ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

AUTHORITY (Des Plaines Oasis North),

)

PCB~04~/1~

)

(UST Appeal)

)

)

)

)

NOTICE OF FILING

To:

Renee Cipriano, Director

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794

John Kim, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorney General

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April

~,

2004 we filed with the Clerk ofthe Illinois

Pollution Control Board the originals and nine (9) copies each, via personal deliveiy, of 1)

Appearance of Deutsch,

Levy

& Engel, Chartered and 2) Petition for Review of Agency

Modification of Budget for High Priority Corrective Action Plan for Des Plaines North for

filing the above-entitled cause, copies ofwhich are attached hereto.

Kenneth W. Funk

/

Special Assistant Attor~ieyGeneral

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

)

)

)

RECE~VED

CLERK’S OFFICE

APR

072004

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

V.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY,

Respondent.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that true and correctcopies ofthe NoticeofFiling, together

with copies ofthe documents described above, were served upon the above-named Respondent by

enclosing same in envelope addressed to said Respondent, certified mail, return receipt requested,

and by depositing said envelopes in a U.S. Post Office Mail Box at Chicago, Illinois, with postage

fully prepaid on the ~ day ofApril, 2004

~

Kenneth W. Funk

Special Assistant Attornj~yGeneral

Kenneth W. Funk, Esq.

Phillip J. Zisook, Esq.

Karen Kavanagh Mack, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorneys General

Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered

225 W. Washington Street, Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 346-1460 /Firm No. 90235

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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RECE

WED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

APR 07 2004

ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

)

STATE OF

ILLINOIS

AUTHORITY (Des Plaines Oasis North),

)

Pollution Control Board

)

Petitioner,

)

v.

)

PCB-(~

)

(UST Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

)

AGENCY,

)

)

Respondent.

APPEARANCE

I, Kenneth W. Funk, hereby file the appearance ofDeutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered in

this proceeding on behalf ofthe Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.

Kenneth W. Funk, Esq.

Phillip J. Zisook, Esq.

Karen Kavanagh Mack, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorneys General

Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered

225 W. Washington Street

Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 346-1460

Special

General

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RECE~v~D

CLERK’S OFFlC~

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

APR 07 2004

ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

AUTHORITY (Des Plaines Oasis North),

)

Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

)

v.

)

PCB-

)

(UST Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

)

AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

PRIORITY CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN

Petitioner, the Illinois State Toll HighwayAuthority (“ISTHA”)by its attorneys, Kenneth W.

Funk, Phillip J. Zisook, and Karen Kavanagh Mack, asSpecial Assistant Attorneys General,petitions

the Illinois Pollution Control Board, pursuant to 415 ILCS

5/57.7(c)(4)(D),

415 ILCS

57.8(i)

and

415 ICLS 5/40, for review ofthe March 4, 2004 final determination of Respondent, the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (the “Agency’), with respect to Petitioner’s High Priority

Corrective Action Plan and Budget relating to its Des Plaines Oasis North facility, and in support

thereof, states:

1.

ISTHA is the owner ofthe facility, including underground storage tanks and related

piping, commonly known asthe Des Plaines Oasis North located on the 1-90 Tollway (West Bound),

in Des Plaines, Illinois.

2.

In 1994, Wight and Company, on ISTHA’s behalf, notified the Illinois Emergency

Management Agency (“IEMA”) that gasoline, diesel and waste oil target analytes were detected

above the Tier I Remediation Obj ectiVes, to which the IEMA assigned Incident No. 94-1811.

3.

On or about August, 2002, Wight and Company, on ISTHA’s behalf, notified the

JEMA that soil and excavation water contained concentrations oftarget analytes above the Tier I

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Remediation Objectives, to which the IEMA assigned Incident No. 2002-1263, which was

considereda re-reporting ofIncident No. 94-1811, since the release was reportedduring the removal

of the existing tank system associated with Incident No. 94-1811.

4.

On or about September 9, 2003, ISTHA submitted a High Priority Corrective Action

Plan (“Plan”), including a Budget, to the Agency; and, on or about January 8, 2004, the Agency

responded by approving the Plan, but materially modifying the Budget (the “Final Determination”).

A true and complete copy ofthat Final Determination is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

5.

Also on January 8, 2004, the Agency approved ISTHA’ s correctiveaction completion

report and issued a No Further Remediation Letter. A true and complete copy of the No Further

Remediation Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.

6.

On or about January 27, 2004, Wight & Company contacted the Agency by letter,

requesting that the Agency re-evaluate its January 8, 2004 modifications to the Budget. A copy of

that letter is attached hereto as Exhibit “C”.

7.

On or about March 4, 2004, the Agency responded to Wight & Company’s letter and

issued another Final Determination, affirming its modifications to the Budget. A copy of the

Agency’s letter is attached hereto as Exhibit “D”.

8.

While ISTHA acknowledges the Agency’s No Further Remediation Letter (“NFR

Letter”), ISTHA accepts said NFR Letter with the reservation that ISTHA not be precluded from

appealing the Agency’s Final Determinations ofJanuary 8, 2004 and March 4, 204 concerning the

CAP Budget. ISTHA requests that the Board reverse theAgency’sFinal Determinations with respect

to its modification of the Des Plaines North Corrective Action Plan Budget, because

inter alia,

the

Budget included investigation costs, analytical costs, personneLcosts, equipment costs andhandling

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charges that were necessary and reasonable to execute the Plan.

