ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
February 27,
1992
KRONON MOTORS SALES, INC.,
)
)
Petitioner,
PCB 91—138
v.
)
(Underground Storage Tank
Reimbursement Determination)
)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTIQN AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by R.
C.
Flemal):
On February 6, 1992, the Board received a Motion to Reconsider
the Board’s January
9,
1992 decision filed by Kronon Motor Sales
(Kronon).
On February 20, 1992, the Board received a response from
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) opposing the
Motion
to
Reconsider.
The
Board
will
grant
the
Motion
to
Reconsider in order to clarify the Board’s position on the issue of
recovery of costs incurred prior to notification of the Emergency
Service and Disaster Agency.
In North Suburban Development Corporation v. IEPA (PCB 91-109,
December 19,
1991)
(North Suburban), the Board held that in cases
arising prior to the effective date of HB 1741 pre-notification
costs were excluded from reimbursement under the statute.
Thus,
the
Board
has
determined
that
costs
incurred
prior
to
ESDA
notification are not reimbursable at any time.
Kronon argues that the Board did not indicate in its January
9,
1992 Order whether HB 1741
is to be applied retroactively
or
whether the “Board misunderstood this matter to have arisen after
the effective date of House Bill
1741.”
In its Order,
the Board
cited its decision in North Suburban and indicated that the issue
of reimbursement of pre—ESDA notification requirements had been
fully
discussed
there.
Kronon
has
not
presented
any
new
information to the Board on this issue; nor does the Board believe
it
did
not
understand
the
factual
situation
in
this
case.
Therefore,
the Board affirms its January
9,
1992 Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Board Member J. Anderson dissents
Section
41
of the Environmental
Protection Act,
Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1989,
ch.
111 1/2 par.
1041,
provides for appeal of final
Orders of the Board within 35 days.
The Rules of the Supreme Court
of Illinois establish filing requirements.
130—223
2
I,
Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
dQ hereby certt9i that the above Order was adopted,on the
___________
day of
?~-t~c
,
1992, by a vote of
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~Dorothy
M.~nn, C1ei~k
Illinois Po.llution Control Board
130—224