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    )
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    )
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    NOTICE OF
    FILING
    TO:
    Gregory
    E. Cox,
    Esq.
    Attorney
    for
    Village
    of
    Rockton
    Nicolosi
    &
    Associates,
    LLC
    363 Financial
    Court,
    Suite
    100
    Rockford,
    Illinois
    61107-6671
    Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    James
    R.
    Thompson
    Center
    100W.
    Randolph
    Street,
    Ste.
    11-500
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60601
    PLEASE
    TAKE
    NOTICE
    that
    I have
    today
    filed
    with
    the
    Office
    of
    the
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    an
    original and nine
    copies
    of
    the Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for
    Settlement,
    an
    Agreed
    Motion
    for Relief
    from
    the Hearing
    Requirement,
    Notice
    of Filing
    and
    a
    Certificate
    of Service,
    a copy
    of
    which
    is
    attached
    herewith
    and
    served
    upon
    you.
    Respectfully submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF ILLINOIS
    DATE:
    September
    28,
    2009
    LISA
    MADIGAN
    Attorney
    General
    State
    of
    Illinois
    BY: SM1LL4I14
    ZEMEHERET
    BEREKET-AB
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    69
    W.
    Washington
    St.,
    Suite
    1800
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60602
    (312)
    814-3816
    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General
    of
    the
    State
    of
    Illinois,
    Complainant,
    vs.
    VILLAGE
    OF
    ROCKTON,
    Respondent.
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    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
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    OFFICE
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    FILING
    IS
    SUBMITTED ON
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    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General
    )
    of
    the
    State
    of Illinois,
    )
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    VILLAGE
    OF
    ROCKTON,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    AGREED
    MOTION
    TO
    REQUEST
    RELIEF
    FROM
    THE
    HEARING
    REQUIREMENT
    In
    support
    of this Motion,
    the parties
    state
    as follows:
    1.
    Today,
    the
    People
    of the State
    of
    Illinois, filed
    a Stipulation
    and Proposal
    for
    Settlement,
    with the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board.
    2.
    Section
    31
    (c)(2)
    of
    the Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act,
    (“Act”), 415
    ILCS
    5/3
    1(c)(2)(2008)
    provides:
    Notwithstanding
    the
    provisions
    of subdivision
    (1)
    of this subsection
    (c),
    whenever
    a complaint
    has
    been filed
    on
    behalf
    of
    the
    Agency
    or
    by
    the People
    of
    the
    State of
    Illinois,
    the
    parties
    may
    file with the
    Board a
    stipulation
    and proposal
    for
    settlement
    accompanied
    by a request
    for relief
    from the
    requirement
    of a hearing
    pursuant
    to
    subdivision
    (1)....
    3.
    Complainant
    and Respondent
    agree
    that
    a formal
    hearing
    is
    not
    necessary
    to
    conclude
    this matter
    and wish
    to avail
    themselves
    of Section
    31 (c)(2) of
    the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(2)(2008).

    WHEREFORE,
    Complainant
    and
    Respondent
    request
    relief from
    the
    hearing
    requirement
    pursuant
    to Section
    31(c)(2)
    of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/31(c)(2)(2008).
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    LISA
    MADIGAN
    Attorney
    General
    State of
    Illinois
    MATTHEW
    J.
    DU1’N,
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    Environmental
    Enforcement!
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    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    69
    W.
    Washington
    St.,
    Suite
    1800
    Chicago,
    illinois
    60602
    (312)
    814-3816
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    September
    28,
    2009
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    Mot to Req
    Relief 9-28-09.doc

    CLERK’S
    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    SEP28
    2009
    PEOPLE OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    Complainant,
    )
    POflton
    Control
    Ba
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB
    NO.