9.

Additionally, ISTHA appeals the Agency’s modifications to the Budget that seek to

apportion ISTHA’s corrective action costs. The Agency’s bases for apportionment were that (a)

ISTHA was deemed eligible to access the LUST Fund for payment of corrective action costs for

some, but not all of the USTs at the site; and (b) ISTHA failed to justify that all costs were

attributable to each eligible UST at the site. However, on information and belief, the contaminants

remediated by ISTHA under the approved Plan emanated from the USTs registered in 1986, which

were found eligible forreimbursementby the Office ofthe Illinois State Fire Marshal and identified

as a source ofthe 1994 incident. Additionally, ISTHA demonstrated that the corrective action costs

it incurred by ISTHA were attributable to the eligible USTs at the site. Accordingly, ISTHA’s

budget information provided to the Agency sufficiently demonstrated the costs that were necessary

and reasonable to execute the approved Plan, and the Agency erroneously apportioned ISTHA’s

corrective action costs. Therefore, the Agency’s decision to apportionthe costs should be reversed.

10.

ISTHA reserves the right to present additional grounds for reversal ofthe Agency’s

determination, as they appear during the course ofthis Appeal.

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WHEREFORE, the Petitioner, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, respectfully

requests that this Board grant a hearing in this matter, reverse the Agency’s January 8, 2004 and

March 4, 2004 determinations (modifications) ofISTHA’sBudget for the High Priority Corrective

Action Completion Plan forthe Des Plaines Oasis North, and remandthis matter to the Agency with

instructions to approve the Amendment as aforesaid, and for any other relief asthe Board deemsjust

and appropriate.

Kenneth W. Funk, Esq.

Phillip J. Zisook, Esq.

Karen Kavanagh Mack, Esq.

Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered

225 W. Washington Street, Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 346-1460

Respectfully submitted,

THE ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

By:__________________________

One oftheir attorne s

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iLLINOIs ENVIRONMEN-fAL PROTECTIONAGENCY

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AVENuE EAST,

P.O.

Box

192Th,

5P1w-4CIfIELD, kuNois

62794-9276, 217~782-3397

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100

WEst

RANDOLPH,

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JAN 08

2004

Illinois State

Toll

highway

Authority

Attn: John

R.

Wagner

2700

Ogden

Avenue

Downers Grove, Illinois 6051 ~

Re:

LPC#0310635372—.CookCounty

Des Plaines/JJlinois State

Toll Hwy. Auth.

1-90,Des Plaines Oasls-North

LUST

Incident

No.941811,890113, 922148,933219 & 20021263

LUST

Technical File

Dear Mr. Wagner

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The Illinois

Environmental Protection

Agency

(Illinois

EPA)

has reviewed the High Priority Corrective

Action

Plan

(plan)

submitted

furthe

above-referenced incident This plan,

dated September 9,

2003,

was

~j~j

byth.e illinois EPA on

September

10, 2003. Citations in

this letter are front the Environmental

Protection Act(Act) and

35 Illinois

Admrnlstratpve Code

(35 Iii Adm Code)

Pursuant to Section

57.7(cX4) ofthe Act

and

~5

Ill. Adm.

Code

732.405(c),

the planJ~pp~oved.The

activities proposed

in the plan are

appropriate to demonstrate compliance with Title

XVI ofthe Actand 35

ILL

Adm.

Code

732. Please note

that all activities associated with the

remediation ofthis

release proposed

in the

plan

must be executed in accordance with

all applicable regulatory and statutory requirements,

including compliance with the

proper permits.

In addition, vbudet for

theHigh

Priority Corrective

Action Plan is

modified pursuant to

Section

57.7(cX4) ofthe Act and 35111. Adm. Code 732.405(c).

Based

on

the modifications llsted in Section 2

of

Attachment

A, the amounts

listed

in

Section

I of AttachmentA are approved. Please note that

the costs

must be

incurred

in

accordance with

the

approved plan. Be aware that

the amount of

reimbursement

may

be limited by Sections 57.8(e),

57.8(g)

and

57.8(d) ofthe Act, as well as 35 111.

Adm. Code 732.604,

732.606(s),

and

732.611.

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Please note that, if

the owner

or operatoragreeswith the Illinois EPA’s

modiflcatio~s,submittal alan

amended plan and/or

budget, if

applicable,

is not

required (Section

57~~(cX4)

ofthe Act and

35 III. Mm.

Code 732.503(f)). Additionally,

pursuant

to Section 57.8(aX5)of the

Act and

3S’lIL Mm. Code

732.405(e),

if

reimbursementwill be sought forany additional ecists-thatmaybeincurred as

a

result ofthe

Illinois EPA’s

modifications, an amended

budget must be submitted.

NOTE:

Amended plans and/or budgets must be submitted and approved prior to the issuance

ofa

No

Further Rcmediatkrn (N

FR) Letter, Costa

associated

with a plan or

budget that has not been approved

prior to the issuance

ofan NFR

Letter will not be reimbursable.

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future cortesponderiocmust be

submitS to

Illinois

Envixvmnental Prvteôtion Agency.

