1. RECEIVED
    2. RECEIVED
      1. NOTICE OF FILING
      2. TESTIMONY OF BRUCE S. BONCZYKIN OPPOSITION TO CERTAIN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
      3. OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’SPROPOSAL TO AMEND 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 732
      4. PROOF OF SERVICE
RECEIVED
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BRUCE
S. BONOZYK,
LTD.
601
WEST
MONROE
STREE!r.
SPRINGFThILD.
XL 82704
TEL.EPHONfl~2i7~
525-0700
FAX
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525-2171
March 26, 2001
Ms. Dorothy M. Gunn
Clerk ofthe Board
Illinois
Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Via FedEx
-
Overnight
Re:
R01-26 (Rulemaking-Land)
Dear Ms. Gunn:
Enclosed for filing in the above Rulemaking are one original and nine copies ofthe
following:
Pre-Filed Testimony ofBruce S. Bonczyk.
Said copies are providedwith the
Notice ofFiling and Certificate of Service.
Please file stamp the extra enclosed copy ofsaid documents and return them in the
enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope.
Thank you for your assistance.
Veiy truly yours,
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Office
Bruce S. Bonczyk, P.E.
BSB:lew
cc:
Mr. David Kennedy, CECI
Mr. Gary Crites, ISPE
Enclosures
RECEIVED
CLERK’S
OFFICE
MAR
2
7
2~O1
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
STATE OF ILLINOIS
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollution
Control
Board
IN
THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
REGULATION OF PETROLEUM
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS (35 ILL. ADM. CODE 742)
)
)
)
RO1-26
)
(Rulemaking
-
Land)
)
)
NOTICE OF FILING
TO:
Ms.
Dorothy M. Gunn
Clerk ofthe Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
(Via FedEx
-
Overnight)
Mr. Joel J. Stemstein
Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 WestRandolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
(Via FedEx
-
Overnight)
All Other Persons on
the Attached Service List via U. S. Mail
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that todayI have filed with the Office ofthe Clerk ofthe
Pollution Control Board the Pre-Filed TestimonyofBruce S. Bonczyk in the above entitled
matter, copies ofwhich are hereby served upon you.
Dated:
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Respectfully submitted,
Illinois Society ofProfessional Engineers
Consulting Engineers Council of Illinois.
Bruce S. Bonczyk, One oftheir Attorneys
THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
Bruce S. Bonczyk
(IL Reg. 6190593)
BRUCE S. BONCZYK, LTD.
601 West Monroe Street
Springfield, IL 62704
217.525.0700
217.525.0780
fax
Service List Attached
R0l-26 SERVICE
LIST
In theMatter of: Amendments to
Regulation of Petroleum Leaking Underground Storage Tanks:
35 Iii.
Adin. Code 732
RevisedMarch
12,
2001
Herlacher
Fluff,
FE.
James
Lies
Ludewig
Rieser
Smith
ftame
Scott
Garry
Christie
Bruce
Cindy
William G.
ThomasL.
James E,
Kenneth
Kenneth W.
Pat
company
Black & Veatch
Kuhlmann Design Group
Chemical Industry Council ofIllinois
Pioneer Environmental
Sidley
& Austin
Division of Legal Counsel
Illinois Environmental ProtectionAgency
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
Attorneyat Law
Goodwin Environmental Consultants, Inc.
SEECO Environmental Services, Inc.
Clerk ofthe Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Herlacher Angleton Associates, LLC
Huff& Huff, Inc.
Carlson Environmental, Inc.
Andrews Engineering, Inc.
Caterpillar
TechCenter
Karaganis & White, Ltd.
United Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Senior Project Manager
Clayton Group Services, Inc.
Ross & Hardies
Pioneer Environmental
Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Illinois Petroleum Council
Counsel
Address
101
N. Wacker Drive,
Suite
1100
15 East Washington
9801
W. Higgins Road,
Suite 515
601
W. Monroe
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Haisted
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BankOne Plaza
10 South Dearborn Street
225 W. WackerDrive,
Suite 3000
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Suite C
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NorthGrand AvenueEast
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Second Street
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Springfield, IL
Tinley Park, IL
Chicago, IL
Waterloo, IL
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Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Peoria, IL
Chicago, IL
Palatine, IL
Downers Grove, 1L
liicago, IL
60601
iname
Anderson
Aronberg
Bianco
Bonczyk
Corisalvo
Dickett
Doinbrowski
Dye
Dyer
Falbe, Esq.
Flynn
Goodwin, P.E.
Gray
Gunn
citystate
Chicago, IL
Belleville, IL
Rosemont, IL
Springfield, It
Chicago, IL
Wildinan, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
CORE Geological Services, Inc.
Assistant Counsel
Leo P.
