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    CLERK’S
    OFFIC
    NOV
    ‘12
    2008
    TATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
    contro’
    Board
    STATE OF ILLINOIS
    Lisa Madigan
    ATTORNEY
    GENERAL
    I
    November
    6,
    2008
    John
    T.
    Therriault, Assistant Clerk
    Illinois Pollution
    Control
    Board
    James R.
    Thompson
    Center,
    Ste.
    11-500
    100
    West Randolph
    Chicago, lllnois
    60601
    Re:
    People v. Whalen Manufacturing
    Co. &
    Yetter Manufacturing
    Co.
    Dear
    Clerk:
    Enclosed for filing please find the original and ten copies of a Notice of Filing,
    Entry of
    Appearance and
    Complaint in regard to
    the
    above-captioned matter. Please file
    the originals
    and
    return file-stamped
    copies to me
    in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope.
    Thank you
    for
    your cooperation and
    consideration.
    Andrew
    J.
    cholas
    Environmental Bureau
    500 South
    Second Street
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    (217) 782-9031
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    South Second Street, Springfield, Illinois 62706 • (217) 782-1090 • TTY:
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    BEFORE
    THE ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    )
    vs.
    )
    PCBNo.
    (Enforcement
    -
    Water)
    WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    )
    an Illinois
    corporation,
    and
    YETTER
    )
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    an
    )
    Illinois
    corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    cOFFb0E
    NOTICEOF
    FILING
    4OJ
    22OOS
    Lt$OS
    To:
    Whalen
    Manufacturing
    Company
    and
    STPjntro
    Board
    Yetter
    Manufacturing
    Company
    do
    William
    H.
    Campbell,
    Registered
    Agent
    Davis
    &
    Campbell
    L.L.C.
    401
    Main Street
    Suite 1600
    Peoria,
    IL
    61602-1
    241
    PLEASE
    TAKE
    NOTICE
    that
    on this
    date I mailed
    for filing
    with the
    Clerk of
    the Pollution
    Control
    Board of
    the
    State
    of
    Illinois,
    a
    COMPLAINT,
    a
    copy
    of which
    is
    attached
    hereto
    and
    herewith served
    upon
    you.
    Failure to
    file an answer
    to
    this
    Complaint
    within
    60 days
    may
    have
    severe
    consequences.
    Failure
    to
    answer will
    mean
    that
    all
    allegations
    in this
    Complaint
    will
    be
    taken
    as
    if
    admitted
    for
    purposes of
    this
    proceeding.
    If you
    have any
    questions
    about
    this
    procedure,
    you
    should
    contact
    the hearing
    officer assigned
    to
    this
    proceeding,
    the Clerk’s
    Office
    or
    an
    attorney.
    1

    FURTHER, please
    take notice
    that
    financing
    may
    be available,
    through the Illinois
    Environmental Facilities Financing Act, 20 ILCS 3515/1 (2006), to
    correct the pollution
    alleged
    in
    the Complaint filed
    in this case.
    Respectfully submitted,
    PEOPLE OF THE
    STATE OF ILLINOIS
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General of the
    State of
    Illinois
    MATTHEW J.
    DUNN, Chief
    Environmental Enforcement/Asbestos
    LWgatioi
    Andrew
    J.
    icholas
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    Environmental Bureau
    500
    South Second Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    21 7/782-9031
    Dated: November 6,
    2008
    2

    CERTIFICATE
    OF
    SERVICE
    I hereby
    certify that I did
    on
    November
    6,
    2008, send
    by
    certified
    mail, with postage
    thereon
    fully prepaid,
    by depositing in
    a
    United
    States
    Post Office Box
    a
    true
    and correct
    copy
    of the following
    instruments
    entitled NOTICE
    OF FILING,
    ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
    and
    COMPLAINT:
    To:
    Whalen
    Manufacturing
    Company
    and
    Yetter
    Manufacturing
    Company
    do William
    H. Campbell,
    Registered Agent
    Davis
    & Campbell L.L.C.
    401
    Main Street
    Suite 1600
    Peoria, IL 61602-1241
    and the original
    and ten copies
    by First Class Mail
    with postage thereon
    fully prepaid of
    the
    same
    foregoing instrument(s):
    To:
    John
    T. Therriault,
    Assistant
    Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollution Control
    Board
    James R.
    Thompson Center
    Suite 11-500
    100 West
    Randolph
    Chicago, Illinois
    60601
    Andrhas’4
    Assistant
    Attorney General
    This filing
    is
    submitted
    on recycled
    paper.

