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