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    292009
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    STATE
    OF
    Control
    ILLINOIS
    SOard
    OFFICE
    OF
    THE
    ATTORNEY
    GENERAL
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    AIlORNEY
    Lisa
    Madigan
    GENERAL
    December
    28,
    2008
    John
    T.
    Therriault,
    Assistant
    Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    James
    R.
    Thompson
    Center,
    Ste.
    11-500
    100
    West
    Randolph
    Chicago, Illinois
    60601
    Re:
    People
    v. Pekin
    Paperboard,
    Co.
    PCB
    05-163
    Dear
    Mr.
    Therriault:
    This
    letter
    is
    a
    follow-up
    to
    our
    telephone
    conversation
    on
    Tuesday,
    January
    27,
    2009.
    As
    I explained to
    you
    on
    the phone,
    I intended
    to file
    an
    Amended
    Complaint with
    the
    previously
    filed
    Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for
    Settlement in
    the
    above-captioned
    matter. In inadvertently
    mailed
    the
    Stipulation
    without
    the
    Amended
    Complaint.
    Enclosed
    for
    filing
    please
    find
    the
    original
    and
    ten
    copies
    of
    a Notice
    of
    Filing
    and
    Amended Complaint.
    Please
    file the
    original
    and
    return
    a file-stamped
    copy
    to
    me
    in
    the
    enclosed
    envelope.
    As
    a
    reminder,
    this
    is
    not
    a new
    case.
    The
    Amended
    Complaint
    is to
    be
    filed
    as
    part
    of the
    previously
    filed
    Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for Settlement
    in
    case
    number
    05-163.
    I apologize for
    this
    oversight
    and
    any
    inconvenience
    it
    may
    have
    caused.
    Thank
    you
    for
    your
    cooperation.
    Sincerely,
    Andrew
    J.
    Nicholas
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    (217)782-9031
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    cc:
    Jane
    DiRenzo Pigott,
    Respondent’s
    Attorney
    Carol
    Webb,
    Hearing
    Officer
    IPCB
    500
    South
    Second
    Street,
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
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    782-1090
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    844-5461
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    782-7046
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    West
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    Street,
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    Illinois
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    BEFORE
    THE ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    vs.
    )
    PCB No.
    05-1 63
    )
    (Enforcement)
    PEKIN PAPERBOARD COMPANY, L.P.,
    a Delaware limited partnership,
    )
    Respondent.
    ECEVED
    NOTICEOF FILING
    CLERKS OFFICE
    JAN 2
    2009
    To:
    Ms.
    Jane DiRenzo Pigott
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    Attorney at Law
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    One N.
    LaSalle
    St.,
    Suite 1904
    Chicago,
    IL 60602
    PLEASE TAKE
    NOTICE
    that on this date I mailed for filing
    with the Clerk of
    the Pollution
    Control
    Board of the State of Illinois, an AMENDED COMPLAINT,
    a copy of which is
    attached
    hereto
    and
    herewith served upon
    you. -
    Respectfully submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney General
    of the
    State of Illinois
    MATTHEWJ. DUNN, Chief
    Environmental
    Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation Division
    BY:___
    ANDREW . NICHOLAS
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    Dated:
    January 28,
    2009

    CERTIFICATE
    OF
    SERVICE
    I
    hereby
    certify that
    I did
    on January
    28, 2008,
    send by First
    Class
    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
    and AMENDED
    COMPLAINT
    To:
    Ms. Jane
    DiRenzoPigott
    Attorney
    at Law
    One N. LaSalle
    St., Suite 1904
    Chicago, IL
    60602
    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
    A copy was also
    sent
    by
    First
    Class Mail with postage
    thereon fully
    prepaid to:
    Carol Webb
    Hearing Officer
    Illinois Pollution
    Control
    Board
    1021
    North Grand Avenue
    East
    Springfield,
    IL 62794
    Andrew
    J.
    l’ticholas
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    This filing is submitted
    on recycled
    paper.

    BEFORE
    THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE OF THE
    STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB
    No. 05-163
    )
    (Water-Enforcement)
    PEKIN PAPERBOARD COMPANY,
    L.P.,
    )
    ECEVBD
    a Delaware limited partnership,
    )
    CLERK’S
    OFFICE
    )
    JAN
    2
    2009
    Respondent.
