OR~G~NAL
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    ILLINOIS POLLUTION
    CONTROL BOARD
    RECE~VED
    2
    January
    22,
    2004
    CLERK’S OFFICE
    3
    CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT
    OF)
    APR
    142004
    STATE
    OF ILLINOIS
    4
    ENVIRONMENT,
    )
    Pollution
    Control Board
    5
    Complainant,
    6
    vs.
    )
    No. AC 04-13
    7
    EDDIE GREER,
    )
    (CDOE No.
    03-02-AC)
    8
    Respondent.
    )
    (Administrative
    9
    )
    Citation)
    10
    11
    12
    13
    TRANSCRIPT
    OF PROCEEDINGS had
    in the
    14
    above-entitled
    cause
    on
    the
    5th
    day
    of
    April,
    A.D.
    15
    2004.,
    at
    1:00
    p.m.
    16
    17
    BEFORE:
    BRADLEY
    P.
    HALLORAN,
    Hearing
    Officer.
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    24

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    2
    1
    APPEARANCES:
    2
    3
    OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION
    COUNSEL,
    4
    CITY OF CHICAGO,
    5
    (121 North LaSalle
    Street,
    Room 600,
    6
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60602,
    7
    312-744-0220),
    by:
    8
    MR.
    CHARLES
    A.
    KING,
    9
    appeared on behalf
    of the City of
    10
    Chicago;
    11
    12
    EDDIE
    GREER,
    13
    (9923 Peoria,
    9914 South Green,
    14
    and 605 West 59th Street,
    15
    Chicago,
    Illinois)
    16
    appeared
    on behalf of himself.
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    REPORTED BY:
    SHARON BERKERY,
    C.S.R.
    24
    CERTIFICATE
    NO.
    84-4327.

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    INDEX
    2
    3
    WITNESS
    DX
    CX
    RDX
    RCX
    4
    LINDA
    KELLY
    5
    By
    Mr.
    King
    7,
    22
    43
    6
    By
    Mr.
    Greer
    39,
    40
    44,
    63
    7
    EDDIE
    GREER
    8
    By
    Mr.
    King
    58,
    63
    9
    10
    11
    12
    EXHIBITS
    13
    NUMBER
    MARKED
    FOR
    ID
    RECEIVED
    14
    Complainant’s Exhibit
    15
    No.
    1
    20
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    24

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    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    We are on the record.
    Good afternoon,
    everybody.
    My name
    is
    Bradley Halloran,
    I’m a hearing officer here with
    the Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    and I’m also
    assigned to this matter,
    which
    is entitled City of
    Chicago, Department of Environment,
    Complainant
    versus
    Eddie
    Greer,
    the
    Respondent.
    And
    the
    PCB
    number
    ±5
    Administrative
    Citation
    4-13
    also note for the record that today is
    April
    5th,
    2004,
    it’s approximately
    1:04 p.m.
    This
    administrative
    citation was filed by the City.
    It
    alleges that during an inspection of August
    14th,
    2003,
    it was determined
    that respondent violated
    Section 2lPl and Section 21P7
    of the Act.
    As a
    result of the August 14th,
    2003 inspection and
    subsequent administrative citation,
    Mr. Greer filed
    a petition for review disputing the violations,
    and
    that’s
    why we are here today
    This matter will be conducted
    in
    accordance with Section
    108 and Section 101,
    Subpart
    F of the Board’s procedural
    rules.
    I also
    note,
    for the record,
    that
    I will not be making the
    ultimate decision in the case.
    That decision is
    left up to the five board members
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
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    12
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    1
    I’m here to ensure an orderly hearing
    2
    and rule on any evidentiary matters that may arise.
    3
    There is no members of the public here; but
    if they
    4
    were,
    they’d be allowed to make a public comment or
    5
    statement that is relative to the matter.
    6
    With that said,
    Mr.
    King, would you like
    7
    to introduce yourself, please.
    8
    MR.
    KING:
    Charles
    A.
    King,
    Assistant
    9
    Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago,
    10
    representing the Department of Environment,
    11
    Petitioner.
    12
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Thank you.
    13
    Mr. Greer?
    14
    MR. GREER:
    Eddie Greer,
    9923 Peoria,
    9914
    15
    South Green,
    and 605 West 59th Street.
    16
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    And
    I talked to
    17
    Mr.
    Greer a little bit about the procedure before
    18
    you came,
    Mr.
    King,
    regarding opening,
    case in
    19
    chief,
    closing.
    I said that sometimes the parties
    20
    like
    to
    waive
    opening,
    save
    it
    for
    the
    post-hearing
    21
    briefs.
    22
    But with that said,
    Mr.
    King,
    it’s your
    23
    case
    in
    chief,
    and
    if
    you
    want
    to
    give
    an
    opening,
    24
    so
    be
    it.
    And
    if
    you
    do,
    then
    Mr. Greer will want

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    1
    to have an opportunity,
    as well.
    2
    MR.
    KING:
    I’ll
    waive
    opening.
    3
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    4
    Mr.
    Greer, would you like to give an
    5
    opening
    statement?
    6
    MR. GREER:
    Momentarily,
    yeah.
    I really,
    7
    really
    don’t
    know
    the
    reason
    why
    I’m
    here
    for
    the
    8
    Pollution
    Control
    Board.
    That’s
    the
    first
    9
    statement
    I
    would
    like
    to
    submit.
    10
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Then that’s your
    11
    opening?
    12
    MR. GREER:
    That’s my opening.
    13
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Thank
    you
    very
    14
    much.
    15
    Mr.
    King,
    you
    may
    call
    your
    first
    16
    witness.
    17
    Or do we have any preliminary issues we
    18
    have
    to
    deal
    with
    before
    Mr.
    King
    --
    19
    MR.
    KING:
    I
    don’t
    think
    so.
    20
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    You
    may
    proceed
    21
    then,
    Mr.
    King.
    22
    MR.
    KING:
    As my first witness,
    I’d like to
    23
    call Linda Kelly.
    24
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Ms.
    Kelly,
    would you

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    1
    just
    step
    up
    here,
    and
    sit
    here,
    and
    the
    court
    2
    reporter will swear you in,
    please.
    3
    (WHEREUPON,
    the
    witness
    was
    duly
    4
    sworn.)
    5
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Let’s stop here for a
    6
    minute.
    7
    (WHEREUPON,
    discussion
    was
    had
    8
    off
    the
    record.)
    9
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    We
    are
    back
    on
    10
    the
    record.
    11
    LINDA KELLY,
    12
    called
    as
    a
    witness
    herein,
    having
    been first duly
    13
    sworn,
    was
    examined
    and
    testified
    as
    follows:
    14
    DIRECT
    EXAMINATION
    15
    BY
    MR.
    KING:
    16
    Q.
    All
    right.
    Would
    you
    please
    state
    your
    17
    full
    name
    for
    the
    record.
    18
    A.
    Linda
    D.
    Kelly.
    19
    Q.
    Would you spell your last name,
    please.
    20
    A.
    K-E-L-L-Y.
    21
    Q.
    And,
    Ms. Kelly,
    what
    is your occupation?
    22
    A.
    I’m
    a
    project
    coordinator
    for
    the
    23
    Department
    of
    Environment
    and
    the
    permitting
    and
    24
    enforcement
    division.

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    1
    Q.
    How long have you held that position?
    2
    A.
    Maybe about six years.
    3
    Q.
    And what are your job duties and
    4
    activities?
    5
    A.
    I supervise and inspect the south side
    6
    of the city of Chicago,
    from 35th Street to
    7
    138th
    Street,
    and
    it involves working with
    8
    inspectors,
    inspecting
    permitted sites that are
    9
    permitted
    by
    our
    department,
    such
    as
    auto
    10
    junkyards,
    recyclers,
    and
    other
    types
    of
    11
    facilities.
    And
    also,
    working
    with
    the
    State as
    12
    far
    as
    the
    solid waste land with open dumping,
    13
    vacant
    lots,
    fly
    dumping,
    inspections
    of noise,
    and
    14
    other
    things
    like
    that.
    15
    Q.
    So you do
    --
    have
    done
    inspections
    16
    yourself of facilities in the city?
    17
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    have.
    18
    Q.
    Approximately how many inspections have
    19
    you
    conducted?
    20
    A.
    Well,
    under my routine,
    that are
    21
    permitted by the department,
    I have,
    approximately,
    22
    20 that
    I inspect once
    a month,
    and then
    I have
    23
    special sites that involve lots that are not
    24
    permitted
    to
    have
    solid
    waste
    on
    them.
    And
    I
    have

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    1
    like about five or six different sites that
    I
    2
    inspect,
    not
    once
    a month but on a semi-routine
    3
    basis for clean up of those sites.
    And then
    I have
    4
    other projects that
    I work on.
    5
    Q.
    So in a typical month,
    about how many
    6
    inspections would you say you do?
    7
    A.
    About
    40.
    8
    Q.
    And
    has
    that
    been,
    approximately,
    the
    9
    same
    volume
    for
    the
    time
    you
    have
    been
    working?
    10
    A.
    Since
    I started doing this job?
    I
    11
    started this position with working with the
    12
    inspectors about two years now.
    And it
    is almost
    13
    approximate
    --
    yeah,
    40 or more a month.
    14
    Q.
    Have you had any particular training or
    15
    education
    regarding
    inspecting
    sites?
    16
    A.
    Yes.
    I
    have been trained by the U.S.
    17
    EPA
    to
    do
    site
    inspections.
    Also,
    we’ve
    18
    been
    --
    I’m
    certified
    to
    inspect
    a
    solid waste dump
    19
    on
    vacant
    lots
    by
    the
    IEPA.
    20
    Q.
    What
    did
    that
    certification
    entail?
    21
    A.
    It entails the City of Chicago
    22
    inspectors
    to
    be
    able
    to
    cite
    for state violations
    23
    on
    property
    in
    the
    city
    of
    Chicago.
    24
    Q.
    Was there a training program or testing

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    1
    program
    that
    you
    went through with IEPA to get that
    2
    certification?
    3
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    did.
    We
    had
    a
    week
    of
    training,
    4
    and
    we
    had
    a
    --
    about four days of reading and
    5
    going over the rules and regulations of the State.
    6
    And then we had to pass a written exam.
    7
    Q.
    Now,
    are
    you familiar with the site at,
    8
    approximately,
    601 West 59th Street?
    9
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    am.
    10
    Q.
    And
    how
    are
    you
    familiar
    with
    that
    site?
    11
    A.
    I’m
    familiar
    with
    that
    site
    because
    I
    12
    responded
    to
    --
    our
    division
    also
    responded
    to
    13
    complaints.
    And
    I responded to a
    complaint
    14
    concerning cars taken in the rear of the lot
    15
    from
    --
    stolen
    from
    --
    from
    people
    and
    taken
    in
    the
    16
    rear
    of
    the
    lot
    and
    being
    stripped.
    And
    that
    there
    17
    was
    a
    lot
    of
    cars
    dumped
    near
    that
    site.
    18
    Q.
    Have you done inspections of that site?
    19
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    have.
    20
    Q.
    Did
    you
    do
    an
    inspection
    of
    that
    site
    on
    21
    August 14th of last year,
    2003?
    22
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    did.
    23
    Q.
    Now,
    what
    prompted
    you,
    on
    that
    24
    occasion,
    to go and inspect that site?

