ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 16, 2004
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    THE FIELDS OF LONG GROVE HOME
    OWNER’S ASSOCIATION, an Illinois
    corporation,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB
    04-164
     
    (Enforcement - Public Water Supply)
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):
     
    On March 18, 2004, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against The Fields of Long Grove Home Owner’s
    Association (The Fields of Long Grove).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    103.204. In this case, the People allege that The Fields of Long Grove violated Section 15(a)
    and 18(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/15(a) and 18(a) (2002)) and 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 602.101(a) and 602.102 by installing and operating a phosphate feed system and
    a chlorine chemical solution tank without a permit. The complaint concerns The Fields of Long
    Grove’s public water supply facility in south-central Lake County, north of Lake Zurich, at Long
    Grove, Lake County.
     
    On September 10, 2004, the People and the Fields of Long Grove filed a stipulation and
    proposed settlement, accompanied by a request for relief from the hearing requirement of Section
    31(c)(1) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2)
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed
    stipulation, the Fields of Long Grove neither admits nor denies the alleged violations but agrees
    to pay a civil penalty of $3,000.
     
    Unless the Board determines that a hearing is needed, the Board must cause notice of the
    stipulation, proposed settlement, and request for relief from the hearing requirement. Any person
    may file a written demand for hearing within 21 days after receiving the notice. If anyone timely
    files a written demand for hearing, the Board will deny the parties’ request for relief and hold a
    hearing. 415 ILCS 5/31(c)(2) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
     
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    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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