WAY~TE & DENNIS SWANSON

Petitioner,

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

Respondent.

RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

APR 26

2005

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

Pollution Control Board

)

)

PCBNo.05-

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

)

)

Daniel A. Reed

Alschuler,

Simantz & Hem, LLC

Downer Place Executive Center

1961 West Downer Place

Aurora, Illinois 60506-4384

PLEASE

TAKE

NOTICE that I

have

today

filed with

the

office of the

Clerk of the

Pollution

Control Board a REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL

PERIOD, copies of which

are herewith served upon you.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

John J.Kim

~~antl

e~’~”~’~

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: April 22, 2005

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS

V.

)

NOTICE

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RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

APR

262005

STATE OF ILLINOIS

WAYNE & DENNIS SWANSON

)

Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

)

v.

)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

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

Protectiori 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 ofthe thirty-five

(35)

day period for petitioning for a

hearing

to

July 21,

2005,

or any

other date not

more

than

a

total

of one

hundred

twenty-five

(125)

days from the date ofreceipt of the Illinois

EPA’s

final decision.

In support thereof, the

Illinois EPArespectfully states as follows:

1.

On

March

15,

2005,

the Illinois

EPA

issued

a

final decision

to

the

Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

2.

On April 21, 2005, the Petitioner made a written request to

the Illinois EPA for an

extension oftime by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPAjoin in requesting

that

the

Board

extend the

thirty-five

day

period

for

filing

a

petition

to

ninety

days.

Upon

information

and

belief, the Petitioner did

receive the information on March

18,

2005.

(Exhibit

B)

PCBI~o.05-

I

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

1

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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 maybe necessary to resolve this matter.

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

JolmJ. Kim

Assistant

-

Special Assistant

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue, East

P.O.Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143 (TDD)

Dated: April 22, 2005

-

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

1021

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19226,

SP2INGFIELD,

lalNols

62794-9276, 217-732-3397

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It

THoMPSoN

CENTER,

100Wi~sr

RANDOLPH, SuitE

11-300,

Ct-Ilc,’co, IL

GoGOl, 312-014-6026

2171782-6762

MAR

152ftfl~

ROD

R.

BLACOJEVICH,

Govam~o~

RENEE

OPRJANIO,

DIRECTOR

CERTIFIED MAI~

7002

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Wayne & Dennis

Swanson

Dennis Swanson

29~9

RiversidePlaza

Steax,iboat Springs,

CO 80489

Re:

LIt

0894133002—

sane County

Batavia/Swanson, Wayne& Dennis

122 West Wilson

Incident

#20000253

LUST

Tecimical File

Dear Mr. Swansore

TheIllinois Environmental Proteelion Agency (Illinois

EPA) has reviewedthe 45-Day/Corrective

Action CompletionReport

(report)

subn±ted

~wsuazxt

to

35 Illinois Administrative Code (35111.

Arhu. Code)

732202(e)

and 732.300(b).

The

report, dated cdteportDate.

was

received

bythe

Illinois

EPA on

~RecewedDatet.

Pursuant to

35 ifi.- Adra.

Code 732..300(b)(i),

Sri

owner

oroperatormaychoose to

rernediate

soil

and groundwater in acóordancewith theramediation objectives in

351111

Ada

Code 73140S

without

conducting

a

site classification.

If owners or

operators

choose

not to characterize the site

in accordance with the

procedures established

in Title XVIofthe Environmental Pi&ectionAct

and 35111. Aiim. Code

732,

~‘to

proceed under

35 ZR.

Adnt

Code

732.300(b)(l), they may not

be entitled to full paymen±

ifa request forreixnbur~ernent

fion

the

Underground Storage Tank

Fund is submitte&

Pursuant to

35 IlL Aiim. Code 732303(b), the report

is

rejected forthe reason(s) described

below:

1.

The site is locatedwithin the sutback

of

a CWS Phase I

WeliheadProtection Area. therefore

the Groundwater Ingestionpathway cannotbe excluded and Class IISoil Objectives to

groundwater ingestion cannotbe usedpursuant

to

Section 742.320

(c).

2,

A roofoverhang does not quaIif~ras

an engineered haxrler.pursuant

to

Section 742.1105.

,.

Roc,cpc,~o—

4302

North

Main

Statct~

Racdbrd.

1161103

—(3

—595

South

S~ve,

Elgin, IL 60123 —(847)

SuT~Au

OF LAND

-

PEcW~

—

7620

N.

UflhI’cr5Ity

51,

PtoIIa,

IL

61614

SP~n~c~w

—45005. Sixth

Street

Wij, $prinzfieId, H. 62706

MMK~$-2309W.

