BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDOF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
NOTICE
• BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDOF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
RECEIVED
Pollution Control Board
DW:dw\
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

RECEIVED

CLER~S

OFFTCF

JUL

2 12003

)

STATE OF

IWNOIS

)

Pollution

Control Board

PCB No. 04-

(EJST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

DorothyM. Guim, Clerk

Kenneth W. Funk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Deutsch, Levy & Engel

James R. Thompson Center

225 West Washington Street

100

WestRandolph Street

Suite 1700

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60606

Chicago, IL 60601

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.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVWON~NTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

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)

Dated: July

18,

2003

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS

ILLiNOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

AUTHORITY (Belvidere North CACR),

Petitioner,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

•

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

)

AUTHORITY (Belvidere North CACR),

)

Petitioner,

)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

REQUEST

FOR

NINETY

DAY

EXTENSION

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

Section

40(a)(1)

of the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Act

(415

ILCS

5/40(a)(1))

and

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

October

16, 2003,

or any

other date not more than a total of one hundred twenty-five

(125) days from the date ofthe Illinois EPA’s fmal decision.

In support thereof, the Illinois EPA

respectfully states as follows:

June

13,

2003,

the

Illinois

EPA

issued

final

decision

the

Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

On July

10, 2003, the Petitioner made a written request to the Illinois EPA for an

extension oftime by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPA join in requesting

that the Board extend the thirty-five day period for filing a petition to ninety

days.

The Petitioner

did not represent when that the final decision was received.

(Exhibit B)

RECEIVED

CLERK’S

OFFICE

JUL

2 12003

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control Board

PCBNo.04-

(LIST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

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 of any

hearing that maybe necessary to resolve this matter.

WHEREFORE,

for the

reasons

stated above, the

parties request that the Board,

the

interest of administrative and judicial

economy, grant this request for a

ninety-day extension of

the thirty-five day period for petitioning for a hearing.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

John

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: July 18, 2003

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

JUN

09~33FR

UJIGHT

COMPANY

 630 969 7979 TO 13123461859

P.02

I-

217/782-6762

JUN

2003

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

ACENCY

1021

NoRTH

C$ANI)

AVtNUE

Ep.sT,

P.O.

Box

,9276,

SPRINCra6U). iw’~QiS

~2794-92

JAMES

R. T-IOsIPSON Crvar*,

100

WEST

RANDOLpH.

SuitE 11.300, Cwic..~c,o,

II. 6060~

Roo

BLAGOJEVICH.

COvERN0R

RENif

CIPRIANO.,

LNREcTOR

CERUFIED

MAIL

711112

3150

0000

1~2232248

Illinois State Toll Highway

Mthnrity

AnenUon~

John IL

Wagner,

Pt.

2700 Ogden Avenue

Downers

Grove,

illinois

60515

Re:

L.PC 0070057092

Scone County

flelvider& Illinois State TollHighway Authority

Belviderc Oasis (North Side)

LUST Incident No. 890112. 892215,, 941 £15 and 20021271

LUST Technical File

Dear Mi. Wagner:

The

Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency (Illinois EPA)

has

revjew-ed the

High

Priority Corrective

 Action

Completion

Report

(report) for the

above-referenced incident

The

reportwas dated April 8,

2003

and was received

by the Illinois EPA

April 14, 2003.

Citations in this later are from

the

Environmental

Protection

Act

(Aa)and

35 Illinois Administrative

Code

(~5

111.

Adm. Code).

Pursuant

 57,7(c)(4)(D) of

the

Act

and

lU

Mm,

Code

 732.409(c) and 732.503(b),

the

report

 is rejected (or

the

reasons listed in AttachmentA.

Acunderground storage

rank

system owneror operator

may

appeal this

decision

to the Illinois Pollution Control

Board. Appeal rights are

attached.

ifyou

have

 any questions or need

further

assistance,

please

contact

DonnaWauace

217/524-1233.

Thomas

A. Henning

Unit Manager

Leaking Underground StorageTank Section

DiQision of Reznediation Management

Bureau

Land

TAIl:DW:dw\

Attachment:

Attachment A

•

Wighr

and Company

DivisiOn

File

:•~

W~3HT

Co.