    STATE
    OF
    ILUNOIS
    AMENDED
    COMPLAINT
    PollUt0fl
    Control
    Board
    Complainant, PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    by LISA MADIGAN, Attorney
    General of the State of
    Illinois, complains of
    Respondent, PEKIN PAPERBOARD
    COMPANY,
    L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, as follows:
    COUNT I
    NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS
    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 a/ia, with the
    duty of
    enforcing
    the Act.
    3.
    This Complaint is
    brought pursuant to
    Section 31 of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/31 (2006),
    after
    providing the
    Respondent with notice and the opportunity
    for a meeting with the Illinois
    EPA.
    1

    4.
    Pekin Paperboard
    Company,
    L.P. (‘Pekin
    Paperboard”), is
    a Delaware
    limited
    partnership authorized
    to
    do
    business
    in the State
    of Illinois.
    5.
    Pekin Paperboard
    manufactures
    cereal
    containers
    using
    recycled
    materials
    at
    a
    facility at
    1525
    South
    Second Street, Pekin,
    Tazewell
    County, Illinois.
    This facility
    includes
    a
    wastewater
    treatment plant (‘WWTP”)
    which
    receives and treats
    process
    wastewater
    from
    the
    production operations.
    The effluent
    from
    the WWTP
    is discharged via
    an outfall
    designated
    as
    AOl
    to
    a
    storm
    sewer
    which
    discharges
    to
    a
    ditch.
    This “effluent
    ditch”
    flows
    into
    a canal
    which
    connects
    Crystal Lake to the Illinois
    River.
    In addition
    to
    storm
    water from
    the facility site,
    which
    includes
    storm water
    from
    the facility’s
    waste and paper
    storage and
    handling
    areas,
    the
    storm
    sewer
    also receives discharges
    of non-contact
    cooling water
    from a turbine
    generator and
    well
    water
    storage tank
    overflow via outfall
    DOl, neutralized
    zeolite softener
    regeneration water
    via
    outfall COl,
    boiler blowdown via
    outfall B01, and acid
    regenerated
    demineralizer
    column
    wastewater
    from a water
    purification process.
    The discharges
    from the WWTP
    and
    the
    designated
    outfalls
    are authorized
    pursuant to National
    Pollutant
    Discharge
    Elimination
    System
    (NPDES”)
    Permit No. IL0037729.
    6.
    The
    effluent ditch, the canal,
    Crystal Lake,
    and the Illinois
    River are “waters”
    of
    the
    State as that
    term is defined
    in Section
    3.550 of the Act, 415
    ILCS 5/3.550
    (2006), as
    follows:
    “Waters” means all
    accumulations
    of water, surface and
    underground, natural,
    and
    artificial,
    public and private,
    or
    parts
    thereof,
    which
    are wholly or partially
    within,
    flow
    through, or
    border
    upon this
    State.
    7.
    Section
    3.545
    of
    the
    Act, 415 ILCS 5/3.545
    (2006), provides
    the following
    definition:
    “Water pollution”
    is such
    alteration of the physical,
    thermal,
    chemical,
    biological
    or
    radioactive
    properties
    of
    any waters
    of the
    State,
    or such discharge
    of any contaminant
    into any waters
    of the
    2

    State,
    as
    will or
    is
    likely
    to
    create
    a
    nuisance or render
    such
    waters harmful or detrimental
    or
    injurious
    to public health, safety
    or
    welfare,
    or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
    recreational,
    or other legitimate uses, or to
    livestock,
    wild animals,
    birds, fish, or other aquatic life.
    8.
    Section 12 of
    the
    Act, 415 ILCS 5/12
    (2006),
    provide the following
    prohibitions:
    No person shall:
    (a)
    Cause or threaten or allow the
    discharge
    of any
    contaminants into the environment in any State so
    as to cause or tend to cause water
    pollution
    in
    Illinois, either alone or in combination
    with
    matter
    from other sources, or so as to violate
    regulations
    or standards adopted by the
    Pollution Control
    Board under
    this
    Act;
    ***
    (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.
    ***
    9.
    Section 309.102(a) of the Board’s
    Water Pollution Regulations, 35111. Adm.
    Code
    309.102(a) (2005),
    provides:
    a)
    Except
    as
    in compliance with the provision of
    the
    Act, Board regulations, and the
    CWA,
    and the
    provisions and conditions of the
    NPDES permit
    issued to the
    discharger,
    the
    discharge
    of any
    contaminant or
    pollutant
    by
    any person into the
    waters
    of the
    State from
    a
    point source or into
    a
    well shall
    be
    unlawful.