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    you
    that what prompted
    A.
    Well,
    what
    --
    because we were
    --
    well,
    I
    had already submitted the site to the State from
    previous inspections, and so
    I had to go
    back
    --
    you know,
    it’s a routine
    --
    maybe once
    a
    month and check on the site to see if any cleanup
    was
    in progress, you know
    Q.
    Had
    you
    been
    --
    was
    to go there on that date?
    A.
    No.
    And also, from the cleanup on
    another site,
    I was informed that material from
    that site
    --
    from this other site on 64th and State
    was being
    --
    was taken to the 601-209 West
    59th
    Street
    site.
    So
    I
    went
    there
    to
    check
    on
    the
    condition
    of
    the
    site
    and
    see
    how
    much
    material
    was
    stored
    on
    the
    site
    Q.
    Had
    you
    been
    inspecting
    the
    State Street?
    A.
    Yes
    Q.
    And
    how
    did
    you
    --
    what
    caused
    you
    to
    believe,
    or
    understand
    --
    or
    how
    did
    you learn that
    material
    had
    been
    taken
    from
    that
    site
    to
    the
    59th Street site?
    A.
    From
    Mr.
    Frank
    King
    Q.
    Who
    is
    Frank
    King?
    site on
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    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
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    1
    A.
    He
    was
    the
    operator-owner
    of
    the
    6409
    2
    South State Street site.
    3
    Q.
    And
    did
    he tell you that material had
    4
    been taken to the
    59th
    Street
    site?
    5
    A.
    Yeah.
    That he had stored some material
    6
    there
    and
    some
    heavy
    equipment.
    7
    Q.
    So
    --
    and
    that
    prompted
    you
    to
    go
    and
    8
    inspect the 59th Street site?
    9
    A.
    Right.
    10
    Q.
    On August 14th?
    11
    A.
    That’s correct.
    12
    Q.
    Now,
    when
    you
    went
    to
    the
    site
    on
    13
    August
    14th,
    describe
    what
    you
    did
    and
    what
    you
    14
    saw.
    15
    A.
    Well,
    basically,
    I
    went
    there
    to
    see
    if
    16
    I
    could
    get
    inside
    the
    site
    to
    take
    some
    pictures,
    17
    which
    is
    part
    of
    my
    job.
    And
    the
    site
    was
    secured,
    18
    I
    couldn’t
    get
    on.
    19
    So,
    basically,
    from
    the
    alley,
    I
    just
    20
    took
    some
    pictures
    of
    what
    I
    could
    see
    from
    the
    21
    gate entrance.
    22
    Q.
    And
    what
    did
    you
    see
    from
    the
    gate
    23
    entrance?
    24
    A.
    Well,
    I
    observed
    that
    there
    was
    more

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    13
    heavy equipment and trucks than
    --
    that wasn’t
    there before at the site.
    And the yard appeared to
    be full with material
    But,
    like
    I
    said,
    I couldn’t get on the
    actually see everything
    Had
    you
    inspected
    the
    site
    before
    site to
    Q.
    that?
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    had.
    Q.
    Was
    the
    material
    you
    saw
    on
    August
    14th,
    had
    you
    seen
    it
    there in your prior inspections?
    A.
    Not
    some
    of
    the
    heavy
    equipment.
    It
    was
    like
    a
    front-end
    loader
    and
    a
    few other things.
    And
    mostly
    trucks,
    additional trucks
    Q.
    Okay.
    I’m going to hand you a copy of
    Administrative Citation
    --
    this is
    a copy of the
    actual
    citation
    --
    04-13 that was filed with the
    Pollution
    Control
    Board.
    Now,
    if you flip through that
    --
    I
    have
    to
    get
    my
    glasses.
    Okay.
    Uh-huh.
    Q.
    Now,
    if
    you
    flip through there,
    towards
    the
    end
    you
    will
    see
    as
    an
    exhibit
    --
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Keep your voice up,
    please.
    Thanks
    A.
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
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    8
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    1
    BY MR.
    KING:
    2
    Q.
    There are
    a series of photographs.
    Do
    3
    you see these?
    4
    A.
    Yes,
    I do.
    5
    Q.
    Can
    you
    identify
    those
    photographs?
    6
    A.
    Yes.
    It’s
    the
    photos
    that
    I
    took
    that
    7
    day
    of
    the
    601-209
    West
    59th
    Street
    site.
    And,
    8
    basically,
    this
    is
    photos
    --
    the
    first
    photo
    is
    9
    from
    the
    alleyway,
    and
    the
    second
    photo
    is
    when
    I
    10
    was
    looking
    toward
    --
    through
    the
    fence
    at
    some
    of
    11
    the
    heavy
    equipment,
    and
    trucks,
    and
    auto
    junk
    12
    cars.
    The
    third
    photo,
    like
    I
    said,
    is
    more
    13
    trucks,
    loaded
    with
    all
    their
    junk
    cars.
    And
    then
    14
    the
    fourth
    photo
    is
    part
    of
    the
    alleyway.
    15
    Q.
    All right.
    Now,
    do
    any
    of
    those
    photos
    16
    depict
    the
    material,
    that
    you
    mentioned
    in
    your
    17
    testimony
    a
    couple
    minutes
    ago,
    that
    you
    noticed
    18
    there
    that
    you
    had
    not noticed before?
    19
    A.
    Yes.
    Basically,
    a
    lot
    more
    heavy
    20
    equipment
    and
    trucks.
    21
    Q.
    Which
    photographs
    particularly
    depict
    22
    it?
    23
    A.
    No.
    3
    and
    No.
    2.
    24
    Q.
    Let
    me
    see
    that
    a
    second.

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    A.
    Uh-huh.
    Did
    I
    say
    No.
    4?
    Yeah,
    No.
    2
    and
    No.
    3,
    right
    Q.
    All
    right.
    Now,
    when
    you
    mentioned
    heavy
    equipment
    and
    trucks,
    what
    is
    the
    material
    that
    you
    saw
    that
    had
    been
    placed
    at
    that
    site?
    Were these operable, drivable machines, or were
    they
    wrecked
    or
    salvaged?
    A.
    Basically,
    I couldn’t tell.
    The only
    thing
    I
    can
    say
    about
    these
    --
    those
    trucks,
    is
    they
    were
    loaded
    with
    some
    of
    the
    auto
    --
    wrecked
    trucks.
    But
    then
    you
    have
    some
    trucks
    that
    are
    --
    look
    like
    they
    are
    operable
    As
    far
    as
    the
    heavy
    equipment,
    whether
    or
    not
    it’s
    operable
    or
    inoperable,
    from
    the
    photos,
    is kind of hard to tell which ones would
    be
    Q.
    a couple
    A.
    Q.
    A.
    Q.
    A.
    Q.
    All right.
    Now,
    if you would flip back
    pages
    the other way.
    Oh.
    Uh-huh
    Another
    couple
    Okay.
    Go back some more.
    Yeah.
    There?
    Okay.
    There.
    Let’s
    try
    and
    identify
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
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    20
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    22
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    24

    Page
    16
    1
    that page.
    The page that we are looking at,
    as a
    2
    heading at the top,
    it says,
    “State apparent
    3
    violations”?
    4
    A.
    That’s correct.
    5
    Q.
    And that would be
    --
    well,
    let’s start
    6
    with
    this
    page.
    7
    Okay,
    now,
    the
    page
    I’m
    referring
    to,
    8
    for the record,
    this is
    the first page of the
    9
    materials appended to the administrative
    10
    citation
    --
    11
    A.
    Uh-huh.
    12
    Q.
    --
    after the citation, and affidavit,
    13
    and remittance
    forms.
    Now,
    can you identify this
    14
    document?
    15
    A.
    Yes,
    it’s
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    16
    Protection Agency’s open dump inspection checklist.
    17
    Q.
    And did you prepare this document?
    18
    A.
    Yes,
    I
    did.
    19
    Q.
    Now,
    would
    you
    --
    looking at these
    20
    violations
    that you identified in there
    --
    21
    A.
    Uh-huh.
    22
    Q.
    .
    And
    this
    document
    identifies
    apparent
    23
    violations
    of
    the
    State
    law
    that you noticed during
    24
    your inspection;
    is that correct?

    Page 17
    1
    A.
    Yes.
    2
    Q.
    Now,
    among them are violations
    of
    3
    Section 21P1?
    4
    A.
    Right.
    5
    Q.
    And
    21P7
    of
    the
    Environmental
    Protection
    6
    Act?
    7
    A.
    Yes,
    that’s correct.
    8
    Q.
    How
    did
    you conclude that those sections
    9
    of
    the
    Act
    had
    been
    violated?
    10
    .
    A.
    Well,
    because
    21P1
    states
    about
    litter,
    11
    and
    then
    2lP
    --
    or
    55
    --
    let
    me
    see.
    Which
    other
    12
    one
    are
    you
    talking about?
    13
    Q.
    This
    one
    here.
    14
    A.
    955A.
    15
    Q.
    Here,
    this one.
    16
    A.
    Okay.
    Yeah,
    2lP7.
    Deposition of
    17
    general construction or demolition debris,
    or clean
    18
    construction
    or demolition debris.
    19
    Q.
    Now,
    what conditions at the site that
    20
    you
    observed caused you to conclude that those
    21
    violations had happened?
    22
    A.
    Because they had a lot of
    --
    to
    the
    23
    west
    --
    you
    probably
    couldn’t
    see
    it real good on
    24
    these
    --
    from
    these
    photos.
    But
    they
    had
    a
    lot