—

e.~02

NorTh

Main 5tra~t.

in~

IU iti

0R7

—

595

South

Stie, t(~

o’ Lrno.

PEORIA

—

7?,~O

University

.SPklrwcajai~

‘SO) 5.

$b,,l, $utt

Rd.. 5(~~

•~.~(3Ø9)

~54

- -

liampaign,

1161820—42174 2~8.5uo0

—Hit,

(I.

92214 -(616) 346.512.O

rrn’~flc,

ON.

RCC~C~U

WAP’EK

U2B2IHIHD

I~N~ 9AA~I HSJ.fl20

fl~9—9~C?TET

LC~T

6003.OV’IflQ

9V:21

£O0~—0T—1flf

90O/V00~d0689#

90/1~0

2J0B6~BL2JT~

L086EBLLI~

JUN

‘03

08:33

blIGHT

COMPANY

630

959

7979

13123461859

P.03

Attachment A

Re:

Lit

0070057092

—

Boone CountY

Eelvidere/

lilinois State

Toll Highway Authority

Belvidere

Oasis

(North

Side)

LUST

Incident

No. 890112, 892215. 941815 and 20021277

LUST TECHNICAL FILE

Citations

in this

attachment are from

the

Environmental

Protection Act (Act) and

Illinois

Administrative

Code (35 UI.

Adm. Code)~

The

owner/operator

swmnazy

form was

not

completed.

tax

parcel

fl)

numbeT must be

provided as well as a legal de~cription

ofthe

propexty.

Industxial/Comxnercial Soil Ingestion levels were

 exceeded at

NW-I,

TFW-2,

TFM-2 and

TFE- I for

Renzo(a)anthracene

andBenzo(a)pyrene and must

be addressed either by

furtherremediation or aproposed

barijer.

Naphthalene

was

exceeded

at WE-i forInhalation levels

for

Construction

Workers and

must be addressed by further remediation or a Worker

 Caution

control.

The location of

sample

TFE-1

was not provided on your

maps,

please show the location

ofthis sample ott

 future

maps.

if a batheris

to be

proposed, the

Agency requires a

map to scale giving thedimensions of

the barrier to be maintained.

Also photos

must

be provided

showing the barrier

is in

•

place.

•

1!.

A Professional Engineer Certification was not includedwith your Corrective Action

Completion Report.

DW:dw\

9OO/G0O~d0689#

U2~2I~VHD

120N2

9XAfl

HSJJr12G

—nczT~i

8C~CT

6OO?,0T~Ifl2

90/SWd

 L086~B2J2JT?

 L086?B2224T?

 9V:21

 £00~—0T—1flf

90d

1L3.LD1

 JUN 26 ~03

Ø9;33

L4IGHT

COMPANY

630

969

7979

13123461959

P.24

‘V

AppealRights

An underground storage tank ownS or

 operator

may

 appealthi~final

decision to the Illinois

Pollution Control Board pi

 rsuantto Sections40and

57.7(c)(4)(D) oldie Act by

 filinga petition

fora

 hearing within

days after

the date of

issuance

ofthe final

 decision. However, the

35-day

period

may be extended fora period of

time

not

exceed

days by

 written

notice from the

owner

operatorand the

Illinois EPA within the initial

35-day

 appeal peçiod.

If

the

owner

operator

wishesto receive a 90-day

 extension, a written

request

that includes a statementof

the

date the final

decisionwa$

received,

along

witha

copy

this decision,mustbe sent

to the

Illinois EPA as soon aspossible.

For infonnadari regarding the

filing

ofan appeal,

 pleasecoritact:

Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

State

ofillinois

 Center

100

 West

Randolph.

 Site

 ..50C)

•

Chicago,

60601

312/814-3620

Forinformation regarding the filing ofan

 extension, please contact:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of

Legal

Counsel

1021 Nozth Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield,

62794-9276

217/782-5544

TOTAL

PAGE.04

9OO/9oo~ O?89#

G2~2IUVH3120M2

~AA2~

RgII12C

fl~9—9~C?jCT

Bc:cT

 6CO~O1~Iflf

90/9Wd

 LGB6~8LL1~

 LO96?8LL1~

 917:21

 £OOE—OT—lflf

LAW Orriors

EARL A.