    3

    10.
    Section
    304.141(a)
    of the Board’s
    Water Pollution
    Regulations,
    35 III.
    Adrn.
    Code
    304.141
    (a)
    (2005),
    provides:
    a)
    No person to whom
    an NPDES
    Permit has
    been
    issued may
    discharge any
    contaminant
    in his
    effluent
    in
    excess
    of
    the
    standards
    and limitations
    for that
    contaminant
    which are
    set forth
    in
    his
    permit.
    11.
    Congruent
    with
    Section
    304.120
    of the
    Board’s
    Water
    Pollution
    Regulations,
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 304.120
    (2005),
    Pekin
    Paperboard’s
    NPDES
    Permit imposes
    effluent
    concentration
    limitations
    for total
    suspended
    solids
    (“TSS”) and five-day
    carbonaceous
    biochemical
    oxygen
    demand (“CBOD
    5
    ”),
    each
    of which is a “contaminant”
    as that term is
    defined
    in Section 3.165 of
    the Act, 415
    ILCS 5/3.165
    (2006). Discharge
    Monitoring Reports
    (“DMRs”) are submitted
    monthly
    in accordance
    with the NPDES
    Permit
    to report
    the
    concentrations
    of
    contaminants
    in
    the
    effluent.
    12.
    The effluent concentration
    limitations
    for CBOD5are
    25
    milligrams
    per liter
    (‘mg/I”)
    on a
    monthly
    average
    and
    50
    mg/I
    for a daily maximum.
    The concentration
    limitations
    for TSS are 30 mg/I
    on a monthly average
    and 60 mg/I
    for a daily maximum.
    13.
    Pekin Paperboard
    reported
    in
    its DMRs for the months
    of January,
    February,
    and
    March
    of 2001; February,
    March, April,
    May, June, July,
    August,
    September,
    October,
    and
    November of
    2002;
    January, February,
    April, and
    May of 2003;
    November of 2005,
    February,
    April, May, October
    and December
    of 2006; January,
    February,
    March, April,
    May, June,
    July,
    September,
    October, November,
    and December
    of 2007;
    and January, February,
    March,
    April,
    August, September,
    October,
    and
    November of 2008,
    that
    it had
    exceeded
    the
    monthly average
    effluent limitation
    of 30 mg/I for
    TSS.
    14.
    Pekin Paperboard
    reported
    in its DMRs for
    the months
    of March
    of
    2001;
    4

    February,
    April, May,
    June,
    August,
    September,
    and October
    of 2002; January,
    and February
    of
    2003;
    February,
    April, May,
    and December
    of 2006;
    January,
    February,
    March,
    September,
    and
    December
    of 2007; and
    January,
    February, March,
    April, August,
    September,
    October, and
    November
    of 2008, that
    it
    had exceeded the
    daily maximum
    effluent limitation
    of
    60
    mg/I
    for
    TSS.
    15.
    Special Condition
    12
    of Pekin
    Paperboard’s
    NPDES Permit
    requires the
    facility
    to implement
    the
    provisions
    of a storm
    water
    pollution
    prevention
    plan atthe facility.
    The
    storm
    water
    pollution prevention
    plan must include,
    among
    other
    items, storm water
    management
    controls
    which
    will
    be
    implemented
    by the facility.
    These controls
    must
    include
    good
    housekeeping and
    storm
    water management
    practices
    such as containment
    and debris
    control.
    16.
    On
    August
    30, 2002,
    the
    Illinois
    EPA inspected
    the
    WWTP
    to evaluate
    its
    compliance
    with the
    NPDES Permit.
    The Illinois
    EPA inspector
    observed that
    there were at
    least two storm
    drains near
    the
    powerhouse
    that receive paper
    waste
    runoff
    and spillage
    from
    the
    compactor
    box
    storage area. The
    Illinois
    EPA inspector
    observed
    paper waste on
    the
    ground
    in this area,
    covering one
    of
    the
    storm inlets.
    Paper waste
    is
    a “contaminant”
    as
    that
    term is
    defined in Section
    3.165 of the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/3.165
    (2006).
    17.
    Pekin
    Paperboard
    has
    caused or allowed
    the discharge
    of
    contaminants
    into
    waters
    of the State
    in violation of
    the terms
    or
    conditions
    of its
    NPDES
    Permit
    and
    has thereby
    violated Section
    12(f) of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/12(f) (2006).
    18.