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    1
    like
    waste
    soil,
    and
    they
    had
    construction
    material
    2
    like wood and other debris mixed with bricks and
    3
    stuff
    that
    was
    on
    the
    ground.
    4
    Q.
    Did that appear to be waste to you?
    5
    A.
    Yes.
    6
    Q.
    Was
    it
    in
    a
    condition
    where
    it
    could
    7
    have
    been
    used
    as
    construction
    material?
    8
    A.
    No,
    it
    was
    mounded
    with
    the
    rest
    of
    the,
    9
    like waste
    --
    autos,
    auto parts,
    rubbish,
    waste
    10
    scrap
    metal,
    all
    of
    it
    was
    all
    mixed
    up
    and
    mounded
    11
    to
    the
    west.
    12
    Q.
    All
    right.
    13
    A.
    And
    it
    was
    mixed
    with
    soil.
    So,
    14
    basically,
    that’s
    considered
    waste
    when
    it’s
    mixed
    15
    like that.
    That’s not clean soil.
    16
    Q.
    Thank
    you.
    And
    how
    about
    the
    litter?
    17
    A.
    The
    litter
    was
    the
    scattered
    litter
    that
    18
    was
    all
    over
    the
    site,
    paper,
    rubber tubing,
    and
    19
    metal embedded in the ground,
    cans,
    garbage,
    some
    20
    tires,
    paper,
    small
    --
    like small pieces
    of scrap
    21
    metal,
    waste auto parts, maybe
    tools,
    small pieces
    22
    of tools,
    and all that scattered all over the
    23
    ground.
    24
    Q.
    All right.
    Now,
    looking at the

    Page
    19
    1
    following pages of this
    --
    of
    the
    administrative
    2
    citation, turning a couple pages further on,
    3
    there’s a page that’s headed,
    City of Chicago
    4
    Department of Environment Narrative?
    S
    A.
    Uh-huh.
    6
    Q.
    What’s that document?
    7
    A.
    That,
    basically,
    is
    a narrative stating
    8
    what
    I saw and what happened at the site when
    I was
    9
    there.
    10
    Q.
    Did you prepare that document?
    11
    A.
    Yes,
    I did.
    12
    Q.
    When did you prepare that?
    13
    A.
    On the exact date that
    I wrote
    it,
    or do
    14
    you mean dated it?
    15
    Q.
    If you recall.
    16
    A.
    No,
    I don’t remember the date,
    the exact
    17
    date that
    I wrote
    it.
    18
    Q.
    Did you prepare it shortly after you did
    19
    the inspection?
    20
    A.
    Yeah,
    after the inspection.
    21
    Q.
    Within
    a day,
    two days,
    a week?
    22
    A.
    Maybe within
    --
    let me see if
    I can
    23
    tell.
    Within like about two weeks.
    Two weeks
    --
    24
    yeah,
    two weeks after
    I
    --

    Page 20
    that
    Q.
    Okay.
    And then the next page following
    narrative document?
    A.
    Uh-huh.
    Yes.
    It’s the site map.
    Q.
    Did you prepare that?
    A.
    Yes
    I did
    Q.
    And what
    is that document?
    A.
    That’s,
    basically,
    a sketch of where
    I
    took the photos,
    where
    I was standing, and the
    direction that
    I had the camera
    Q.
    All right
    MR.
    KING:
    I move that the attachments to the
    administrative citation, which comprise Ms.
    Kelly’s
    report,
    be admitted into evidence
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Do you want to
    Complainant’s Exhibit No.
    1,
    it would be the
    administrative citation with the attachments
    admitted into evidence?
    MR.
    KING:
    Yes
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Thank you.
    Complainant’s Exhibit No.
    1
    is admitted
    do--
    whole
    being
    evidence
    (WHEREUPON,
    said document,
    previously marked Complainant
    Exhibit No.
    1,
    for identification,
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
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    into
    22
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    MR. KING:
    was offered and received in
    evidence.)
    I have no further questions for
    Page 21
    Ms. Kelly
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Thank you.
    Mr.
    Greer,
    you’re free to cross-examine
    Ms.
    Kelly,
    if you so choose, and ask her questions.
    MR.
    GREER:
    Okay
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Take your time.
    MR. GREER:
    I don’t even know the exhibit.
    THE HEARING OFFICER
    Okay
    MR. GREER:
    I don’t even know the exhibit.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well,
    do you have the
    administrative
    citation itself?
    MR. GREER:
    No
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Do you have
    a copy of it
    so he can look at it?
    MR.
    KING:
    Mr. Greer
    -
    WHEREUPON,
    the document was
    tendered.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Please don’t mark
    it up.
    That’s the one that’s going into evidence.
    MR.
    KING:
    If you would like to take
    a few
    minutes to look it over,
    we can go off the record.
    )
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
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    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Yeah,
    we can go off the
    2
    record.
    3
    (WHEREUPON,
    a recess was had.)
    4
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Back on the record.
    And
    5
    before we proceed with Mr. Greer,
    Mr. King said he
    6
    has one more question,
    I
    believe,
    of Ms. Kelly.
    7
    MR.
    KING:
    All right.
    Yes.
    Thank you.
    8
    FURTHER DIRECT EXAMINATION
    9
    BY MR.
    KING:
    10
    Q.
    Ms.
    Kelly,
    this administrative citation
    11
    was issued to Eddie Greer.
    How did you determine
    12
    that Eddie Greer was responsible for the violations
    13
    you observed at the site?
    14
    A.
    I put Eddie Greer,
    because when we did a
    15
    title search of the property, maybe two or three
    16
    years ago,
    his name came up on the title search.
    17
    So
    I did it as owner-operator,
    as owner of the
    18
    property.
    19
    Q.
    And did you,
    subsequently,
    have any
    20
    contact with Mr. Greer?
    21
    A.
    I talked to him on the phone,
    and I’ve
    22
    met him on cleanup of another property.
    23
    Q.
    Okay.
    24
    A.
    Cleaning of the property.
    We talked

    Page 23
    about cleaning the property
    Q.
    What did he say in those conversations?
    A.
    Basically,
    that he just
    --
    and plus,
    we
    had a meeting in our office with Johnna,
    my
    supervisor,
    Johnna Pothoff, and we talked about
    what he needed to do to bring the 1~t into
    compliance
    Q.
    And did he,
    during those conversations,
    demonstrate
    --
    or head up responsibility for that
    piece
    of property?
    A.
    What do you mean demonstrate enough?
    Q.
    Did he
    --
    based on those conversations,
    was it your impression that he was the owner of
    that property
    A.
    Yes.
    Based on the lot,
    he was the owner
    of the property
    Q.
    All right.
    Did he ever indicate that he
    wasn’t the owner of the property?
    No.
    He just,
    basically,
    said
    that
    --
    also that he had acquired the
    property.
    When
    I first met him,
    he talked about
    how he had acquired the property from some previous
    owner.
    And some material was there.
    And I,
    basically,
    informed him that he
    7
    A.
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    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
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    1
    was
    --
    he comes up as the owner
    --
    owner-operator.
    2
    He’s the present owner,
    that he’s responsible for
    3
    the property and cleanup of the property.
    4
    MR.
    KING:
    All right.
    Thank you.
    5
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Thank you, Mr.
    King.
    6
    Mr. Greer,
    you’re
    on.
    7
    MR.
    GREER:
    These items
    on the photo,
    8
    Your Honor,
    are
    --
    these items are not even mine.
    9
    And
    I don’t have anything to do with these.
    10
    The only thing that
    I have to do with is
    11
    the truck,
    the moving equipment.
    Just the truck
    12
    and one back
    --
    one payloader.
    13
    Other than that,
    the stuff belongs to a
    14
    guy named Columbus Don,
    that
    --
    prior to this time,
    15
    Linda Kelly spoke to this guy.
    He had some kind of
    16
    recommendation from another source
    of the city.
    17
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Excuse me,
    Mr.
    King, you
    18
    have
    --
    19
    MR.
    KING:
    If Mr.
    Greer is going to tell his
    20
    story,
    maybe we should just put him under oath and
    21
    he can testify.
    22
    MR.
    GREER:
    That’s
    fine.
    23
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Let’s do that.
    Raise
    24
    your right hand and Sharon will swear you in.

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    1
    (WHEREUPON,
    the witness was duly
    2
    .
    sworn.)
    3
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Thank you.
    4
    You can proceed,
    Mr. Greer.
    5
    MR. GREER:
    Yes.
    6
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    You can start at the
    7
    beginning now that you are under oath.
    8
    MR.
    GREER:
    About that this stuff is not mine?
    9
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Right.
    10
    MR.
    GREER:
    Well,
    the pictures that
    I see
    11
    before me
    --
    12
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    You’re referring to
    13
    Complainant’s
    Exhibit No.
    1,
    the photos that are
    14
    attached to the exhibit?
    15
    MR.
    GREER:
    Exactly.
    16
    The four photos that
    I
    see,
    the only
    17
    thing that
    I own,
    myself,
    is the red truck and
    18
    payloader.
    19
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    And that’s in photograph
    20
    number
    --
    21
    MR.
    GREER:
    That’s the photo
    --
    in No.
    3.
    22
    Photo
    3,
    exactly.
    23
    The rest
    of these items belongs to a guy
    24
    named Columbus Don.
    Prior to this investigation of

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    Linda Kelly,
    she spoke to this guy, and he had told
    her that he was in the process of cleaning up
    But he had an ordinance from someone in
    the City to relocate.
    So,
    the guy, he came to me
    and said that,
    “Look,
    I have my license and the
    City is buying my property on Canal Street”
    --
    you
    can strike it
    if it’s the wrong address, but it’s
    Canal
    --
    This guy is Mr.
    Don
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    you’re referring to?
    MR. GREER:
    His name
    is Don King.
    I’m sorry,
    Don King.
    His name
    is Columbus Don.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    MR.
    GREER:
    And this guy,
    Linda spoke to him.
    And she talked to him briefly about some things.
    And he said that he was encited for
    condemnation on his property.
    And he needed a
    place
    to go to
    So the City says,
    “Find a place.”
    So he
    found my place.
    It’s zoned for what he wants to
    do.
    So
    I told him,
    “Okay,
    you can come
    in,
    and you can do it.”
    And so,
    we talked about
    the
    money,
    the pay, and financially how much rent
    I
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    22
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    1
    wanted.
    That’s another whole source anyway,
    that
    2
    goes to another chapter in this.
    3
    And
    so, he moved his stuff there.
    So,
    I
    4
    guess,
    this guy didn’t have any license.
    I don’t
    5
    know
    --
    I don’t even know the bottom half,
    but the
    6
    bottom line was that we had to clean up on another
    7
    site of mine that was 6S34 South State,
    6539 South
    8
    State.
    9
    So this property that we had cited to
    10
    clean up prior to this became
    a catastrophe.
    11
    Because it was a site for a fuel station
    --
    for the
    12
    mayor to open up a fuel station.
    13
    So we motivated and dedicated a lot of
    14
    our time over there at this site on 65th and State.
    15
    Columbus Don was running this site because he had
    16
    rented this from us also.
    17
    Not only that,
    the site on 65th and
    18
    State,
    someone
    --
    I don’t know the name of the
    19
    person that gave him the permission
    --
    bought this
    20
    stuff
    --
    bought his lot from him personally and
    21
    said that he could move
    the stuff if he finds a
    22
    place to move it to.
    So them two lots we had open,
    23
    so he moved his stuff there.
    24
    Now,
    we were focusing a lot of time on

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    1
    65th and State
    to clean up.
    So,
    I told the
    2
    guy
    --
    you know,
    well,
    he was telling me back and
    3
    forth that,
    “Hey, you get
    a lot of stuff out
    of
    4
    here,
    because, you know,
    eventually,
    I want to
    5
    clean the whole lot, because
    I want to get
    a tow
    6
    service there.”
    7
    And he was going to go in
    --
    he was
    8
    going to be my partner.
    So one thing led to
    9
    another
    --
    we had to get on the site on 65th and
    10
    State.
    We had
    --
    they was
    --
    they was
    --
    they was
    11
    like
    --
    12
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Mr.
    Greer,
    I guess
    13
    before we go any farther,
    do you have any questions
    J
    14
    of Ms. Kelly?
    15
    MR. GREER:
    What?
    16
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Do you have any
    17
    questions or cross-examination of Ms. Kelly?
    18
    Or do you just want to give a little background and
    19
    just ask her some questions?
    20
    MR.
    KING:
    I can cross-examine her,
    but some
    21
    things
    --
    from this lecture,
    she will hear some
    22
    things she didn’t
    say.
    But
    I don’t
    --
    I don’t have
    23
    too much to say to her,
    I’m just listening and
    24
    finding out the details.

