On November 5, 2009, the Illinois Pollution Control Board accepted a settlement of the Attorney General’s enforcement action for environmental violations at a temporary concrete batch plant located at the intersection of I-74 and I-474 west of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
In People v. Illinois Valley Paving Co., PCB 09-40, the Attorney General alleged the following violations: (1) discharging contaminant-laden stormwater runoff into Kickapoo Creek via an unnamed tributary; (2) creating a water pollution hazard by depositing concrete wastes and residues upon the land without the protection of adequate erosion controls; and (3) violating the terms of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
In settlement documents, the company agreed to a civil penalty of $15,200. Also, the company must “cease and desist from future violations of the Environmental Protection Act and Board regulations that were the subject of the complaint.”
Stay tuned to the Illinois Environmental Law Blog for more news and developments.
