ESG Watts, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner ESG Watts, Inc., appeals the decision of the Pollution Control Board (Board) to impose a penalty of $60,000 for petitioner’s failure to timely pay solid waste fees and to timely submit various reports required of landfill operators by the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (West 1992)) and regulations promulgated thereunder. People v. Watts, Ill. Pollution Control Bd. Op. 94 — 127 (May 4, 1995). Petitioner admits violating the Act, but contends the penalty was excessive because the violations caused no…