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    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay
    MR. KING:
    Because I’m kind of
    apprehensive
    --
    I’m
    kind of baffled in this.
    I
    don’t know where I’m at, you know,
    to be honest
    with you
    Because,
    gosh,
    I’m getting sued by some
    City attorneys for this same lot for $3,000.
    The
    Department
    of Administrative Hearings wants $3,000.
    Now I’m getting cited with pollution for another
    $3,000.
    So I’m lost
    I don’t even know
    --
    except
    to
    this while
    be here now.
    And,
    to be honest
    you,
    I have been working with the City for,
    maybe
    20 years,
    30
    And the steps that the City takes when
    they
    --
    when they give you a citation
    --
    and,
    all
    of
    a sudden,
    I just got these citations from the
    Pollution Board for
    --
    I don’t know
    --
    I don’t have
    them in front
    of me, but
    I think
    it’s $1,300
    a
    piece for each citation.
    t was just dropped to my house one day.
    It wasn’t even a
    --
    it wasn’t even no kind of plot
    to
    --
    it wasn’t no steps.
    I know that sometime you
    would get tickets, you’d be issued a ticket
    to,
    take
    with
    gosh,
    Gosh,
    I
    I
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    “Hey,
    look,” you got
    --
    you got dirt,
    you got this,
    2
    “here is your citation.”
    3
    Now,
    you should
    --
    if you don’t respond
    4
    to this
    citation
    --
    and then they take the next
    5
    step.
    The City works with you very well,
    I got to
    6
    admit.
    7
    On this
    right here, with this pollution
    8
    control,
    I never got anything but
    --
    9
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well,
    let me qualify on
    10
    the transcript and the record, the “Pollution
    11
    Board,” I’m not sure what you’re referring to.
    12
    What we are dealing with today
    is, when the City
    13
    sent you an administrative citation, that’s
    the
    14
    City’s.
    lS
    MR. GREER:
    Exactly.
    16
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Now,
    I am a
    17
    little confused.
    When you’re saying the Pollution
    18
    Board sent you
    --
    19
    MR.
    GREER:
    Well,
    the Pollution Board
    --
    the
    20
    pollution
    --
    the IPCB
    --
    IPCB
    --
    Control.
    21
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Can
    I take
    a look at
    22
    what you’re referring to, please?
    23
    (WHEREUPON,
    the document was
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    MR. GREER:
    That’s my copy
    MR.
    KING:
    Can we go off the record again?
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    We can go off the
    record,
    sure.
    (WHEREUPON,
    discussion was had
    off the record.)
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    We just took
    a little
    moment to try and clarify some things.
    Mr. Greer
    was saying that the Pollution Control Board has
    been citing
    --
    and,
    in fact,
    we talked,
    and that’s
    not the case
    t is the City with the administrative
    citation,
    but,
    I guess,
    earlier, previous citations
    were dealt with in another way,
    Mr. King?
    I’m
    sorry,
    correct?
    MR.
    KING:
    Yes.
    Mr. Greer had also received
    citations,
    and the City
    --
    that were adjudicated in
    the City’s administrative hearings department.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    All right.
    MR.
    KING:
    Which is
    a,
    you know,
    different
    --
    a separate forum
    MR.
    GREER:
    But
    I didn’t receive any tickets
    from them
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    I’m sorry, you didn’t
    I
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    1
    receive any tickets from whom?
    2
    MR. GREER:
    No.
    From Administrative
    --
    3
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well, you haven’t
    4
    received any tickets from the Board,
    I’ll clue you,
    5
    that doesn’t happen.
    I mean,
    do you understand
    6
    that it’s not the Board pursuing you?
    7
    MR.
    GREER:
    I’m saying administrative
    8
    hearing
    --
    administrative hearing.
    I
    didn’t
    9
    receive any tickets from them guys.
    10
    The tickets was going to the wrong
    11
    address that they were
    --
    any tickets.
    I
    wasn’t
    12
    getting anything.
    13
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    All right.
    We’re going
    14
    off a little
    --
    a little astray here.
    15
    MR.
    GREER:
    Yeah.
    16
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    But do you understand
    17
    that the Illinois Pollution Control Board
    is not
    18
    prosecuting you?
    19
    MR. GREER:
    Okay.
    20
    THE HEARING OFFICER
    Do you understand7
    21
    MR. GREER:
    So who is prosecuting me?
    22
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    The City.
    23
    MR.
    GREER:
    Administrative hearing,
    right?
    24
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    This is an

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    administrative hearing
    MR.
    GREER:
    Yes
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    The City has filed a
    citation against you
    MR.
    GREER:
    Okay
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Now,
    it’s come out in
    the last couple seconds that you haven’t ever
    received the citation.
    Now,
    you can
    --
    MR. GREER:
    I haven’t
    -
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    --
    proceed along that
    course,
    if you’d like,
    I don’t know
    MR. GREER:
    I haven’t
    --
    I haven’t received
    any citations.
    That’s what
    I was saying,
    that
    --
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    This is kind of
    an anomaly here.
    And Mr.
    Greer has kind of taken a
    course and is not crossing it
    And it sounds like he
    is, pretty much,
    presenting
    his case in chief.
    I’m going
    to allow
    Mr.
    King
    to make
    a statement,
    or a question,
    or
    whatever you want to do,
    Mr. King
    MR.
    KING:
    First,
    I’d like the record to
    reflect that Mr. Greer was served with this
    administrative citation.
    In fact,
    he has his copy
    with him.
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    1
    And my understanding
    is that the
    2
    Department
    of Environment also issued him other
    3
    tickets under our own system.
    But that’s really
    4
    not
    relevant
    to
    the
    proceedings today.
    I don’t
    5
    want to get off on that tangent.
    6
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Right.
    I don’t want
    to
    7
    either.
    I think we’re
    just going to clarify
    8
    Mr.
    Greer’s
    questions
    regarding
    who
    is prosecuting
    9
    whom.
    10
    It
    sounds
    like
    Mr.
    King
    is
    finished
    now.
    11
    Now,
    Mr.
    Greer
    --
    and
    Mr.
    King
    has
    12
    already responded
    --
    you said you’ve never received
    13
    the
    administrative
    citation.
    And,
    from my
    14
    understanding,
    it looks like you’ve brought
    it with
    15
    you
    today.
    This
    is
    Administrative
    Citation
    4-13,
    16
    the Pollution Control Board.
    17
    MR. GREER:
    Right,
    I received that.
    But
    I
    was
    18
    just saying that with Illinois Pollution Control,
    19
    like
    you
    said,
    that
    don’t
    have
    anything
    to
    do
    with
    20
    it.
    21
    But
    the
    Department
    of
    the
    Environment,
    22
    that’s all
    I received from them.
    I’m talking about
    23
    I received that from them,
    but
    --
    24
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Well,
    “that”
    being
    what?

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    MR. KING:
    That, meaning
    that the citations
    that
    they
    was
    given prior to that was going to
    someone else.
    Because had
    I receive them,
    I
    probably wouldn’t have been here
    today.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well,
    we’re not there on
    MR. KING:
    Okay.
    That’s fine
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    We’re
    here
    on
    the
    City
    Department
    of Environment.
    Their case number
    is
    03-02-AC, Administrative
    Citation.
    MR.
    KING:
    Right
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Their corresponding
    number
    is AC4-13
    Now,
    you
    said
    you’ve
    received
    this
    citation
    --
    MR.
    THE
    MR.
    THE
    MR.
    THE
    GREER:
    HEARING
    GREER:
    HEARING
    GREER:
    HEARING
    --
    we don’t
    MR.
    GREER:
    THE
    HEARING
    Yes
    OFFICER:
    Yes
    OFFICER:
    Yes
    OFFICER:
    want
    to
    Okay.
    OFFICER:
    --
    from
    the
    City?
    Okay
    Now,
    we
    can
    start
    get
    off
    on
    a
    tangent.
    That’s
    fine
    That,
    right now,
    is,
    1
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    3
    4
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    6
    those.
    7
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    1
    pretty
    much,
    irrelevant.
    But
    we’re talking about
    2
    this
    one
    in
    front
    of
    us.
    3
    MR.
    GREER:
    Okay.
    4
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    So,
    with
    that
    said,
    do
    5
    you
    have
    any
    questions
    of
    Ms.
    Kelly?
    Or
    you
    may
    6
    proceed with what,
    I assume,
    is your case in chief
    7
    and your narrative
    summary of the situation.
    8
    MR. GREER:
    Yeah.
    Well,
    like
    I was saying,
    at
    9
    first,
    the
    items
    on
    the
    photos
    1
    through 4,
    I don’t
    10
    even own none of them items,
    other than the truck
    11
    and
    the
    payloader.
    The
    other
    items
    was
    a
    guy
    --
    it
    12
    was
    Columbus
    Don.
    13
    And,
    as
    we
    speak
    now,
    the
    things
    that
    14
    you
    see
    in
    the
    photo
    are
    no
    longer
    there.
    The lot
    15
    is like 35 percent
    clean.
    16
    And they were
    --
    someone was cleaning up
    17
    the lot prior to that and was stopped by some City
    18
    inspector.
    It would probablyhave
    been cleaned up
    19
    awhile
    back,
    but
    someone
    had
    stopped the cleanup.
    20
    Some
    City
    inspector
    stopped
    the
    person
    from
    21
    cleaning up the lot.
    22
    I had photos
    to show that
    it was clean,
    23
    but these are
    --
    I grabbed the wrong photos.
    So
    I
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    1
    didn’t bring
    them.
    2
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    3
    MR. GREER:
    Right.
    And we have
    --
    it
    was
    a
    4
    couple
    of
    guys
    --
    it
    was
    a couple
    of guys or trucks
    5
    that
    was
    fly
    dumping.
    On
    the
    Photo
    4,
    you’ll
    see
    6
    that
    it’s
    a
    lot
    of
    debris
    on
    the
    outside
    of
    the
    7
    fence.
    8
    And
    we
    got
    a
    lot
    of
    fly
    dumpers.
    We
    9
    kind
    of
    --
    kind
    of
    put
    a
    lock
    on
    it,
    because
    10
    we
    --
    we
    had
    a
    guy
    staying
    out
    there
    just
    waiting
    11
    on them.
    12
    And he didn’t get a license plate
    13
    because
    his
    trucks didn’t have them on there,
    14
    but
    we
    kind
    of
    like
    stopped
    a
    lot
    of their fly
    15
    dumping.
    16
    This
    (indicating)
    is
    a
    street.
    But
    --
    17
    it’s
    called
    a
    street.
    It looks like an alley but
    18
    it’s known as a street.
    And
    I think the street
    is
    19
    called
    --
    it’s
    Wallace.
    20
    And
    we
    stopped
    a
    lot
    of
    that
    fly
    21
    dumping.
    That’s outside of our premises.
    22
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    You’re referring
    to
    23
    Photograph
    No.
    4
    --
    24
    MR. GREER:
    Exactly.

