ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 3, 2003
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    RIVERSTONE GROUP, INC., an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-12
    (Enforcement - Water)
          
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On July 31, 2002, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State
    of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against Riverstone Group, Inc. (Riverstone).
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/31.1(c) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.202(c). The complaint contains allegations of water
    pollution and creating offensive conditions at Riverstone’s Troy Grove quarry, a limestone
    quarry, located at 539 Route 52, Utica, LaSalle County. The People allege that Riverstone
    violated the Environmental Protection Act (Act), and effluent discharge standards for total
    suspended solids (TSS) as set by the Board and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
    System (NPDES) permit issued to Riverstone by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (Agency). Riverstone’s NPDES permit # ILG840049 allows it to discharge effluent in to the
    Little Vermilion River.
     
    On March 25, 2003, the People and respondents filed a stipulation and proposed
    settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, Riverstone neither admits nor denies the alleged violations and agrees to pay a civil
    penalty of $38,000 designated to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
      
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on April 3, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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