ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 15, 2005
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    THOMAS GRAY, an individual, LEONA
    CHILDRESS, an individual, and WILLIAM
    McCOY, an individual,
     
    Respondents.
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    PCB 04-106
    (Enforcement – Cost Recovery)
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
     
    This matter is before the Board on a complaint filed by the People of the State of Illinois
    (People) against Thomas Gray, Steve Whyte, Gladys Whyte, Leona Childress and William
    McCoy. The complaint seeks to recover costs the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (Agency) allegedly incurred in undertaking corrective or preventative action to remove the
    accumulation of used and waste tires on a site owned by respondents in Momence, Kankakee
    County. The People allege the site is comprised of three parcels of land, one owned by Thomas
    Gray, one owned by Steve and Gladys Whyte, and one owned by Leona Childress and William
    McCoy. Comp. at 2.
     
    On December 6, 2005, the People filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss respondents Steve
    Whyte and Gladys Whyte. The People assert that it has recently learned that Steve Whyte and
    Gladys Whyte are deceased. The People attach Social Security death records to the motion. The
    motion is granted. The Board hereby dismisses the complaint against Steve Whyte and Gladys
    Whyte. This action is reflected in the caption of today’s order.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above interim opinion and order on December 15, 2005, by a vote of 4-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     

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