Respondent.

)

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)

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CLERK’S OF~~

DEC

2 0

2004

STATE OF

~LLF~~3

Pollution Controj

~

NOTICE

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street, Suite.

11-500

Chicago, illinois

60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101 West Jefferson

Post Office Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

Adair

Ag, LLC

Attn: Jack Hart

9960

E.

2100th

Street

Adair,

IL 61411

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Pollution

Control Board an

APPEARANCE AND

TilE

RECOMMENDATION

ofthe Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith servedupon you.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

DATED:

December 16,

2004

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217-782-5544

By:Ja~lenDa~~

As

ant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

—

PCB

(Tax

Certification)

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED

ON RECYCLED

PAPER

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RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION tt)NTROL BOARD

DEC

202004

ADAIR AG, LLC (Adair)

)

STATE

OF ILLINOIS

(Property Identification Number

)

Pollution

Control Board

14-000-131-05)

)

1

Petitioner,

)

PCB Q4~

)

(Tax Certification)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Respondent.

)

APPEARANCE

The undersigned, as one ofits attorneys, hereby enters

an APPEARANCE on behalf ofthe

Respondent, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY OF THE STATE OF ILL1NOIS

By:

Ja~

ilenDa

A

t Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

DATED: December

16, 2004

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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RECE~VED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

DEC 20

20114

STATE OF ILLINOIS

ADAIR

AG, LLC (Adair)

)

Pollution Control

Board

(Property Identification Number

)

14-000-131-05)

)

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Petitioner,

)

PCBj~4~

)

(Tax Certification)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Respondent.

)

RECOMMENDATION

Now Comes

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”) by James Allen

Day, one ofits attorneys, and pursuant to Section

125 .204 ofthe Illinois Pollution Control

Board’s (Board)

regulations files the following Recommendation regarding the tax certification

ofwater pollution control facilities pursuant to

35 Ill. Adm.

Code

125.204.

1)

On August

13, 2003, the Illinois EPA received a request from Adair Ag, LLC for an

Illinois

EPA recommendation regarding the tax certification ofwater pollution control

facilities at its plant near Adair, Illinois pursuant to

35 Ill.

Adm. Code 125.204, and noted

the request as log number TC-17-03. (Exhibit A)

2)

The applicant’s address is:

Adair Ag,

LLC

Attn: Jack Hart

9960 E.

2100th

Street

Adair,

IL 61411

3)

The waterpollution control facilities in this request are located at the above street address

in Section

16, Township

5

North, Range

1

West ofthe

4th

Principal Meridian in

McDonough County,

Illinois and consist ofthe following:

Agrichemical containment structures consisting ofone bulk liquid agrichemical

operational area containment structures; two bulk liquid agrichemical secondary

containment structures; one minibulklpackage agrichemical secondary

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containment structure; the portion ofthe building over one bulk liquid

agrichemical operational area containment structure, and one bulk liquid

agrichemical secondary containment structure; associated collection and recovery

systems; and two dry fertilizer operational containment structures; as approved

under the Agency endorsed Agrichemical Facility Permit No.

00066206 (Log No.

0066206).

4)

These facilities collect, transport, and store agrichemical rinsates, residues, or washwaters

prior to reuse or disposal.

5)

Section

11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2000), 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 reducing

air or water pollution

.

.

.

or (b) treating, pretreating, modif~’ingor 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, or to property.”

6)

Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, 35

IILCS 200/11-5

(2000).

7)

Based on the information in the application and the purpose ofthe facilities (collecting,

transporting andlor storing

agrichemical rinsates, residues, or washwaters prior to reuse or

disposal), it is the Illinois EPA’s engineeringjudgment that the described facilities may

be considered “pollution control facilities,”pursuant to 35 Iii. Adm. Code 125.200(a),

with the primary purpose ofeliminating, preventing,

or reducing water pollution, or as

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otherwise provided in

35 Ill. Adm. Code

125.200.

Therefore, the facilities are eligible for

tax certification from the Board.

8)

Therefore, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the requested tax

certification.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,

By:___

ljames

Allen Day”L)

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

December

15,

2004

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 RECYCLEDPAPER

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COUNTY OF SANGAMON

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)

)

)

)

RECE WED

CLERK’S OFFICE

DEC 20

200k

STATE OF

IWNOIS

PotIut~on

Control Board

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached APPEARANCE AND

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

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street, Suite.

11-500

Chicago, Illinois

60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101 West Jefferson

Post Office Box

19033

Springfield,

Illinois

62794

Adair Ag, LLC

Attn: Jack Hart

9960 E.

2100th

Street

Adair, IL 61411

and mailing it from Springfield, Illinois

on December 16, 2004

with sufficient postage affixed

forfirst class mail.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME

this sixteenth day ofDecember, 2004

~

OFF1CIAL

SEAL

~:

CYNThIAL WOLFE

NOTARY

PUBLIC,

STATE OF

ILLINOIS

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MY

COMMISSION

EXPIRES

3-202007

THIS

FILING IS SUBMITTED ON

RECYCLED

PAPER

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State of Illinois

Department ofAgriculture

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AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

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Permittee:

Facility

11)

Number:

AC1093240000

Adair

Ag, LLC

Facility Location:

Adair, IL

996OE2100th Street

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Adair,

IL

Permit #:

00066202

Log Number:

0OO6~2O2

Facility Type:

Commercial: Retail Dealer

Date Received:

June 1~.

2000

Date Issued:

July 24, 2000

Expiration Date:

~

‘4,

2005

Permit is he;ebygranted to the above designated permittee to constructand operate an ag

facility as follows:

—,

(OPERATIONAL CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES

Installation

and opera~ion

of a reinforced concrete operational containment struci

re measuring 25’

(width) x

50’ (length) ~~\l.2’

(depth) with a total design capacity of

855.9

cubic

fe

t (ft.3).

The floor

shall slope to

a single tre&jch measuring 0.75’ (width)

x

21’ (length) x

0.5’

(depth)

which shall drain to

a single sump measuring

I’~5’

(width)

x

2’ (length) x

1.25’

(depth) to facilitate the ~o1lectionand

recovery ofall

escaped proèuç and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered e~’fluent

shall be

transferred to one (1) of two (2)~200

gallon recovery tanks with a manually activated sump pump.

Segregation shall be performed b~sed

upon the applicable target crop and label t~se.The loading,

unloading and washing of bulk lic~uidagi~chemical

transportation and applicatioi~

equipment

shall be

performed upon the herein permitted stru~ture.

/

/

SECONDA1~CONTAINMENT STRUCTU

Installation and operation of a reinforce’?’èopcrete secondaiy containment!~tructure

measuring

15’

(width) x

50’ (length) x

1’ (height) with a

tot’ãfl1e~ign

capacity of

745.1

c~bic

feet

(ft.3).

The

floor

shall slope to a single sump measuring 1’ (width) ~

1’ (length) x

1’ (depth) to facilitatethe collection

and recovery ofall escaped product and/or agtiche~ical

wastewater.

)

recovered effluent shall

be

transferred to one (1) ofthe two

(2) aforementione4~1200

gallon

rethveiy tanks with

a manually

activated sump pump.

Segregation shall be perfornI~dbase~up~n~’t~ie

applicable target crop and label

use.

All bulk liquid pesticides shall be stored within ~h~’aid stru~ttIre.This structure shall be

referred to as

SC-i.

OCT

0

4

2000

Watershed Managerner~

Sc~tion

BUE~AU

OF

wATER

~chemica1

containment

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State ofIllinois

Department ofAgriculture

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

Adair AgfPage2

Operation of an existing reinforced concrete secondary containment structure measuring

50’

(width)

x

53’

(length) x 3’ (height) with a total design capacity of8003.5 cubic feet (ft.3).

The floor shall

slope

to

a single sump

measuring

1’ (width) x

1’ (length) x

I’ (depth) to facilitate the collection and recovery

Dfall escaped product and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered

effluent shall be transferred to

one (1) of thetwo

(2) aforementione

200-gallon-reeevely-tanks-with-a4nanually activated sump

pump.

Segregation shall

be performed based upon the applicable target cro~andlabel use.