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    1
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    --
    The Complainant’s
    2
    Exhibit No.
    1?
    3
    MR.
    GREER:
    And
    also
    you
    can
    --
    Exhibit
    1
    4
    also.
    And
    not
    even
    that
    --
    5
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Exhibit
    1 or
    6
    Photograph
    1?
    7
    MR. GREER:
    It’s Photograph
    1,
    and
    it’s
    8
    Photograph
    4.
    That’s the street.
    9
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    10
    MR. GREER:
    That’s where they do the fly
    11
    dumping at.
    And we had one little person to stay
    12
    with us
    --
    well,
    one little,
    small vehicle to sit
    13
    on the side so that he wouldn’t be known
    to the
    14
    viewer.
    15
    And
    he
    caught
    some
    guys
    coming
    to
    16
    fly
    dump.
    And
    we
    got
    credit
    from
    the
    alderman
    17
    and
    another
    precinct
    captain
    guy
    and
    also
    an
    18
    inspector.
    19
    And
    we
    clean
    up
    a
    lot
    of
    stuff
    that
    they
    20
    dumped on there.
    We clean a lot of tires up that a
    21
    lot
    of
    fly
    dumpers
    did.
    22
    You
    know,
    we
    did
    a
    lot
    of
    improvement
    to
    23
    that
    street,
    with
    our
    own
    equipment.
    24
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Do
    you
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    any

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    questions of Ms.
    Kelly?
    CROSS -EXAMINATION
    BY MR.
    GREER:
    Q.
    When you spoke
    to
    Don,
    did
    he
    let
    you
    that
    --
    did you ever speak to Don before?
    you
    ever
    spoke
    to
    Don?
    A.
    Yeah.
    Q.
    And
    did
    he
    let
    you
    know
    that
    that
    stuff
    that
    he
    was
    cleaning
    up
    in
    there,
    he
    was
    going
    to
    get
    that
    stuff
    out,
    and
    someone
    stopped
    him
    from
    cleaning up
    in there?
    I don’t know who
    the
    inspector
    was,
    but
    he
    said
    someone
    stopped
    him,
    so
    he didn’t go back.
    He would be here
    -
    a slipped disk.
    you spoke to that
    A.
    On
    one
    --
    one
    of
    the
    occasions
    when
    I
    did
    meet
    him.
    And
    he
    stated
    that
    he
    was
    there
    to
    clean
    up
    the
    site
    Q.
    Yeah,
    right
    A.
    So
    that
    he
    wanted
    to
    get
    like
    a
    permit
    to
    use
    the
    yard.
    And
    then
    after
    that,
    I
    didn’t
    see
    him
    anymore.
    Q.
    Yeah.
    back
    -
    --
    so
    know
    Have
    his
    say
    today for a witness but
    But,
    needless to
    guy?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
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    10
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    1
    A.
    And
    I
    don’t
    know
    --
    I never talked to
    2
    him
    anymore,
    if
    someone
    had
    came
    and
    stopped
    him
    3
    from cleaning up the site
    --
    4
    Q.
    Right.
    Exactly.
    That was just
    --
    the
    5
    items
    that
    you
    see
    were
    his.
    And
    the
    guy
    got
    kind
    6
    of
    sick,
    real
    bad,
    and
    he
    left
    a
    lot
    of stuff on me
    7
    to clean up.
    8
    So
    I
    was
    --
    mostly,
    he
    tried
    to
    do
    what
    9
    he could do, but he couldn’t do a lot.
    So them
    10
    items
    that
    you
    see
    there belong to that guy.
    11
    And
    --
    but we
    --
    “we,”
    meaning
    me,
    and
    a
    12
    crew
    of mine,
    we got some items out of there.
    The
    13
    stuff that you see in the photos are no longer
    14
    there.
    15
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Mr.
    King?
    16
    MR. KING:
    If Mr. Greer doesn’t have any other
    17
    questions for Ms.
    Kelly,
    I just have two quick
    18
    ones.
    I’d
    like
    to
    clarify
    a
    couple
    things.
    19
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Do
    you
    have
    any
    20
    other questions
    of
    --
    21
    MR. GREER:
    Oh, yeah.
    22
    FURTHER CROSS-EXAMINATION
    23
    BY MR.
    GREER:
    24
    Q.
    About the stolen cars?
    You said that

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    1
    there
    was
    stolen
    cars
    in
    the
    --
    you were meaning
    2
    like
    in
    the
    alley
    there,
    like
    in
    the
    back
    of
    3
    that
    --
    because
    they were doing that also.
    4
    They were coming with vehicles,
    parking
    5
    on
    the
    outside,
    stripping
    cars
    out
    there
    also.
    I
    6
    didn’t
    --
    when
    you
    said
    the
    back,
    I
    didn’t
    really
    7
    know
    the
    back
    of
    what
    you
    --
    8
    A.
    Well,
    basically,
    I went
    to the
    --
    9
    because
    of
    the
    fact
    that
    I
    had
    a
    complaint.
    And
    10
    that’s what responds me to a site
    --
    11
    Q.
    Right,
    exactly.
    12
    A.
    --
    if someone makes
    a
    complaint.
    And
    I
    13
    did
    see
    --
    that
    was
    way
    on
    the
    early
    --
    a couple
    14
    years
    ago.
    And
    --
    about the
    --
    and
    I
    did
    see
    a
    car
    15
    back there stripped.
    16
    Q.
    Yeah.
    17
    A.
    That’s what led me to your site.
    18
    Q.
    Exactly.
    19
    A.
    But,
    I
    believe,
    the
    police,
    20
    basically
    --
    when the City
    --
    when
    I let my
    21
    management
    know
    --
    I believe the City
    owns
    the
    lot
    22
    that’s
    further west.
    So when they sealed that
    23
    property
    off,
    and
    the
    company
    that’s
    south
    of
    you
    24
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    the stolen cars
    --
    the

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    1
    people
    that
    were
    stealing
    the
    cars
    back
    there
    --
    2
    they
    were
    --
    they
    weren’t
    able
    to
    get
    back
    there
    to
    3
    do that anymore,
    so that stopped.
    4
    Q.
    Right.
    5
    A.
    And
    then
    we
    continued
    with
    the
    6
    inspections
    of your
    --
    of your property
    --
    of that
    7
    property
    --
    of your property.
    8
    Q.
    Exactly,
    right.
    9
    MR.
    GREER:
    I can understand what she’s
    10
    talking about,
    right.
    Yeah.
    11
    We
    had
    a
    lot
    of
    that theft also in our
    12
    yard,
    you
    know.
    So
    I
    can
    --
    I
    can
    relate
    to
    that
    13
    statement.
    So
    --
    14
    BY MR.
    GREER:
    15
    Q.
    Let
    me
    see.
    And
    you
    said
    --
    you
    said
    16
    Frank
    King
    was
    the
    owner?
    17
    A.
    No, not at that yard.
    18
    Q.
    You
    was
    just
    stating
    --
    19
    A.
    When
    I
    was
    talking
    to
    Frank
    King
    at
    the
    20
    60
    --
    before.
    21
    Q.
    65th?
    22
    A.
    Yeah,
    65th Street
    site.
    23
    MR. GREER:
    Okay.
    At this particular
    time
    I
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    THE
    MR.
    BY MR.
    KING:
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Mr.
    King,
    redirect?
    KING:
    Yes
    REDIRECT EXAMINATION
    Q.
    Mr. Greer asked you about if you had
    spoke
    to
    Don.
    Who
    is
    Don?
    A.
    Columbus
    Don.
    name
    two different
    ways.
    or Columbus Dan
    MR. GREER:
    Right
    BY
    THE
    WITNESS:
    A.
    And
    I
    met
    him,
    initially,
    at
    the
    site.
    And
    he
    --
    his
    property
    is
    on
    the
    west
    side,
    on
    Flournoy.
    The
    City
    took
    over
    his
    property.
    had
    an
    auto
    junkyard,
    so
    he
    stated
    that
    he
    wanted
    to
    have
    an
    auto junkyard at this
    site
    And
    I
    informed
    him
    that
    he
    could
    not
    have
    an
    auto
    junkyard
    at
    this
    site
    until
    that
    site
    was
    cleaned
    up
    And so he
    --
    one other time he stated
    that he would be cleaning the site up
    BY MR. KING:
    He
    Oh,
    my
    --
    they have
    his
    It’s
    either
    Columbus
    Don
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    Q.
    Was
    that
    site
    ever
    permitted
    as
    a
    waste

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    1
    handling disposal
    --
    or waste disposal
    facility?
    2
    A.
    That
    area,
    601,
    it
    was
    in
    our
    3
    department.
    I don’t know how many years ago it
    4
    was,
    but
    it
    was
    once
    permitted
    as
    an
    auto
    junkyard.
    5
    Q.
    But
    was
    it
    ever
    permitted
    as
    a
    waste
    6
    disposal or a waste handling facility?
    7
    A.
    No.
    8
    Q.
    Thank you.
    9
    MR.
    KING:
    No
    further
    redirect.
    10
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Thank
    you.
    Any
    further
    11
    recross,
    Mr.
    Greer?
    12
    RECROSS-EXAMINATION
    13
    BY MR.
    GREER:
    14
    Q.
    When he says “waste,”
    I don’t
    --
    I
    15
    don’t
    --
    waste
    meaning
    --
    waste meaning
    like cars
    16
    or something?
    Heavy vehicles,
    is that considered
    17
    waste?
    18
    A.
    (No
    audible
    response.)
    19
    Q.
    I’m
    asking
    --
    20
    A.
    Oh,
    you’re
    asking
    me?
    Okay.
    21
    Q.
    Whether
    it’s
    the
    heavy
    cars
    that
    are
    22
    considered
    waste,
    or
    are
    the
    --
    because
    that’s what
    23
    he had in there.
    He had like
    --
    he had like cars,
    24
    pickup
    trucks,
    and
    just
    like
    what
    a
    --
    somewhat
    a