    09-104
    )
    (Enforcement
    - Water)
    VILLAGE OF
    ROCKTON,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    STIPULATION
    AND
    PROPOSAL
    FOR
    SETTLEMENT
    Complainant,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    by LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General
    of the
    State
    of
    Illinois,
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (“Illinois
    EPA”),
    and
    Village
    of
    Rockton
    (“Respondent”) (“Parties
    to
    the Stipulation”),
    have
    agreed
    to
    the
    making
    of this
    Stipulation and
    Proposal for
    Settlement
    (“Stipulation”) and
    submit
    it
    to the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    (“Board”)
    for
    approval.
    This
    stipulation
    of facts
    is made
    and
    agreed
    upon
    for
    purposes
    of
    settlement only
    and
    as
    a factual
    basis
    for the
    Board’s approval
    of
    this
    Stipulation
    and issuance
    of relief.
    None
    of
    the
    facts
    stipulated
    herein
    shall
    be
    introduced
    into
    evidence in any
    other
    proceeding regarding
    the
    violations
    of the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act
    (“Act”),
    415
    ILCS
    5/1
    et seq.
    (2008),
    and
    the
    Board’s
    Regulations,
    alleged
    in
    the
    Complaint
    except
    as otherwise
    provided
    herein.
    It is the
    intent
    of
    the
    Parties
    to
    the
    Stipulation
    that
    it
    be a
    final
    adjudication
    of this
    matter.
    I.
    STATEMENT
    OF
    FACTS
    A.
    Parties
    1.
    On
    April
    30,
    2009,
    a Complaint
    was
    filed
    on
    behalf
    of
    the
    People
    of
    the State
    of
    Illinois
    by
    Lisa
    Madigan,
    Attorney General
    of
    the State
    of Illinois,
    on
    her own
    motion
    and upon

    the
    request
    of the Illinois
    EPA,
    pursuant
    to Section
    31 of
    the Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/31 (2008),
    against
    the
    Respondent.
    2.
    The
    Illinois EPA
    is an
    administrative
    agency of
    the State
    of Illinois,
    created
    pursuant
    to
    Section
    4 of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/4 (2008).
    3.
    At all times
    relevant
    to
    the
    Complaint,
    Respondent
    was and
    is an Illinois
    municipal
    corporation
    that
    is
    authorized
    to transact
    business
    in the State
    of
    Illinois.
    4.
    At all
    times relevant
    to the
    Complaint,
    Rockton
    owned
    and
    operated
    a waste water
    treatment
    plant
    (“WWTP”)
    located
    at 718
    West
    Union
    Street,
    Rockton,
    Illinois,
    Winnebago
    County
    (“Site”),
    which
    operates
    under
    NPDES
    Permit
    No.
    1L0030791.
    The
    NPDES
    permit was
    issued
    on
    September
    19,
    2004, and
    will
    expire
    on September
    30,
    2009. The
    WWTP
    operations
    include a lift
    station—River
    Street
    lift
    station located
    along
    the Rock
    River in
    Rockton.
    5.
    The
    River
    Street
    lift
    station
    pumps
    untreated
    sewage from
    local residents
    to
    Rockton’s
    WWTP.
    The
    receiving
    waters
    for
    Rockton’s
    effluent
    discharge
    is
    the Rock
    River.
    6.
    On July
    23,
    2007, the
    Illinois
    EPA Bureau
    of
    Water,
    Rockford
    Regional
    Office
    received
    a
    complaint
    from an
    employee
    of the Rockton
    hydroelectric
    plant
    of
    a sewage
    discharge
    to
    the
    Rock
    River from
    the River
    Street lift
    station.
    7.
    The
    Complainant
    had
    in turn
    received
    a
    discharge report
    from
    a
    fisherman
    who
    had
    been
    boating
    on the Rock
    River. The
    Illinois
    EPA
    also
    received
    a
    report
    about
    the
    discharge
    of
    sewage
    from
    the
    Chief
    Operator
    of
    the Rockton
    WWTP.
    8.
    On
    July
    23, 2007,
    the Illinois
    EPA inspected
    both
    the Rockton
    hydroelectric
    plant
    and the
    River
    Street lift
    station.
    2

    9.
