ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December
6,
1983
PEOPLE
OF’ THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
v.
)
PCB 83—190
Olin Corp.
—
B.
Alton
(Certification No. 21RA—ILL-WPC-73—10
Pr9~9~alto_RevokeTax Certification.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J.D.
Dumelie):
Recently enacted Public Act
(P,A.)
83—0883, which became
effective on September
9,
1983, amends
the definition of
“Pollution Control Facility” as contained in Section 21a—2 of
the Illinois Revenue Act of 1939
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
Ch.
120, par.
502a-2)
in the following manner:
“For purposes of assessments made after January 1,
1983,
~p~1lution control facilities” shall not include, however,
a) any system, method, construction, device or appliance
appurtenant thereto, designed, constructed, installed or
~9~ated
for the primary purpose of(i) elimina~~
containing~ng
or reducing radioactive_contami-
nants
or energy, or
(ii)
treating wastewater produced
by the nuclear generation of electric power;
b) aj~y
large diameter pipes
or piping ~y~ems
used to remove
and disl
se heat from water involved in the nuclear
generation of electric power;
or c)any equipment,
construction, device or appliance~ppurtenantthereto,
9p~~~by any person other than
a unit of government1
whether within or outside of the territorial boundaries
of
a unit of local
government,
for sewage disposal
or
treatment.
The Pollution Control Board shall
revoke any prior
certification in conflict with this amendatory act of
1983 before Janua~yj, 1984.”
Pursuant to this statutory directive, the Board has reviewed
Pollution Control Facility Certifications and Applications for
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Certification which were referred to the Board by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
for decertification under this
language.
On the basis of this information, the Board finds
that the facility which
is the subject of this certification
falls within subparagraph
(c)
of paragraph 502a—2 of the
Illinois Revenue Act of 1939,
as
amended.
(The information
on which this belief is based
is attached to this Order.)
OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING
The Board will provide an opportunity for a hearing for
any party to present contrary facts on this matter on December
20,
1983 at 9:00 a.m. at the
Pollution
Control Board Office,
Suite
300,
309 W. Washington Street, Chicago,
Illinois.
However,
a hearing will be scheduled in this matter only if,
1) the Board
receives a request for hearing, and 2)
a short statement of the
facts
to be presented
at hearing is filed with the Clerk
of the
Board by no later than 12:00 noon on
Dece~
19
1983.
Such
statement of
facts shall also be served on the Attorney General
by no later than 12:00 noon
on
December 19,1983.
Requests
for hearing should he directed to Mr. Lee Cunningham at
312/793—6923.
At such hearing oral argument will be limited
to 15 minutes for each party.
Accompanying written submissions
shall be limited to 15 pages.
The Board will hear cases
in the
order that it receives requests for hearing.
This hearing will
be conducted pursuant to the contested case provisions of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
Ch,
127,
par.
1010—1018.)
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS IN LIEU
OF_HEARING
If no facts are contested,
legal argument on
this
proposed
revocation may be submitted
in written form rather than at
hearing.
Legal briefs on this matter must be filed with the
Clerk of the Board at Suite 300,
309 W. Washington Street,
Chicago,
Illinois 60606, and served on the Attorney General,
no later than 5:00 p.m. on December
20,
1983.
Responsive
legal
briefs may be filed no later than 12:00
noon
on December 27,
1983.
All briefs shall be limited to no more than 15 pages.
FINAL ORDER
The Board proposes to adopt a Final Order which may revoke
this Certification on or before December
28,
1983.
Due to the
impending statutory deadline for revocation of affected certi-
fications, no motions for reconsideration or stay of the Final
Order in this matter will be heard by the Board,
As provided
in paragraph 502a—7 of the Illinois Revenue Act of
1939,
as
amended, appeal
of the Board’s Final Order may be made to the
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Circuit Court pursuant to the Administrative Review Act
(Ill.
ReV. Stat.
Ch.
110, pars.
264 et seq.)
IT IS
SO ORDERED.
I, Christan
L.
Moffett,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control B9ard, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted
on the
/~4.-
~_day
of~~~’__
,
1983 by a vote
of~
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Illinois Pol
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