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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARIY

CLERK’S

OFF!CE

Saluki Farms, LLC

)

JAN

20

2005

(Property Indentification Number

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

06-08-08-300-004

)

PCB 05-

Pollution Control Board

)

NOTICE

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Saluki Farms, LLC

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Walnut Hill Road

James R.

Thompson Center

Hoyleton, Illinois

62803

100

West Randolph Street, Suite.

11-500

Chicago,Illinois

60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department of Revenue

101

West Jefferson

Post Office Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois

62794

PLEASE

TAKE

NOTICE

that I have today filed with the Office ofthe Clerk ofthe

Pollution Control Board an

APPEARANCE

AND

THE

RECOMMENDATION

of the Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon

you.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OF THE STATE

OF ILLiNOIS

By:

~&~_

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Vera Herst

Assistant

Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED:

January

19, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

(217) 782-5544

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED

ON RECYCLED PAPER

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RECE1~VE

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE

THE

ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

JAN

20

2005

Saluki Farms, LLC

)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

(Property Indentification Number

)

pollution Control

Board

06-00-08-300-004

)

)

PCBO5-

)

(Tax Certification)

)

APPEARANCE

The undersigned, as one of its attorneys, hereby enters an

APPEARANCE

on behalf of Respondent,

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED:

January

19,

2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021

North GrandAvenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

(2 17)782-5544

-

-

-

THIS FILING

IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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RECE~IV~

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

CLERK’S OFFICE

Saluki Farms, LLC

)

JAN

202005

(Property Identification Number

)

PCB 05-

\

STATE OF ILLINOIS

06-08-08-300-004)

)

(Tax Certilication)

pollution

Control Board

RECOMMENDATION

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”) hereby files its

Recommendation pursuant to

Section

125.204

ofthe regulations ofthe Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

35

Ill. Adm.

Code 125.204.

1.

On April 2, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request from Saluki Famis, LLC

(log number TC-07-04, Exhibit A) for an Illinois EPA recommendation regarding

the tax certification ofwaterpollution control facilities pursuant to

35

Ill. Adm.

Code

125.204.

2.

The applicant’s address is:

Saluki Farms, LLC

Walnut HillRoad

Hoyleton, Illinois 62803

3.

The proposed waterpollution

control

facilities in this

request are located at

NE

V4

of SE

V4

Section

8, T1S, R2W ofthe

3rd P.M. in Washington County, at the

above street address and consist ofthe following:

Livestock waste management facilities consisting ofone concrete manure

pit (101~

ft. x

304 ft. x

8

ft. deep) with the slotted concrete portion ofthe

floor oVer the manure pit and ten concrete pump out manure pits (each

6

ft. x

6 ft.

x

8 ft.

deep) located in each oftwo swine wean

to finish

buildings.

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED

PAPER

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These livestock waste management facilities are used to collect, transport, and/or

store livestock wastes prior to cropland application, and are further described in

Exhibit A.

4.

Section 11-10 of the Property Tax Code,

35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2004), defines

“pollution control facilities” as:

“any system, method, construction, device

or appliance appurtenant

thereto or any portion ofany building or equipment, that

is

designed,

constructed, installed or operated for the primary purpose of:

(a)

eliminating, preventing, or reducingair or water pollution

.

.

.or (b)

treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing ofany potential solid,

liquid

or gaseous pollutant which if released without treatment, pretreatment

modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to

human, plant or animal life, orto property.”

5.

Pollution control facilities are entitled

to preferential tax treatment, 35 ILCS

200/11-5.

6.

Based on the information in the application and the purpose of the facilities, it is

the Illinois EPA’s engineering judgment that the described facilities maybe

considered “pollution control facilities,”pursuant to 35

Ill. Adm. Code

125.200(a),

vcith the

primary purpose

of

eliminating, preventing,

or reducing

water pollution, or as otherwise provided in 35 Ill. Adm. Code

125.200, and are

eligible for tax certification from the Board.

WHEREFORE, the Illinois EPArecommends that the Board issue the

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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requestedtaxcertification.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

_______________

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

Dated: January 19, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021

North Grand Ave. E.

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

THIS FILING SUBMITTED

ON

RECYCLED PAPER

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)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

)

COUNTY OF SANGAMON

)

)

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned,

on oath state that

I have served

the attached APPEARANCE

AND

THE

RECOMMENDATION, upon

the person to whom

it is directed, by placing

a copy in an envelope

addressed to:

Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Saluki Farms

Properties,

LLC

James R. Thompson Center

Walnut Hill Road

100 West Randolph Street, Suite.

11-500

Hoyleton, Illinois

62803

Chicago, Illinois

60601

Steve

Santarelli

Illinois

Department of Revenue

101

West Jefferson

Post Office Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois

62794

and mailing it from Springfield, Illinois,

on January

19, 2005, with sufficient postage

affixed for

first class mail.

SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN TO BEFORE ME

this l9thth

day of January, 2005

:~

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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APPUCA11ON

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(PROPERTY

TAX TREATMEN1)

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FACILITY

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ILUNOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECtiON AGENCY

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Box

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IL

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FAIR CASR VALUEIF CONSIDERED

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d.

PRODUCTIVE

NET ANNUAL

INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY:

e.

PERCENTAGE CONTROL FACILITY

BEARS.

TO WHOLE FACILITY VALUE:

The following

Information

is submitted In accordance. with the. Illinois.

Property

Tax

Code, as amended,

and

to. me Dest ot my.

knowledge, Is true.

and

correct.

The.facilitles. claimed herein are

pollution

control faciIitles~

as

definedin

Se~tion

11-10. of the

Illinois. Pr

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.Signature

vi,

INSTRUCTiONS

FOR COMPIUNG

AND

FILING

APPUCATION

General:

Separate

applications

must be completed for each

control

facility

claimed.

Do not

mbc

types (water and

air).

Where both

air and

water operations are

related,

file two applications.

If

attachments

are needed, record

them consecutively on an Index sheet

Sec.

A

‘

Information refers

to

applicant

as

listed

Ui

the tax

records and

the

person

to be contacted

forfurther d

1S.orfor.lnspectiop.

~f

facilities.

Define fadlity location

by street

address

or legal

description.

Aplat map

location is.re~iiredJotfadhlties1ocated.

outside

of municipal

boundaries._The properly Identification number Is

required.

Sec.. B

Self-explanatory.

SubmIt

copies of all

permits Issued by local

pollution

control agencies.

(e.g.

MSD Construction Permit)

Sec. C

Refers to manufacturing processes or materials on which pollution

control facility .Isused~.

Sec. D

Narrative description

of

the

pollution control facility,

Indicating that

its

primary purpose Is

to

eliminate,

prevent orreduce pollution.

State the type of control facility.

State permit number, date, and agency issuing

pennit

A narrative desa~,lion

and a process

flow diagram describing the ooilutlon control facility.

Include

a listing of

each

major piece

of

equipment Included lithe claimed

fair cash value for

real

property.

Include an averane analysis of

the

influent and effluent ofthe conbd fac1lity~staling~the

collection efficiency.

Sec.

E

List

air contaminants, or

water pollutionsubstances released as

effluents

to the

manufacturing

processes.

List also

the final

disposal

of any

contaminants

removed

from

the

manufacturing processes.

Item

(1)-Refers

to

pollutants

and

contaminants

removed from

the process by the

pollution

control

facility.

Item (2)-

Refers

to

waterpollution but can apply

to

water.canied wastes

from air

pollution

control facilities.

Submit

drawings.

which

clearly

show (a) Point(s) of

discharge

to receiving stream, and

(b)

Sewers

dprocessp1plngioandfe~nlhe.confro1

facility.

Item (3)—If

the collected

contaminants

are

disposed ofother than as wastes, state the disposition ofthe

materials,

and

the

value

In

dollars reclaimed by

sale

or reuse of the

collectad

substances.

State

the cost of reclamation

and related

expense.

Item

(4)—

State

the

date which

the

pollution

control

facilitywas first placed in

servlce.and operated.

Ifnot, explain.

Item (5)

—

This Information Is

essential

to the

certification

and assessment actions.

This

accounting

data must be

completed

to

activate

project

review prior to certification

by

this Agency.

Sec.

F

Self-explanatory.

Signature

must

be a

corporate authorized

signature.

Submit to:

Winds

EPA

P.O.

Box

19276

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

Attention:

Thomas McSwiggin

Permit Section

DMslon

of Water Pollution

Control

Attention:

Donald E.

Sutton

Permit Section

DMslon of

Air

Pollution Control

Tax Cerrification

for

Pollution

Control

Facilfti&r

Page2of2

8/00

Sec. F

$

$

Sec. G

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slats,

8’ deep

101’x 304’

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is

pumped

out

annually

of

deep pit, through

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take out holes.

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is loaded

onto

wagon

and

brought out to

the

injector to be spread

onto the fields.

Waste

is injected into

the soil based on

rates

determined

by soil samples

and

the

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