    By
    discharging contaminants
    into waters
    of the
    State
    in violation
    of the terms or
    conditions
    of its
    NPDES
    Permit,
    Pekin Paperboard
    has thereby violated
    Sections
    304.120,
    304.141(a),
    and
    309.102(a) of
    the
    Board’s
    Water Pollution
    Regulations, 35111.
    Adm. Code
    304.120,
    304.141(a),
    and 309.102(a) (2005).
    19.
    By
    discharging
    contaminants
    into waters
    of the State
    so
    as
    to violate
    regulations
    5

    or
    standards
    adopted
    by
    the Pollution Control Board under this
    Act, Pekin
    Paperboard has
    thereby violated
    Section 12(a) of the Act, 415
    ILCS 5/12(a) (2006).
    20.
    By
    failing to maintain
    adequate storm water management
    controls
    at its facility
    as required by its NPDES Permit,
    Pekin
    Paperboard
    has caused, threatened
    or allowed
    the
    discharge of any contaminant into the waters
    of the State in violation
    of
    its
    NPDES permit,
    and
    has thereby violated Section
    12(f) of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/12(f) (2006).
    PRAYER
    FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE,
    Complainant, the PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS, respectfully
    request that the Board enter an order against
    the
    Respondent
    PEKIN PAPERBOARD
    COMPANY, L.P.:
    A.
    Authorizing a hearing in this matter at which
    time the Respondent will
    be
    required
    to
    answer the allegations herein;
    B.
    Finding that Respondent
    has
    violated the Act and
    regulations as alleged herein;
    C.
    Ordering
    Respondent
    to
    cease,
    and
    desist from
    any further violatiOns of the
    Act
    and associated
    regulations;
    D.
    Assessing against Respondent a civil penalty of fifty thousand
    dollars ($50,000)
    for
    each violation of the Act, and an additional penalty often thousand dollars
    ($10,000) for
    each day during which each violation has
    continued thereafter;
    and
    E.
    Granting
    such
    other relief
    as
    the Board may
    deem appropriate.
    COUNT H
    OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS
    1-10. Complainant realleges and incorporates herein by reference
    paragraphs
    1
    through 10 of Count I as paragraphs 1
    through
    10 of this Count II.
    6

    11.
    On August
    30, 2002, the
    Illinois
    EPA inspected the VVWTP
    to
    evaluate
    its
    compliance with the NPDES Permit. The
    effluent being discharged via outfall AOl
    and the
    water within the effluent
    ditch were brown and turbid. The Illinois EPA
    inspector noted that
    sludge
    had last been removed from the lagoon
    in
    1997.
    There
    were
    paper
    solids
    and
    wastewater sludge within
    the
    ditch. The lagoon
    screens at the outfall were clogged, thereby
    causing the lagoon to
    be
    overfilled.
    12.
    The Illinois EPA issued
    a
    violation
    notice to Pekin
    Paperboard
    on September
    30,
    2002. A
    meeting
    was held on
    November 25,
    2002.
    13.
    On December 5, 2002, the Illinois EPA again inspected the WWTP to evaluate
    its compliance with the NPDES Permit. The effluent being discharged
    via
    outfall AOl and the
    water within the effluent ditch were brown and turbid. There were
    additional paper solids
    and
    wastewater sludge
    within
    the
    ditch.
    14.
    On January
    29, 2003, the Illinois EPA conducted a reconnaissance inspection of
    the
    WVVTP. There were not only
    solids and sludge in the ditch but
    also wastewater. A
    sample
    of
    the
    effluent was
    determined
    to
    contain 140 mg/I of TSS.
    15.
    On
    March 5, 2003,
    the
    Illinois EPA conducted
    another reconnaissance
    inspection of the WVVTP. The
    effluent
    was
    brown
    and
    turbid; the water in the effluent ditch
    contained floating solids.
    16.
    On
    April 29, 2003, the Illinois EPA again inspected the
    WWTP
    to
    evaluate
    its
    compliance
    with the NPDES
    Permit.
    The
    Illinois EPA determined that the permitted outfalls
    BOl,
    Cal, and
    DOl were not being separately sampled as required by the NPDES Permit.
    The
    solids
    and sludge
    in the ditch had been removed. The water in the effluent ditch was brown.
    17.
    On May 29, 2003, the
    Illinois EPA conducted
    a
    follow-up inspection and
    observed
    that the
    water in
    the
    effluent ditch was brown.
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    18.