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Leaking Underground Stànge Tank Sedbn

:

1021

North Grand Avenue East

PostOffice’Bqz 19276

Springfield,

IL 62794-9276

Please submit all

correspondence in duplicate

and include the Re; block sho

~

at the

beginning

ofthis

letter.

An underground

storage tank system Owneror operator

may appeal

thls~declsiontg

the illinois Pollution

Control

Board,

Appeal rights are attached.

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Ifyou have any

questions

or need further

assistance,please

contact Jay

F.

Gaydosh

at

217-785-0231.

Sincerely,

Hernando A. Albamcin

Unit

Manger

Leaking

Underground Storage Tank Section

Division~fRemediation

Management

Bureau

of

Land

HAA;JFG\94i8i1 CAPtJ3RcvicwLcuer

Attachment:

Attachment

A

Appeal Rights

cc:

Wight & Company

Division File

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Attachment A

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Re:

LPC#0310635372—CookCounty

.

Des Pliunes/Ililnois Statô

Toll

Hwy. Auth.

.

1-90;Des

Plaines

:Oaals.North

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..

LUST

IncidentNo.

941811~890113, 922148, 933219~2o021263:

LUST

Tecbnic~1

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Citations in this attachment e~efrom the Enviroiuncntal P otectónA~t

(A~)añd35 Illinois

Administrative Code

(35111.

Adm. Code).

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SECflQ~4

1

As a result

ofthe

Illinois

EPA’s

modificat~o~(s)in Section 2

of

this Attacbiñc it

A, thefo1lowirt~

amounts

are approved

$

771.75

Investigation Costs

$ 4,120.85

.

A1ysl~Cosw

$ 6,522.00

PerSoflflCI COStS

$

576.00

Equipment Costs

$1 iS ~38.40

Field

Purchases and Other Costs

$ 3,904.60

Handling Charges

• S~flON2

.

.

.

..

.

1.

$2,445.00

for

an

adjustment in. Investigation Costs,

The

Illinois EPA has determined

that these H

costs are nOt

reasonable as submitted

(Section 57.7(cX4XC) oftheAct

and

35111.

Mm. Code

732.606(bb)).

One

ofthe

overall goals

ofThe financial review is to assurethat costs associated

with materials, activities,

and

services are reasonable

(35111.Mm,.

Code 732.505(c)).

Please

note

that

additional information and/orsupporting documentation may be provided to demonstrate the

costs are

reasonable.

2

$2,377.50 for an adjustment in

Analysis Costs. The

Illinois

EPA has determined

that these costs

ire not reasonable as

submitted

(Section 57.7(cX4XC) ofthe Actand 35111.

Adm. Code

732.606(hh)), One ofthe

overall

goals

ofthe

financial review

is

to assure that costs associated

with

materials, activities, and services are reasonabLe

(35 111. Adm.Code 72.505(c)).

Please

note

that

additional information and/or supporting documentatloit may be provided to demonstrate-the

costs ~rcreasonable.

3.

$15,56000 foran adjustment in Personnel Costs. The illinois

EPA

has determined that

these

costs arc not reasonable as submitted (Section

57.7(cX4XC) oftheAct

and

35111.

Adm, Code

732.606(hli)). One ofthe

overall goals

ofthefinancial reView I~toassui~that costs

associated

with materials,activitics, and ser~iccsarc reasonable

(35

111.

Adm.Code732.505(c)). Please note

that additional

information

and/or supporting documentation

maybe

provided to demonstrate the

costs

are

reasonable.

4.

$4,830.00 foran adjustment

in Equipment

Costs. TheIllinois

EPA

has determined that

these

costs are not rea~opab1eas aubmitted

(Section 57.7(cX4XC) ofthe Act

and

35111. Mm.

Code

732.606(hh)), One

ofthe

overall

goals of

the financial review is to assure that costs associated

with material;

activities, and services are reasonable

(35

111. Mm. Code

732.505(c)).

Pleasenote

that additi~n~Iinformation and/or supportIng docwncntatloamay be provided

to

demonstrate

the

costs are reasonable.

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5.

$53,322.33 fóranidjustment inField Purchases &Other Costs. thcIlI~nuisEPA has determined

that these cosrsare not rçasonablc as ~u~nifled.(Sei~tk~n

51.7(cX4)~C)ofthe Actand 35111. Adm.

Code 7324o6(hh)):.O~ieofthe overall goals ofthe fian-~a’ti,assure ibM costs

aseo~iated~vithmaterials,,activitles,a

crvlcêsare

o5~flLMm~:Code?32J505(c)).

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ata

•i

and/or suppoiting docUment In maybeprovided to

de~~onstratethe

costs arc reasonable

6.

$1096.30 for

an adjustment in handling charges.

Ha

dl ngc~iii~

are

eligible foi~

payment. only

ifthey are

equal

to or less than the amount determined by the following

table

(Section 57.8(g)of

• the Act

and

35111.

Adm. Code

732.607):

Subcontract orField

Eligible Handling Charges as a

Purchase Cost:

Percentage ofCost

$0~$5,O0O

12

•.