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    wrecking outfit would have,
    like
    C & D
    --
    before
    C
    &
    D
    --
    like
    A-Reliable.
    You
    know
    there
    was
    a
    place,
    he had something
    like that
    So waste
    --
    it
    may
    look
    like
    it
    was
    waste because
    it was going out to be recycled for a
    recycling outfit,
    like Cozzi’s or either General
    Iron.
    It may look like waste,
    but it
    was
    like
    --
    that
    was
    his
    way
    of
    living
    from
    his
    sources
    That’s
    the
    way
    he operated over there on
    the
    west
    side.
    So,
    waste,
    I
    really
    can’t
    --
    I
    don’t
    -
    A.
    Well,
    on
    that,
    the
    definition
    of
    waste
    is,
    basically,
    when
    you
    don’t
    have
    a
    permit
    --
    Q.
    Oh.
    A.
    --
    from our department
    to have an auto
    junkyard,
    then the storage of the material
    is
    considered waste.
    Because
    it’s dismantled
    cars,
    you have waste tires that was on the ground, you
    have 55-gallon metal
    drums that were scattered all
    over,
    you
    had
    gasoline tanks
    from vehicles,
    you had
    a
    lot
    of
    mounded
    soil
    that
    was
    mixed with
    --
    Q.
    Right
    1
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    3
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    --
    C & D waste,
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    debris,
    household
    garbage.
    When this type of
    material
    is all scattered all over the ground and
    it’s
    not
    --
    it’s
    not
    stored
    in
    the
    site
    according
    to
    the
    City’s
    regulations
    of
    being
    18
    inches
    off
    the
    ground.
    And
    the
    ground
    has
    to
    be kept clean.
    No
    waste
    liquids from these autos
    --
    Q.
    Exactly
    A.
    lot
    of
    that
    --
    poured
    into
    the
    ground.
    You
    had
    a
    So,
    therefore,
    that’s
    why
    it
    was
    considered
    an
    open
    dump,
    because
    it
    was
    not
    permitted,
    and
    this
    material
    was
    stored
    all
    on
    the
    ground,
    which
    is
    against
    City
    ordinances.
    Q.
    To
    my
    understanding,
    that
    --
    the
    reason
    why
    it
    was
    probably
    scattered
    that
    way
    is
    because,
    in
    order
    to
    load
    something
    to
    get
    it
    out,
    it
    would
    have
    to
    be
    like
    consolidated
    to
    a
    fact
    that
    you
    would have to get it all together and put it
    in
    --
    these
    recycling
    outfits,
    they
    don’t
    take
    everything.
    You can’t just give them everything.
    They
    will
    refuse
    the whole load,
    and we
    have to bring the whole
    thing back to them and load
    it
    on
    that
    site.
    And
    in
    the
    process
    of
    going
    to
    a
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    recycling know as General
    Iron,
    Cozzi,
    there
    is
    steps
    that
    you
    would
    have
    to
    take
    The
    gas
    tanks
    was
    on
    the
    ground
    because
    can go to recycling
    A.
    Right
    Q.
    That would blow the whole thing.
    they
    take
    them
    off,
    too,
    like
    put
    them
    in
    a
    container,
    drain
    the
    liquid.
    So
    it
    was
    a
    process
    he was probably taking.
    But they probably
    --
    you
    know,
    they
    probably
    was
    there
    because
    he
    was
    loading
    A.
    Okay
    Q.
    He told
    me
    he
    was
    loading
    everything.
    But
    he
    had
    got
    stopped,
    so
    --
    he’s
    not
    even
    here
    even
    to
    state
    his
    case,
    but that’s all
    I can say on
    his behalf
    --
    know.
    A.
    Q.
    Right
    --
    because
    that’s what he
    told
    me,
    you
    A.
    But
    it’s
    --
    it says
    in
    the
    ordinance
    you
    cannot
    put
    that
    material
    on
    the
    ground.
    When
    you
    unload
    it
    --
    that’s
    why
    the
    City
    requires
    you
    have
    a
    --
    the
    lot
    has
    to
    be paved with concrete
    And when you are dismantling the car,
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    1
    you
    have
    to
    put
    that
    material
    on
    that
    concrete
    and
    2
    drain the material into 55-gallon drums or some
    3
    type
    of
    AST,
    above
    ground
    storage
    tank,
    that
    has
    a
    4
    secondary
    storage
    around
    it
    so
    that
    the
    liquids
    do
    5
    not
    go
    into
    the
    ground.
    6
    Q.
    Exactly.
    7
    A.
    And
    then,
    once
    you
    get
    finished
    8
    dismantling
    the
    car, you’re supposed to have racks
    9
    where
    that
    material
    is
    stored
    and
    kept
    until
    you
    10
    remove
    it,
    or
    either
    you
    sell
    it
    to
    the
    public.
    11
    Whatever
    is
    usable
    --
    was
    nonsaleable,
    you
    take
    to
    12
    a scrap metal dealer.
    Therefore,
    you would keep
    13
    the
    yard
    clean.
    14
    Q.
    Yeah.
    I don’t think he really never got
    15
    to the point
    of getting any racks,
    because he might
    16
    have
    found
    out
    --
    he had told me he
    had
    a
    permit
    to
    17
    move there.
    That’s the reason why he moved his
    18
    stuff
    there.
    But
    he
    never,
    probably,
    got
    to
    the
    19
    part to even build any racks.
    20
    If he found out that he could have what
    21
    he
    had
    in
    order
    to
    get
    what
    he
    wanted,
    it
    would
    22
    have to be clean.
    So you can’t
    get
    it
    unless
    you
    23
    do it.
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    I guess
    --
    in other words,
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    1
    get
    the
    permit
    or
    what
    the
    City
    wants
    to
    issue
    you,
    2
    until you clean
    the, you know,
    the premises up.
    3
    A.
    Right.
    4
    Q.
    So, you know,
    that’s what
    I looked at.
    5
    And,
    right now,
    we is in this process
    of still
    6
    cleaning some items
    that he left.
    So
    it’s
    7
    three-quarters percent clean now.
    8
    So
    we’re
    in
    the
    process
    of
    9
    getting
    --
    getting the whole
    thing resolved by
    10
    cleaning everything up that he
    did
    leave
    there.
    11
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Any
    other
    questions
    of
    12
    Ms.
    Kelly?
    13
    MR.
    GREER:
    No, not at this time.
    14
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    You may step down or
    15
    aside.
    Okay.
    Thank
    you.
    16
    Mr.
    King?
    17
    MR. KING:
    I
    --
    18
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    You know what
    --
    did you
    19
    have any re-redirect,
    Mr. King?
    I’m sorry.
    20
    MR.
    KING:
    No.
    21
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Thank you.
    22
    Are
    you
    going
    to
    call
    any
    more
    23
    witnesses,
    or
    are
    you
    going
    to
    rest?
    24
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    No,
    I have no
    --

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    he’
    5
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    All
    right.
    MR. KING:
    I have no further
    --
    I’m done with
    my case
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Thank
    you
    Mr. Greer,
    I know
    --
    it’s your case in
    chief now.
    I know you’ve testified
    to some
    extent,
    kind of out of turn, but that’s fine
    Do
    you
    wish
    to
    give
    further
    testimony,
    or
    do
    you
    have
    any
    witnesses
    to
    call?
    MR.
    GREER:
    No.
    As
    I
    was
    saying
    at
    the
    minute
    --
    with the court reporter,
    I
    was
    saying
    that
    my
    witness
    was
    Don
    King,
    that
    Ms.
    Kelly
    --
    Inspector Kelly knows.
    She kind of knows this guy,
    I don’t know well or not,
    but she briefly spoke to
    him.
    And
    that
    was
    my
    witness.
    And
    he’s
    --
    very
    ill,
    so
    he
    couldn’t
    make
    it
    today.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay
    MR.
    KING:
    So
    my
    witness
    is
    not
    here.
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Do
    you
    want
    to
    give
    any
    further
    statement,
    I
    guess?
    And,
    if
    so,
    Mr.
    King
    is
    more
    than
    allowed
    to
    cross-examine
    you
    if he so chooses
    MR. GREER:
    Like that
    --
    with the APC control,
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    1
    with
    the
    pollution,
    and
    the environment,
    I was kind
    2
    of
    baffled,
    meaning
    that
    I
    had
    got
    like
    3
    $1,500
    --
    well,
    $3,000
    --
    $3,000 worth of fines
    4
    from
    the
    Department
    of Administrative Hearing.
    5
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    No.
    I think that
    6
    was
    --
    correct
    me
    if
    I’m
    wrong,
    it’s
    the
    Department
    7
    of the Environment,
    from the City.
    Correct?
    8
    Is that correct,
    Mr. King?
    I think
    9
    you’re
    referring
    to
    the
    administrative
    citation
    10
    3-14?
    11
    MR.
    GREER:
    Well
    --
    12
    MR.
    KING:
    If
    I
    can
    clarify
    this
    a
    little
    --
    13
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Thank
    you.
    14
    MR.
    KING:
    --
    I
    will
    represent
    that
    the
    City
    15
    has
    the
    Department
    of
    Environment
    and
    the
    16
    Department
    of Administrative Hearings, which
    is a
    17
    separate department.
    18
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    I’m confused.
    19
    MR.
    KING:
    The
    Department
    of
    Environment
    20
    inspects and occasionally
    issues notices
    of
    21
    violation,
    tickets,
    citations.
    They
    all
    sort
    of
    22
    mean the same thing.
    23
    And
    those
    are
    adjudicated
    in
    the
    24
    Department
    of Administrative
    Hearings, which
    is,