Ron
Judith
S.
Lawrence W.
Neil F.
Daniel
3.
Collin
W.
Dorothy
zip
60606
62220
60018
62704
60622
Chicago, IL
60603
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield,IL
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Moncek
Nienkerk, PG.
Barbara
George
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Monte M.
David
Wayne
60606
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62794-9276
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62704
62702
60477
60601
62298
60525
60601
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61656-1875
60610
60067
60515
60601
60622
Sternstein
Joel J.
Sykuta
Viahos
DavidA.
Georgia
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
~ptingfield, IL
GreatLakes, IL
62791
60088-2845
Page
1 of2
R01-26 SERVICE LIST
In
the
Matter of: Amendments to Regulation of PetroleumLeaking Underground Storage Tanks:
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 732
Revised
March
12,
2001
Naval Training Center
Walker
Engineering
Gardner, Carton & Douglas
U.S.
Army
Environmental Center
500
W. Hernn Street
321 N. Clark Street
Northern Regional Environmental
Office,
Building E-4480
Walker
Watson
Zolyak
Rodger
John
Gary 1.
Herrin,IL
Chicago, IL
Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD
62448
60610
21010-5401
Page 2 of 2
RECEIVED
CLERK~S
OFFICE
MAR27
2001
BEFORE
THE
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
STATE OF IWNOIS
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
PollutIon Control Board
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
)
ROI-26
REGULATION OF PETROLEUM
)
(Rulemaking
-
Land)
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE
)
TANKS
(35
ILL. ADM. CODE 742)
)
TESTIMONY OF BRUCE S. BONCZYK
IN
OPPOSITION TO
CERTAIN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S
PROPOSAL TO
AMEND 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 732
My name is Bruce S. Bonczyk.
I am an attorney with Bruce S. Bonezyk, Ltd. and I
represent the
Illinois
Society
of
Professional
Engineers
(“ISPE”),
and
the
Consulting
Engineers Council ofIllinois (“CEC1”).
I am also a Licensed Professional Engineer in the
State ofIllinois.
lam testifying today to object to certain portions of the proposed amendments to
35
Ill.
Adm,
Code
732.
On behalf of ISPE and
CECI,
I filed with the Board
a
Motion to•
OpposeCertain Proposed AmendmentsoftheEnvironmental Protection Agency’sProposal
to Amend 35111. Adm. Code 732, and a companion MemorandumofLaw in support ofsaid
motion.
Ourobjections to the proposedamendments relatetoalimited andspecificissue.
We
object to theproposed inclusion ofterminology in theregulations which allowfor“Licensed
Professional
Geologists”
to
perform
the
same
functions
as
“Licensed
Professional
Engineers”.
An administrative agency has only such authority
as
is conferred by express
provisions of law, or is
found, by fair implication, to be
incident to the express authority
conferred by such legislation.
We object on the ground that there is no statutory authority
in the enabling legislation
to include Licensed Professional Geologists in the rules.
THIS FILlING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
On its
face, the LUST
legislation only refers
to
Licensed Professional Engineers.
Further, an examination ofthe legislation provides no other guidelines or standards
upon
which theAgency or Board may conclude that Licensed Professional Geologists are equally
charged by
the General Assembly
to provide the enumerated services in the statute,
thus
rendering the proposed promulgation ofsuch rules to include licensed geologists to likely
be invalid.
We believe that if the Board is to adopt this proposed change, the rules would
be invalid as being without a statutory basis.
The express enacting legislation and amendatory legislation
forthe LUST program
is silent as to the inclusion ofLicensed Professional Geologists.
This is true even though
the Professional Geologists Licensing Act (P.A. 89-366) was enacted into law prior to the
amendatory legislation
affecting
the LUST
program (P.A.
89-428
and
89-457).
The
presumption exists that theGeneral Assembly in formulating the subsequent changes to the
LUST legislation was aware ofthe Professional Geologists Licensing Act, and chose not to
include said professionals into the LUST amendments.
Beyond
legal
issues,
there are practical
problems.
The
legislation
embodies
a
provision
which
creates
a presumption
against liability
for
the Professional
Engineers’
certifications pursuant to
thç statute.
415
ILCS
5/57.10.
As proposed by
this
rule, the
inclusion of Licensed Professional Geologists in Section
732.402 will disrupt the General
Assembly’s
scheme
for
presumption
against
liability,
as this
specific
law
contains
no
referenceto Licensed Professional Geologists, thereby detrimentally affectingthe viability
ofthe certification and the ability to ensure protection to owners, operators, heirs, etc.
For the above going reasons, ISPE and CECI also suggest to the Agency and Board
that the prior testimony of Mr. Doug Clay, Mr. Ron Dye and Mr. Kenneth Liss promoting
the inclusion oftheterminology for Licensed Professional Geologists is without merit and
should be afforded no weight by the Board
in considering these amendments.