• $5,001-

$15,000

$600 plus 10 ofainount over $5,000

•

$15,001

-

$50,000

$1,600 plus 8

ofamount

over $15,000

$50,001

-

$100,000

$4,400

pIus

5

of.amQuntovcr $50,000

$100,001

-

$ 1.000.000

$6,900

plus

2

of

amount over $100,000

Deductions identified

in

items

I

through

5

resulted

in

a rcduced

base

figure used

to

calculate

handling

charges. This resulted

in

reduced handling charges.

7

$307,378 38 for

an

apportionment

ofcosts The

Illinois EPA has ctetcnmncd that

the

apportionmentshall be based

on

number ofeligible

USTs (35

Ill. AdflL Code 732.608(b)). The

illinois EPA may

apportion payment

ofcosts for

plans

submitted under Section

57.7(cX4)(EXiii)

ofthe Act if: (1)the

owner

or

operator was deemed

eligibleto

access the Fund

for

paymentof

corrective action costs

for

some, but

not all, ofthe

underground storage tanks

at

the site~and

(2)

the

owner oroperator

failed tojustify

all costs attributable to each underground Storage tank at

the site (Section

57.8(m)

ofthe

Act

and 35 lii. Adm.

Code

732.608).

Calculations were madeto determine the apportionment

ofcosts based on the number ofeligible

tanks compared

tothe

total.

number oftanks in

comparison tothe apportionment ofcosts based on

the

capacity

ofthe

eligible tanks in

comparison

to thetotal

volume.ofall

the tanks. The

calculations using the number ofeligible tanks resulted in a

multiplier

of.30,

while the

volume

calculations resulted

in

a multiplier

of.22.

Therefore the higher

ofthe

two multipliers was used

to

calculatethe eligible costs,

thereby, providing a greater eligible amount.

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Budget Category

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Proposed

Deductions

Appruvable

Coals

P~t.

Apportionment

Investigation Costs

Analysis Costs

•... 37,300,O0

.~ ..

.-2445,OQ

-2,377.5

-15,560,00

.

2,572

5

13,736.15

21,740.00

771.75

4,120.85

6,522.00

~qujpment C

osts

Field Purchases &

6,75G.00

439,450,33

.

-4,830~00

1,920.00,

115,838.40

Other Costs

,

Handling Charges

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131,733.60

HAA:JL?0\94181 1

CAP & 13

Ri~viewLetter Attachment A

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Appeal RighI~

An wadcrground storage tank owneroroperator may appeal this finaldecisi(m to the lilmois Pollution

Control Board pursuant to Sections

40

and

57 7(~X4XD)ofthe

Act by filing upetthon fora hearingwithin

35 days

after

the date ofissuance ofthe final

decision However~the

35-day

periodmay be extended fora

period

of

time not to exceed 90

days by written notice

*ont the owneroroperator and the

Illinois EPA

within the initial 35-day appeal penocL

If

the

owner

oroperatorwishesto reccwca 90-day extension1 a

writtenrequest that htchidcs~statement

ofthe datethófinal

decisionwas received, along with

a

copy

of

this

decision, must be

sent

to the Illinois E1~Aas soon as possible;

For information regarding

the

filing

of

an appeal,

please contact:

Dorothy(3imn, Clerk

illinois

Pollution

Control Board

State

of

illinois Center

100

West Randolph, Suite

11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

312/814-3620

For

information regarding

thefiling ofan

extension, please contact

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021 North

Gnmd

Avenue

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Post

Office Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

2

~~7/782-5544

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NOR114C~RANDAVENUt

EAsr~.

P.O.

Box

19276, S

cflEtci, IgiNois. 62.794-9276, 217-782-3397

JAMES

R.

T~oMI’soNCENtER~

100 Wcsr RANDOtPH,

So~it

11-300,

CWCAQO,

IL

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31 2~814-6Q26

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82004

Illinois State.Toll Highway

Authority

Attn:

John ft. Wagnor

2700 Ogden Avenue

Downers

Re:

LPC #0310635372—Cook County

Des PlainesThinois State Toll

Hwy. Auth.

I~90~,Des PlainesOasis-North

-

LUST IncidentNo.

941811,

890113,922148,933219 & 20021263

LUST Technical

File

Dear Mr.

Wagner

The llhnots

Environmental Protection

Agency

(IHinois

EPA) has

reviewed

the

Correcttve

Action

Completion Report

submitted

for the

above-referenced incident.

Thi5 infó~nationis

dated Se~tembei9,

2003

and

was

received

by

the

Iflinois EPA on September 10, 2003,

Citations

in this letter are

from

the

Environmental Protection Act (Act) and

35

Illinois Administrative Code

(35111. Adm. Code).

The High Priority

Corrective Action Completion Reportand associated Professional Engineer

Certification indicate corrective action

for the

above-referencedsite was conducted in accordance with

the Corrective Action Plan approved by

the Illinois EPA. The Corrective Action

CompletionReport

demonstrates

that

the requirements

of

Section 57,7(cXIXE)ofthe Act and

.35111.

Adni.

Code

732.409(aX2) have

been

satisfied.