    you
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    basically,
    sort of a city court.
    It has, you know,
    court rooms and hearing officers
    And they will issue orders that are,
    know,
    enforceable under the state
    law.
    And,
    as
    said
    earlier,
    I
    believe
    that
    Mr.
    Greer
    had
    been
    issued some other violation notices under that that
    were adjudicated in that forum,
    and he may have,
    I
    think,
    it looks like
    -
    MR.
    GREER:
    The Department
    of the Environment.
    MR.
    KING:
    --
    an order from the Department
    of
    Administrative Hearings
    that may have imposed the
    fine
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Thank
    you
    MR.
    KING:
    I think that’s what he is talking
    about
    now.
    up.
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Thanks
    for
    clearing
    that
    MR.
    GREER:
    The
    Department
    of
    the
    Environment
    --
    that
    was
    the
    first
    issue.
    The
    Department
    of
    the
    Environment,
    they
    also
    had
    the
    $3,000 worth of
    fines.
    So
    once
    I
    --
    once
    I
    looked
    at
    the
    Department
    of Environment
    fines and the Department
    of Administrative
    Hearing,
    I just gathered that
    the
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    City
    is
    just
    --
    they
    are
    working
    with
    the
    City
    on
    this thing,
    on these same citations
    So
    I really mean the Department of
    Environment with the $3,000 worth of tickets.
    And
    then
    I
    got
    the
    pollution
    also,
    with
    $1,500
    or
    whatever
    the
    tickets
    are
    don’t
    really
    know
    that.
    I
    really
    didn’t
    look
    at
    --
    when
    I
    looked
    at
    it,
    I
    got
    kind
    of
    upset,
    you
    know,
    with
    seeing
    the
    fines.
    So
    I
    don’t
    even
    know
    how
    much.
    But
    I
    know
    it
    was
    two
    tickets,
    and
    it’s
    close
    to
    $3,000
    for
    the
    IPC
    control
    and
    environment
    And
    I
    thought
    it
    was
    double
    jeopardy.
    didn’t
    know
    because
    it’s
    like
    environment
    has
    something,
    pollution.
    And
    so
    I’m
    like
    --
    and
    then
    I
    got
    the
    attorneys
    for
    the
    City
    on
    the
    environment
    that
    is wanting $3,000 also on the same case.
    Yep.
    I don’t know
    if
    you
    want
    to
    see
    a
    document of it, but
    I have something in here.
    And
    prior to this,
    this case right here,
    this yard that
    we speak
    of,
    the citations that was being wrote on
    the
    property,
    was
    going
    to
    the
    wrong
    address.
    And
    that
    was
    another
    issue
    that
    came
    up
    And
    had
    I
    known
    that
    it
    was
    that
    bad
    --
    I
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    1
    we
    were
    told
    that
    the
    cleanup
    on
    State
    Street
    was
    a
    2
    must,
    regardless of anything, you do that first.
    3
    Because
    the
    mayor,
    that’s
    what
    he
    wanted
    --
    that’s
    4
    what he wanted first.
    5
    So
    this
    is
    something
    from
    the
    --
    from
    6
    the
    attorneys
    on
    --
    I don’t know if you want to see
    7
    it.
    8
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Well,
    Mr.
    King,
    do
    you
    9
    want
    to
    take
    a
    look
    at
    it
    and
    I’ll
    take
    a
    look
    at
    10
    it?
    I
    don’t
    know
    if
    you
    want
    to
    put
    it
    into
    11
    evidence,
    but
    while
    we
    are
    on
    the
    topic
    of
    12
    exhibits,
    I will need the Complainant’s Exhibit
    13
    No.
    1 back.
    I think,
    Mr. Greer,
    that you have in
    14
    your possession.
    15
    MR.
    GREER:
    Oh,
    No.
    1?
    16
    MR.
    KING:
    This here.
    17
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    All
    right.
    So
    I
    can
    18
    mark that
    --
    19
    MR.
    GREER:
    I’ve
    got
    my
    photos
    at
    home
    that
    20
    was
    attached
    to
    that.
    21
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    I’m
    just
    looking
    at
    a
    22
    letter
    dated
    October
    26th,
    2003
    to Mr.
    Greer from
    23
    the
    firm
    of
    Baker,
    Miller,
    Markoff
    &
    Cransy*,
    24
    regarding
    --
    it
    says,
    “A judgment has been

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    55
    registered
    in
    the
    Circuit
    Court
    of
    Cook
    County
    against
    you
    in
    the
    amount
    of
    $3,525,
    on
    behalf
    of
    the
    City
    of
    Chicago
    Okay.
    What
    did
    you
    want
    me
    to
    do
    with
    this,
    Mr. Greer?
    MR.
    GREER:
    I just want you to put that in the
    minutes
    so
    the
    court reporter will have
    it.
    That’s
    all
    --
    that’s all
    And
    the
    reason
    --
    that’s
    the
    only
    way
    I
    knew that the environment was citating me,
    once
    I
    received that information.
    Had
    I not received
    that,
    I
    still wouldn’t have known that the
    environment had citated me any tickets
    --
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    And
    I have
    a
    couple of things
    -
    MR.
    GREER:
    --
    that document at that time.
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Mr.
    King?
    MR.
    KING:
    I
    looked
    over
    the
    document
    that
    Mr.
    Greer
    has
    tendered
    to
    you.
    And,
    as
    I
    understand
    it,
    that
    appears
    to
    be
    a
    demand
    letter
    from a law firm that does collections for the City,
    based on a circuit court judgment that would have
    been entered on an administrative determination
    in
    the City’s Department of Administrative Hearings.
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
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    As
    I understand
    it,
    what Mr.
    Greer is
    saying that he never got the citation underlying
    that judgment.
    It was probably a default judgment.
    However,
    it’s
    --
    I don’t think there’s
    any
    question
    that
    you
    were
    served
    with
    the
    administrative citation that’s up today.
    And
    that
    --
    whatever that’s based on,
    was
    a completely
    separate proceeding
    And
    I
    --
    it
    doesn’t
    have anything to do
    with
    this
    citation
    that’s
    up
    today.
    Or,
    you
    know,
    separate
    citations,
    separate
    violations,
    separate
    proceeding.
    And,
    I
    suppose,
    that
    I
    would
    object
    to
    entering that
    into evidence,
    simply because it’s
    irrelevant
    to
    this
    that
    it
    is
    going
    on
    here.
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    A
    couple
    of
    things.
    I
    agree with Mr.
    King,
    it is irrelevant
    to the case
    at
    hand.
    Secondly,
    the
    letter,
    and
    this
    is
    a
    communication
    from
    a
    debt
    collector
    --
    as it states
    below on the letter itself
    --
    doesn’t
    give
    any
    indication of the address of the site where
    the
    --
    MR. GREER:
    It has the case number on there.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well,
    it has a case
    number,
    but
    I don’t know if it’s the same site.
    Mr.
    Greer,
    what
    I could do,
    if you’re
    1
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    1
    still insistent on bringing this into evidence,
    2
    I could take it as an offer of proof, but
    I would
    3
    sustain the City’s objection that
    it is
    4
    irrelevant.
    And that means that
    I would take it
    5
    with
    the
    case,
    I
    will
    mark
    it Respondent’s Exhibit
    6
    No.
    1,
    and
    when
    the
    Board
    takes
    a
    look
    at
    it,
    they
    7
    may overrule me.
    8
    Would
    you
    --
    9
    MR. GREER:
    No, that’s
    okay.
    I just put it in
    10
    the
    minutes.
    11
    It’s just that
    --
    the state’s attorney
    12
    was
    saying
    that
    it’s
    kind
    of irrelevant, but known
    13
    to
    the
    fact
    that
    it’s
    still
    $3,000
    that
    is
    cited
    14
    for
    the
    environment
    on
    that
    location.
    15
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Do you want me to
    16
    take
    it as your exhibit?
    No?
    17
    MR. GREER:
    No,
    don’t take it as an exhibit.
    18
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Okay.
    All
    right.
    19
    Thanks.
    The
    record
    will reflect what we’ve been
    20
    talking about,
    regardless.
    21
    Gee,
    I
    forgot
    where
    we
    were.
    Mr. Greer,
    22
    you’re still in your case in chief,
    I believe.
    23
    MR. GREER:
    My case in chief?
    24
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Well,
    yeah.
    You’re

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    pursuing your argument
    MR.
    GREER:
    Oh,
    yeah,
    exactly.
    That was
    --
    I
    think that was about
    it at this point
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    So do you rest?
    You have nothing more to say,
    other than a closing
    argument?
    MR.
    THE
    MR.
    like to
    THE
    MR.
    GREER:
    No, nothing else
    to say.
    HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay
    Mr.
    King,
    rebuttal
    KING:
    Well,
    I do have one question I’d
    ask Mr. Greer
    by
    way
    of
    cross-examination.
    HEARING OFFICER:
    I’m sorry
    KING:
    Well,
    two questions,
    I suppose.
    CROSS
    -
    EXAMINATION
    BY MR.
    KING:
    Q.
    Mr.
    Greer,
    you
    said earlier,
    I believe,
    “We
    stopped
    the
    fly
    dumping
    that
    had
    been
    occurring
    at
    the
    site
    along”
    --
    I
    think
    you
    said
    Wallace
    Street?
    A.
    Well,
    if
    you
    got
    the
    “we
    stopped,”
    I
    don’t
    want
    to
    say
    we
    stopped,
    but
    we
    slowed
    it
    down
    Q.
    A.
    Who is
    “we”?
    We, meaning,
    a crew that works with me
    7
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
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    13
    14
    1S
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    1
    in
    that
    lot.
    I
    have
    like little workers that
    2
    work
    --
    handles
    the
    stuff
    on
    the
    ground,
    moving
    the
    3
    freight off the ground,
    and getting the tires
    in
    4
    one
    place.
    And
    there’s
    a
    guy
    that watches the
    5
    yard.
    I
    got
    a
    yard
    guy.
    6
    Q.
    Okay.
    And
    you
    described
    how
    you
    had
    7
    someone in a car keeping watch and
    --
    8
    A.
    Well,
    not
    all
    the
    time.
    Most
    of
    the
    9
    time he will drive back there,
    and it’s not an
    10
    everyday thing.
    11
    Because
    I told him if
    --
    something
    12
    happened
    with
    this
    guy,
    he
    was
    approached
    with
    a
    13
    gun.
    I
    told
    him
    okay,
    look,
    “Come
    randomly.”
    You
    14
    know, don’t make it an everyday thing.
    15
    So
    this
    is
    a
    guy
    that
    --
    that
    I
    --
    that
    16
    I
    know
    personally,
    that
    works
    with
    me
    on
    the
    lot.
    17
    He
    stops
    by,
    and
    if
    he
    see
    a
    truck
    or
    something,
    18
    he,
    “Hey,”
    you
    know,
    he
    kind
    of
    slough
    him
    off.
    19
    Q.
    Well,
    my question about that
    is, when
    20
    did he start doing that?
    When did you
    --
    when did
    21
    that begin?
    22
    A.
    Well,
    on this premises we speaking of
    23
    now,
    this inspector there,
    and the head
    --
    is one
    24
    top
    guy
    and
    zone
    --
    well,
    this
    is
    environment.
    And

