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Tom Volini of Town & Country Utilities, one of the developers of the proposed Chicago regional garbage dump with the City of Kankakee, is being sued by the Illinois Attorney General over illegal dumping near his proposed dump site. Case No. 07 CH 303 at the Kankakee County Court House.
April 11, 2008 Update
Not much happened. The Illinois Attorney General's representative asked for a postponement. The next scheduled status hearing is Tuesday, August 12, 9:00 am, room 204.
February 28, 2008 Update
No settlement has been reached. The attorneys and the judge discussed who would be filing what when. Next hearing April 11, 2008
January 4, 2008 Update
At the January 3, 2008 court hearing, Mr. Volini's attorney filed a motion requesting a trial. This means at the present time Mr. Volini is refusing to accept the settlement offer made by the Attorney Generals office on behalf of the IEPA. The IEPA is seeking $4,100,000 in fines and penalties but the assistant Attorney General handling the case said they have made a generous offer to Mr. Volini to settle the case. She also said Mr. Volini has yet to sign an agreement barring future dumping. The next hearing on this matter will take place February 28 at the Kankakee County Court House.
December 31, 2007 Update
9:00 AM Thursday January 3, 2008 a hearing will take place in the Kankakee County Court House room 204 to settle this case. Mr. Volini was granted a delay until this date to settle with the IEPA on the thousands of dollars in fines he owes as a result of his illegal dumping. He is claiming he cleaned up and hauled away the multiple semi-loads of debris he dumped illegally near the proposed Mayor Green/Barbara-Volini garbage dump site. Neighbors in the area say he buried the debris.
August 5, 2007
Tom Volini of Town & Country Utilities, one of the developer of the proposed Chicago regional garbage dump with the City of Kankakee, is being sued by the Illinois Attorney General over illegal dumping near his proposed dump site. Case No. 07 CH 303
The local environmental group Protecting Our Water Environment & River (POWER) obtained pictures of the illegal dumping of semi-truck loads of construction debris and other garbage which they turned over to the IEPA which has resulted in this suit. The case has been filed with the Circuit Court in the Kankakee County Court House. It is scheduled to be heard September 27, 9:00 A.M. room 204. An answer to this case by Mr. Volini is due by August 29. Click the POWER link to go their web site to read the legal case filed by the Attorney General.