    The Illinois
    EPA observed
    wet paper,
    fecal
    matter
    and
    other
    sewage
    debris
    below
    the 8-inch
    diameter
    bypass
    overflow
    on the
    bank
    of
    the
    Rock
    River
    at
    the base
    of
    the
    lift
    station
    overflow
    discharge
    point.
    10.
    The
    Illinois
    EPA
    also
    observed
    that
    the
    pumps
    at the River
    Street
    lift
    station
    were
    plugged
    with
    discarded
    clothing
    that
    wound
    around
    the
    pump
    impellors
    making
    the pumps
    ineffective.
    The conduit
    for
    the telephone
    line for
    the
    automatic
    alarm
    dialer
    system
    had
    also
    been damaged
    and the
    line disconnected
    thereby
    making
    the
    telephone
    alarm
    system
    inoperable.
    The lift
    station
    had
    no
    fencing
    around
    it
    to
    limit
    access
    to the
    equipment.
    11.
    On
    July
    26,
    2007,
    the Illinois
    EPA
    re-inspected
    the lift
    station
    and
    observed
    that
    the
    pumps
    had been
    cleaned
    and
    restored
    to
    full
    service
    and
    that the
    alarm
    system
    telephone
    line
    had
    been reinstalled
    in a
    heavy
    pipe conduit
    as
    was the
    conduit
    for the
    float
    pumps.
    All
    four
    lift
    station
    control
    floats
    were replaced
    with new
    floats.
    12.
    The
    Illinois
    EPA
    also
    observed
    that
    the
    alarm
    light
    and
    horn
    were
    moved
    and
    reinstalled
    on
    a
    metal
    utility
    pole
    where
    they could
    be
    observed
    from
    the street
    and
    nearby
    residence.
    13.
    On
    July
    27, 2007,
    the
    Illinois
    EPA
    received
    a
    written
    notice
    of noncompliance
    from
    Rockton’s
    engineers
    regarding
    the
    situation
    at the River
    Street
    lift
    station.
    14.
    On
    September 13, 2007,
    the
    Illinois
    EPA
    sent
    to Rockton
    a
    Violation
    Notice
    (“VN”)
    pursuant
    to
    Section
    31(a)(l)
    of
    the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/31(a)(1)
    (2008).
    15.
    On
    October
    1,
    2007,
    Rockton
    responded
    to the
    VN
    and proposed
    its
    Compliance
    Commitment
    Agreement
    (“CCA”).
    16.
    On
    November
    21,
    2007
    the
    Illinois
    EPA
    rejected
    Rockton’s
    CCA.
    3

    17.
    On
    April
    21, 2008, the
    Illinois EPA sent
    to
    Rockton a
    Notice of
    Intent to
    Pursue
    Legal Action pursuant
    to
    Section
    3
    1(b) of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/31(b) (2008).
    B.
    Allegations of
    Non-Compliance
    Complainant
    contends that
    the
    Respondent
    has violated
    the following
    provisions
    of the
    Act
    and
    Board
    regulations:
    Count
    I:
    Cause,
    Threaten
    or Allow Water
    Pollution in violation
    of
    Section
    12(a)
    of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/12(a)
    (2008);
    Count
    II:
    Failure to Provide a
    Reliable Alarm
    System in violation
    of 35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 306.102(a) and
    Section
    12(a)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/12(a) (2008);
    Count III:
    Failure to Control
    Overflow in
    violation of 35 Iii.
    Adm. Code
    306.304 and Section
    12(a)
    of
    the
    Act, 415 ILCS 5/12(a)
    (2008).
    C.
    Non
    -Admission
    of Violations
    The
    Respondent
    represents
    that it has entered into
    this
    Stipulation
    for the purpose of
    settling
    and
    compromising
    disputed
    claims without
    having
    to incur
    the expense
    of contested
    litigation. By
    entering into
    this Stipulation
    and
    complying
    with its terms,
    the
    Respondent
    does
    not
    affirmatively
    admit
    the
    allegations of
    violation within the
    Complaint
    and referenced
    within
    Section I.B
    herein,
    and this
    Stipulation shall not
    be
    interpreted
    as including such
    admission.