Based upon

the certification

by

Jinan Yan, a Licensed Professional Engineer, and pursuant to Section

57.10

of

the

Act(415

ILCS

5157.10),

your request

for a no

~i.u’thcrremediation determination is granted

under the conditions

and terms specified in this letter,

Issuance of

this

No Further

ftemediation Letter (Letter), based

on thccertification ofthe

Licensed

Professional Engineer, signifies that; (I) all statutory and regulatory corrective

action

requirements

applicable

to the

occurrence

have been

complied

with;

(2) all correctiveaction co~pcemingthe

rernediation

of the occurrence has been completed;

and

(3) no

further corrective action concerning

the

Occurrence

is

necessaiy

for

the

protection

of

humanhealth, sthty, and the environment. Purs~~nt

to

SectiOll 57.10(d) ofthe

Act, this Letter shall appiy

in flavor ofthe following

parties:

1.

system(s).illinois

StateToll

Highway Authority, the owner

or operator of

the underground storage tank

2.

Any parent

corporation

or

subsidiary

ofsuch

owneroroperator.

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Anycô.ØWnct~ cooperator~,eitherbyjomttenarlcy ngJit..of.~survfvorship,

or

any~otherparty

sharing

a legal relationshii~with

the owner~

or

operaterto’wbom:~l~eLàt~ócis issued.

4

Any holder

of a beneficial interest of

a

land tnxst or inter

vwos

trust whether revocableor

irrevocable.

.

S.

Any mortgagee ortrustee ofa deed oftrust ofsuóh 0’ er oroperator.

6.

-Any successor-in-interest

of such

owner

or

operator.

7-

Any transferee ofsuch owneroroperator whether

the trañ~ferwas by

sale, bankruptcy

proceeding, partition, dissolution

of

marriage, settlement or adjudication ofany civil action,

charitable gift orbequest

&

Any heir or devisee ofsuchowner or operator.

This Letter and all attachmcnts~including but not limited to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Environmental Notice, must be flied, within

45

days ofreceipt as a

single

instrument with the Office of

the Recorderor Registrar

of

Titles in the county in whioh.theabove-refbrenced site

Is

located. This

Letter shall nut be effective until officiallyrecorded by the Officeofthe Recorder

or Registrar of

Titles

of

the applicable county in accordancewith

Illinois law

soit forms a permanentpart

ofthe

chain

oftitle for

the

above-referenced property

Within

30

days

ofthis Letter

bemg reco ded~~urateand official

copy of this Letter us

orded~hall..benbtamed and submitted to the Illinois EP~

For

reccrdmg

purposes,

it is

recommended thatthe Leaking Underground Storage Tank Environmental Notice

ofthis

Letter be the first page ofthe instrument filed.

-

CQNWIQNSANPIERMS.oF

AF~!KOYAL

LEVEL. OF

REM

ED

A~T~QN~Ni~LAND

US)~

L1MTr~T1ONS

1.

.

The rernediation objectives have

been established

in

accordancewith an industriajlcomiuercial

land use limitation.

The

remediation objectives

for the

above.áferenced site, more particularly

described

in

the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Environmental Notice ofthis Letter, were

established

in

accordancewith the requirements ofthe Tiered Approach to Corrective Action

Objectives

(35 III.

Adm.

Code 742) rules.

-

2.

As a result ofthe release from the underground storage tank system(s)associated with the above.

referenced incident,the above-referenced site, more particularly described in

the

attached

Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Environmental

Notice

ofthis

Lcttcr,4hall not be used in a

manner inconsistent

with

the

following land use

limitation: The land use shall be

industrial/conimercial,

The

groundwater

under the

site

shall

not be usedas

a

potable water

supply.

3.

The

land use limitation specified iii this Letter

may be revised if~

a.

Further

investigation

or remedial

action hasbeen conducted that, documents

the.

attainment

of

objectivesappropriate for

the

new land use; and

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Pâge3

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b; .. A n~.NoFud~E mô

ow~t~•ia

~d~do~

~ accord~cewith

Title

.XVII of

the Act:and regulations sdoptedthe u.

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.

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FVENTIVE.

EWGTNEER1NG AND 1N~flTUTiONALCol~r~Jt.~

4.

Preventive:

The

groundwater under the site ddn

th .a~edLeaking

Underground

Storage Tank Environmental 4otice

~

~

not t,~

~

~ a potable

supply ofwater. No

person shall construct,

tafl,.maintain,

or

utilize

a potable

weter

supply well. in accordance

with Section

3.65

ofthe

Act~“potable” means

generally fit for human consumption

in

accordance with accepted

water supply

•

principles

and practices

Engineering:

None.

.

.

.

..

•

Institutional:

Thl~Lettersh~1I•be recorded as a

permanent part

ofthe chain of

title.for

the

above-referenced site, ~

pa~ticnJ~i4ydescribed.in the attached Leaking

Underground Storage

Tank Environmental Notice

of

this Letter.

5.

Failure to

establish, operate, and maintain controls in fill compliance with the Act~applicable

regulations, and the approved Corrective

Action

Plan,

if

applicable, may result in voidance

of

this

•

.

Letter.

.

6.

Any contaminated soil or

groundwater removedorexcavated from, ordisturbed

a;

the above-

referenced site, more particularly described hi the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Environmental Notice

of

this Letter,

mustbe handled

in accordance with all applicable

laws

and

regulations

under 35 III

Adnt.

Code

Subtitle G.

7.

