…and yet, they did. Including us.
We’re talking about the front-page piece this month regarding a situation that happened a few years ago, revolving around West End Landfill. And we’re figuring no one caught it—despite the VOLUMES of paperwork generated by the investigation—because of who owns West End: Rick Lane, and the ubiquitous Robert “ChickenBob” Wilson (whose run for office was misidentified this month; he’s running for precinct committeeman, not county board.) But why should you not vote for ChickenBob for dogcatcher, even? Because of what’s going on at West End. And you’ll know all about it if you pick up a copy of this issue at one of our more than 50 vendors…or if you click through the links at the bottom of the article and sign up for an online membership, where you can read the full story; here’s the lead, “EPA inspector dismissed for falsifying documents“:
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SALINE/WILLIAMSON COs.—A Marion-based Environmental Protection Agency inspector lost his job with the EPA after the agency found that he had falsified reports regarding a local landfill.
But it’s not just any “local landfill”; it’s West End Landfill in Saline County, said landfill owned by Rick Lane and attorney Robert Wilson.
The Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) of the state of Illinois conducted the investigation into Robert Mileur, IEPA land inspector, after complaints were made and irregularities were found in reports dating back to 2006.
The result of the OEIG’s investigation were submitted for a final summary report on June 2, 2011. Mileur was placed on paid administrative leave June 17, 2011; on non-paid suspension August 3, 2011; discharged on Aug. 29, 2011 and the material submitted to the attorney general’s office shortly thereafter.
Typical of state agencies, however, Mileur was not “gone” altogether; instead, on October 4, 2011, he “returned to work in a different position with a 30-day suspension.
Disclosure has learned that Mileur went to Illinois’ Department of Mines and Minerals.
How this was all wrangled is a matter of discovery through FOIA, which Disclosure is conducting.
But more importantly is the fact that Mileur was covering over for hazardous materials violations at the landfill; and what those hazardous materials are doing to the area around the landfill, located west of Galatia in northwest Saline County.
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