PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS v.
CITY OF CHARLESTON
In this water enforcement action concerning a Coles County facility, the Board granted relief from the hearing requirement of Section 31(c)(1) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/31(c)(1) (2000)), accepted a final stipulation and settlement agreement, ordered the respondent to pay a civil penalty of $25,000, and to cease and desist from further violations.
June 7, 2001PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,Complainant,v.
CITY OF CHARLESTON,
Respondent.
BACKGROUND
The stipulated facts indicate that the plant has a lime sludge disposal system.
Stip.
at 4-5.
Based on studies by a retired
college botany professor and a college geology/geography professor, Charleston proposed thatthe sludge deposits in the ravine be left undisturbed. Sims testified that from February 26, 1999, to March 5, 1999, she witnessed limesludge being dumped from the plant into Cox Cove. Tr. at 12-13. Delbert1 The hearing transcript is cited as “Tr.
Allowed
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