iLLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 14, 1972
    )
    ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTECTION AGENCY
    )
    )
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 72-288
    )
    PCB 72-436
    )
    ACME
    SOLVENTS RECLAiMING, INC.,
    )
    a corporation and VITO I’UMILIA
    )
    )
    OPINION ANI) C)RDEU 01? TilE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle)
    The first case (I’C13 72-288) is an enforcement action alleging that the
    respondent in the operation of its solvents reclaiming business operated a
    landfill without an Agency permit in violation of Section 21(e) of the Environ-
    mental Protection Act; that they caused the open dumping of refuse in violation
    of Section 21(a)
    and 21(b)
    of the Act and Rules 3. 04 of the Rules and Regulations
    for Refuse Disposal Sites and Facilities; that they allowed the collection of
    sewage
    solids and liquids upon the land so as to cause a water pollution hazard
    in violation of Section 12(d) of the Act; that they disposed of refuse at a site
    which does not meet The requirements of the Act in violation of Section 21(f)
    or the Act; that they fliilecl to confine dumping to the smallest practical area
    in
    tiolation of
    Rule
    5. 03(a) of the Rules; that they failed to provide daily and
    fin;iJ ~ver in violathin of Rules 5. 07(a) and
    5.
    07(b) respectively; that they
    caused liquids and hazardous materials to be deposited at the site in violation
    of
    Rule 5. 08; and thai they r;aileol to) proviok~proper continuing salvage operations
    in viol
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    nf
    utile 5.10. All violations are alleged to have occurred con—
    tiniiousl~from February 17, U’72 unlil .Iuy 7. P72 and particularly on
    Fehruarv I?, I!’72, May 36, 1972 audi May 17, 1972.
    Acme is
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    the business of reclaiming industrial waste solvents through
    distillation. ‘i’Iu’y normally rerovcr about eighty percent which Is then
    returned to the
    o’iistoniet’.
    ‘fhc~I wenty percent which cannot be reclaimed
    must be disposed of as waste. Acme has been disposing of this waste at
    its own site near the intersect ion of Lindenwood and Baxter Roads near the
    City of Morristown in Winnebago County. illinois.
    hearing was held on September 25. 1972. The Agency agreed to dismiss
    Vito Pumilia as respondent. Acme then admitted to all the allegations in
    the
    complaint.
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