ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 3, 2003
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    C & F PACKING CO., INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 03-153
    (Enforcement - Water)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    On March 18, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against C & F Packing Co., Inc. (C & F Packing).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that C & F
    Packing violated Section 12(a), (b), (d), (f) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS
    5/12(a) (2002)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.203, 309.102(a), 309,202(a). The People further
    allege that C & F Packing violated these provisions by failing to maintain a construction site in a
    way that prevented the runoff of stormwater into the waters of the State. The complaint concerns
    the construction site of C & F Packing’s production facility and warehouse at Park Place
    Business Center along Illinois Route 83, in Lake Villa, Lake County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if C & F Packing fails within that timeframe to file
    an answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a material
    allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider C & F Packing to have admitted the
    allegation. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed
    expeditiously to hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    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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