BEFORE
THE POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
ROBERT BENNETT,
)
Petitioner,
)
V.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 WestRandolph Street
Suite
11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
)
)
Respondent.
)
NOTICE
RECEaVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
JUN
102005
STATE OF
ILLINOIS
~
Pollution
Control Board
PCBNo.05-
S
(LUST Appeal
—
Ninety Day Extension)
WalterKarla
Benchmark Environmental Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 824
Antioch, IL
60002
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE
that
I have
today
filed with the
office of the Clerk
of the
Pollution
Control Board a REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL PERIOD, copies of which
are herewith served upon you
Johnl.
Kim
Assistant Counsel
Special Assistant AttorneyGeneral
Division of Legal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue, East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)
Dated: June
8, 2005
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent
BEFORE THE
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
uiy
102005
STATE
I
ROBERT
BENNETT,
)
OllUttor,
Controi BO~d
Petitioner,
)
0
v.
)
PCB No.
05-
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
)
(LUST Appeal
—
Ninety Day Extension)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
)
REQUEST
FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION
OF APPEAL PERIOD
NOW
COMES the Respondent,
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(“Illinois
EPA”),
by one of its
attorneys, John J. Kim,
Assistant
Counsel
and Special Assistant
Attorney
General,
and,
pursuant
to
Section
40(a)( 1)
of the Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Apt
(415
ILCS
5/40(a)(1))
and
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
105.208,
hereby requests
that
the
Illinois
Pollution
Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension ofthe thirty-five
(35)
day period forpetitioning for a
hearing to
September
13, 2005,
or any other date not more than a total of one hundred
twenty-
five (125) days from the date of service of the Illinois EPA’s final decision.
In support thereof,
the Illinois EPA respectfully states as follows:
1.
On
May
9,
2005,
the
Illinois
EPA
issued
a
final
decision
to
the
Petitioner.
(Exhibit A)
2.
On May 17,
2005,
the Petitioner made a written request to the Illinois EPA for an
extension of time by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPAjoin in requesting
that
the Board
extend
the thirty-five
day period for filing
a petition to
ninety
days.
Tracking
information based
on the Certified Mail number indicates that the final decision was received on
May 11,
2005.
(Exhibit B)
1
3.
The additional time
requested by the parties may eliminate the need for a hearing
in this matter or, in the alternative, allow the parties to
identify issues and limit the scope ofany
hearing that may be necessary to resolve this matter.
WHEREFORE,
for
the reasons stated
above, the parties request that
the
Board,
in the
interest of administrative
and judicial
economy, grant this request f6r a ninety-day extension of
the thirty-five day period forpetitioning
for a hearing.
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent
John
J~q(j1
Assistant Counsel
Special Assistant Attorney General
Division of Legal
Counsel
1021
North Grand Avenue, East
P.O. Box
19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)
Dated: June 8, 2005
This filing submitted
on recycled paper.
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15:33
05/17/2005
03:25
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BENCHMARK
ENV
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
1021
NoRm
Cw.~o
Av~N~JE
EAST,
P.O.
Box
19276,
SPRINGFIELb/
lalNots
62794-9276, 217-782-3397
JAMES
R.
THOMPSON CENTER,
100
Wtsr
R,a.NQ0LPH,
SUITE
11-300,CHlcisco,
IL 60601,312-814-6026
Roo
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BLACOJEvlcI-I,
GOVERNOR
RENEE
CIP’RIANO,
DIRECTOR
CERTWIED MAIL
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Mehar Petromart,
Inc.
Ann:
Jaswant
Arora
901
Sheridan Road
Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
60096
Re:
LPC #0971955011--Lake County
Winthrop Harbor/Bennett, Robert
901
Sheridan Road
LUST Incident No. 991680
LUST Technical File
Dear Mr. Arora~
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has reviewed theHigh
Priorityr.
Correctivc Action Plan Budget (budg~i)iiibmitted
for the above-referenced incident: Thi~
budget; dated September 3, 2004, was receivedby theillinois EPA on April 19, 2005.