    D.
    Compliance
    Activities
    to Date
    Respondent
    has
    completed
    the
    following compliance
    activities to
    date:
    1.
    Float switches
    were
    checked. One displayed
    an intermittent failure.
    It was
    determined
    that as long
    as
    the electrician
    was on
    site, all four float switches
    would be replaced.
    A
    new
    junction
    box for
    the
    float switches
    was
    located
    outside
    of
    the wet well in a
    buried location
    to
    prevent
    possible
    future
    tampering with float
    cables.
    4

    2.
    The
    pumper
    truck
    was
    utilized
    to remove
    all of
    the
    floating
    materials and
    settled
    grit from
    the
    wet
    well.
    3.
    The
    telephone
    lines
    were
    reconnected
    and
    the
    conduit
    and
    junction
    box
    relocated
    to the
    electric
    service
    pole
    to
    minimize
    the
    potential
    for future
    damage.
    The
    conduit
    was
    replaced
    with
    rigid
    conduit.
    4.
    Pumps
    and
    check
    valves
    were
    checked
    for
    foreign
    materials.
    Both
    pump
    impellers
    had
    significant
    amounts
    of
    rags
    and
    debris.
    It
    appeared
    that
    a pair
    of
    blue
    jeans
    was
    wrapped
    around
    one
    of the
    impellers.
    All
    debris
    was
    removed
    from
    the
    pumps.
    The
    check
    valves
    were
    disassembled
    and
    checked
    for debris.
    Both
    check
    valves
    had
    significant amounts
    of
    debris
    in
    the
    seat
    area
    and
    around
    the
    shaft.
    The debris
    was
    removed
    and
    while
    the valves
    were
    disassembled,
    new
    roll pins
    were
    installed.
    Pumping
    rates
    were
    checked
    and the
    pumps
    are
    pumping
    at
    normal
    rates.
    5.
    The
    telephone
    dialer
    was
    checked
    and
    was
    functioning
    properly;
    it had
    simply
    not
    been
    able
    to
    notify
    staff
    with
    the
    telephone
    wires
    disconnected.
    6.
    Visual
    (warning
    light)
    and
    audible
    (horn)
    alarms
    were
    reconnected
    and tested.
    Both
    are
    operational.
    Respondent
    contends
    that
    it is
    uncertain
    that
    wastewater
    was
    discharged
    to
    the
    river,
    as
    no
    wastewater
    was
    observed
    being
    discharged
    and
    no
    one personally
    witnessed
    wastewater
    being
    discharged.
    The pump
    station
    is
    now
    operating
    at full
    capacity,
    and all
    of the
    known
    problems
    have
    been
    addressed.
    The
    Village
    has
    spent
    $29,850
    in installing
    new
    security
    measures.
    5

    II.
    APPLICABILITY
    This
    Stipulation
    shall
    apply
    to
    and
    be
    binding
    upon
    the
    Parties to the
    Stipulation, and
    any
    officer,
    director,
    agent,
    or
    employee
    of the
    Respondent,
    as
    well
    as any
    successors
    or
    assigns
    of
    the
    Respondent.
    The
    Respondent
    shall
    not
    raise
    as
    a defense
    to
    any
    enforcement
    action
    taken
    pursuant
    to
    this
    Stipulation
    the
    failure
    of
    any
    of
    its
    officers,
    directors,
    agents,
    employees
    or
    successors
    or
    assigns
    to
    take
    such
    action
    as
    shall
    be
    required
    to
    comply
    with
    the
    provisions of
    this
    Stipulation.
    This
    Stipulation
    may
    be
    used
    against
    the
    Respondent
    in
    any
    subsequent
    enforcement
    action
    or permit
    proceeding
    as
    proof
    of
    a
    past
    adjudication
    of
    violation
    of
    the Act
    and
    the
    Board
    Regulations
    for all
    violations
    alleged
    in
    the
    Complaint
    in
    this
    matter,
    for
    purposes
    of
    Sections
    39
    and
    42
    of
    the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/39
    and
    42
    (2008).
