ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 6, 1997
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    JOHN PRIOR AND INDUSTRIAL
    SALVAGE, INC.,
    Respondents.
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    PCB 97-111
    (Enforcement - Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    This matter is before the Board on the December 20, 1996, complaint of the Attorney
    General, filed on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois (complainant) and at the request
    of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency). The complaint alleges that John
    Prior and Industrial Salvage, Inc. (collectively referred to as respondents), as owners and
    operators of three landfills in Marion County, have violated Sections 12(a), 21(d)(1), (d)(2),
    and (o)(11) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/12(a), 21(d)(1), (d)(2),
    (o)(11) (1996)) and Sections 620.115, 620.301, 620.302(c), 620.405, 620.410, 807.313, and
    807.315 of the Board’s groundwater quality standards. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.115, 620.301,
    620.302(c), 620.405, 620.410, 807.313, 807.315. Complainant asks the Board to impose
    civil penalties and attorney fees. The three landfills that are the subject of this enforcement
    action are located on three adjacent properties near Centralia, and are known as the
    Centralia/Prior site, the Prior/Blackwell site, and the Industrial Salvage site.
    Complainant’s brief was filed on June 13, 1997. Respondents’ response brief was filed
    on July 7, 1997. Complainant’s reply brief was filed on July 9, 1997. In its reply brief,
    complainant provided an affidavit of Thomas Davis, outlining the attorney fees expended in
    prosecution of this matter. In his affidavit, Mr. Davis attests that he spent 21 hours
    prosecuting this case at an hourly rate of $120. Mr. Davis, therefore, asks for $2,520 in
    attorney fees.
    As the original briefing schedule in this case apparently did not contemplate inclusion
    of the attorney fees affidavit in complainant’s reply brief, the Board hereby provides
    respondents with seven (7) days from the date of this order to respond to complainant’s request
    for attorney fees. Respondents’ response to complainant’s request for attorney fees is due on
    or before November 13, 1997.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    Board Member K.M. Hennessey abstained.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 6th day of November 1997, by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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