All bulk

liquid fertilizer shall be

stored within th~e-.s~aid

structure.

This structure shall l~ç~referred

to as

SC-2.

Installation and operation of a reinforced 9oncrete secondary containment struc~remeasuring 50’

(width) x

72’ (length) x

0.5’ (height) wi~Wa

total design capacity of 2006.2 cubic feet (ft.3).

The floor

shall

slope to a single sump me~1’

(width) x

P (length) x

1’ (depth) to

facilitate the collection

-

-

—

—

and recovery of all escaped pr~duct

and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recover~deffluent shall be

transferred to one (1) ofthe t~o

(2) aforementioned 1200 gallon recovery tanks ‘~iitha manually

activated sump pump.

Segregation shall be performed based upon the applicable;target crop and label

use.

All mini-bulk

and packaged agrichemicals shall be stored within the said str~icture.This

structure shall be referre~j9’as

SC-3.

There shall be no di~I1ar~e

ofwastewater from the herein permitted facilities.

This permit has been re(

eved

and approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency per the

attached permit endorsei~ent.

This permit is subjectto standard conditions on the reverAe side ofthis

document and the followmg special conditions:

SPECIAL

CONDITI’?)t~4

1:

The permittee shall provide backflow protection in accordance with

the Illinois Departmentof P~ib1~c

Health Plumbing Code (77 III. Adm.

Code 890) ~x~d

the illinois

Environmental Protection Agency’s Technical Policy Statement

(35

111. Adm. Co4~

653.803(c)(4).

SPECIAL

CONDITION 2:

‘~~1’he

permittee may discharge accumulated precipitation from the

herein permitted bulk liquid fertilizer se~ndary

containment structure pursuant to $)Illinois

Administrative

Code 255.110 (a) (2)

(~j

and (B).

THE STANDARD CONDITIONS

OF ISSUANCE ON THE REVERSE

COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

Warren D. Goetsch, P.E.

Administrator, Division ofNatural Resources

cc: Illinois

EPA:

WPC: Permits

file

a:

109324.per

THIS MUST BE

and Downstate Field Operations

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Department ofAgriculture

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AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT MODIFICATION

Fermi

ttee

Fa~thty-1D-Number.--—--A.~C

1093240000

Facility Location

/(dair

IL

AdairAg

9960E2l00th Street

Adair

IL

61411

)

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Permit #

AC00066202

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Log Number

0103~507

Facility Type.

Commercia1—R~iail

Dealer

Date Received

Marc~i

16, 2001

-.

DateIssued.

May 4, 204~

Expiration Date.

July ~4, 2005

A permit modification

is he~éby

granted to the above designated permittee to constFuct-and/or operate an

agrichemical facility wli~liwas

previously approved under

the above referenced permit number.

The•

facility and associated,permit has been modified as follows:

DRY FERTiLIZER STRUCTURES

Installation an~operationofa bulk thy fertilizer storage building measuring 40’ (width) x 80’

(length)

with

ah\estimated total

storage capacity of

1140

tons.

Tik

structure

shall be

composed

of five

\(5)

storage

bins,

(two (2)

bins,

each bin measurin~18’

(width)

x

40’

(length) with

an

estiiI~a~ted

storage capacity of 270 tons each

and th~e(3) bins,

each bin

measuring 14’ (width) x 40’ (length) with an estimated storage capac~ty

of200 tons each).

All bulk dry fertilizer sha

e s

ed within the herein permitted struct

re.

Installation

and

operation

of/a

reinforced

concrete

operational /ontainment

structure

measuring

0’ (width) x

80’ (length).

All endloader transfer ofbu)k dry fertilizer between

storage and the blender and a~

unloading ofbulk dryfertilizer tra~portation

and application

equipment shall be performed I~pp~i

the herein permitted structI~e.

Installation

and

operation

of

a

~~çced

concrete

opera~,ibnalcontainment

structure

measuring 30’

(width) x

40’ (length).

A~l

loading ofbulk d

fertilizer transportation and

application

equipment and

all

blending o~

bulk

dry fertif

shall be

performed upon the

herein permitted structure.

This

permit modification has also been reviewed and”~proved

by the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency per theattached permit modification endorsement.

The expiration dateofthisp~J~Q~~tiOfl

shall remain the sameas issued on the original permit.

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State ofIllinois

Department

ofAgriculture

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

All Special Conditions on the original

permit issued are also applicable to this permit unless specifically

deleted or revised in this permit.

Warren D.

Goetsch, P.E.

Administrator,

Division

BE COMPLIED

Field Operations

cc: IEPA:WPC:’

file

a:109324.pmod

Adair Ag

SPECIAL CONDITION

The permittee shall operate thei

pursuant to

8 Illinois Administi~iveCode 255.140 (a) (c) and

(

THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF ISS~LJANCEINTHEATTACHEDP

WITH IN

FULL.

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Watershed

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BUREAU

OF WATER

Dear Mr. Sutton:

Adair Ag is

a permitted agrichemical facility and I would like to apply for the tax

incentive forthis facility.

I am enclosing, alongwith the application: maps, permits

&

location operational

descriptions.

Should you have any questions concerning this application please give me a call at (309)

653-2615.

Thank you for your consideration.

Jack R, Hart

AdairAg, LLC

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AdairIL

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Phone:

(309) 653-2615

Fax:

(309) 653-2614

November 2,

2004

flhinois EPA

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, IL

62794-9276

In regard

to

the tax incentive applied

for by Adair Ag, LLC, I am requesting the tax

certification

for any pollution control at this location.

This request does

not include the

dry fertilizer building or

mini bulk storage at this location.

I amrequesting the certification foritems pertaining to pollution

control such as the dyking, chemical containment

area

and- the concrete pads for containing spills

Should

you have any questions concerning this matter please give me a call at (309) 653-2615.

Thank You

Jack R Hart

Adair Ag, LLC

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INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY:

$

4

~

OOO

~.

PRODUCTIVE N~T

ANNUAL

INCOME OF

CONTROL FACILITY:

$

*j~

~

e.

PERCENTAGE CONTROL

FAC~LJTY

BEARS

TO WHOLE FACIUTY VALUE:

Sec.

F

~~‘foIIowing

information

is

submitted

in

accordance with

the Illinois

Property Tax

Code,

as

amended, and to the bestof my

Sec.

G

know’edge, is true and correct

The

lacilities dawned

herein

are

~polluUon

control fac~ities~

as

defined in Section

11-10 of the

1:ie4LJc~&,,~4

INSTRUCTIONS

FORCO~LING

AND

RLING

APPLICATiON

Geneial:

Sepaiate appIk~tior~

muM be ~im~letedf~

eath ~ntro~f~üyclai’ned.

Do not

mui

types (waterand as).

Where both ~

and

waler operations

are

m~ated,

file two applbalbns.

If attachrnenta

WB

needed, record them

conseaitively an an

Odex sheet

Sec. A

1nform~tion

refem b

apphcantae

listed

in

the tax

records and the pevaonlo be contacted for

furtherdetails

Ct

for

inapectbn

of

acii~ Define

faciI~y

localion by street

address or

Ieg~

description.

A ~at map location

is

i~qu~d

for facilities locMed

outside

at munc~ei

boundarie3.

The property

klenl~ation

ntrn

bet is requ

ed.

SOC

~

Se1.exp~natciy.

Su~nft

copies ofall pern~its

Issued by

local

polkdlon ~ntm1agenc~s.(e.g. MSD

Construction

Pemi~)

Sec.

C

Ref~a

to manu~CunnQ

p oc~ae~

or n~tes1als

an

which

Øollutkn

conWo~

f~iI~y

~

used.

Sec.

I)

Natr~tive

deactiption

of

the po4kit~or

coned

facility,

indicating

thai ~sprimaty purpose ~s

to eI~imate,

pmvent or reduc.

poflution.

State

the

type

ofcontroi facthty.

State

permit

numbir, date, andagency issui~gpem~L

A nirrabvedesaiptionand a~ocess

flow

dtagra~~

de?ctibiig

th.

ooUt~ion

con~off~v.