Further information

ràgarding the above-referenced site can be obtained through a writtenrequest

under the

Freedom

of

Information

Act (5 ILCS 140)to:

illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency

Attention;

Freedom

of Information

Act

Officer

Bureau ofLand #24

-

1021 North Grand

Avenue ~

Post Office Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

(

8. Pursuant

to

35111.

Adm. Code 132.704, should the Illinois

EPA seektovoid

this Letter, the

Illinois EPA shall

provide notiec to the owner oroperator

of

the leaking underground storage tank

system(s)

associated

with the

above-referenced incidentand-thei~urrenttitle holder

of

the real

estate

~n

which the tanks were located, at their last known addresses.

The notice

shall specify

the

cause for

the voidance, explain thó provisions forappeal,

and

describe.the facts in support

of the

voidance,

Specific

acts

or omissions that

may result in the voidañce

ofthis L.ctter

include,

but

shall not be limited to;

.

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fin~tionalcontrOls 6iñI~’’

1a~d eictio~s;

b. .

The fain to c er~

and maintain pr

vintiv~6ren~iocring contrpls

orto

coni~iy

with

any applicable giowidwater monitoring plan;..

•:.

.~.

c.

The disturbance br

removal

of.contamlnatiànthat has been 1~ftin-place

in accordance

with the Corrective Action Plan orCompletion Report;

d.

The failure to comply with

the

recordingrequirements fôrthe Letter;

e.

Obtaining

theLetter

by fraud ormisrepresentation; or

f.

.

Subsequent disccrvery

ofcontaminants, not identified

aspart

ofthe

investigative or

remedialactivities upon which the issuance ofthe Letter was based, that posea threat to

human health orthe environment.

Submit an accurateand official copy ofthis Letter, asrecorded, to:

•

illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

• Bureau

of

Land

-

#24

Leaking UndergroundStorage

Tank Section

••

•

•1021North

(3randAvenue East

•

•

•

••

•

Post Office Box 19276

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Springfield, IL

62794-9276

.

If you h*ve nny questions

orneed fuliherassistai~ce,please~ontacttheIllinois

EPA

project manager, Jay

F.Gaydosh, at 217-785-0231.

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~AM~AJ47Hemando

A.

Albarracin

A~4&~

Unit

Mnager

Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Section

Division of

Remediation Management

Bureau

ofLand

FIAA;JFG\94l8llNFRLetter

Attachments: Leaking Underground StorageTank

Envimnmcntal

Notice

Site

Base Map

cc:

Wight &

Company

.

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PREPAREDDY:

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fltznozs Slate Toll fligbway

Authority

4d~ess:. I-90,DesPlaines.Oasis.North.

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Namer

Illinois

StateToll Highway

Authority

•

•

Attn: John

R.

Wagner

• •

Address:

2700

Ogden Avenue

•

I)ownersGrove, illinois 605

15

•

•

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(THE ABOVE SPACE FOR. RECORDER’S OFFICE)

LEAKING

UNDERGROUND

STORAGE

TANK

ENVIRONMENTAL NoTicE

THE

OWNER AND/OR

OPERATOR OF

TH~

LEAKING UNDERGROUD.S~RAGETANKSYSTEM(S)

ASS0aATED WITH

THE

RELEASE RE

1MCEI)

snow, WITHIN

45

DAYSOFRECEIVING ~E No

FURTHER REMEIMATJON LETtER CONTAINING THIS NOTICE,MUST SUBMITTillS NOTICE ANDTHE

REMAiNDEROF THE No FURTHER REMEDLtTJONLETrER TO THE OFFiCE

OF

mE-RECORDER

OR

REGISTRAR

OF TITLES OF

COOK COUNTY IN WHICH THE SIfl DESCRThE1i~HELOW

IS

LOCATED.

Illinois EPA Ntrnber: 0310635372

• •

•

• •

•

LUST Incident No.: 941811, 8901 13, 922148,933219 & 20021263

Illinois State Toll HighwayAuthority, the ownerand/or operatorofthe leaking underground storage tank

s~’stcm(4associated with the above-referenced incident, whose address,is 2700 OgdenAvenue, Downers

Grove;. Illinois, has performed investigative and/or remedialactivities for the site identified as follows and

depicted on the

attached Site Base Map;

1.

Legal Description or Reference to a

Plat

Showing

the

Boundaries; Thatpart

of

Section

25,

• •

Township

41

North,Range

11.

East ofthe Third Principal

Meridian, in

Cook County, Illinois,

described

as follows: Commencing at

the Northeast corner

of

the SoutheastQuarter

of

said

Section 25; thence South 88°56’37”West, on the

North line

ofsaid

Southeast Quarter,

403.15

feet

tothe point ofbeginning;

thence North

70°37’56”West, 1165.76

feet;

thence south

65°59’58”

•West, 73521

feet, thence South

51°37’31”

West, 74.03 feet thence

South

7000w00N,

308i

feet;

thence

South

74~’29~27”

East,

72.92 feet; thence

South 88”56’37” East,

4.96 feet; thence South

•

70°37’03”East, 1473.64 feet; thence

North

13’~49’38East, 109.69 feet;

thence North

6&08’16’

West,

88.49

feet;

thence North40047’5? West,

140.01 feet,

Thence North O(~°29~23’~West,

•

123.59 feet;

thence North

88°56’37”

East, 240,00 feet; thence North

S4067~54H

East, 247.50 feet;

thence North OI0O3~Z3~~West,

80.00

feet

to the

point

of

beginning.

