ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April 16, 1998
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Complainant,
v.
MICHAEL HOWELL,
Respondent.
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AC 98-18
(IEPA No. 58-98-AC)
(Administrative Citation)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
This matter comes before the Board upon the February 27, 1998, filing of an
administrative citation pursuant to Section 31.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415
ILCS 5/31.1 (1996)) by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency). A copy of
that administrative citation is attached hereto. Service of the administrative citation was made
upon Michael Howell (respondent) on February 26, 1998. The Agency alleges that on January
6, 1998, respondent, present owner and/or operator of a facility located in Williamson County
and commonly known to the Agency as Carterville/Howell, violated Section 21(p)(1) of the
Act (415 ILCS 5/21(p)(1) (1996)). The statutory penalty established for this violation is $500
pursuant to Section 42(b)(4) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/42(b)(4) (1996)).
Respondent has not filed a petition for review with the Clerk of the Board within 35
days of the date of service as allowed by Section 31.1(d)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31.1(d)(1)
(1996)). Therefore, the Board finds respondent has violated the provision alleged in the
administrative citation. Since there is one such violation, the total penalty to be imposed is set
at $500.
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It is hereby ordered that, unless the penalty has already been paid, within 30
days of the date of this order, respondent shall, by certified check or money
order payable to the Illinois Environmental Protection Trust Fund, pay a penalty
in the amount of $500, which is to be sent to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Services Division
1021 N. Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
2. Respondent shall include the remittance form and write the case name and
number and her social security or federal employer identification number on the
certified check or money order.
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Penalties unpaid after the due date shall accrue interest pursuant to Section 42(g)
of the Act (415 ILCS 5/42(g) (1996)).
4.
Payment of this penalty does not prevent future prosecution if the violation
continues.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1996)) provides for
the appeal of final Board orders to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days of service of this
order. Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335 establishes such filing requirements. See 172 Ill. 2d
R. 335; see also 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.246, Motions for Reconsideration.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
the above order was adopted on the 16th day of April 1998 by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board