DEtJTSCH

PAUL

N. LEVY

TERRY L. ENG~L

FRANg R.

COHEN

.JI~c4IYI.

RUOMAN

MIc’IAgL

.4, DSVIrIE

STUART SERKS

KgNNETH W. FUNK

PHILLIP ~J.ZISOOK

DENNIS

FRIES?

STEVEN

ISAACGON

ALVIN

J. NELFGOT

.,IOEL

A. STEIN

BRIAN 0. SAUCIER

JAMES t. O’I4ALLOflAN

AARON S. ~AP4P(OWSI4Y

KARtN

KAVANAGN

MACK

GREGG

SAROI’ALO

.JtI’P’RtY

NORWIT2

NOVENSA MUTNARIKA

KNAPP

OAVI~.4, CEN4OV

Dnrcsca,

LEVY

ENCIEL

C HART~RED

SUITE

1700

SEE W~$TWASHINGTON

$TRflT

CHICAGO.

ILLINOIS

COCOS

(312)

346.1460

E~m*iI:

Iawy’r5~ldI4c.com

W&bsFlo: www4IeG.SQm

FACSINILEI

(312)

345-46KG

COUNStL

MARSHALL 0.

ROLICK

ARTNUR .J. EABIN

VIA FACSiMILE 217-782-9807

AND REGULARMAIL

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

Division ofLegal

 Counsel

1021 North

 Grand

Avenue East

P.O.

Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

Attention; JohnKim,

Esq.

July

10,

2003

Re:

LPC #0070057092

Boone County;

Belviderefflelvidere Oases (North Side)

LUST Incident Nos. 890112,

892215, 941815 and 20021277

Dear Mr.

Kim:

The undersigned, as a Special Assistant Attorney General, represents the Illinois State Toll

HighwayAuthority in. connection with thereferenced LUST Incidents. Ihave

received

a copy ofthe

Agency’s

letter,

dated

June

13,

2003, rejecting the Authority’s. High Priority Corrective Action

Completion

Report

previously submitted to theAgenèy.

A copy ofthat letter is enclosed.

Please be advised

that

the Authoritydoes not agree with theAgency’s position as set forth

in its

 letter

 June

13, 2003; however, in hopes

off

resolving the open issues

with

the Agency,

and

avoiding the

 necessity

ofan appeal to the iflinlois

PolluiionControl.Board1aur client

herebyrequests

an extension,

 pursuant

to Sections 40 and

57.8

ofthe

fllinois

 Environmental

Protection

Act, to

extendthe periodwithin which it may appeal the Agency’s decision for an

 additional ninety

(90)

days.

•

I~179I2

9OO/~OO~d

0689#

9~/Eø~d

 L088?BUT?

111

LE~T

6OO~1OT~Iflf

917:21

 2OZ~—OT—1flf

 LZ95?BLLTE

It is

our understanding

 that

upon

receipt of this

letter you

 will proceed

prepare the

necessary motion forfiling with Illinois Pollution Control Board to effectuate

the

extension. If

your

understanding

is otherthanasindicated hereinor ifI

can

provide any

 further information,

piea.selet

us laiowimmediately.

Your assistance and cooperationis appreciated.

Very truly,

yours,

KennethW. Funl4

KWF/alj

Enclosures

cc; Victor .A.zar, Esq.

Ms,MaryKrok

161191.2

900/laVa

0689#

•

 ~2~2I~VN3

120N2

~AA2~1I-lSIfl2a,

•

~fl9—9flgTlT

Ll~uI

600~10VIflf

9ø/2O~d

L~B6?BLLT~

LO86~B2JLTE

917:21

 2O2~—O1—1flf

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that on July

18, 2003,

 served true

and

correct

copies of a

REQUEST

FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION

APPEAL

PERIOD,

placing true and

correct

copies in properly sealed

and

addressed

envelopes and

depositing

said sealed envelopes in

a U.S.

mail drop box located within Springfield,

Illinois, with sufficient

First Class postage affixed thereto, upon the following named persons:

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Kenneth W. Funk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Deutsch, Levy &

Engel

James R. Thompson Center

225 West Washington Street

100 West Randolph Street

Suite

1700

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60606

Chicago,

IL 60601

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respo

John~4~~’7

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)