2.

Common

Address;

1-90. Des hams

Oasis

-

North

3.

Real Estate Tax Index/Parcel Index NUmber: 08-25-400-010-8002

4.

Site Owner: illinois State

Toll

HighwayAuthority

5.

Land Use Lrnitation: The land use shall be industrial/commercial.

The

groundwater undet

the

site shall not be used as

a

potable water supply.

•

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6.

See the attached No Further Remediation Letter f~rotherterms.

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Underground

Storage

Tank Environment~i

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL !R0~E~0t~

AGENCY

• 1021

Noun

Caine

AvtMft

EAST, P.9. Boxi9276,

~ku~o6

62794-9276

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tto.irson Ctwrn.,

100

Wt?t

RAM)OtPIç Suntfl-300,

Cscg~o,

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60601

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RECOItDING REQUIREMENIS

FOR

•

$0

FURTHfltREMEDIAtIOt4 ISItERS

lutroducrn

•

The

IflinOis Environmental Protection Agency’s (flhiàoisEPA) Bureau

of

Land/inking

Underground Storage Tank Section issues a

No

Further Pa

ifition(NFR) Letter after a

demonstration

ofcompliance

with Title XVI

ofthe Environmental ProtectiOn

Act and applicable

regulations

is

made. The NW Letter signifies that (I) all statutor’ andregulatory corrective

actionrequirements

applicable to the occurrence have been cçnñplied with, (2) all corrective

action

concerning the remediation

ofthe occurrence has beencompleted,

and (3)

no

finther

corrective action concerning the occurrence is necessary so longas the site is used in accordance

with the

terms and conditions

ofthe NEXt

Letter.

Significance

When properly recorded,

the

NFR Letter holds legal significance for all applicable parties

outhncd at

Section

57.10(4)

ofthe

Environmental Protection Act. (See

415

ILCS

5/57.10(d).) 11

not

properly recorded,

the Illinois

EPA

will

take

steps

to void the NEXt

Letter m

accordance

with

thei~gulations.

.

Duty to Record

The

duty

to

record

the NFR Letter is

tnanda$o,y.

You

must

submit the

NER Letter,

with a.

copy ofany applicable Institufional controls

proposed

as part ofa

corrective

action.

completion report, to the Office ofthe ReÔoSIer or the RigiitSi~ofTitles ofthe àounty in

which the site is

located

with1*45 daysafter receipt ofthe NF.R

Letter. You must record the

NFR

Letter

and

any

attachments. The NFR Letter shall be filed in accordance with Illinois

law so that It forms a pennanent part ofthe

chain

of title to enSure current and future

users of the

property will

be Informed ofthe conditions and terms ofapproval including

level ofrernediatlon; land Use

lImitations;

and

preventive, engineering,

and institutional

controls. A certified or othenvise accurate and official copy oF the NFR Letter and any.

attachments1 as recorded, roust be submitted to the Illinois EPA. Failure to

record the

NFR Letter In accordAnce with the regulations will make the NFR Letter voidable.

For More Information

.

Please refór to Tiered Approach to

Corrective

Action Objectives (TACO) Fact Sheet 3 available

from the Illinois EPA by calling 1-888.299-9533 or by accessing it on the Illinois EPA Web site

at hnp:llwww.epa.state,il.usflandftaco/3.no$urthcrqcmediatjonJcue~~,b~rni.

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c~.’.vn~ts

Crow )L 60S1 S

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Fax

63O~969.7979

January

27,

2004

Mr. Jay Gaydosh

illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Sureau

of Land

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#24

Leaking Underground Storage

Thrik

Section

1021

North

Grand Avenue East

Springfield,

RE:

Response to 1~PALetter

dated January 8, 2004

Corrc~tiveAction

Plan and Budget

LPC# 0311)635372

—

Cook County

1.90,

Des Plaines Oasis North

Dear Mr. Gaydosh:

Wight

& Company

is submitting

a response to the

Winois

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA’s) letter dated

January

8, 2004 regarding the High

Priory Corrective

Action Plan (CAP)

and Budget

dated September

c, 2003. Wight & Company, on

behalf

of the Winois State Toll

Highway

Authority, understands the

IEPA’s application of• èpportionment to

ramediation

costs

(field purchases); although, the underground

storage tanks that

the Office of

the

State Fire

Marshal

deemed

ineligible, for accessing th& LUST Fund were

removed prior

to the

1994

release

This implies

that appor.ionment

is not appropriate.

A

CAP has

‘bee

developed

for the

properly to meet the

Tier

1

Réniediation

Objectives

set forth

in

35

Illinois Administrative

Code ((AC)

Part

742.

All

the

investigations,

analytical

testing,

equipment and

professional services (peraonnel) included in the

Budget were

necessary

to

develop and execute

the CAP.

We

strongly ~ellevethat apportionment

to

these costs does not

apply. Therefore, Wight & Company

requests

that

the

(EPA re-evaluate the information and

approve an additional $25,3ø8.~5 for the Budget.

The additional Budget allowance

includes:

‘1) Investigation costs of $2,445.00

2)

Analytical

costs of $2,277.50

-

3) Personnel costs of $1 E,560.00

4) Equipment of $4,830.00

5) Handling charges of $~6.45(2 of investigation and

analytical

costs).