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    1
    this
    guy
    that’s
    in
    the
    environment
    is
    --
    not
    2
    environment,
    streets
    and
    sanitation,
    I’m
    sorry.
    3
    Streets
    and
    sanitation,
    Cole
    Steller.
    4
    Q.
    Well,
    I’m
    asking
    about
    you
    and
    your
    5
    crew,
    and
    your
    man,
    taking
    steps
    to
    deter
    the
    fly
    6
    dumpers?
    7
    A.
    Right.
    8
    Q.
    When did they start doing that?
    9
    A.
    Right.
    They started doing
    it
    when
    the
    10
    time
    that
    --
    like
    I
    was
    saying,
    I
    was
    getting
    to
    11
    the part
    --
    Cole Steller
    is
    a
    streets
    and
    12
    sanitation guy.
    He noticed the tires that was
    13
    dumped in there.
    14
    He came and told us
    --
    he said,
    “Gosh,
    15
    you
    guys
    got
    a
    lot
    of stuff.”
    So I’m just using
    16
    that,
    because
    if
    you
    talk
    to
    this
    guy,
    he
    can
    give
    17
    you
    the
    date
    because
    he
    had
    wrote
    it down.
    He put
    18
    me
    on
    the
    list
    for cleanup back there,
    Cole
    19
    Steller.
    20
    Now,
    it
    started
    back
    --
    gosh,
    when we
    21
    started
    the
    cleanup
    over
    there
    last
    year
    sometime.
    22
    Maybe
    the
    --
    the
    middle
    of
    2003.
    It
    was
    during
    23
    the
    --
    it was during
    the
    --
    maybe
    in October
    --
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    1
    Q.
    All right.
    2
    A.
    It
    was
    during
    the
    warm
    months
    of
    --
    it
    3
    was
    like
    --
    it
    was
    like
    in
    June
    sometime.
    June
    4
    July,
    August,
    stuff like that,
    in that period of
    5
    time.
    6
    Because
    I can
    remember
    myself
    being
    on
    7
    the
    site
    --
    on the site
    that
    we
    was
    cleaning
    8
    for
    --
    well,
    right across from the City.
    And this
    9
    guy
    Don
    --
    Columbus
    Don
    was
    over there in the house
    10
    on
    the
    inside cleaning up the stuff that he had.
    11
    And
    he
    was
    saying
    that,
    “Hey,
    a
    lot
    of
    12
    guys dumped tires.”
    I said,
    “Okay, what we do is
    13
    we
    get
    somebody
    over
    here
    and
    watch.”
    14
    So
    if
    --
    when
    you
    spoke
    to
    Don,
    it
    was
    15
    around
    in
    the
    --
    them
    was
    the
    hot
    months
    that
    he
    16
    went over there,
    wasn’t
    it kind of warm outside,
    if
    17
    you can remember?
    18
    MS.
    KELLY:
    What
    do
    you
    want
    --
    19
    MR.
    GREER:
    When
    you
    --
    20
    MS. KELLY:
    When
    I
    first met
    him?
    21
    MR. GREER:
    No, when you first talked to him
    22
    about moving the stuff out he had told you about.
    23
    He
    was
    going
    to
    --
    I think
    it
    happened
    the
    same
    24
    time.
    I
    can’t
    really
    --
    I don’t
    remember
    the
    exact

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    1
    date,
    but
    I
    know
    it
    was
    warm
    out.
    2
    MS.
    KELLY:
    Oh.
    3
    MR.
    GREER:
    You
    didn’t
    need
    a
    jacket.
    4
    MS.
    KELLY:
    Right.
    5
    MR. GREER:
    You didn’t need a big heavy
    6
    coat.
    7
    MS.
    KELLY:
    You
    mean
    --
    oh,
    you
    mean
    the
    last
    8
    time
    when
    I
    saw
    him
    and
    talked
    to
    him?
    That
    was
    9
    like
    --
    yeah.
    That
    was
    around
    June.
    10
    MR.
    GREER:
    Something like that,
    yeah.
    11
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Mr.
    King?
    12
    MR.
    KING:
    Mr.
    Greer
    has
    been
    asking
    Ms.
    Kelly
    13
    these
    questions.
    If
    his
    testimony
    is
    that
    she
    14
    would know when this occurred, maybe we should just
    15
    put
    her
    back
    on
    and
    I’ll
    ask
    her.
    16
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    Yeah.
    I mean,
    that’s
    17
    fine.
    I’m here to ensure an orderly hearing,
    and
    18
    it’s
    not
    really
    going
    that
    way
    when
    Mr.
    King
    asks
    19
    you
    questions,
    Mr.
    Greer,
    and
    you
    don’t
    really
    ask
    20
    Ms. Kelly.
    21
    MR. GREER:
    All right.
    22
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    But
    that’s
    all
    fine.
    23
    It’s
    not
    --
    you’re not here every day.
    24
    So
    if
    you
    want
    to
    do
    that
    with
    --

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    Ms.
    Kelly,
    you
    can
    come
    back
    on
    the
    stand,
    I
    guess.
    This
    is
    kind
    of
    out
    of
    the
    ordinary,
    but
    --
    you
    know,
    anyway,
    Mr.
    Greer,
    do
    you
    --
    you can ask
    Ms.
    Kelly the questions
    MR. GREER:
    Yeah
    FURTHER
    RECROSS
    -
    EXAMINATION
    BY MR.
    GREER
    Q.
    The
    time
    you spoke
    to Don,
    do you know
    the
    date
    when
    you
    spoke
    to
    him
    about
    the
    cleanup
    or
    --
    A.
    The last time
    I spoke
    --
    no,
    I don’t
    know
    the
    exact
    date.
    But
    it’s
    one
    of the reports
    in
    the
    office.
    But
    it
    was
    --
    it
    was
    around
    June
    or
    May.
    Yeah,
    the
    warmer
    months
    MR.
    GREER:
    No further questions.
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    Thank you.
    Just
    there for a minute,
    Ms. Kelly.
    MS. KELLY:
    Okay
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Mr. King?
    FURTHER CROSS-EXAMINATION
    stay
    BY MR. KING:
    Q.
    And tell me
    if
    I understand your
    testimony
    correctly
    then.
    You’re
    saying
    that
    that
    was
    when
    you
    put
    into
    place
    this
    program
    of
    having
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    H~)
    11
    12
    13
    14
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    someone
    out
    there
    to watch for fly dumpers?
    A.
    Once
    the
    continuous
    --
    well, not
    continuous
    --
    but once the dumping tires
    started,
    that’s when
    I assisted.
    Back in June,
    yeah,
    someone to come back there and watch
    momentarily
    Q.
    going on?
    A.
    Q.
    A.
    Q.
    A.
    permanent,
    goes back
    Q.
    A.
    there.
    How long did that go on?
    Or is it still
    It’s
    going
    on
    now
    You
    have
    --
    It never
    --
    --
    someone watching?
    I don’t have somebody back there
    every day,
    but there’s somebody that
    there randomly
    Okay.
    And
    I’m
    one
    of
    the
    guys,
    myself,
    go
    back
    MR.
    KING:
    All right.
    No further cross of
    Mr. Greer
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay,
    thanks.
    All
    right
    Mr.
    Greer,
    have
    you
    rested,
    now,
    your
    case in chief?
    I guess
    we
    jumped
    the
    gun
    last
    time
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
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    20
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    1
    we tried
    --
    2
    MR.
    GREER:
    Yes,
    I rested.
    I rested.
    3
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Okay.
    4
    So now it’s Mr.
    King,
    do you have any
    S
    rebuttal
    you
    want
    to
    present?
    6
    MR. KING:
    No.
    7
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    All right.
    8
    Ms.
    Kelly,
    you
    may
    step
    down.
    Thank
    you
    9
    very much.
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    MS. KELLY:
    Okay.
    11
    THE
    HEARING
    OFFICER:
    We’re
    going
    to
    go
    off
    12
    the
    record
    in
    a
    moment.
    We’re
    going
    to
    discuss
    a
    13
    post-hearing briefing schedule.
    14
    But,
    I
    guess,
    from
    my
    knowledge,
    15
    Mr.
    King,
    Mr.
    Greer,
    are
    you
    going
    to
    opt
    for
    a
    16
    closing
    argument
    --
    statement,
    argument,
    or
    are
    you
    17
    just
    going
    to
    submit
    your post-hearing briefs and
    18
    leave it at that?
    Mr. King?
    19
    MR.
    KING:
    I prefer just to submit a
    20
    post-hearing brief.
    21
    MR.
    GREER:
    Exactly.
    22
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Let’s go off the record
    23
    for
    a
    second.
    Thanks.
    24
    (WHEREUPON,
    discussion
    was
    had

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    the
    record.)
    THE HEARING OFFICER:
    Back on the record.
    We’ve been talking about post-hearing brief
    scheduling.
    The parties have indicated that they
    wish to waive their closing arguments
    We have decided that the transcript
    will be available April
    15th.
    And with that
    said,
    Complainant’s
    brief
    is due on or before
    May
    14th
    Mr. Greer’s brief is due on or before
    June
    18th.
    Mr. King’s reply,
    if
    any,
    is
    due
    on
    or
    before
    July
    9.
    And
    I’m
    setting
    public
    comment
    due
    date
    is April
    30th,
    2004.
    And,
    again,
    this is all
    in the year 2004
    There has been no members of the public
    here;
    but,
    in
    any
    event,
    we
    said
    it.
    And,
    before
    I
    forget,
    I am supposed to make
    a credibility
    determination.
    And
    based
    on
    my
    judgment,
    legal
    knowledge,
    and
    observations,
    I
    find
    that
    there
    is
    no issue of credibility with the witnesses that
    testified here today
    want
    to
    thank
    everybody
    for
    their
    And if that’s all, have
    a safe trip
    safe
    walk
    across
    the
    street,
    whatever
    civility.
    home,
    or
    a
    I
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    the
    case.
    Thank you very much.
    2
    MR.
    KING:
    Thank you.
    3
    MR.
    GREER:
    Thank you.
    4
    (WHICH WERE all the matters heard
    in
    S
    the above-entitled cause on this date.)
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    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS)
    2
    )
    SS:
    3
    COUNTY
    OF
    COOK
    4
    I,
    SHARON
    BERKERY,
    a
    Certified
    Shorthand
    S
    Reporter of the State of Illinois,
    do hereby
    6
    certify
    that
    I
    reported
    in
    shorthand
    the
    7
    proceedings had at the hearing aforesaid,
    and that
    8
    the
    foregoing
    is
    a true,
    complete,
    and correct
    9
    transcript
    of
    the
    proceedings
    of
    said
    hearing
    as
    10
    appears from my stenographic notes so taken
    and
    11
    transcribed under my personal direction.
    12
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
    I
    do
    hereunto
    set
    my
    13
    hand
    at
    Chicago,
    Illinois,
    this
    8th
    day
    of
    14
    April,
    2004.
    17
    Certified Shorthand Reporter
    18
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    C.S.R.
    Certificate
    No.
    84-4327.
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