    BEFORE THE ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE STATE OF
    )
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    vs.
    )
    PCBNo.
    )
    (Enforcement - Water)
    WHALEN
    an Illinois
    MANUFACTURING
    corporation, and YETTER
    COMPANY,
    )
    )
    ECEVED
    CLERK’S
    OFFICE
    MANUFACTURING COMPANY, an
    )
    Illinois corporation,
    )
    NOV
    12
    2008
    )
    Respondents.
    )
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
    On behalf of the
    Complainant, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Andrew
    J. Nicholas,
    Assistant
    Attorney General of the State
    of Illinois,
    hereby
    enters his
    appearance as attorney
    of
    record.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE OF
    THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    LISA
    MADIGAN
    Attorney
    General
    of the
    State of
    Illinois
    MATTHEW
    J.
    DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation Divisi
    BY:_________________________
    Andrew
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Assistant Attorney General
    500 South
    Second Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    Dated:
    November 6, 2008

    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCBNO.
    0
    )
    (Enforcement
    - Water)
    WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    an
    )
    Illinois
    corporation
    &
    )
    YETTER
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    an
    )
    Illinois
    corporation,
    )
    Respondents.
    )
    GLE
    o’3
    2
    200B
    COMPLAINT
    Sntrc60
    Complainant,
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    by LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General of the State
    of Illinois,
    complains
    of the Respondents,
    WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY and
    YETTER MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY (“Respondents”
    collectively,
    “Whalen”
    and “Yetter” individually),
    Illinois
    corporations,
    as
    follows:
    COUNT I
    SPECIAL WASTE
    PERMIT VIOLATIONS
    - YETTER
    MANUFACTURING
    1.
    This Complaint is
    brought by the
    Attorney General
    on her own motion
    and at
    the
    request
    of the Illinois Environmental
    Protection
    Agency (“Illinois
    EPA”),
    pursuant
    to the terms
    and
    provisions
    of
    Section
    31 of the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection Act
    (“Act”), 415 ILCS
    5/31
    (2006).
    2.
    The Illinois EPA
    is an agency
    of the State of Illinois
    created by
    the Illinois
    General Assembly in
    Section 4
    of
    the Act, 415 ILCS 5/4
    (2006),
    and
    charged, inter alia, with
    the
    duty
    of enforcing
    the Act.
    3.
    Whalen Manufacturing
    Company
    is, and was, at all
    times relevant
    to this

    Complaint, an Illinois corporation in
    good standing authorized
    to do
    business in
    the State of
    Illinois. On information and
    belief Whalen is located at 1270 East
    Murray Street, Macomb,
    Illinois.
    4.
    Yetter Manufacturing
    Company is, and was, at all times relevant
    to this
    Complaint,
    an
    Illinois corporation
    in good standing
    authorized to do business
    in
    the
    State of
    Illinois. On information and belief,
    Yetter is located at 109
    S. McDonough, Colchester, Illinois.
    5.
    On information and belief, Whalen
    and Yetter are corporate affiliates.
    6.
    Whalen manufactures
    outdoor fire pits and related equipment.
    Yetter
    manufactures
    agricultural
    equipment.
    7.
    Yetter uses coolants
    and metal cleaning solutions during its
    manufacturing
    process. The coolants
    are
    used for a variety of metal working
    machines. The cleaning
    solutions contain
    phosphoric acid and are
    used
    in the
    parts
    washer
    and the wash bay to clean
    and coat metal parts in preparation for painting.
    8.
    On February 8, 2006, the Illinois EPA inspected
    the Yetter facility. The
    inspector observed a 300-gallon plastic tank filled with liquid waste. It was
    learned that wastes
    from
    the parts washer and the wash bay were collected into the 300-gallon
    plastic
    tank and
    hauled to the
    Whalen
    facility in Macomb, Illinois.
    9.
    As of February 8, 2006, approximately 600 gallons of
    waste solution
    was
    hauled
    every 30 to 60
    days. The liquid waste is dumped into
    a
    sanitary
    sewer that
    is tributary
    to the
    Macomb
    sanitary system.
    10.
    As
    of February
    8,
    2006, Yetter did
    not have a
    valid
    nonhazardous special waste
    hauling permit
    issued by
    the
    Illinois
    EPA.
    11.
    On
    or
    before February
    8, 2006, Yetter hauled nonhazardous special waste
    for
    storage and/or
    disposal to their Whalen facility
    in Macomb.
    2