    On
    June 23, and
    July
    30, 2003,
    the Illinois
    EPA
    again inspected
    the
    VVVVTP,
    primarily
    to
    observe
    the
    dredging
    of the lagoon.
    On
    the
    latter
    occasion,
    the effluent
    was
    gray
    with
    a
    strong
    septic
    odor; the
    water in
    the effluent
    ditch was
    also
    gray with unnatural
    algal
    growth
    and
    sludge
    deposits.
    A sample
    of
    the
    effluent taken
    on
    July
    30,
    2003, was
    determined
    to contain
    190
    mg/I of
    BOD
    5
    .
    19.
    On August
    28, and
    September
    18,
    2003,
    the
    Illinois EPA
    again inspected
    the
    VVVVTP
    after
    the
    completion
    of the
    lagoon dredging.
    On
    both
    occasions,
    the
    effluent
    was
    brown
    with
    a
    slight
    septic
    odor.
    20.
    On
    October
    28, 2003,
    the Illinois
    EPA
    conducted
    a
    reconnaissance
    inspection
    of
    the WVVTP.
    There
    was
    sludge
    in a low
    area
    near
    the access
    gate
    to the
    lagoon.
    21.
    On July
    15, 2004,
    the Illinois
    EPA again
    inspected
    the WWTP.
    The lagoon
    effluent
    was
    not discharging,
    as the pump
    was
    air
    locked. The
    Illinois EPA
    noted some
    gray
    sludge
    deposits
    present
    in the
    receiving
    stream.
    Paper
    sludge
    was
    present in
    the low area
    downstream
    of
    the overflow
    pipe.
    22.
    Section
    306.102
    of the
    Board’s Water
    Pollution
    Regulations,
    35 III.
    Adm. Code
    306.102,
    provides:
    System
    Reliability
    Malfunctions:
    All
    treatment
    works
    and
    associated
    facilities
    shall
    be
    constructed
    and
    operated
    as
    to
    minimize
    violations
    of
    applicable
    standards
    during
    such contingencies
    as
    flooding,
    adverse
    weather,
    power failure,
    equipment
    failure,
    or
    maintenance,
    through such
    measures
    as multiple
    units,
    holding
    tanks,
    duplicative
    power
    sources,
    or
    such
    other measures
    as may
    be
    appropriate.
    Spills:
    All
    reasonable
    measures,
    including
    where
    appropriate
    the
    provision
    of
    catchment
    areas,
    relief vessels,
    or entrapment
    dikes,
    shall be
    taken
    to prevent
    any
    spillage
    of
    contaminants
    from
    causing
    water
    pollution.
    23.
    By
    failing
    to sample
    each of
    the
    permitted
    outfalls
    as
    required
    and
    discharging
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    contaminants
    into waters of the State in violation of
    the terms or conditions of its
    NPDES
    Permit,
    Pekin Paperboard has thereby violated
    Section 12(f) of the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/12(f)
    (2006), and Section 309.102(a) of
    the
    Boards
    Water Pollution Regulations,
    35 III.
    Adm.
    Code
    309.102(a)
    (2005).
    24.
    By allowing
    bypasses and overflows
    of untreated wastewater to occur,
    Pekin
    Paperboard has
    violated
    Section 306102 of the Boards
    Water
    Pollution
    Regulations,
    35111.
    Adm. Code 306.102 (2005).
    25.
    By discharging contaminants into waters
    of the State so as
    to
    violate
    regulations
    or
    standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board under
    this Act, Pekin Paperboard
    has
    thereby
    violated Section 12(a) of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/12(a)
    (2006).
    PRAYER
    FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, Complainant,
    the
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    respectfully
    request that the
    Board enter
    an
    order against
    the Respondent PEKIN PAPERBOARD
    COMPANY, L.P.:
    A.
    Authorizing a hearing in this matter at which time
    the Respondent will be
    required to
    answer
    the
    allegations herein;
    B.
    Finding that Respondent has violated
    the Act and regulations as alleged
    herein;
    C.
    Ordering Respondent to cease and desist from
    any further violations of
    the Act
    and
    associated regulations;
    D.
    Assessing
    against
    Respondent
    a civil penalty of fifty
    thousand dollars
    ($50,000)
    for
    each violation of
    the Act, and
    an
    additional
    penalty
    of ten thousand dollars
    ($10,000) for
    each day during
    which each violation
    has
    continued
    thereafter; and
    E.
    Granting such other relief as the
    Board may deem appropriate.