    III.
    IMPACT
    ON
    THE
    PUBLIC
    RESULTING
    FROM
    ALLEGED
    NON-COMPLIANCE
    Section
    33(c)
    of
    the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS
    5/33(c)(2008),
    provides as
    follows:
    In
    making
    its
    orders
    and
    determinations,
    the
    Board
    shall
    take
    into
    consideration
    all
    the
    facts
    and
    circumstances
    bearing
    upon
    the
    reasonableness
    of
    the
    emissions,
    discharges,
    or deposits
    involved
    including, but
    not
    limited
    to:
    1.
    the
    character
    and
    degree
    of
    injury
    to,
    or
    interference
    with
    the
    protection
    of
    the
    health,
    general
    welfare
    and
    physical
    property
    of
    the
    people;
    2.
    the
    social
    and
    economic
    value
    of the
    pollution
    source;
    3.
    the
    suitability
    or unsuitability
    of
    the
    pollution
    source
    to
    the
    area
    in
    which
    it
    is
    located,
    including the
    question
    of
    priority
    of
    location
    in
    the
    area
    involved;
    4.
    the
    technical
    practicability
    and
    economic
    reasonableness
    of
    reducing or
    eliminating
    the
    emissions,
    discharges
    or
    deposits
    resulting
    from
    such
    pollution
    source;
    and
    5.
    any
    subsequent
    compliance.
    6

    In response
    to
    these
    factors,
    the
    Parties
    to
    the
    Stipulation
    state the
    following:
    1.
    Complainant
    contends
    that
    human
    health
    and
    the
    environment
    were
    threatened
    by
    the
    discharge
    of
    untreated
    wastewater
    to
    the
    Rock
    River.
    Toilet
    paper
    and solid
    sewage
    debris
    were
    found
    at the
    base
    of the
    overflow
    outfall
    pipe.
    Respondent
    contends
    that
    it
    is uncertain
    a
    wastewater
    discharge
    occurred
    at the
    lift
    station
    to the
    Rock
    River.
    2.
    There
    is
    social
    and
    economic
    benefit
    to
    the
    wastewater
    treatment
    plant.
    3.
    Operation
    of
    the facility
    was
    suitable
    for
    the area
    in which
    it
    occurred.
    4.
    Maintaining
    fencing
    around
    the
    lift
    station
    to
    prevent
    unauthorized
    access
    was
    both
    technically
    practicable
    and economically
    reasonable.
    5.
    Respondent
    has subsequently
    corrected
    the
    operational
    deficiencies
    and
    constructed
    a
    fence
    around
    the
    lift
    station
    and
    replaced
    the
    conduit
    for the
    telephone
    line
    for the
    automatic
    alarm
    dialer
    system.
    Respondent
    maintains
    it had
    expended
    significant
    sums
    to
    implement
    the
    measures
    described
    herein.
    IV.
    CONSIDERATION
    OF SECTION
    42(h)
    FACTORS
    Section
    42(h)
    of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/42(h)(2008),
    provides
    as
    follows:
    In
    determining
    the appropriate
    civil
    penalty
    to
    be imposed
    under.
    . .
    this Section,
    the
    Board
    is authorized
    to
    consider
    any matters
    of
    record
    in mitigation
    or
    aggravation
    of
    penalty,
    including
    but not
    limited
    to the
    following
    factors:
    1.
    the duration
    and
    gravity
    of the
    violation;
    2.
    the presence
    or absence
    of
    due
    diligence
    on the
    part
    of the
    respondent
    in
    attempting
    to comply
    with requirements
    of
    this
    Act
    and regulations
    thereunder
    or to
    secure
    relief therefrom
    as provided
    by
    this
    Act;
    7

    3.
    any
    economic
    benefits
    accrued
    by
    the respondent
    because
    of delay
    in
    compliance
    with
    requirements,
    in
    which
    case
    the
    economic benefits
    shall
    be
    determined
    by
    the
    lowest
    cost
    alternative
    for
    achieving
    compliance;
    4.
