ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 16, 2004
     
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    ROGER MILLER and JOAN KAY MILLER,
     
    Respondents.
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    AC 05-17
    (IEPA No. 349-04-AC)
    (Administrative Citation)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On August 26, 2004, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) timely filed
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    As required, the Agency served the administrative citation on the respondents within “60
    days after the date of the observed violation.” 415 ILCS 5/31.1(b) (2002);
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 108.202(b). On September 13, 2004, the respondents timely filed a petition to contest the
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31.1(d) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.204(b). Among
    other things, the respondents allege that the presence of a
    de minimis
    amount of non-landscape
    waste material in landscape waste was the result of an uncontrollable circumstance.
    See
    35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 108.206. The Board accepts the petition for hearing.
     
    The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed expeditiously to hearing. The hearing
    officer will give the parties at least 21 days written notice of the hearing. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    108.300;
    see also
    415 ILCS 5/31.1(d)(2) (2002). By contesting the administrative citation, the
    respondents may have to pay the hearing costs of the Board and the Agency.
    See
    415 ILCS
    5/42(b)(4-5) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.500. A schedule of the Board’s hearing costs is
    available at the Board’s offices and on the Board’s Web site at www.ipcb.state.il.us. 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 504.
     
    The respondents may withdraw their petition to contest the administrative citation at any
    time before the Board enters its final decision. If the respondents choose to withdraw their
    petition, they must do so in writing, unless they do so orally at hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code
    108.208. If the respondents withdraw their petition after the hearing starts, the Board will
     
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    require the respondents to pay the hearing costs of the Board and the Agency.
    See id.
    at
    108.500(c).
     
    The Agency has the burden of proof at hearing.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31.1(d)(2) (2002); 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 108.400. If the Board finds that the respondents violated Section 21(p)(1), (p)(3),
    and (p)(7), the Board will impose civil penalties on the respondents. The civil penalty for
    violating Section 21(p) is $1,500 for a first offense and $3,000 for a second or subsequent
    offense. 415 ILCS 5/42(b)(4-5) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.500. However, if the Board finds
    that the respondents “has shown that the violation resulted from uncontrollable circumstances,
    the Board shall adopt a final order which makes no finding of violation and which imposes no
    penalty.” 415 ILCS 5/31.1(d)(2) (2002);
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 108.500(b).
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on September 16, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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