Inckide a hating ofeach major

piece

of

.quipmenl I~c~uded

in thec~ined

fas cash

value

f~

rsaI ~xop~ty.Include an

a~ei.oe

analysisci

the

i~iusnt

and efihieM of th. contm~fac~ty

atatiig the

co~dionsff~,ency.

Sec. E

~

‘

Sec. F

List

a

conta~irnants,

~

water

pdlution

subs~nce8

reêeased as effk~ents

to

the

manufacturing

psoceesaa.

L~I

also the fin&

disp~aI

ofany

contaminan~

~ernoved

fr~ii

the

manufacturmg

proceeses.

Item

(1)- Refefa

to pollulartsand

contaninanta temoved

fran, thepco~s

by the poflution control facility.

Kern (2)-

Refers to water po~Iution

but can apply to

water-~riied

wastesIm air poflution conl,oI faa~tiee.Sub,M drawüi~a~

wh~i

dearly show(a)

Point(a) ofdisct~ge

to rec&ving stream,

and ~) 9ewe~

and ~ocasspspi~g

to and from

the contro4

Iaahty.

Item

(3)- ~f

the ~lec~d

con~n~nants

a~e

disposed o~

other thai

aswastes,

state

the

dispos~io~

ofthe

m~riaIs.and

the value

in dolNerec~i~ed

by 8aJe ~ reuse of

the

coIIec~d

substances.

Slate

the

cost

~,(

redamation and

reiated expense.

hem

(4)-

Statethe

date whichthe pcllutbn contol facifity

~sfist

placed

k~

su*e and

operated.

1

not, exp’aIn.

ttem

(5)-ms

~.f~tion

m esaen~&

to the ~,tfcat~un

and

aaaasament a~ions.

This

aunthg

data must be ccnip~eted

to

e~

pojectreview ~i~to

certificaüon

by

thm

Agency.

S.~..xp~natry.

Signature

must

b. a~rpoate

atAhodzed

sq

nature.

SiA,m~

b

Attenbon:

Attention:

I~noè

EPA

Th~e~

Mcswiggin

Donald E.

Sutton

P.O.

Box 19276

Pen~it

Sectio~i

-

PermitSection

Spnngf~ IL

6~7G4-9276

Oiv~~n

ofW~erPoIhition

ConVo~

D~JI~Os,

of Air PoIk~DonConfro~

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OF WATER

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Section

BUREAU OF WATER

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Illinois

~

Department

of

Ag~ricuIture

George

H.

Ryan, Governor

•

Joe Hampton, Director

Bureau of Environmental Programs

State Fair~ound~

•

P.O.

Box

19281

•

Spnngtield,

IL 62794-9281

•

217/785-2427

(voice/TDD)

•

Fax 217/524-4882

Pesticide

Misuse

Hotlme

1-800-641-3934

September 29, 2000

Adair Ag, LLC

9960

E

21 00th

Street

Adair,

IL

61411

Dear

Agrichemical Facility Permit Applicant:

Enclosed

is the construction and/or

operating permit as approved by the Illinois

Department of

Agriculture

and endorsed by the illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

P1ease~

carefully review

and

follow the Standard

and

Special Conditions ofthePermit and

Endorsement.

Prior to

construction, the Department and the Agency caution you to

carefully evaluate

past operational practices

at

the site.

Should you

suspect environmental

(soil,

surface

or

groundwater) contamination,

it

is advisable

to

determine

the

extent

and severity

of such

contamination prior to construction and

remediate these

areas

as

required.

We appreciate your cooperation

with

the

Department

in this process.

Should you

have

any

questions or comments

regarding

your

Agrichemical Facility Permit,

please contact the

Agrichemical

Containment Program

at

(217)785-0780.

-

Sincerely.

Warren D. Goetsch, P.E.

Gerald C. Kirbach,

Manager

Administrator, Division

of

Natural

Resources

Permits and Downstate

Field Operations

xc:IEPA:WPC:Permits

a:

109324.cov

---

State ofIllinois

Department of

Agriculture

AGRICHEMICAL

FACILITY PERMIT

Installation and opera~ipn

ofa

reinforced concrete

operational containment struci

re

measuring

25’

(width)x 50’ (length)

,L~1.2’

(depth) with a total design

capacity

of

855.9

cubic fe

t(ft.3).

The floor

shall

slope to a single tr~nch

measuring 0.75’ (width) x 21’ (length) x

0.5’

(depth)

which

shall drain

to

a single sump measuring

t~’

(width)

x 2’ (length) x

1.25’

(depth)

to

facilitate

the

ollection

and

recovery

of

all

escaped

prodUct and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered

e~1uent

shall

be

transferred to

one

(1)

of

two

(2~2OO

gallon recoveiy

tanks

with a manually activated sump pump.

Segregation

shall

be

performed b~sed

upon

the

applicable

target

crop

and label

t~se.

The

loading,

unloading

and

washing

of

bulk 1i~uid-agr~chemicaI

transportation and applicatioi~

equipment

shall be

performed

upon

the

herein permitted stni~ture.

/1

SECOND

/

CONTAINMENT

STRUCFU

Installation

and

operation ofa reinfor~?~o~icrete

secondary-containment structure-measuting

15’

(width) x

50’ (Iength)x

1’

(height) withatot~fl1~ign

capacity

of745.1 c~bic

feet(ft.3).

The floor

shall

slope to a single sump

measuring

I’

(width)

~

1’(length)

x

1’ (depth) to facilitate the collection

and recoveiy

of

all

escaped product

and/or

agiithe~icaI

wastewater:

~

recovered

effluent shall be

transferred to one(1) ofthe

two

(2)

aforementione4~12OO

gallon

r~5~ery

tanks with

a

manually

activated

sump pump.

Segregation shall be

perforn1~d

b

n

t)he

applicable target crop

and

label

use.

All bulk liquid

pesticides

shall be

stored

within Ut

said

stru

e.

This structure

shall be

referred

to as

SC-i.

Permit is herebygrantedto the

facility as

follows:

---

State ofIllinois

Department ofAgriculture

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

Adair Ag/Page2

Operation ofan existing reinforced concrete

secondary containment structure measuring

50’

(width) x

53’

(length) x

3’ (height) with a total design capacity of

8003.5

cubic feet (ft.3).

The floor shall slope

to

a single sump measuring

1’ (width)

x

P (length) x

1’ (depth) to

facilitate the

collection

and recovery

of

all

escaped

product

and/oragrichemical

wastewater.

All recovered

effluent

shall

be ti~ansferredto

one

(1) of the

two (2) aforeméntionedf2OO-gallon-reeo~ety4ank-s-with-.a-maz~ua1Iy

activated

sump

pump.

Segregation shall

be performe4 based upon the applicable target cro~andlabel

use.

All bulk

liquid fertilizer shall

be stored

within th~e~aid

structure.

This structure shall

1~referred

to as SC-2.

Installation

and operation of a reinforced c~ncrete

seconda!y containment struc~re-measuring

50’

(width)

x

72’ (length) x

0.5’ (height) wi~h’a

total

design

capacity of2006.2 cubicfeet (ft.3).

The floor

shall slope

to a single sump

mea~jing’1’

(width) x

1’ (length) x

1’ (depth)-to faci!itate the collection

and

recovery of

all

escaped

~rôductand/or

agrichemical wastewater.

All

recoverFd effluent shall be

transferred to one (1) ofthe

t~ço

(2) aforementioned 1200 gallon recovery tanks

‘~iith

a manually

activated sump pump.

Segregpon shall

be

performed based upon the appIicab1e~targetcrop

and

label

use.

All mini-bulk and

pack~ed

agricheinicals shall

be stored

within

the said str~icture.This

structure

shall

be

referred~/as

SC-3.

There shall

be

no

di~I1ar~e

of

wastewater from

the

herein

pennitted

facilities.

This permit has

been re~~~iewed

and

approved by the Illinois

Environmental Protection 4gency per

the

attached

pennit

endorseiuient

This permit

is subject to

standard

conditions on therever~e

side of

this

document

and

the fo11o~~~

special conditions

SPECIAL CONDITION 1:

The

permittee

shall provide backflow protecpon in

accordance

with

the Illinois Department of

I~ib1~c

Health Plumbing Code (77111. Adm. Code 890) ~d

the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agen~y’s

Technical Policy Statement (35 111.

