BEFORE THE

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

NOV

10

2004

OF THE STATE

OF ILLINOIS

HARPER OIL COMPANY,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R.

Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street

Suite

11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

Petitioner,

Respondent.

V.

RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

Pollution Control Board

)

PCBNo.05-q0

)

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

)

)

NOTICE

Christopher A. Sommer

Harper Oil Company

2319 West Jefferson

Springfield,

IL

62702-2209

PLEASE

TAKE

NOTICE

that

I

have

today filed

with the

office of the

Clerk of

the

Pollution

Control Board a REQUEST FOR NENETY DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL PERIOD,

copies of which

are herewith served upon

you.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

John !~

Kim

Assistant Counsel

Special Assistant Attorney General

Division of Legal Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue, East

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143 (TDD)

Dated: November

8, 2004

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RECE~VED

CLERK’S. OFFICE

BEFORE THE

POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

NOV

102004

OF THE

STATE

OF ILLINOIS

STATE OF ILLINOIS

PoII~t~~n

Control Boarc~

HARPER OIL COMPANY,

)

Petitioner,

)

V.

)

PCBNo.05-

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

(LUST Appeal

-

Ninety Day Extension)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION

OF APPEAL PERIOD

NOW COMES

the Respondent,

the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

(“Illinois

EPA”),

by one of its

attorneys, John J.

Kim,

Assistant

Counsel

and

Special

Assistant Attorney

General,

and,

pursuant

to

Section

40(a)(1)

of the

Illinois

Environmental

ProtectiOn

Act

(415

ILCS

5/40(a)(1))

and

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

105.208,

hereby requests

that

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension of the thirty-five

(35)

day period forpetitioning

for a

hearing to

February

7,

2005,

or any other date not more than a total of one hundred twenty-fi~.e

(125)

days

from

the

date

of service

of the

Illinois

EPA’s

final

decision.

The

125th

day

is

February

6, 2005,

a Sunday.

In support thereof, the Illinois EPA respectfully

states as follows:

1.

On October

1,

2004,

the

Illinois

EPA issued

a

final decision

to

the

Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

2.

On November

1,

2004,

the Petitioner made a written request

to

the Illinois

EPA

for an

extension of time

by which

to file

a petition for review, asking

the

Illinois

EPA join

in

requesting that

the Board

extend the thirty-five

day

period for

filing

a petition

to

ninety

days.

The Petitioner represented that the final decision was received on

October 4, 2004.

(Exhibit B)

3.

The additional time requested by

the parties may eliminate the need for a hearing

in this matter or, in the alternative, allow the parties

to identify issues and limit the scope of any

hearing that may be necessary to resolve this matter.

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WHEREFORE,

for the

reasons

stated

above,

the parties request

that

the

Board,

in

the

interest of administrative

and judicial

economy, grant this

request

for a

ninety-day

extension of

the thirty-five day period for petitioning for a hearing.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

Assistant Counsel

Special Assistant Attorney General

Division ofLegal

Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue, East

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143 (TDD)

Dated: November

8, 2004

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

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ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

AGENCY

1021

NOem

GRAND AVr.NtJE t~sr,

P.O.

Sax

19276,

SrRII4GFIELD,

ILLINOIS

62794-9276,

217-782-3397

JAMES

R.

THOMPSON CENTER,

109 WEst’ RANOOLI’H,

SolvE

11-300, CI-IICAC;o,

II.

60601, 312-814-6026

ROD R.

BLAC.OJEVICH,

GOVERNOR

RENEE CIPRIANO,

DIRECr0R

CERTIFIED MAIL

OCT 0

1 2~4

Harper Oil Co.

Ann: Patrick Ketehum

2319 W. Jefferson

Springfield, IL 62707

Re:

LPC #08 10300034

--

Jefferson County

Mt:VernontHarper Oil Co.

617 SakniRd.

LUST Incident No. 951537

LUST Technical File

Dear Mr. Ketchu.m:

?0U~3150 0000 1113 8845

The Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has reviewed the Amended High

Priority Corrective Action Plan Budget (budget) submitted for the above-referenced incident.

