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JOSEPH MENO STONE CO., INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1990 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 27583

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Case

Case Number
05-1990-0304
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

THE U.S.EPA PROPOSED TO ISSUE A FINDING OF VIOLATION AND OR- DER TO THE RESPONDENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 309G OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319G. THE ORDER WILL DIRECT THE RESPON- DENTS TO SUBMIT A WETLANDS DELINEATION AND A PLAN FOR REMOV- AL OF THE FILL AND RESTORATION OF THE WETLAND. - THIS CASE INVOLVES THE FILLING OF A WETLAND AREA IN COOK COUNTY AT ROUTE 83 & 111TH STREET NEAR LEMONT. THE SITE IS A FIEW 100 FT FROM CAL-SAG CHANNEL. THE SITE IS OWNED BY JOSEPH P. MENO WHO IS THE SECRETARY OF JOSEPH MENO STONE CO, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION (HIS BROTHER MICHAEL IS THE PRESIDENT). THERE IS SOME REASON TO BELIEVE THE SITE MAY BE IN TRUST FOR THE BROTHERS ALTHOUGH NO ONE YET KNOWS WHO THE TRUSTEE IS. THERE IS ALSO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE SITE WAS PARTIALLY FILLED BY MICKEY LONIELLO, A PROSPECTIVE PUR- CHASER OF THE SITE. THE JOSEPH MENO STONE COMPANY DEALS IN SCRAP STONE AND USED THE FILLED AREA FOR STORAGE AND PARKING THE FILL MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE COMPOSED OF SOIL AND SCRAP THE FILLING OF THE SITE IS BELIEVE TO HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY OF 1986 AND JULY OF 1989. - NO PERMIT HAS EVER BEEN ISSUED FOR FILLING THE SITE. - THE TOTAL AREA FILLED IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND TEN ACRES.

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