Adm. Co4e

653.803(c)(4).

SPECIAL CONDITION 2:

‘~

?11,

pennittee

may

discharge

accumulated pi~cipitation

from the

hereinpermittedbulk

liquid

fertilizer

seC~ndary

containment

structure pursuant

to 8~

Illinois

Administrative

Code 255.110(a) (2)

(0

and

(B).

THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE ON

THE REVERSE SI

COMPLIED WITH IN

FULL.

Warren

D. Goetsch, P.E.

Administrator, Division of

Natural

cc: Illinois

EPA: WPC: Permits

file

a:

109324.per

THIS

MUST

BE

Do~stateField

Operations

---

ILLLNOIS

ENVRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

1021

NORTH

GRAND

AvENUE

EAST,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPRINGFIELD,

ILLINOIS

62794-9276

THOMAS

V.

SKINNER,

DIRECTOR

217/782-3362

Bureauof

Environmental

Programs

IllinoisDepartment of

Agriculture

State

Fairgrounds

Post Office Box 19281

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9281

Re:

Adair Ag,

LLC

-

Ada

--

Endorsement of

Agrichemical Facility

Permit

LogNo. 00066202

Gentlemen:

Based

on the

information

included in the permit

application, the subject facilitymaybe

constructed

and

operated so as to meet the requirementsofSubtitleC: Water Pollution

and

Subtitle

B: Air Pollution.

This

Agencyhereby issuesendorsement

pursuant

to Section39.4

ofthe

Illinois Environmental

ProtectionAct for the subject agrichemical facility subjectto the following SpecialConditions:

SPECIALCONDITIONNO.

1: Noperson

shall

cause orallow

any

visible emissions offugitive

particulatematterfrom

any

process, including

any

material

handling

or storage

activity

beyond

the

property

line

of the emission source, pursuantto

35

JIl. Adm. Code212.301.

SPECIALCONDITIONNO.2:

Any

discharge of

stormwater

from the containment facilities

shall not cause water

quality

violations

pursuant

to 35111.

Adm.

Code, SubtitleC ora pesticide

release

pursuant

to

the Illinois

Environmental

Protection Act. Stormwater analysesconducted for

determination ofcompliance

with this

condition shall beperformed in accordance

with analytical

procedures specified in40CFR 136.

SPECIALCONDITIONNO. 3:

This

endorsementdoes not coverdry fertilizer

operations.

SPECIALCONDITIONNO.4:

All points

of

use

ofthe water supply

and

distribution systems

suppliedbythe on-sitewells shall beposted as non-potable ornot for

human

consumption.

SPECIALCONDITION

NO.5:

The northeast well shall notbeused for agrichemical purposes

without proper backflowprotection.

This endorsement

becomes

effective and

is

deemed to be a permit issued by

theAgency pursuant

to

Sections 9(b) and

12(b)

ofthe

Act when the Illinois Departmentof

Agriculture

includes the

above conditions as conditions of a

permit

issued

pursuantto Section

255.50

of

Subchapter

I,

Chapter

I

of

Title 8:

Agriculture and Animals.

GEORGE H.

RYAN,

GOVERNOR

---

Page 2

LogNo. 00066202

This endorsement does not grant immunity from enforcement action found necessary by this

Agency to meet its responsibilities in prevention, abatement, and

control

ofwater or airpollution.

Very

truly

yours,

(7

~-~-

~~aZ~—

Bruce

~.

Yurdin

Donald

E. Sutton,

P.E.

Manager, Watershed Management Section

Manager, Permit Section

BureauofWater

DivisionofAir Pollution Control

BJY:JRA

cc:Region 3

-

Peoria

-

RecordsUnit

DAPC/Permits

DAPC/Region 2-

Peoria (McDonough

County)

---

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State ofIllinois

~7

Department of

Agriculture

/

/

AGRICREMICAL FACILITY PERMIT MODIFICATION

Permtttet.

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E~pir*ti~onDate~

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Apermit modification ishe~by

granted

to theabove

designated permittee

to

cons

Ct

and/oroperate an

agrichemical facility

w1~W

was

previously approved under the above referenced permit number. The

facility

and

associated,pèrmit

has

been

modified

as follows:

DRY FERTI~AZERSTRUCTURES

Installation an~

operation ofa bulk

dry

fertilizer

storage building

ineasu

ng

40’ (width) x 80’

(length)

with

~h~stimated

total

storage

capacity of

1140

tons.

T

e

structure

shall

be

composed of five\~)storage bIns,.

(two

(2) bins,

each

bin

measuri

18’

(width)

x

40’

(length) with an estii~a~ted

storage capacity of 270

tons each

and

t

e (3)

bins,

each bin

measuring 14~(width) x140’ (length) with an estimated storage capa

ty of200 tons each).

All bulk

dry

fertilizer sh

e

ed within the herein

permitted

struct

re.

Installation

and

operation

of/’a

reinforced

concrete

operational

ontainment

structure

measuring 20’

(width) x 80’ (length).

All

endloader transfer of

b

dry

fertilizer between

storage

and

theblender and

a I unloading ofbulk dry fertilizer tr

sportation

and

application

equipment shall be performed

on the herein permitted stru

e.

Installation

and

operation

of a

rei

ced

concrete

operat

nal

containment

structure

measuring

30’ (width)x

40’ (length).

loading ofbulk d

fertilizer transportation

and

application equipment

and

all

blending o

bulk

dry fertii

shall

be

performed

upon the

herein

permitted

structure.

This

permit modification

has

also

been reviewed

and

roved

by the Illinois

Environmental Protection

Agencyper theattached permit modificationendorsement.

The expirationdate of

this

permit modification

shall

remain the same as issued

on the

original

permit.

---

Adair

Ag

State of

Illinois

Department of

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

All

Special Conditions on the

original permit issued

are

also applicable to

this permit unless

specifically

deleted or revised in

this permit.

SPECIAL

CONDITION1~

The

permittee shall operate

the

pursuant to 8 illinois Adminiàti~ive

Code 255.140(a) (c)

and

(c

THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF ISSIJANCE IN THE

ATI’ACHED

P

WITH iN

FULL.

Warren D.

Goetsch,

P.E.

Administrator, Division

_Page 2

dry fertilizer

BE COMPLIED

Resources

file

a: 109324. pmod

a

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ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTJON

AGENCY

1021

NORTH

GRAND AVENUE

EAST,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPRINGFIELD,

ILUNOIS

62794-9276

217/782-3362

THOMAS

V.

SKINNER,

DIRECTOR

May

4,

2001

Bureau of Environmental

Programs

Illinois Department of

Agriculture

State

Fairgrounds

Post

OfficeBox 19281

Springfield, Illinois

62794-928 1

Re: Adair Ag

-

Adair

--

Endorsementof

Agrichemical

Facility Permit

Modification of

Permit

Gentlemen:

Based on a review ofthe permit application the Agency determines that the subject facilities may

be covered by general endorsement no. 4 pursuant to Section 39.4 ofthe Illinois Environmental

Protection Act

and

according to the terms

and

conditions ofthe general endorsement. The final

endorsement will be issued

with

the Agrichemical FacilityPermit after completion ofthe

Department’s detailed permit application reviewprocess.

Very truly yours,

BruceJ.Yurdin

Manager, WatershedManagement Section

Bureau of

BJY:DPG\6507g4.doc

cc:

Region

3

-

Peoria

Records

Unit

DAPCfPermits

DAPC/Region

2- Peoria (McDonough County)

GEORGE

H. Ry~,

GOVERNOR

---

/0

ILLINOIS

ENViRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

1021

NORTH GRAND

AVENUE

EAST,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPRtNGFIELD,

ILLINOIS

62794-9276

THOMAS V.