    the
    amount
    of
    monetary
    penalty
    which
    will
    serve
    to
    deter
    further
    violations by
    the
    respondent
    and
    to otherwise
    aid
    in
    enhancing voluntary
    compliance
    with
    this
    Act
    by
    the respondent
    and
    other
    persons
    similarly
    subject
    to
    the Act;
    5.
    the
    number,
    proximity
    in time,
    and
    gravity
    of
    previously adjudicated
    violations
    of
    this
    Act
    by
    the
    respondent;
    6.
    whether
    the
    respondent
    voluntarily
    self-disclosed,
    in accordance with
    subsection
    i
    of this
    Section,
    the
    non-compliance to
    the
    Agency;
    and
    7.
    whether
    the
    respondent
    has
    agreed
    to
    undertake a
    “supplemental
    environmental
    project,”
    which
    means
    an environmentally
    beneficial
    project
    that
    a respondent
    agrees
    to undertake
    in settlement
    of
    an
    enforcement
    action
    brought
    under
    this
    Act, but
    which
    the
    respondent is not
    otherwise
    legally
    required
    to
    perform.
    In
    response to
    these
    factors,
    the
    Parties
    to
    the
    Stipulation
    state
    as follows:
    1.
    Complainant
    contends
    that
    the overflow
    occurred
    at least
    on
    July
    23, 2007,
    and
    involved
    the
    discharge
    of
    untreated
    wastewater
    to
    the
    Rock
    River.
    The
    discharge might
    have
    occurred
    on
    additional
    days
    as
    WWTP
    influent
    data
    recordings indicate
    a
    drop
    in overall
    influent
    flow
    volume
    immediately
    prior
    to July
    23,
    2007.
    2.
    Respondent
    contends
    it
    is uncertain
    a wastewater
    discharge
    occurred
    at the
    lift
    station
    to
    the
    Rock
    River.
    Respondent
    promptly
    investigated
    the overflow
    the
    date
    it
    learned
    of
    it.
    Respondent
    repaired
    the
    telephone
    line
    and
    reinstalled
    the alarm
    light
    and
    horn
    at the
    lift
    station
    on
    July
    23,
    2007.
    3.
    Economic
    benefits
    accrued
    by Respondent
    are
    believed
    to be
    minimal
    and
    are
    accounted
    for in
    the
    $10,000.00
    penalty
    agreed
    herein.
    8

    4.
    Complainant
    and the
    Illinois
    EPA
    have
    determined,
    based
    upon
    the
    specific
    facts
    of this
    matter,
    that
    a
    penalty
    of
    Ten
    Thousand
    Dollars
    ($10,000.00)
    will serve
    to
    deter
    further
    violations
    and
    aid in
    future
    voluntary
    compliance
    with
    the Act
    and
    Board
    regulations.
    5.
    Illinois
    EPA
    records
    indicate
    two
    previous
    enforcement
    actions
    against
    Rockton.
    In
    1975 the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    (“PCB”)
    ordered
    Rockton
    to cease
    and
    desist
    operating
    a
    landfill
    without
    a permit.
    There
    was
    no
    monetary
    penalty.
    On July
    5,
    2008
    in People
    of
    the
    State
    of Illinois
    v.
    Village
    of
    Rockton,
    PCB
    07
    134,
    the
    Illinois
    PCB
    adopted
    the
    proposed
    Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for Settlement
    between
    the
    State of
    Illinois
    and
    Rockton
    for a lift
    station
    overflow
    incident
    at Rockton’s
    Hawick
    Street
    lift station
    in
    June 2006.
    Rockton
    was
    ordered
    to pay
    a civil
    penalty
    of
    $7,514.00
    to resolve
    that
    matter.
    6.
    Self-disclosure
    is
    not at
    issue
    in
    this
    matter.
    7.
    The
    settlement
    of
    this
    matter
    does
    not
    include
    a supplemental
    environmental
    project.
    V.
    TERMS
    OF SETTLEMENT
    A.