This budget, dated September 24, 2004, was received by the Illinois EPA on September 24,

2004.

Citations in this letter are from the Environmental Protection Act

(Act) and 35 Illinois

Administrative Code

(35

111. Adm,

Code).

The budget is rejected for the reason(s) listed

in Attachment A (Section

57.7(c)(4)

ofthe Act and

35

Iii.

Adm.

Code 732.405(e) and 732.503(b)),

All future correspondence must be submitted to:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Bureau ofLand

-

#24

Leaking Unciergrounu Storage Tank Section

102! North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield, IL

62794-9276

Please submit all correspondence in duplicate and include the Re: block shown at the beginning

ofthis letter.

An underground storage tank system owner or operator may appeal this decision to the

Illinois

Pollution Control Board.

Appeal rights arc attached.

RCX:KHtRO

—

4302

North

Main Street. Rockford. IL 61103

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South

State,

Elgin. IL 60123— (8471 60

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University

St., Peoria,

IL 61614—

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Street

Rd., Springfield,

IL

62706

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EXHIBIT

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Harrison St.,

Des Plaines,

IL 60016—1847)

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sky St., Peoria, IL 61614—1309) 693-5463

25 South

flrst

Street, Champaign, II. 61820-

(217) 278-5800

Mall Street, CoIlinsvilIe,

IL

622:tl

1611)316

5120

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217/782-6762

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Ifyou have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Scott McGill at (21 7)/524-

5137.

Sincerely,

Clifford L. Wheeler

Unit Manager

IMaking Underground Storage Tank Section

Division ofRemecliation Management

Bureau of Land

Attachment:

AttachmentA

Appeal Rights

cc:

CSD Environmental Services, Inc.

Division File

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Attachment A

Re:

LPC # 0810300034

--

Jefferson County

Mt. Vernon/Harper Oil Co.

617 Salem

Rd.

LUST Incident No. 951537

LUST Technical File

Citations in this attachment are

from the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and 35

Illinois

Administrative

Code

(35

Ill. Adm. Code).

1.

,

‘I’he budget was submitted afterthe issuance ofa No Further Remediation Letter.

Pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 732.405(d), any High Priority or Low Priority plan or

budget shall be submitted to the Illinois EPA forreview and approval, rejection, or

modification in accordance with the procedures contained in Subpart E of35

Ill.

Adm.

Code 732 prior to the issuance ofa No Further Remediation Letter.

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HARPER

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November

1,

2004

HARPER OIL

Co.

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Legal Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

Re:

0810300034—Jefferson County

Mt. Vernon/Harper Oil

617 Salem Road

LUST Incident #

951537

Dear Sir:

Division

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Lega~C~unse1

NOV 05

2OO~

Environmeflta~vroiectiofl

Agency

Harper Oil

Company is requesting

a

90 day extension ofthe final decision letter dated

October

1, 2004 regarding a budget amendment.

Pursuant to our appeal rights, Harper

Oil has 35 days from the date of issuance ofthe final decision to request an extension.

Harper Oil hopes to resolve this issue with the EPA

within the next 90 days.

Sincerely,

Christopher A. Sonmier

Vice President

2319

W. Jefferson

.

Springfield,

Illinois 62702-2209

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I,

the undersigned attorney at law, hereby

certify that

on November 8,

2004, I served

true

and

correct

copies of a

REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY

EXTENSION

OF

APPEAL

PERIOD,

by placing true

and correct copies in

properly sealed and

addressed

envelopes and

by depositing

said

sealed envelopes in a U.S. mail

drop box

located within Springfield,

Illinois,

with sufficient

First Class Mail postage affixed thereto, upon the following named persons:

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Christopher A. Sommer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Harper Oil Company

James R. Thompson

Center

2319 West Jefferson

100 West Randolph Street

Springfield,

IL

62702-2209

Suite

11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

John

J

Assistant Counsel

Special Assistant Attorney General

Division ofLegal

Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue, East

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143

(TDD)