SKINNER,

DIRECTOR

217/782-0610

February

29,

2000

Bureau of Environmentai Programs

Illinois Department ofAgriculture

State Fairgrounds

Post Office Box 19281

Springfield,

Illinois

62794-9281

Re:

General

Endorsement No. 4 of Agrichemical Facility Permit for Modifications to

Include

Dry

Fertilizer Operations with BIend~ngwithout Pesticides

Gentlemen:

Based on the information

included

in the permit application, the facility

may be

constructed and operated so as to meet the requirements of Subtitle

C:

Water Pollution

and Subt~t~e

B:

Air

Pollution.

This Agency hereby issues endorsement pursuant to Section

39.4 of the

Iflinois

Environmental Protection Act for the following agrichemical facility permit modifications

subject to the following Special Conditions.

SPECIAL CONDITION

No.

1:

This

special condition replaces special conditions

on the

previous endorsement that deleted

dry

fertilizer operations. This endorsement covers

on’y

dry

fertilizer

operations and storage. The facilities covered by this endorsement

shall be greater than

1000 feetfrom all community watersupply wells and greater than

200 feet from all other potable water supply wells.

Floor drains

in

dry

fertilizer storage

areas covered by this endorsement shall be plugged and sealed to prevent agrichemicat

leakage.

The subject facilities shall meet the requirements of 8

III. Adm.

Code 255.10,

50,

1101

140, and 150.

SPECIAL CONDITION NO. 2: This endorsement does not cover the following:

A) agnchemical

facilities subject

to

either the

8

111

Adm. Code 257, 35

III. Adm.

Code

615 or 35

III. Adm. Code 616 regulations,

B) experimental or innovative designs, or

C) modifications involving changes to

a permitted water supply protection plan.

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•

1/

Page

2

General

Endorsement

No.4

SPECIAL CONDITION NO.

3: The blending of pesticides onto

dry

fertilizer

is not

allowed at this facility.

A revised operating

permit will

be required before the blending of

pesticides can be added to this process.

Special Conditions

on the previously issued

endorsement are also applicable to this

endorsement unless specificafly deleted or revised in

this endorsement.

This endorsement

becomes effective and is deemed to be a

permit issued by the

Agency pursuant to Sections 9(b) and

12(b) of the Act when the

Illinois Department of

Agr~cuItureinc’udes the above

conditions as

conditions of a

permit issued pursuant to

Section 255.50 of Subchapter

i,

Chapter

I

of Title 8:

Agriculture

and Animals.

This Agency may

modify

this general

endorsement or require individual

endorsements

for the subject category of facilities

at any time after

issuance of the general

endorsement.

The endorsement expiration date for each agrichemical facility permit is concurrent with

the agrichemical faculty permit expiration

date. Agrichemical facility

permits may not be

endorsed

by this endorsement after February

1,

2005 unless this general endorsement

is renewed.

This endorsement does not grant immunity from enforcement action found necessary by

this Agency to meet

its

responsibilities

in prevention,

abatement,

and control

ofwater or

air pollution.

Very truly

urs,

(J~

~

urdin

Donald

E. Sutton,

P.

E.

r

Man

ger, Watershed Management Section

Manager,

Permit Section

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Adair Ag, LLC

Summary

Adair

Ag, LLC is ready to

construct a dry

fertilizer storage building and

would like to permit an 80’ X 40’ building

with

10”

thick concrete walls 8’

high

with

tongue

and

grove wood construction to a height of 16’ to the eves.

This

building would be open front facing the east

with

a 6’ overhang

and a

20’ apron in front to unload trucks

and

to operate thefront end loader to the

blender for daily cleanup purposes. Using

this

apron would allow us to

contain any

spills that

might

accrue during unload or loading the blender.

This

area is not roofed so daily cleanup is needed to prevent

any runoff

The blending pad is attached to the building on the

north.

This

is where

the Layco

10 ton blender will set. The blending pad area is a 40’ X 30’ pad

of concrete constructed for loading

trucks.

This

area

will

not be roofed so

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will need daily clean up.

This

pad is

for the purpose of

containing

spills

while loading

trucks

at

3 tons

per

minute

and arty

spills

that may occur

from

the blender. The

belt

fro~m

the blender

that

loads the truck is completely

covered

and

a dust boot is used to control dust from getting into the air. No

chemical impregnation is done at

this

location.

There will be no

ground

or surface water pollution because the building

•

will be 2 feet higher than the

surrounding ground.

Also, daily cleanup of

any

spills on the apron or blend

pad

will

prevent

any

contan:iination.

We

are

expecting to move

approximately 4000 tons ofdry fertilizer

per

year

through this

location.

This

building will contain

5

bins-2 bins 18’ wide

by 40’ long to contain approximately 270 tons each.

3 bins

14’ wide by 40’

L

long to contain approximately 200 ton each.

Tons ofcapacity

may

vary by

product density.

This

building is designed to hold approximately

1200 tons

to

full

capacity.

There willbe no

fertilizer

exposed to the outside elements

because ofthe 6-foot overhang.

To prevent backflow contamination,

there

will be no hydrant or water

supply to

this

building.

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ADAIR AG,

LLC OPERATIONALAND

MANAGEMENT

PRACTICE

Adair Ag, LLC

is anewcompany startingconstruction on

virgin farm

ground. Adair

Ag,

LLC will be a full servicelocation

with bulk dry fertilizer,

bulk

chemical storage

and

loading

capabilities,

bulk liquid

ferti1i~zer,

and also

package chemical warehouse. These products will be contained

and diked as

needed

and construction

exp1~ined

in

our drawings

to follow.

Since

this

site is newwe will be able to build containment to best fit

the

product

and

use some newer state ofthe art

materials in our

construction.

The

proposal

is

to

build

an operational

pad

with

concrete floor slopingto a

middle

sump

that slopes to one side for ease ofcleaning

and recovery of spilled

materials.

All

equipment

will be loaded

and

unloaded in

this

pad. Also within

this

covered

building will

be

the

bulk chemical

tanks diked separately,loading

of

mini-bulk tanks and

unloading

of

chemicals

from delivery

trucks will

be

done in

this atea. Bulk chemical

area will hold up to 5 tanks for chemicals

and 2

rinse tanks 1 for

bean

rinse I forcorn rinse. All

chemical

tanks willbe of

stainless

steel construction

with cone

bottoms so less space will be

displaced.

The rinse

tanks will

also

be of stainless

steel

and

cone bottom. In

this

operationalpad will be all the

plants

washing ofequipment as needed

with

much ofthe

equipment

beingwashed in the last field ofthe day. Field washing

of

equipment

will assist in keepingrinse waterdown to approximately 3000 gal

•

a

year

which will be applied to the crop in

quantities

no

greater than

10

of the

load to be sprayed. The

use

ofpressure washers

with

low

g.p.m.

and high

pressure will keep rinse water low, also keepingdedicated

mini-bulk tanks

(no

rinsing

to

change

products), keeping secondary containment clean so it

can

be

pumped

over

the

side will also assist in

keeping rinse

water

gallons

down.

We

will

also

generate

solids

in

this operational

pad

which will

be

containerized and

let

dry and

applied

along

with ag lime duting

the

yeir

at low rates. We

can

expect

about

300#

of solids a

year.

Spillpans under all

bulk

hookups helps

to

eliminate loss ofproduct, cuts down onboth

rinse

water

and solids.

Secondaty containment of

liquid

fertilizer tanks

will be outside the

operational

pad the concrete

wall

of

the

operational pad will

be

one

wall

ofthe

secondary containment.

This

secondary containment

will house:

4.-

30,000

gal

tanks

3

containing

28

and

I containing a

liquid fertilizer, like

10-34-0. Secondary containment will be

constructed of concrete as

indicated in

drawings

attached

with

concrete

floor

with

slope to one sump

that will be

checked for

contamination

before

being

pumped over

the side,

ifthewater is

contaminated

it

will

be

saved in rinse

tanks

in

operational

pad for

future

application

to

fai~m

fields.

All

storm water

will be handled in

this

way.

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Package chemicals will

be

stored in

a warehouse

directly

hooked to the

secondary storage.

In

this building

will house all package

chemicals

and full and

empty

mini-bulk tanks. This area will

be

contained

with

1

foot of concrete

wall

with

concrete floor as indicated in

drawing

attached.