    12.
    On
    or before February 8,
    2006, Yetter failed to use a manifest to ship
    nonhazardous
    special waste to Whalen.
    13.
    On or
    before February 8, 2006, Yetter
    delivered
    special waste to a person who
    did not have a
    valid special waste
    hauling permit.
    14.
    Section 809.201
    of the Board’s Water Pollution Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code
    809.201 (2005),
    provides:
    No person may
    haul or otherwise transport any nonhazardous special waste
    generated within Illinois
    or
    any
    nonhazardous special waste
    to be disposed of,
    stored, or treated within
    Illinois without
    a current,
    valid nonhazardous
    special
    waste
    hauling permit issued by the Agency in accordance with the requirements
    of this
    Subpart unless the transporter participates in the Uniform Program or
    is
    exempt from the
    nonhazardous special waste hauling permit requirements
    under
    this Subpart.
    15.
    Section 809.301 of the
    Board’s Water Pollution Regulations,
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code
    809.301 (2005),
    provides:
    No
    person may
    deliver any special waste generated within
    Illinois
    or for disposal,
    storage or treatment
    within Illinois unless that person concurrently delivers
    a
    manifest completed in
    accordance with Subpart E of this Part
    to a
    special
    waste
    transporter who holds a
    current nonhazardous special waste hauling permit
    or
    Uniform Program
    Registration
    and Permit Issued
    by the Agency under Subpart
    B
    or C of
    this Part.
    16.
    Section 809.302(b) of the
    Board’s Water Pollution Regulations,
    35 III. Adm.
    Code
    809.302(b) (2005),
    provides:
    ****
    (b)
    No
    person may deliver special waste in Illinois for disposal, storage
    or
    treatment
    unless
    the person who accepts the special waste
    has a current,
    valid operating permit issued
    by
    the Agency and the
    necessary
    supplemental permits required by 35 III. Adm.
    Code
    807,
    as
    well
    as all
    other
    applicable permits as required by the Act and Board regulations.
    17.
    Section 809.501(a) of the
    Board’s
    Water Pollution Regulations, 35 III. Adm.
    Code
    809.301
    (2005),
    provides:
    (a)
    Any person who
    delivers
    special waste to a permitted nonhazardous
    3

    special or hazardous waste transporter
    shall complete
    a
    uniform
    hazardous waste manifest to accompany the
    special
    waste from delivery
    to the destination
    of the
    special
    waste. The
    manifest
    form will be
    provided
    or
    prescribed
    by
    the Agency.
    18.
    Seclion 21 of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/21 (2006),
    provides,
    in
    pertinent part, as
    follows:
    No
    person shall:
    ****
    G)
    “Conduct any
    special waste transportation operation in violation of
    any
    regulations,
    standards
    or permit requirements adopted
    by
    the
    Board under this
    Act....”
    19.
    Yetter
    is
    a
    “person” as
    that
    term is defined under Section 3.315
    of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS 5/3.315 (2006), as
    follows:
    “Person” is any
    individual, partnership, copartnership,
    firm,
    company,
    corporation,
    association, joint stock company,
    trust,
    estate,
    political subdivision, state agency, or any
    other legal entity,
    or their legal
    representative, agency or
    assigns.
    20.
    Section 809.103 of the
    Board’s Water Pollution
    Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    809.103 (2005),
    defines “nonhazardous
    special waste” as
    follows:
    “Nonhazardous
    special waste” means any
    special waste, as defined in
    this Section, that has
    not been identified, by
    characteristics or listing,
    as
    hazardous pursuant to
    Section 3001 of the Resource
    Conservation
    and
    Recovery Act of
    1976 (42
    USC
    6901 et seq.) Or
    pursuant to Board
    regulations.
    ****
    21.
    Section 809.103 defines a
    “special waste transporter” as
    any person who transports
    special waste (as defined in
    Section 3.475
    of
    the Act) from any
    location.
    22.
    Section 3.475 of the Act,
    415 ILCS 5/3.475 (2006), provides in
    pertinent
    part, as
    4

