ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 2, 2005
     
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    CHAMPION ENVIRONMENTAL
    SERVICES, INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 05-199
    (Enforcement - Air)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
     
    On March 29, 2005, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois (People), filed a two-count complaint against Champion Environmental Services,
    Inc. (respondents).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2002); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People
    allege that respondents violated Sections 9(a) and 9.1(d) of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9(a) and 9.1(d) (2002)), 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.141, and 40 C.F.R.
    §61.145(c)(1), §61.145 (c)(6), and §61.150(b)(1). The People further allege that respondents
    violated these provisions by contracting to remove asbestos containing materials from a facility
    owned by CNH America, LLC, in East Moline, Rock Island County.
     
    The Board accepts the complaint for hearing.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.212(c). A
    respondent’s failure to file an answer to a complaint within 60 days after receiving the complaint
    may have severe consequences. Generally, if respondents fail within that timeframe to file an
    answer specifically denying, or asserting insufficient knowledge to form a belief of, a material
    allegation in the complaint, the Board will consider respondents to have admitted the allegation.
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204(d). The Board directs the hearing officer to proceed expeditiously to
    hearing.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on June 2, 2005, by a vote of 5-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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