This area will

have

a slope

to one sump

that

could be pumped

in case of a spill doors will be raised to hold

area contained also in

this area will

be a

complete

spill

kit

to contain spills in a

small

area when possible.

Storm

water

management

is

made

easy

with

operational pad

being

covered

and

warehouse covered

the

only

stormwater is the secondary containment,

this

is where care not to spill

makes this

job

essential.

The

decision to pump

stormwater over

the

side

after visual inspection

and

based on records that the

dike was

clean befote

rainfall, will

be made by the

manager only.

Triple

rinsing

with a high-pressure

hose

and a

biodegradable deanser and

standing water to

be

removed in

accordance

with

17-255-110 B&C. The

estimated

amount

of

storm water based on average

rainfall

is 41000

gallons.

Dry fertilizer will

be

handled

inside totally under roof except for receiving.

The

building will

be

constructed of concrete

floors

and

concrete up to

8 ft

finishing

up to roof’with wood.

Loading

will be done from driveway on one

side of

the

building and blending equipmentwill

be

under roof.

This

building

will

house approx.

1000

ton of dry

fertilizer.

Anhydi~ous

ammonia will

be

stored at

this facility

also storage to

be

approx.

200

ton.

Since

the

two

well on

this

property

are

non-potable we have

for the

employees

and

customers

bottled

drinking

water.

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9960

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2100th

Street

Adair, IL

61411

Phone: (309) 653-2615

Fax: (309) 653-2614

AUG ~

72003

ILL.INO1S ENVIRONMENTAL

August 6,

2003

PROTECTION AGENCY

6OVVIWPC/PERMIT SECTION

Illinois EPA

Attn:

Thomas McSwiggin

Springfield, IL

Dear Mr. McSwiggin:

Adair Ag is a

permitted

agrichemical facility

and

I would like to apply for the tax

incentive for this facility.

I am enclosing, along

with

the application: maps,

permits

& location

operational

descriptions.

Should you

have

any

questions concerning

this

application please give me a call at (309)

Thank youfor your consideration.

Jack R, Hart

Adair

Ag, LLC

Owner/Manager

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Dcpar*mentof1

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George H. Ryan, Governor

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Joe Hampton, Director

Bureau ofEnvironmental Programs

Slate Fair~ound~i

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P.O.

Box

19281

•

Springfield. IL 62794-9281

•

217/785.2427

(vojce/TDD)

Fax 2171524-4882

Pe~icidc

M~sc

Hotline

1-800-641-3934

(voice/TDD)

September 29, 2000

Adair

A&

LLC

9960 E

2100th

Street

Adair,

IL

61411

Dear

Agrichemical Facility Permit Applicant:

Enclosed is

the

construction

and/or

operating

permit as

approved

by the Illinois

Department

of

Agriculture and

endorsed bythe illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency.

Please,

carefully

review

and

follow the

Standard and Special

Conditions

of the

Permit

and

Endorsement.

Prior to

construction,

the Department

and the

Agency caution

you

to~~y

evaluate

past operational practices

at the site.

Should you suspect environmental

(soil,

surthce

or

groundwater)

contamination,

it is

advisable to determine

the

extent and

severity

ofsuch

contamination prior

to

construction

and

remediate

these areas as

required.

We appreciate your cooperation with the Department in

this

process.

Should you have

any

questions

or comments

regarding

your

Agrichemical FacilityPermit, please contact

the

Agrichemical Containment

Program

at (217)785-0780.

Sincerely.

Warren

D.

Goetsch,

P.E.

Gerald C. Kirbach, Manager

Administrator, Division

of

Natural Resources

Permits andDownstate

Field

Operations

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State ofIllinois

Department of

Agriculture

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY

PERMIT

Permit

is

hezeby grantedtothea,~bve

designated

pennitteetoc

nsthictandoperat~

~na

facility as follows:

~PERAT!ONAL

CONTAINMENT

STRUCTURES

Installation and

opera1~pnofa

reinforced

concrete operational containment struci

re

measuring

25’

(width) x

50’

(length)

~

1.2’

(depth) with a total

design capacity

of

855.9

cubic ft

t

(ft3).

The floor

shall

slope to a single triich

measuring

0.75’ (width) x 21’ (length) x

0.5’

(depth)

which shaH drain

to

a single suinp measuring

t~’

(width) x 2’ (length) x

1.25t

(depth)

to

facilitate

the

ollection

and

recovety

of all escaped prodbct

and/or agnchemical wastewater.

All recovered

effluent shall

be

transferred to

one

(1)

oftwo

(2)~2OO

gallon recovety tanks with a manually

a4vated

sump

pump.

Segregation

shall

be

performed

b~sed

upon the

applicabletarget

àrop

and label t~se.

The

loading,

unloading and washing

of

bulk Ii4uid-agr~chemicaI

transportationTand

appIicatioi~

equipment

shall be

performed

upon

the

herein permitted stru~Wre.

SECONDAI~

CONTAINMENT

STRUCTURES~

Installation

and

operation

of

a reinforc~i~o~icrete

seconda~-conainment~tructiw~-measuñng

15’

(width) x 50’ (length) x

1’ (height) with atotIFd~ign

capacity

of

745.1 c~bic

feet(it3).

The floor

shall

slope to a single

sump

measwing

1’

(width) *~

1’ (length) x

1’ (dept~z)to~1i~the

collection

and recovely

of

all escaped product and/or agiithe1I~IiCaI

wastewater

~

effluent shall

be

transferred to

one (I) of the

two (2) aforemention

1200 gallon

r~ôveiy

tanks with

a

manually

activated sump

pump.

Segregation shall

be

perfo

b

n

e applicable target crop

and label

use.

All

bulk

liquid

pesticides shall

be

stored within

said stru

e.

This structure shall

be

referred

to as SC-I.

~chemica1

containment

P4~umttee

Facility

ID

Number~

AC1093240000

Mair

Ag,J~t~

Facility

Locahon

Mair,

IL

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00066202

L~gNUmbeE.

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Facility Th,e.

Commerc~IRetadDeaIe~

Date Rec~i*ed~

I~

2000

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State ofIllinois

Department ofAgriculture

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

Adair

AgfPage2

Operation of an

existing

reinforced concrete secondary

containment

structure measuring

50’

(width) x

53’

(length) x

3’

(height) with

a total

design capacity

of 8003.5 cubic

feet

(ft.3).

The floor shall slope

to a single sump measuring

F (width)

x

1’

(length) x

1’

(depth)

to

facilitate

the collection

arid recoveiy

of

all escaped product and/or agñchemical

wastewater.

All recovered

effluent shall

be

transferred

to

one

(1) ofthe

two

(2)

aforementionç~i2OO-gailon

recovciy

tanks with

a

mai~ua11yactivated sump

pump.

Segregation shall

be

performed based

upon the

applicable target

croj~and

label use.

All bulk

liquid fertilizer shall be stored

within

th~e-s~id

structure.

This structure shall

~

referred

to as SC-2.

Installation and

operation ofa

reinforced

c~ncrete

secondaiy containmentstruc~re

measuring

50’

(width)

x

721

(Iength)x

0.5’

(height)

wi3h’a

total design capacity

of

2006.2

cubi&feet(ft3).

The floor

shall slope to a single sump measj~ing’P

(width) x

I’

(length) x

1’ (depth) to

faciiitate

the

collection

and

recoveiy of

all escaped ~6ductand/or

agnchemical wastewater.

All

recoverbd

effluent shall be

transferred to one

(1)

of the t¼~

(2)

aforementioned 1200 gallon recoveiy tanks +ith a manually

activated

sump pump.

Segreg~tion

shall

be

performed based

upon the app1icab1e~target

crop

and label

use.

All

mini-bulk and pack~ed

agTichemicals shall

be stored within

the saidstr~jcture.

This

structure

shall

be

referredj~)as

SC-3.

There

shall

be no dipcI~iargeof

wastewater from

the

herein permitted

facilities.