    Penalty
    Payment
    1.
    The
    Respondent
    shall
    pay
    a civil
    penalty
    in the
    sum of
    Ten Thousand
    Dollars
    ($10,000.00)
    within
    thirty
    (30)
    days
    from
    the
    date
    the
    Board
    adopts
    and
    accepts
    this
    Stipulation.
    B.
    Payment
    Procedures
    All payments
    required
    by
    this Stipulation
    shall
    be
    made
    by certified
    check
    or money
    order
    payable
    to
    the
    Illinois
    EPA for
    deposit
    into
    the Environmental
    Protection
    Trust
    Fund
    (“EPTF”).
    Payments
    shall
    be
    sent
    by
    first class
    mail
    and delivered
    to:
    9

    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    Fiscal
    Services
    1021 North
    Grand
    Avenue
    East
    P.O.
    Box
    19276
    Springfield,
    IL
    62794-9276
    The
    name,
    case
    number
    and the
    Respondent’s
    federal
    tax
    identification
    number
    shall
    appear on
    the
    face of
    the certified
    check
    or money
    order. A
    copy
    of the
    certified
    check
    or money
    order and
    any
    transmittal
    letter
    shall be
    sent to:
    Zemeheret
    Bereket-Ab
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Illinois Attorney
    General’s
    Office
    69
    W.
    Washington
    Street,
    Suite
    1800
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60602
    C.
    Future
    Compliance
    1.
    In
    addition
    to any
    other authorities,
    the Illinois
    EPA,
    its employees
    and
    representatives,
    and the Attorney
    General,
    her
    employees
    and representatives,
    shall have
    the
    right of
    entry into
    and
    upon
    the
    Respondent’s
    facility
    which
    is the
    subject
    of
    this
    Stipulation,
    at
    all
    reasonable
    times for the
    purposes
    of
    conducting
    inspections
    and evaluating
    compliance
    status.
    In
    conducting
    such
    inspections,
    the
    Illinois EPA,
    its
    employees
    and
    representatives,
    and the
    Attorney
    General,
    her employees
    and
    representatives,
    may take
    photographs,
    samples,
    and
    collect
    information,
    as
    they
    deem
    necessary.
    2.
    This
    Stipulation
    in no
    way
    affects
    the responsibilities
    of
    the Respondent
    to
    comply
    with
    any
    other federal,
    state
    or
    local
    laws
    or regulations,
    including
    but not
    limited to
    the
    Act
    and the
    Board Regulations.
    3.
    The
    Respondent
    shall
    cease and desist
    from
    future
    violations
    of the
    Act and
    Board
    Regulations
    that
    were
    the
    subject matter
    of
    the
    Complaint.
    10

    D.
    Release
    from
    Liability
    In
    consideration
    of
    the Respondent’s
    payment
    of
    the
    $10,000.00
    penalty,
    its commitment
    to
    cease and
    desist as
    contained
    in
    Section
    V.D.
    above,
    completion
    of
    all activities
    required
    hereunder,
    and
    upon the
    Board’s approval
    of
    this
    Stipulation,
    the
    Complainant
    releases, waives
    and
    discharges
    the
    Respondent
    from any
    further
    liability
    or
    penalties
    for the violations
    of the Act
    and
    Board
    Regulations
    that were
    the subject
    matter
    of the Complaint
    herein.
    The release
    set forth
    above
    does
    not
    extend
    to
    any matters
    other
    than those
    expressly
    specified
    in
    Complainant’s
    Complaint
    filed
    on
    April
    30, 2009.
    The
    Complainant
    reserves,
    and this
    Stipulation
    is without
    prejudice
    to, all
    rights
    of the
    State
    of
    Illinois
    against
    the
    Respondent
    with respect
    to all other
    matters, including
    but
    not limited
    to, the
    following:
    a.
    criminal
    liability;
    b.
    liability
    for
    future
    violation
    of state,
    federal,
    local, and
    common laws
    andlor
    regulations;
    c.
    liability
    for natural
    resources
    damage
    arising out
    of the
    alleged
    violations;
    and
    d.
    liability
    or
    claims
    based
    on
    the
    Respondent’s
    failure
    to satisfy
    the
    requirements
    of
    this Stipulation.