    follows:
    “Special waste”
    means any of the following:
    *** *
    (c)
    industrial process
    waste
    or pollution control waste...
    ****
    23.
    Yetter is
    a
    special
    waste transporter
    as that term is defined under Section
    809.103 of the Board’s Water Pollution
    Regulations, 35111. Adm. Code 809.103 (2005),
    and
    Section 3.475 of
    the
    Act,, 415 ILCS 5/3.475
    (2006).
    24.
    By hauling or otherwise transporting nonhazardous
    special
    waste
    generated
    within Illinois without a current, valid nonhazardous
    special waste hauling permit, Yetter violated
    Section
    809.201 of
    the
    Board’s
    Regulations, 35 III. Adm. Code 809.201 (2005).
    25.
    By
    delivering
    non
    hazardous special waste generated within Illinois
    without
    concurrently
    delivering
    a
    manifest to a special waste transporter, Yetter violated
    Section
    809.301 of the
    Board’s
    Regulations, 35111. Adm. Code 809.301 (2005).
    27.
    By delivering nonhazardous
    special waste in Illinois for disposal, storage or
    treatment
    to
    a person who does not have
    a current,
    valid
    operating permit issued by the Illinois
    EPA,
    Yetter has violated Section 809.302(b)
    of the
    Board’s Regulations,
    35
    III.
    Adm. Code
    809.302(b)
    (2005).
    28.
    By conducting
    a
    special
    waste transportation operation in violation of regulations,
    standards or
    permit requirements
    adopted
    by the Board under the Act, Yetter has violated
    Section 21
    (j)
    of the Act,
    415 ILCS 5/21
    (j)
    (2006).
    PRAYER FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, Complainant, the PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    respectfully
    request that the Board enter an Order against the Respondent, YETTER MANUFACTURING
    5

    COMPANY:
    A.
    Authorizing
    a hearing
    in this
    matter at which
    time
    the Respondent
    will be
    required to
    answer the allegations
    herein;
    B.
    Finding
    that
    the Respondent
    has
    violated
    the Act and regulations
    as
    alleged
    herein;
    C.
    Pursuant
    to
    Section 42(a)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/42(a)
    (2006),
    impose upon
    the
    Respondent
    a
    monetary penalty of
    not more than the
    statutory
    maximum;
    D.
    Pursuant to
    Section 42(f) of
    the Act, 415 ILCS 5/42(f)
    (2006), award
    to
    Complainant
    its costs
    and reasonable
    attorney fees; and
    E.
    Grant
    such
    other relief as the Board
    deems appropriate.
    COUNT II
    SPECIAL WASTE
    PERMIT
    VIOLATIONS
    - WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    1-22.
    Complainant
    realleges and
    incorporates
    by
    reference herein paragraphs
    1
    through 22 of
    Count I as paragraphs
    I
    through
    22 of this Count
    Il.
    23.
    As
    of February 8, 2006,
    Whalen did
    not
    have
    a
    special waste
    permit granted
    by
    the
    Illinois EPA
    to
    store special
    waste.
    24.
    As of
    February 8,
    2006, Whalen
    did
    not
    have a Development
    Permit granted
    by
    the
    Illinois
    EPA.
    25.
    As
    of
    February
    8,
    2006, Whalen
    did not have an
    operating permit granted
    by the
    Illinois
    EPA to
    use
    or
    operate
    a new
    solid waste facility.
    26.
    On
    or
    before
    February
    8,
    2006, Whalen conducted
    a
    special waste
    storage
    operation
    and
    received
    special waste
    for storage, treatment
    or disposal
    from
    Yetter.
    27.
    On or
    before
    February
    8, 2006,
    Whalen accepted
    waste for storage, disposal
    or
    treatment
    from
    a
    special
    waste
    hauler who did not have
    a valid special waste
    permit.
    6