Citations
-.
in this letter
are
from the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and
35
illinois Administrative
Code
(35
III. Adm. Code).
The budget is rejected for the reason(s) listed in Attachment A (Section
57.7(c)(4)
ofthe Act and
35
Ill. Adm
Code 732.405(c) arid 732.503(b)).
• All future correspondence must be submitted to:
-
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau ofLand
-
#24
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Section
1021 North Grand Avenue
East
Post Office Box
19276
Springfield, IL
62794.9276
•Please submit allcoxrespondence
in du~Iicate
and inc)ude the Re: block shown
at-the beginning
ofthis letter
.
.
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ROclcFoeO
—4302
North Main
Street,
R~~kkjrcj,
11.61103
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987-7760
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South
S’ate, Elgii,.
II.
60123
—(847) 603-
BUREAU
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l.ANO
PEORIA
—
7620
N.
Uriversity
St.,
Peoria,
IL
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Sixth
Street Rd., Springfield,
11. 62705—(21
MARION
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(309) 59M4&3
South
Pint Street,
Champaign,
II.
61820 —(217) 278.5800
Mail
Street, CoIIInsvHIe,
H. 62234—1678) 346-5120
8)993-7200
EXHIBIT
A
217/782-6762
P.03/03
MAY—17—2005
15:33
DLC LEGAL
05/17/2005
03:25
18478385815
BENCHMARK ENV
PAGE
03/03
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An
underground storage tank
system owner orop~ator44ygpfleal this lecisioh
tQ the Illinois
Pollution Control Board.
Appeal rights are attached.
-
if you have any questions or need flffther assistance, please contact Valerie Davis at217-785-
7492.
-
Sincerely,
Clifford L.
Wheeler
-
.
•
Unit Manager
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Section
•
Division ofRemediation Management
Bureau ofLand
Cr~w:vAn\
•
•
Attachment:
Attachment
A
Appeal Fights
Benchmark ~ii~’ironmental
Services, Inc.
Division File
-
TOTAL
P.03
BENCHMARK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
May 17,
2005
Mr. John
Kim
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Legal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O.
Box19276
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
Re:
LPC
if
0971955011
—
Lake
County
Winthrop Harbor!
Bennett Robert
901
Sheridan
Road
Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
LUST Incident Nos. 991680
LUST Technical File
To Mr.
Kim:
Concerning the IEPA’s
response letter dated
May
9, 2005 regarding the above-
mentioned
LUST site, Benchmark as the consultant for the property owner hereby
requests.that a 90 day extension be awarded
in order for our client to compile
information to appeal the Agency’s decision.
If you should have any questions regarding this report, please feel free to contact the
undersigned at 1-800-400-5811.
Respectfully,
Benchmark Environmental Services, Inc.
.
\u~k~L
WalterKarla,CHMM
RE
•0
Vice President
—
Remediation
I
Risk Assessment
.
Division of Legal Counsel
MAY 2
3
2005
Environmental
Protection
Agency
P.O. Box
824
P.O. Box
265
Antioch, IL 60002
Trevor, WI 531 79-02~5
800-400-5811
Phone: (847) 838-5811
Fax:
(847)
838-5815
RECE~VED
CLERK’S OFFICE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
JUN
102005
I, the undersigned attorney at law,
hereby certify that on June
8,
~
~1tiIlM&1Snd
Pollution Control Board
correct
copies of a REQUEST FOR NINETY
DAY EXTENSION
OF
APPEAL
PERIOD, by
placing
true
and
correct
copies
in properly
sealed
and
addressed
envelopes
and
by
depositing
said sealed envelopes in a U.S.
mail drop box located within Springfield, Illinois, with sufficient
First
Class Mail postage affixed thereto, upon the following named persons:
DorothyM. Gunn, Clerk
Walter Karla
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Benchmark Environmental Services, Inc.
James R. Thompson Center
.
P.O. Box 824
100 West Randolph Street
Antioch, IL
60002
Suite 11-500
Chicago,IL 60601
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Joim J.
Assistant Counsel
Special Assistant Attorney General
Division ofLegal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue, East
P.O. Box
19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)