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    COUNT HI
    WATER POLLUTION
    1-8.
    Complainant
    realleges and incorporates herein by reference paragraphs 1
    through
    8
    of Count I as paragraphs
    1
    through
    8 of this
    Count IlL
    9-19. Complainant realleges and incorporates herein by reference paragraphs 11
    through 21 of Count II as paragraphs
    9
    through 19 of this Count lii.
    20.
    Section
    302.203
    of the Board’s Water
    Pollution Regulations, 35111. Adm. Code
    302.203 (2005), provides:
    Offensive
    Conditions
    Waters
    of
    the
    State
    shall
    be
    free from sludge or bottom
    deposits,
    floating debris, visible
    oil,
    odor,
    plant or algal growth,
    color
    or
    turbidity
    of other
    than natural origin. The allowed
    mixing
    provisions of Section
    302.102
    shall not be used to
    comply with the
    provisions of
    this
    Section.
    21.
    Section
    304.105 of the
    Board’s Water Pollution
    Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    304.105 (2005),
    provides:
    Violations of Water Quality
    Standards
    In addition to the
    other requirements of this Part, no
    effluent shall,
    alone
    or in combination with other sources, cause a
    violation
    of
    any
    applicable water quality standard. .
    22.
    Section 304.106 of the Board’s Water
    Pollution Regulations, 35 III. Adm. Code
    304.106
    (2005),
    provides:
    Offensive
    Discharges
    In
    addition
    to the
    other
    requirements of this
    Part, no effluent shall
    contain settleable solids, floating debris,
    visible oil, grease, scum
    or
    sludge solids. Color, odor and
    turbidity
    must
    be reduced to
    below obvious levels.
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    23.
    Pekin Paperboard
    has
    caused or allowed the discharge
    of
    effluent
    in violation
    of
    Section 304.106 of
    the
    Board’s
    Water Pollution
    Regulations,
    35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 304.106 (2005).
    Since these offensive discharges
    resulted
    in violations of water quality standards,
    Pekin
    Paperboard also
    violated
    Sections 302.203
    and 304.105 of the Board’s Water Pollution
    Regulations, 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code
    302.203,
    304.105 (2005).
    24.
    By so violating the Board’s Water
    Pollution Regulations, Pekin Paperboard
    has
    thereby violated Section 12(a) of the Act,
    415 ILCS 5/12(a) (2006).
    25.
    Pekin
    Paperboard
    has caused, threatened
    or allowed water
    pollution
    in that such
    discharges of
    contaminants
    likely rendered
    the
    waters
    of the State harmful or
    detrimental
    or
    injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or
    to
    agricultural, recreational,
    or other
    legitimate
    uses, or to livestock,
    wild
    animals, birds, fish or
    other
    aquatic life and have likely created
    a
    nuisance.
    26.
    By causing or allowing the discharge of contaminants
    in
    such
    a
    manner as
    to
    cause or threaten water pollution, Pekin Paperboard has violated Section 12(a) of the Act, 415
    ILCS 5/12(a) (2006).
    PRAYER FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, Complainant, the PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, respectfully
    request that
    the
    Board enter an order against the
    Respondent PEKIN
    PAPERBOARD
    COMPANY, L.P.:
    A.
    Authorizing
    a
    hearing
    in this
    matter
    at which time the Respondent will be required
    to
    answer
    the allegations herein;
    B.
    Finding that Respondent
    has
    violated
    the Act and regulations
    as
    alleged herein;
    C.
    Ordering Respondent to cease and
    desist
    from
    any
    further
    violations of the Act
    and
    associated
    regulations;
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    D.
    Assessing
    against
    Respondent
    a civil
    penalty
    of
    fifty
    thousand
    dollars
    ($50,000)
    for
    each
    violation
    of the
    Act, and
    an
    additional
    penalty
    of
    ten
    thousand
    dollars
    ($10,000)
    for
    each
    day
    during which
    each
    violation
    has
    continued
    thereafter;
    and
    E.
    Granting
    such other
    relief
    as the
    Board
    may
    deem
    appropriate.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF THE
    STATE OF
    ILLINOIS,
    ox rol.
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General
    of
    the
    State
    of
    Illinois
    MATTHEWJ.
    DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental
    Enforcement/Asbestos
    BY:
    Litigatii
    ANDREWJ.
    ICHOLAS
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    Attorney Reg.
    No.
    6285057
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    217/782-9031
    Dated:
    January
    28,
    2009
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