ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 15, 2007
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    v.
    CITY OF GILLESPIE, a municipal
    corporation,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 06-79
    (Enforcement - Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by A.S. Moore):
    On November 18, 2005, the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of
    the State of Illinois (People), filed a complaint against the City of Gillespie (the City).
    See
    415
    ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.204. The People allege that the City violated
    Section 12(f) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/12(f) (2004)) and Section
    305.102(b) of the Board’s water pollution regulations (35 Ill. Adm. Code 305.102(b)). The
    People further allege that the City violated these provisions from December 2003 through
    December 2004, by failing to submit timely monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports to the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency as required by the City’s National Pollutant Discharge
    Elimination System permit. The complaint concerns a municipal wastewater treatment plant
    owned and operated by the City.
    On February 7, 2007, the People and the City 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) (2004)). This filing is authorized by Section 31(c)(2) of the Act (415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(2) (2004)).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(a). Under the proposed stipulation, the City
    admits the alleged violations and agrees to pay a civil penalty of $2,000. The City also agrees to
    perform a Supplemental Environmental Project by making a $5,000 grant to the Gillespie Soccer
    Association to fund a project intended to reduce or eliminate erosion and leaching at the Little
    Dog Coal Mine site now owned and operated by the soccer association.
    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) (2004); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 103.300(b), (c). The Board directs the
    Clerk of the Board to provide the required notice.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 15, 2007, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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