1 W.

1-lanison St. Da~

if

Jairle5,

1160016

—(847)

294.4000

veskyS~,Poria~IL61a14._(3o9l~34~3

21 ~5 South FjistStr~t,

Champ~n,

IL 61820—

(217)

270-5800

~009

Mall

Suewç Collinsuil Ia,

1162234—1618? 346-5123

EXHIBIT

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3.

There are

several exceedences

of

beuzo(a~

anthracane

for the.soil component to

groundwater

ingestion,

ofwhichthe

highestis

B-S at

14.5

mg/kg~

Thegroundwater ingestion exposure

route

cannot

be

eliminated

pursuant

to

Section

742.320(c). The

Agencyis

requiting

either a Tier JIt evaluationpursuantto Section 742.900

Orto remediate the

PNA

exceedences.

4.

The engineeredbarrier ifaccepted by theAgency must also cover soil PNA exceedences

B-i,

B-3. and B-9 pursuantto Section 742.1105.

5.

It

is

vague viathemaps included as to where Mr. Dempsey’s property

lines arclocated. Pleasesubmit a map with propertylines and depicting scale pursuant to

Section

732.307(g)(2).

6.

Ifcontnniunrtts

travel off-site otherInstitutional Controlswillhave to be

proposed.

7.

A

Professional Engineer Certificationmust accompanythe Corrective Action

CompletionReportcertifyingthe document is true, accurate, and complete pursuant

to

35111

ADM

Code 732.

It sliouM be

noted thatthe45-Day Report is approved pursuant to

35

ilL Mm,

Cade

732,503(b);

therefore, the

45-day

reportingrequirements

ofSS

Ill. Ada

Code

732.202(e)

or 731.163Q,) have

been satisfiett

This actIon doesnot co~istitute

any decision

or

determination regarding

the

timeliness

of

the submittal

ofthe 45-Day

Report,

nor

does it waive

or

otherwise preclude any

enforcement action the Illinois EPAmay initiate in response

o such a violation.

Anunderground

storage

tank system

owner

or

operatormay appeal this

decision to the illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

Appeal

rights are attached~

If

you have que.sticms

or need timher

assistance5 please contact Jim

Ransdell ax 2171557-6938.

Sinceely,

.

Thomas A. uenni4ec’

Unit Man2ger

Leaking Underground StorageTankSection

Division of

Remedjation Management

Bureau oflaud

TAH:JSR

Attachment:

Appeal Rights

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BENJAMIN P. AY..SCHIJLER (1933-2001)

DONALD

J.

SIMANTZ

RONALD M. HEM

DANIEL A.

REED

JAMES

C. JAMES, III

GEETFAF.

BIEBER

ALSCHULER1 SIMANTZ

& HEM,

LLC

AflORNEYS AT LAW

DOWNER

PLACE EXICUflVE CENTER

1961

WEST DOWNER PLACE

AURORA,

ILLINOIS

60506-4384

TELEPHONE (630)

892-7021

FAX

(630)

892-7158

CAROL

3.

OWENS

PARALEGAL

JANICE

5.

P~ITMAN

PAIIALEGAL

JULIE K. BROMANN

PARA1~ECAL

Mr.

John

Kim

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Legal Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue East

P. 0.

Box

19276

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

April 21,

2005

Via

Facsimile

@

(217) 782-9807

Re:

LPC 0894133002

—

Batavia/Swanson, Wayne

122 West Wilson

Dear Mr. Kim:

This law firm represents

Wayne

and Dennis Swanson with respect to the above-referenced matter.

The

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency

issued

its

final

decision

with

respect

to

the

45-

Day/Corrective Action

Completion

Report filed for

the above-referenced

matter,

by letter ofMarch

15,

2005,

received by our clients on March

18, 2005.

On behalfof

our

clients, we

are

requesting a 90-day extension ofthe

time to file an

appeal

in the above-referenced matter.

Following please

find

a copy

of the

fmal

decision

letter,

dated

March

15,

2005.

If you

require

any

further information, please contact the undersigned.

DAR/ci

Attachment

cc:

Wayne

E.

Swanson

Dennis A. Swanson

Gerard

R. Dempsey

Carrie Cartcr

James B.

Saloga

I.

V

.0

.0

S

Sincerely yours,

ALSCHULER SIMM~TZ

& HEM, LLC

EXHIBIT

3

1

A. Reed

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CERTIFICATE

OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that on

April 22, 2005, 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

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

Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk

Daniel A. Reed

Illinois Pollution ControlBoard

Alschuler, Simantz & Hem, LLC

James

R.

Thompson Center

Downer Place Executive Place

100 West Randolph Street

1961 West Downer Place

Suite 11-500

Aurora, Illinois

60506-4384

Chicago, IL 60601

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

Special Assistant Attorney

ral

Division ofLegal

Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue, East

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143 (TDD)