This

permit

has

been re~(iewed

and approved

by the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

attachedpennit

endorsei~ientThis permit

is

subject to standardlconditions on

the

reve

document and the

follow~

special conditions:

SPECIAL

COND~~N

1:

The permittee shall

provide

backflow

protect~on

in accordance with

the Illinois Department

of

1~ibi~c

Health Plumbing Code (77111. Adm. Code 890) i~id

the

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agen~y’s

Technical

Policy

Statement

(35 Iii.

Adm. Coc~é

653.803(c)(4).

SPECIAL CONDITION 2:

‘~Thi1~

permittee

may discharge

accumulated

p

ipitation from

the

hereinpennitted bulk liquid fertilizer se~ondaiy

containments~cture

pursuant to

Illinois

Administrative

Code

255.110(a) (2)

(~and(B).

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THE

STANDARDCONDITIONS

OF

IF~SUANCE

ON

THE REVERSE

S1DE~)F

THIS MUST BE

COMPLIEDWITH IN

FULL.

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Warren

D. Goetsch, P.E.

d C.

Kirbach,

anager

Administrator, Division

of

Natural Resources

Pe

ts

and Downstate

Field

Operations

cc:

Illinois

EPA: WPC:

Pennits

file

a:

109314.per

gency

per

the

esideoft.his

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ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

.1021

NORTH G~r’io

AvENUE

EAst,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPRINGFIELD,

ILLINOIS

62794-9276

THOMAS V.

SKINNER,

DIRECTOR

July

24,

2000

Bureau

of

Environmental Programs

Illinois Department of

Agriculture

State

Fairgrounds

Post Office Box 19281

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9281

Re:

Adair

Ag, LLC

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Endorsement of

Agrichemical

Facility Permit

Gentlemen:

Based

on the

infom~iation

included in the

permit

application,

the subject facility

may be

constructed and operated

so as to meet the

requirements

ofSubtitle C:

Water Pollution

and

Subtitle B:

AirPollution.

This Agency hereby

issues

endorsement pursuant to Section 39.4 ofthe illinois Environmental

Protection

Act for the subject

agrichemical

facility subjectto the following

Special

Conditions:

SPECIAL CONDITION NO.1:

No

person shall

cause

or allow

any

visible emissions of

fugitive

particulate

matter from any

process, including

any

material

handling

or

storage

activity

beyond the

property

line ofthe emission source, pursuant to 35111.

Adm.

Code 212.301.

SPECIAL CONDITION NO.2:

Any

discharge

of

stormwater

from

the containment facilities

shall

not cause water

quality

violations pursuant to

35

ilL

Adm.

Code, Subtitle C or a pesticide

release

pursuant

to the Illinois Environmental

Protection Act.

Stormwater analyses

conducted

for

determination of

compliance with this condition shall be performed in accordance with analytical

procedures

specified in 40 CFR 136.

SPECIAL

COND~ON

NO.3:

This endorsement

does

not cover dry

fertilizer

operations.

SPECIAL

coNDmoN

NO.4:

All points ofuse ofthe water

supply and

distribution

systems

supplied

by

the

on-site wells shall be posted as non-potable

or not for

human consumption.

SPECIAL CONDITION

NO.5:

The

northeast well shall

not be used

for

agrichemical

purposes

without proper

backflow protection.

This endorsement

becomes effective

andis

deemed

to

be a permit issued

by

the

Agency

pursuant

to

Sections

9(b) and 12(b)

ofthe

Act when theillinois

Department

of

Agriculture includes

the

above conditions

as

conditions

ofa

permit

issued

pursuant

to Section

255.50

of

Subchapter I,

Chapter

I

of

Title

8::

Agriculture and

Animals.

217/782-3362

GEORGE

H.

R’Y~’.N,

GOVERNOR

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2

Log No. 00066202

This

endorsement does not

grant immunity from

enforcement

action

found necessary by

this

Agency to meet

its

responsibilities in prevention, abatement,

and control

ofwater or

air

pollution.

Vety truly

yours,

(?~

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Bruce

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Yurdin

Donald E. Sutton,

P.E.

Manager, Watershed Management Section

Manager, Permit Section

Bureau ofWater

Division of

Air Pollution Control

BJY:JRA

cc:Region 3

Peoria

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Records

Unit

DAPC/Permits

DAPC/Region

2

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Peoria (McDonough County)

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State ofIllinois

Department of

Agriculture

Adair

Ag

AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY

PERMIT

•~age

2

All Special Conditions on the

original

permit

issued are

also

applicable to

this

permit unless specifically

deleted or

revised in this

permit.

SPECIAL CONDfl1oN~hThe permittee

shall operatetheej~ed

dry fertilizer

operations

pursuant to 8 Illinois Admini

ve Code 255i40 (a) (c)

and

(d)~

THE

STANDARD

CONDITIONS OF ISS

ANCE IN THE AUACHEDPAGE~’MUST

BE COMPLIED

WITH

IN

FULL.

Warren

D.

Goetsch, P.E.

Gerald

C. KirbacFi~,Manager

Administrator, Division ofN

Resources

Permits and

Down~tate

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hJJNOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

1021

NORnI GRAND AVENUE E.~si,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPI~INcFIaD,ILLINOIS

62794-9276

217/782-3362

THOMAS

V.

SKINNER,

DIRECVOR

May

4,

2001

Bureau of

Environmental Programs

Illinois Department of

Agriculture

State

Fairgrounds

Post

Office

Box 19281

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9281

Re:

Adair

Ag

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Adair

--

Endorsement of

Agrichemical

Facility Permit

Modification

of

Permit

Gentlemen:

Based

on a

review

ofthe

permit

application the Agency determines

that

the subject facilities

may

be covered by

general

endorsement no.4 pursuantto Section 39.4 ofthe Illinois

Environmental

Protection Act

and

according to the terms

and

conditions ofthe general endorsement. The

final

endorsement will be

issued

with

the Agrichemical Facility Permit after completion ofthe

Departmenes detailedpermit

application

review process.

Verytruly

yours,

Brucej.Yurdin

Manager, Watershed M~n~gement

Section

L

Bureau

of

Water

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Records Unit

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(McDonough County)

GEORCE

H. Ry~~i,

GOVERNOR

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ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY

1021

NowrH

GRAND

AVENUE

EAST,

P.O.

Box

19276,

SPRINCF~ELD,IwNOIs

62794-9276

217/782-0610

THOMAS V.

SKINNER,

DIRECTOR

February

29,

2000

Bureau of Environmental Programs

Illinois

Department of

Agriculture

State

Fairgrounds

Post Office Box

19281

Springfield, IllInois

62794-9281

Re: General Endorsement No.4 of

Agrichemical

Facility Permit

for

Modifications

to

Include

Dry Fertilizer Operations with Blending without Pesticides

Gentlemen:

Based on the information included in the

permit

application, the facility may be

constructed

and operated so as to meet the requirements of Subtitle C:

Water Pollution

and Subtitle B:

Air Pollution.

ThisAgency hereby issues endorsement pursuant to Section 39.4 of the Illinois

Environmental Protection

Act

for the following

agrichemical facility permit

modifications

subject to the following Special Conditions.

SPECIAL CONDITION No. 1: This

special

condition replaces special conditions on the

previous endorsement thatdeleted

dry

fertilizer operations. This endorsement covers

only

dry

fertilizer operations and storage. The

facilities covered by this endorsement

shall be greater than

1000 feet from

all community water supply wells and greater than

200 feet from all other potable water supply wells.

Floor drains

in

dry

fertilizer storage

areas covered by

this

endorsement shall be plugged and sealed to prevent agrichemicat

leakage. The subject

facilities

shall meet the

requirements

of 8

III. Adm. Code 255.10,

501 110,140, and

150.

SPECIAL CONDITION NO.2:

This

endorsement

does

not cover the following:

A) agnthemical facilities subject to either the 8W. Adm.

Code

257,

35 Ill. Adm.

Code

615 or 35 Ill. Adm.

Code

B) experimental or innovative designs, or

C)

modifications

involving changes to a permitted water

supply

protection plan.

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General Endorsement

No.4

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SPECIAL

CONDITION

NO.

3: The blending of

pesticides onto dry fertilizer is

not

allowed

at this

facility.

