(1)
    (1996)). Therefore, the Board finds respondents have violated the provision alleged in the
    administrative citation. Since there is one (1) such violation, the total penalty to be imposed is
    set at $500.
    1.
    It is hereby ordered that, unless the penalty has already been paid, within 30
    days of the date of this order, respondents shall, by certified check or money
    order payable to the LaSalle County Department of Environmental Services and
    Land Use, pay a penalty in the amount of $500, which is to be sent to:
    LaSalle County Department of
    Environmental Services and Land Use
    119 West Madison Street
    Ottawa, Illinois 62837
    2. Respondents shall include the remittance form and write the case name and
    number and their social security or federal employer identification number on
    the certified check or money order.
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    Penalties unpaid after the due date shall accrue interest pursuant to Section 42(g)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/42(g) (1996)).
    4.
    Payment of this penalty does not prevent future prosecution if the violation
    continues.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1996)) provides for
    the appeal of final Board orders to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days of service of this
    order. Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes such filing requirements. See 145 Ill. 2d
    R. 335; see also 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.246, Motions for Reconsideration.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 24
    th
    day of July1997, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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