It is my understanding that both ISPE and CECI are willing to workwith thevarious
associations representing geologists in fonnulating a legislative response to this situation.
While theremaybe merit to including certain functionspetformed by Licensed Professional
STATE OF ILLINOIS
)
)
COUNTY OF SANGAMON
)
PROOF OF SERVICE
1, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached Pre-Filed Testimony
ofBruce S. Bonczyk upon the person to whom it is directed,
by placing it in
an envelope
addressed
to
the
person or persons
on
the Attached
Service List, and
mailing
it from
Springfield, Illinois on the
26th
day ofMarch,
2001, with sufficient postage affixed.
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c.
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(J
Lindsey
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Whitcomb
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this~k.day ofMarch, 2001.
Notary Public
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OFFICIAL
SEAL
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SUSAN
K
CAMPTON
NOTARY
PU$LIC.
STATE OF
ILLiNOIS
ç
MY
COMMlSsp~N
EXPUjES:
1 1113i03
THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
Mr.
Scott Anderson
Black
&
Veatch
101
N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
Mr.
Gany
Aronberg
Kuhlmann Design Group
15
East
Washington
Belleville, IL 62220
Ms. Christie Bianco
Chemical
Industry
Council
of IL
9801
W. Higgins Road, Suite 515
Rosemont,
IL 60018
Ms. Cindy
Consalvo
Pioneer Environmental
1000 N. Halsted,
Suite
202
Chicago, IL 60622
Mr. William Dickett
Sidley & Austin
10
S.
Dearborn St., Bank
1
Plaza
Chicago, IL 60603
Mr. Leo Dombrowski
Wildnian,
Harrold, Allen
&
Dixon
225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL
60606
Mr.
Ron Dye
CORE
Geological Services,
Inc.
2621
Montego, Suite C
Springfield,
IL 62704
Ms. Judith
Dyer
Assistant Legal Counsel, IL EPA
1021
North Grand Ave.
East
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Mr. Lawrence Falbe, Esq.
Wildman, Harrold, Allen
& Dixon
225
W.
Wacker Drive,
Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606-1229
Mr. Neil Flynn
Attorney
at Law
1035 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62704
Mr.
Daniel Goodwin, P.E.
Goodwin
Environmental Cons.,
Inc
400
Bruns
Lane
Springfield, IL 62702
Mr.
Collin
Gray
SEECO Environmental Serv.,
Inc.
7350
Duvon Drive
Tinfey Park, IL
60477
Ms. Dorothy Gunn
IL Pollution Control Board
100
W.
Randolph, Suite 11-500
Chicago,
IL 60601
Mr.
Thomas Herlacher
Herlacher Angleton Assoc., LLC
8731
Bluff Road
Waterloo, 11, 62298
Mr. James Huff, P.E.
Huff
&
Huff, Inc.
512 West Burlington, Suite
100
LaGrange, IL
60525
Mi.
Kenneth James
Carison Environmental, Inc.
65
E. Wacker Place, Suite 1500
Chicago,
IL 60601
Mr. Kenneth Liss
Andrews Engineering, Inc.
3535
Mayflower Blvd.
Springfield,
IL 62707
Pat Ludewig
Caterpillar Tech Center
Bldg. F, P.O.. Box
1875
Peoria,
IL 61656-1 875
Ms.
Barbara
Magel
Karaganis &
White, Ltd.
414 N. Orleans, Suite 810
Chicago, IL 60610
Mr. George Moncek
United Environmental Cons., Inc.
1119
East Palatine Road, Suite
101
Palatine, IL 60067
Mr.
Monte Nienkerk, P.G.
Clayton Group
Services, Inc.
3140
Finley Road
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Mr.
David Rieser
Ross
&
Hardies
150
North
Michigan
Chicago, IL 60601
Mr. Wayne Smith
Pioneer Environmental
1000 N. Halsted, Suite 202
Chicago, IL 60622
Mr. Joel Sternstein
IL Pollution Control
Board
100 W. Randolph St.,
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Mr.
David Sykuta
Illinois Petroleum Council
P0
Box
12047
Springfield,
IL 62791
Ms. Georgia Viahos
Naval TrainingCenter
250IA
Paul
Jones Street
Great Lakes,
IL 60088-2845
Mr. Rodger Walker
Walker Engineering
500 West
Herrin
Street
Hen-in, IL 62448
Mr.
John Watson
Gardner, Carton
&
Douglas
321
North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Mr. Gary Zolyak
U.S.
Army Environmental
Center
Northern Regional Environmental
Office, Building E-4480
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21010-5401

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