    Nothing
    in
    this Stipulation
    is intended
    as
    a
    waiver,
    discharge,
    release,
    or covenant
    not to
    sue
    for any claim
    or
    cause
    of action,
    administrative
    or judicial,
    civil
    or criminal,
    past
    or future,
    in
    law
    or in
    equity,
    which the
    State
    of
    Illinois may
    have
    against
    any
    person,
    as defined
    by Section
    3.315
    of the
    Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/3.3
    15 (2008),
    or entity
    other
    than
    the Respondent.
    11

    E.
    Correspondence,
    Reports
    and Other
    Documents
    Any
    and all
    correspondence,
    reports and
    any other
    documents
    required
    under
    this
    Stipulation,
    except
    for
    penalty
    payments,
    shall be
    submitted
    as follows:
    As to the
    Complainant
    Zemeheret
    Bereket-Ab
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    North
    69 W.
    Washington
    Street,
    Suite 1800
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60602
    Chuck
    Gunnarson
    Assistant
    Counsel
    Illinois EPA
    1021 North
    Grand Avenue East
    P.O. Box
    19276
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62794-9276
    As to the
    Respondent
    Attorney
    Gregory E. Cox
    363
    Financial
    Court,
    Suite 100
    Rockford, Illinois
    61107
    F.
    Enforcement
    and
    Modification
    of
    Stipulation
    1.
    Upon the
    entry of the Board’s
    Order approving
    and accepting
    this
    Stipulation, that
    Order
    is a
    binding
    and
    enforceable
    order
    of
    the Board
    and
    may be enforced as
    such through
    any
    and all
    available
    means.
    2.
    The
    Parties to the Stipulation
    may, by
    mutual
    written
    consent,
    agree
    to
    extend any
    compliance dates
    or
    modify
    the
    terms
    of this Stipulation.
    A request for any
    modification
    shall be
    made in
    writing and
    submitted to the contact
    persons
    identified
    in Section
    V.G.
    Any
    such
    request
    shall be
    made
    by
    separate
    document,
    and shall
    not
    be
    submitted
    within any
    other report
    12

    or
    submittal
    required
    by
    this
    Stipulation.
    Any
    such
    agreed
    modification
    shall
    be
    in
    writing,
    signed
    by
    authorized
    representatives
    of
    the
    Parties
    to
    the
    Stipulation.
    G.
    Execution
    of Stipulation
    The
    undersigned
    representatives
    for
    the Parties
    to the
    Stipulation
    certify
    that
    they
    are
    fully
    authorized
    by the
    party
    whom
    they
    represent
    to enter
    into
    the
    terms
    and
    conditions of this
    Stipulation
    and to
    legally
    bind
    them
    to
    it.
    WHEREFORE,
    the Parties
    to
    the
    Stipulation
    request
    that
    the
    Board
    adopt
    and
    accept
    the
    foregoing
    Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for
    Settlement
    as
    written.
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    REMAINDER
    OF THIS
    PAGE
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    LEFT
    BLANK]
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    PEOPLE OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    THE
    ILLiNOIS
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    Attorney General
    State
    of
    Illinois
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    an
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General,
    do
    certify
    that
    I caused
    ar
    to
    be
    served
    on
    this
    28
    day of
    September,
    2009,
    the
    foregoing
    Notice
    of
    Filing,
    a
    Stipulation
    and
    Proposal
    for
    Settlement,
    and an
    Agreed
    Motion
    for
    Relief
    from
    the
    Hearing
    Requirement,
    upon
    the persons
    listed
    on
    said
    Notice
    by
    placing
    same
    in an
    envelope
    bearing
    sufficient
    postage
    with
    the
    United
    States
    Postal
    Service
    located
    at 100
    West
    Randolph
    Street,
    Chicago,
    Illinois.
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