Wight & Company thanks you in advance for your prompt review of this submittal.

Should

you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact

the

undersigned at your earliest

convenience.

Respectfully

submitted.

Wight & Company

1iv

~

Manager, Environmental Sc

cc:

Gregory Stukel, PE, I

uthority

Ken Funk, Attorney a

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

1021

NORTH GRAND AVENUE

E4M;T,

P.O.

Box 19276, Spi~iNcntLo,

lwNO~

62794-9276,

21 7.782-3397

JAMES R.

Tho~.wsoN

Cet.trtR, IOC) W~srRANPOLPH. 5urr~11-300, CHLCACO, IL

60601,

322-814-6026

Roo R.

BLAGOJEVICH, GOVERNOR

RENEE

CIPRIANO, DiRECTOR

?4~IRU

4 2OO~

illinois

State

Toll

Highway

Authority

Attn:

Steve

Gillen

1 Authority Drive

DOWnerS

Grove, illinois 60515

CERTIFIEDMAIL

?002

315E1 DUDO

• Re:

LPC#0310635372—CookCounty

Illinois State

Toll

Hwy. Authority

1-90,

Des Plaines

Oasis-North

Incident

Mo.

941811,

890113,922148,933219 &

20021263

LUST

Technical File

Dear Mr. Gillen:

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agóncy

(Illinois EPA) has reviewed the

Ietterfrom

Wight

& Co. dated

January

27,

2004 that

was

submitted

for

the

above-referenced incident The Illinois

EPA

received this correspondence

on

February

3,2004. Citations in this letter are from

the

Environmental Protection Act

(Act)

and

35

illinois Administrative Code

(35111.

Adm,

Code).

The

letter requested

that the

Illinois

EPA

re-evaluate the

apportionment

ofthe

corrective action

costs

asstated in the

illinois EPA’s

letter dated November

18,2003. The

letter requested Illinois

EPA

approval

of

additional investigation costs, analytical costs, personnel costs,

equipment costs

and

handling

charges.

Based upon

a

review

of the

information submitted

to the illinois EPA,

the apportionment

ofthe

corrective action costs as stated in the

illinois EI~A’s

letter dated January

8, 2004

is

appropriate.

The

request

for

approval ofadditional

corrective

action

costs

is denied,

All future

con~espondence

must be submitted

to:

Illinois Environmental Protection

Ag6ncy

BureauofLand

-

#24

Leaking

Underground

Storage Tank Section

1021

North Grand

Avenue East

Post

Office

Box

19276

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

c

RocKroiw

—4302

North M~h~

Stre~,

Rocklord,

IL

61103— (015) 9

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Univertlty

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Peoria,

IL 6 61~

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S. Sixth 5tr~tRd., Sprirl8field. It. 62706

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MARIQW—2309W.PMin

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firM Street,IL 61614—Ch~mp~)~n,

(309)

693-5463IL 611t20 —(217) 278-5(100

2009 MalI

Street,

Cottinsvllle, IL 62234—1618) 346-5120

8)993-7200

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217/782-6762

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ant 2y: Ten Byte,Ltd.;

630 969 7520;

Mar-9-04 8:36AM;

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Please submit all correspondence

in duplicate

and

include the Re:

block shown at the beginning

of

this letter.

An undirground storagetank system owner

or

operator may appeal

this decision to the Illinois

Pollution Control Board. Appeal rights are attached.

if you have any questions

or

need further assistance, please contact

Jay F. CIaydosh at 217/785-

0231.

Sincerely,

Hernando

tL~4

A.Albarraciri

0~LS~—

Unit Manager

Lcàking Underground Storage Tank Section

Diivision

of

Rernediation ManAgeent.

..

Bureau of

Land

HAA:JFGf94l

811

Request

for

reconsideration

letter

Attachments: Appeal Rights

cc:

Wight & Company

Division

File

‘F

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ant By: Tare Byte,Ltd.;

630 969 7520;

Mar-9-04 8:37AM;

Appeal Rights

An underground

storage tank

owner oroperator mayappeal this final

decision to the

Illinois

PoUution Control Board pursuant to Sections

40

and

57.7(cX4XD)

ofthe Act by filing a petition

for ahearing within

35

days after

the

dateofissuance

of

the final decision. However, the 35.day

• period maybe extended

for

a

period

of

time not to exceed 90 days

by

writtennotice from

the

o~iieroroperatorand

the

illinois EPA within the initial

35-day

appeal period. Ifthe owner or

operator wishes

to

receive a 90-day extension, a written request that.includes astatement ofthe

date

the

final decision was received, along with a

copy of

this decision, must be sent

to the

Illinois EPA as

soon

aspossible.

For

information

regarding the

filing of

an appeal, please contact:

Dorothy(lunn,

Clerk

~flhinoisPollutionC~ntro1Board

State

of

illinois Center

100 West Randolph. Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

312/814-3620

For

information regarding

the

filing

ofan

‘~xten~ion,please contact:

•

illinois Environmental Protection

Agency

•

Division

of

Legal Counsel

1021

North Grand

Avenue East

Post Office

Box 19276

Springfield, IL

62794-9276

217/782-5544

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