    28.
    Section 807.201 of the
    Board’s
    Water
    Pollution Regulations,
    35
    III. Adm.
    Code
    807.201 (2005), provides:
    Subject to such exemption as expressly
    provided in
    Section
    2
    1(e) (III.
    Rev. Stat.
    1988,
    ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021(e))
    of
    the Act as to the
    requirement
    of obtaining
    a
    permit, no person shall cause or allow the
    development of any new
    solid
    waste management site
    or
    cause or
    allow
    the
    modification of
    an existing solid waste management site without a
    Development Permit issued by the Agency.
    29.
    Section 807.202(a) of the Board’s
    Water
    Pollution Regulations,
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code
    807.202(a) (2005),
    provides:
    a)
    New
    Solid
    Waste Management
    Sites. Subject
    to such exemption
    as expressly provided in
    Section
    21(e)
    of the
    Act (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1982, ch. 1111/2, par. 1021(e)) as to the
    requirement
    of
    obtaining a permit, no person shall cause or allow the use or
    operation of any solid waste management site for which a
    Development Permit is required under Section 807.201 without
    an
    Operating Permit issued
    by the
    Agency, except for such testing
    operations
    as may be
    authorized
    by
    the Development Permit.
    ****
    30.
    Section
    809.302(a)
    of
    the Board’s Water Pollution Regulations, 35 III. Adm.
    Code
    809.302(a)
    (2005), provides:
    a)
    No
    person
    may accept
    any special waste for disposal, storage
    or
    treatment within Illinois from
    a
    special waste transporter unless
    the special waste transporter has a valid nonhazardous special
    waste hauling permit or Uniform
    Program Registration
    and
    Permit
    issued by the Agency under Subpart
    B
    or J of
    this
    Part and
    concurrently
    presents to the
    receiver
    of the special waste,
    or the
    receiver’s
    agent, a completed, signed
    manifest as required
    by
    Subpart
    E
    of
    this Part, which manifest designates the receiver’s
    facility as the destination for the special waste.
    31.
    Section
    21 of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/21 (2006),
    provides,
    in pertinent part:
    No person
    shall:
    ****
    (d)
    Conduct any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal
    7

