May 6, 2004PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,Complainant,v.
JOHN PRIOR d/b/a PRIOR OIL COMPANY
and JAMES MEZO d/b/a MEZO OILCOMPANY,Respondents.
Although I agree with the Board that the
respondents violated the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5 (2002)) andBoard regulations, I do not agree with the imposition of a $300,000 civil penalty on John Priord/b/a Prior Oil Company (Prior).
While I strongly concur that based on the factors of Section 33(c) of the Act (415 ILCS
5/33(c) (2002)), civil penalties against Prior and Mezo are warranted, after considering theSection 42(h) factors (415 ILCS 5/42(h) (2002)), I think the $30...
Allowed
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