A revised operating

permit

will be

required before the blending of

pesticides can be

added

to this process.

Special Conditions on the previously issued endorsement are also applicable to this

endorsement unless

specifically deleted or revised in this

endorsement.

This endorsement becomes effective and

is deemed to be a

permit issued

by

the

Agency

pursuant to Sections 9(b) and 12(b)

of the

Act

when the

Illinois Department of

Agriculture includes the above

conditions as

conditions of a

permit

issued pursuant to

Section 255.50 of Subchapter

i,

Chapter

I of

Title 8:

Agriculture

and Animals.

This Agency may modify this general endorsement or require indMdual endorsements

for the

subject

category

of facilities at any time

after issuance of the general

endorsement.

The endorsement expiration dat~

for each agnchemical facility

permit

is concurrent

with

the agrichemical facility

permit expiration date. Agrichemical facility permits may not be

endorsed by this endorsement after February

1, 2005 unless this general endorsement

is renewed.

This endorsement does not grant immunity from, enforcement

action

found

necessary by

this Agency to meet

its

responsibilities in prevention,

abatement,

and control of water or

air pollution.

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Donald E.

Sutton, P.

E.

r

Man~ger,

Watershed Management Section

Manager,

Permit Section

Bur~au

of Water

Division

of Air Pollution Control

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Adair Ag, LLC Summary

Adair Ag, LLC is ready to construct a dry fertilizer

storage building

and

would like to permit an 80’ X 40’ building with 10” thick concrete walls 8’~

high with tongue and grove wood construction to aheight of 16’ to theeves.

This building wouldbe open front facing the east with a 6’ overhang and a

20’ apron in

front tounload

trucks andto operate

thefrontend loader to

the

blender for daily cleanup purposes. Using this apron would allow us to

contain any

spills

that

might

accrue

during

unload or loading the blender.

This area is not roofed so daily cleanup is needed to prevent any runoff

The

blending pad is attachedto the building on the north.

This is where

the Layco 10 ton blenderwill set. The blending padarea is a40’ X 30’ pad

ofconcrete constructed for loading trucks.

This area will not be roofed so

will need daily clean up. This pad is for the purpose of

contaIning

spills

while

loading tnicks at

3 tons per minute

and

any

spills that

may occur from

the blender. The belt from the blender that loads the

truck

is completely

covered

and

a dust boot is used to control dust from

getting

into the air. No

chemical impregnation is done at this location.

There

will

be no ground or surface water pollution because the building

willbc2feethigherthan the surroundingground.

Also, dailycleanüpof

any spills on the apron or blendpad

will

prevent any contamination.

We are expecting tomove

approximately 4000

tons ofdry fertilizer per

year through this location.

Thisbuilding will contain

5

bins-2 bins

18’ wide

by 40’ long to contain

approximately

270 tons each.

3 bins

14’ wide by 40’

long to contain approximately 200 ton each.

Tons ofcapacity may varyby

product density. This building is designed to hold approximately

1200 tons

to full capacity.

There

will

be no fertilizer exposed to the outside elements

because

ofthe 6-foot

overhang.

.

To

prevent

backflow cont~imination,

there

will be

no

hydrant

or water

supply

to this

building.

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ADAIR

AG,

LLC

OPERATIONAL

AND MANAGEMENT

PRACTICE

Adair

Ag~

LLC

is a

new

company

starting construction

on virgin

farm

ground.

Adair

Ag~

LLC will be a full

service location with bulk dry

fertilizer,

bulk chemical storage and loading

capabilities,

bulk

liquid

fertilizer, and also

package

chemical

warehouse.

These products will be contained

and diked as

needed

and

construction

explained

in our

drawings to follow.

Since

this

site

is new we will be

able to

build

containment to best fit the

product

and use some newer

state

ofthe

art materials in our

construction.

The

proposal

isto

build

an operational

pad

with concrete floor

sloping to a

middle

sump

that

slopes to

one side

for

ease

of

deaning

and

recovery of spilled

materials. All equipment will

be

loaded and unloaded

in this pad. Also within

this covered building will

be the l?ulk

chemical tanks diked separately,

loading

of

mini-bulk tanks

and

unloading

of

chemicals from delivery trucks will

be

done in

this area. Bulk chemical area will

hold up to 5

tanks

for

chemicals and 2

rinse tanks

I for

bean rinse

I for corn

rinse.

All

chemical

tanks will

be of

stainless steel

construction with

cone bottoms

so less space will be

displaced.

The

rinse

tanks will

also

be of

stainless

steel

and

cone bottom.

In this

operationalpad will

be

all the

plants washing

of equipment as

needed with

much

of the

equipment being

washed in

the

last field

of the

day.

Field

washing

of

equipment will assist in keeping

rinse

water

down

to

approximately 3000 gal

a

year which will

be applied to the

crop in quantities

no greater than 10

of the

load

to be

sprayed. The

use

ofpressure

washers with

low g.p.m. and high

pressure will

keep rinse water

low, also keeping

dedicated mini-bulk tanks

(no

rinsing

to change

products), keeping

secondary

containment

clean

so

it

can

be

pumped over the side will

also assist in

keeping

rinse

water

gallons down.

We

will also generate

solids in

this operational pad which will

be

containerized and

let dry and

applied along with ag lime during

the

year

at low

rates.

We

can

expect

about

300#

of

solids a

year.

Spill

pans

under all bulk

hookups helps to

eliminate

loss of

product, cuts down

on

both

rinse water

and solids.

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Secondary containment

of

liquid

fertilizer tanks will be

outside

the

operational pad

the

concrete wall

ofthe

operational pad will be one wall

of the

secondary

containment

This

secondary

containment will house:

4.- 30,000 gal

tanks

3

containing

28

and

1

containing a liquid fertilizer,

like

10-34-0. Secondary

containment will

be

constructed

of concrete

as

indicated in

drawings

attached

with

concrete floor with

slope to

one

sump

that will be

checked

for contamination before

beingpumped

over the side, if the

water

is

contaminated

it will be

saved in

rinse

tanks

in operational

pad for

future

application

to farm fields. All

storm

water will

be

handled in this

way.

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Package

chemicals will

be stored in a

warehouse directly

hooked to the

secondary storage.

In

this buildingwill

house all

package chemicals

and full and

empty mini-bulk tanks.

This

area will be

contained

with

1

foot

of

concrete

wall

with concrete floor

as indicated in

drawing attached.

This areawill

have

a

slope

to one

sump

that

could be

pumped in

case

of a spill doors will be

raised

to hold

area contained also in

this area will

be

a

complete

spill

kit

to

contain

spills in a

small area when

possible.

Storm

water

management

is made easy

with operational

pad

being covered

and warehouse

covered the

only stormwater

is the

secondary containment, this

is where

care not to spill

makes this

job

essential.

The

decision

to pump

stormwater over

the side after

visual

inspection

and based

on records that the

dike was dean

before rainfall

will be

made

by the

manager only.

Triple

rinsing

with a high-pressure

hose and a

biodegradable

cleanser and standing

water

to

be removed in accordance

with

17-255-110 B&C. The estimated

amount

of

storm

water based

on

average

rainfall is 41000 gallons.

Dry fertilizer will

be

handled inside

totally

under

roof

except for

receiving.

The

building will

be

constructed

of concrete

floors and

concrete up to 8

ft

finishing

up to roof

with wood. Loading will be

done from driveway

on one

side of the

building and

blending

equipment

will be under roof.

This building

will house approx.

1000

ton of dry fertilizer.

Anhydrous

ammonia will be stored at

this

facility also

storage to be

approx.

200

ton.

Since the

two well.on this

property

are non-potable we have for the

employees

and customers bottled drinking water.

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AGRICHEMICAL

AGRICREMZCAL FACILITY PERMIT MODIFICATION

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May 4,

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A permit modification ishe~b~

granted

to

theabove designated permIttee to

co

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and/or operate an

agñchemical facility wl~idiwas

previously approved

under the above

referenced

permit

number.

The

facility and associatedpermit has been modified

as follows:

DRY

11ERT~AZER

STRUCTURES

Installationan~

operation

ofa bulk dry 1~rtilizer