    operation:
    (1)
    without
    a permit granted by the
    Agency...
    ****
    (2)
    in
    violation of any regulations
    or standards adopted
    by the
    Board under
    this Act; or....
    ****
    (e)
    Dispose,
    treat,
    store or
    abandon any waste, or transport any
    waste
    into this
    State for disposal, treatment, storage or
    abandonment, except
    at a site or facility which meets
    the
    requirements of
    this Act and of regulations and standards
    thereunder.
    32.
    Section 3.470 of
    the Act, 415 ILCS 5/3.470 (2006), defines “solid waste”
    as
    follows:
    “Solid waste” means waste.
    33.
    Section 3.535 of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/3.535
    (2006), defines “waste” in
    pertinent
    part as follows:
    “Waste” means any garbage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water
    supply
    treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or other discarded
    material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material
    resulting
    from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural
    opertations.
    34.
    Whalen is a
    “person”
    as that term is defined under Section 3.315 of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS 5/3.315
    (2006),
    as follows:
    “Person” is
    any
    individual,
    partnership, copartnership, firm,
    company, corporation,
    association, joint stock company, trust,
    estate, political subdivision,
    state agency, or any other legal entity,
    or
    their
    legal
    representative, agency or assigns.
    35.
    By
    operating,
    causing or allowing the development of a solid waste management
    site without
    a Development Permit, Whalen has violated
    Sections
    807.201(a) and 807.202(a)
    of
    the
    Board’s Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 807.201 (a), 807.202(a)
    (2005).
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    36.
    By accepting special
    waste for
    disposal,
    storage or treatment
    within
    Illinois from
    a
    special
    waste
    transporter
    who does
    not have a valid
    nonhazardous special
    waste hauling
    permit, Whalen
    has violated Section
    809.302(a)
    of the Board’s Regulations,
    35 III. Adm.
    Code
    809.302(a)
    (2005).
    37.
    By conducting
    a waste storage
    operation, Whalen
    has violated
    Section 21(d)
    of
    the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/21(d) (2006).
    38.
    By disposing, treating,
    storing
    or abandoning
    any waste, Whalen
    has
    violated
    Section 21(e)
    of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/21(e) (2006).
    PRAYER
    FOR
    RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, Complainant,
    the PEOPLE
    OF THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    respectfully
    request
    that the
    Board
    enter an Order
    against
    the Respondent,
    WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY.
    A.
    Authorizing
    a hearing
    in this matter
    at
    which
    time the
    Respondent will
    be
    required
    to answer the allegations
    herein;
    B.
    Finding
    that the Respondent
    has violated
    the Act and regulations
    as alleged
    herein;
    C.
    Pursuant to Section
    42(a) of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/42(a)
    (2006), impose
    upon the
    Respondent
    a
    monetary
    penalty of not more
    than the statutory
    maximum;
    D.
    Pursuant to Section
    42(f) of the Act, 415
    ILCS
    5/42(f)
    (2006), award
    to
    Complainant
    its costs and
    reasonable
    attorney
    fees; and
    E.
    Grant
    such
    other
    relief
    as
    the
    Board deems appropriate.
    COUNT III
    NPDES
    PERMIT
    VIOLATIONS
    - WHALEN MANUFACTURING
    & YETTER
    MANUFACTURING
    1-22.
    Complainant
    realleges and
    incorporates
    by reference herein
    paragraphs
    I
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    through 22 of Count I as paragraphs I through 22 of
    this
    Count 1W.
    23.
    As
    of February
    8,
    2006,
    Yetter did not have an National Pollutant Discharge
    Elimination
    System
    (“NPDES”)
    permit.
    24.
    As of February
    8,
    2006, Whalen
    did not have an NPDES permit.
    25.
    As of February 8, 2006, Yetter hauled approximately
    600
    gallons
    of waste
    solution every 30 to 60 days to Whalen.
    26.
    On
    or before February
    8,
    2006,
    Whalen dumped the waste solution into
    a
    sanitary
    sewer that is a
    tributary
    to the Macomb sanitary system.
    27.
    Section 12(f) of the Act,
    315
    ILCS
    5/12(f)
    (2006), provides
    the following
    prohibitions:
    No person shall:
    (f)
    Cause, threaten or allow the discharge of
    any contaminant into
    the waters of the
    State, as
    defined herein, including
    but not limited
    to,
    waters to any sewage works, or into any well
    or from any
    point
    source within the
    State, without an
    NPDES
    permit for point source
    discharges
    issued by the Agency under Section 39(b) of this
    Act,
    or in violation
    of any term or condition imposed by such permit,
    or
    in violation
    of any NPDES
    permit
    filing
    requirement
    established
    under Section
    39(b), or
    in violation
    of any regulations adopted
    by
    the Board or
    of any order
    adopted
    by the Board with respect
    to
    the NPDES program.
    28.
    Section 3.165 of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/3.165 (2006), defines “contaminant,”
    as
    follows:
    “Contaminant”
    is any
    solid, liquid, or
    gaseous matter, any odor, or any
    form of
    energy,
    from whatever source.
    29.
    Section 309.204(a) of the Board’s Water Pollution Regulations, 35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code
    309.204(a)
    (2005), provides:
    (a)
    No person shall
    cause
    or allow
    the
    use
    or operation of any
    treatment works,
    pretreatment
    works
    or
    wastewater
    source
    without
    an
    operating
    permit issued by the Agency, except as
    provided
    in
    subsections
    (b), (c) and (d).
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    (b)
    No operating permit is required under
    this
    Section for
    any
    discharge:
    (1)
    For which
    an
    NPDES
    permit is required;
    or...
    ****
    30.
    By causing, threatening
    or allowing the discharge of contaminants into waters
    of
    the State without a
    valid NPDES
    permit, Whalen
    and Yetter have violated Section 12(f) of
    the
    Act, 415 ILCS 5/12(f) (2006).
    31.
    By causing
    or
    allowing
    the use or operation of
    a treatment works, pretreatment
    works or wastewater source without an NPDES
    permit, Whalen and Yetter have violated
    Section 309.204(a) of the Board’s
    Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.204(a) (2005).
    PRAYER
    FOR
    RELIEF
    WHEREFORE,
    Complainant, the PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, respectfully
    request that the
    Board
    enter an Order against the Respondents, WHALEN
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY and
    YETTER MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY:
    A.
    Authorizing a hearing
    in this matter at which time the Respondent will be
    required to
    answer the allegations herein;
    B.
    Finding that the Respondents have
    violated
    the
    Act and
    regulations
    as alleged
    herein;
    C.
    Pursuant to Section 42(a)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/42(a) (2006), impose
    upon the
    Respondents a
    monetary penalty of
    not more than the statutory maximum;
    D.
    Pursuant to Section 42(f)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/42(f) (2006), award to
    Complainant its costs
    and reasonable
    attorney fees;
    and
    E.
    Grant such other relief
    as the Board deems appropriate.
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    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    ex rel. LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney General
    of the
    State of Illinois
    MATTHEW
    J.
    DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental
    Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation Division
    BY:
    THOMAS E.
    DAVIS, Chief
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Assistant
    Attorney General
    Of
    Counsel:
    ANDREW J. NICHOLAS
    500
    South Second Street
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    Date:
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