OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CLERK’S OFFICE
NOTICE
OF APPEAL PERIOD
217/782-6762
LEYDEN ENVIRONMENTAL INC.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Chicago, IL 60601

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARDRECE~VED

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

CLERK’S OFFICE

TOM’S GAS STOP,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

Petitioner,

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

JUN 302003

PCB No. 03-

STATE OF ILLINOIS

(LUST

—

Ninety Day~‘oIluttonxtension)Control

Board

Alisa S. Leyden

Leyden Environmental, Inc.

5255

North Central Avenue

Chicago, IL 60630

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 ofwhich

are herewith served upon you.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 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~June 19, 2003

RECEiVED

CLERK’S OFP~1

BEFORE THE

POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

JUN 302003

STATE OF ILLINOIS

TOM

GAS STOP,

. .

Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

)

PCBNo.O3-~

ILLiNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

(LUST

—

Ninety Day Extension)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

REOUEST

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 Act

(415

ILCS

5/40(a)(1))

and 35 Iii. 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 17, 2003, 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:

On May

15,

2003, the Illinois EPA issued a final decision to the Petitioner

regarding a request for reimbursement from the Underground Storage Tank Fund. (Exhibit A)

On June 18, 2003, the Petitioner made a written request to the Illinois EPA for an

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

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

subsequent conversation, the Petitioner represented that the final decision was received no earlier

than May 16, 2003. (Exhibit B)

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 identif~’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 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)

DaLd: June 19, 2003

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

JUN—18—2003 15:55    

2177829807

2177829807  P.03/05

JUN. 18.2003 2:47PM                         

NO.062  p.3/s

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTiON AGENCY

1021 N40RTh cRAPID AVENUE EAST, P.O.

Box

19276, SPRINCFIELP, 1U.INOIS 62794-9276

JAMES it THOMPSON

CENTER,

100

WEST RANDOLPH,

SUrIE 11-300, CHICAGo, IL 60601

ROD It 8t,,&cpsEvIcl-s, GOVERNOR

REr~rnECIFRIANO, DIRECTOR

HAY 152003,

KathleenB.. ICenney

12641

SouthMansAeld

Alsip, IL 60803

Re:

Lit #0310035074—Coqk

County

Alsip/Toin’s Gas Stop

11801 SouthPulaskiRoa4

LUST Incident #900824

LUST FISCAL FiLE

Dear Ms. Kónney:

The Agency has completedthe rçview ofthe request for reimbursement ofcorrective action caste

from the Illinois TJndercound Storage Tank Fund for the abov&.referenced facility. The invoices

reviewed covered the period froth March

29,

1990 to January 31,2003. The amount requested

was $76,260.00.

The deductible amount to be ass~ssedon this claim is $15,000.00. which is being deducted from

this payment. In addition to the 4eductible, there arecosts from this request that are not.being

reimbursed. Listed in Attacbmeitt A are the

costs

which are not being reimbursedfrom This

request and the reasonsthese cogts arenot being reimbursed.

On April

2003, the Agency repeived your completerequest forpayment for this claim. As a

result oftheAgencyts review ofpus claim, a voucher for

$55,020.38

will be prepared for

submission to the Com.ptrollefs ~fflce for payment as funds bçcome available basedupon the

date the Agcn~yreceived your complete request forpayment ofthis claim. Subsequent claims

that have beextlare si4bmitted wflhl be processed based upon the date complete sub’sequent billings

requests are received by the Agepey,

This

constitutes the Agene~sfiral action with regard to the above invoices. An underground

stora.ge tank owner oroperator ~iayappeal this final decisionto the Illinois Pollution Control

Board (Board) pursuant to Section 22.1 8b(g) and Section 40 ofthe Actby filing a petitionfor a

hearing within

days after the~dateof issuance ofthe final decision. However, the 35-day

period may be extended fora pçriod oftime not to exceed 90 days by writtennotice from the

owner or operator and the lltinojs EPA withinthe ini~ia135-day appeal period. Ifthe owneror

Roc~cosp—4302 North Main Street, goddard, IL 611 qa —(815i

987.7760

• Ds1PL,Nrs—. 9511

Harrison

Sr.,

Des

~Iaines,IL 60016—

(647)

294-4000

—395 SouthStat; Elgin. IL 60123 ...i~S47)608-3131

• Pt0fli~

— 5415 N. University SI., Peoçja, IL 61614— (3091693.5463

5uggAu OF LND.

I’~t~lA

—7620 N. University Sr., Peoria. I). 61614— (309) 693-5462

CHfr.s.ipAIopi —2125 South First Street, Champaign, IL 61820— (217) 278-5800

SPRrr~CfltLQ— 4500 5. Sixth Street R4., Sprinafield, IL 62706 — (217) 786-6892 •

cu~L)NsvrLst

— 2009 MaIl Street, Collipsville, IL 62234— ~61~)

346-5~20

MABI0N — 2309W. Ma(fl

SL,

Su(ie 116, Marion, IL

62959

—(616) 993-7200

____________

PRI’aTP Otq

RtcvcirP ~CR

217/782-6762

JUN—1~-dtOU3 15:55    

2177329807

JUN. 18. 2003 2:47PM                         

217?82s8~ P.04/05

NO.062  P.4/S

Page2

operator 

wishes

to receive a 90-dayextension, a 

writtenrequest that

includes a statement ofthe

datethe

final decision 

was

received, along 

with

a copy of 

this decision, must

be sent to the

Illinois EPA as soon as possible.

For informationregarding the flhin~ofan appeal, please contact:

DorothyGunn, Clerk

illinois

Pollution Control ~oard

State ofIllinois Center

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

312/814-3620

For information regarding the 11114g ofan extension, please contact:

Illinois Environmental Pfleotion Agency

Division ofLegal

Counsel   

1021

North GrandAvenue1 East

Springfield, Illinois 62794~9276

2171782-5544

Ifyou have any questions, pleasC contactKevin

Mably

ofmy

staff 

217/782-6762.

Dou as E. Oakley, Manager

LUST Claims Unit

Planning & Reporting

Section

Bureau ofLand

DEO:KM:jlc\0fl331 l.doc

Attachment         

cc: Leyden

Environmental~J1~.

JUNid~&) 1S:5~   

217782980?

JUN. 18. 2003 2: 47PM                         

2177829807  P. 05/05

NO.062  P.5/5

AccountingAttachmentDeductionsA

Re:

LPC #0310035074—Cook County

AlsipiTom’s Qas Stop

11801 South Pulaski Road

LUST Incident #900824

LUST FISCALFILE

Item#

Description of Deductio~is

$1,709.55,

deduction fo costs whichare notfor Corrective Action activities (Section

22.18(e)(l)(C) and 22.1?b(a)(3) ofthe Environmental ProtectionAct).

Leyden Environniental-~nvoice

#5420

$41.19 GEMElectie Supply

#5420

819.58

Vollmar Clay 

Products

#5420

$548.78 Graybar

#5420

$1,100.00 J&tElectric

2..

$4,300.06, deduction forcosts

which 

are notfor Corrective Action activities (Section

:22.1 8(e)(1)(C) and 22.t!Sb(a)(3) of

the

Environmental ProtectionAct).

Leyden Environmental4nvoiee #5420

$73.15

Handling on denied 

costs

•

Field Purchases

•

#5420

$133.00 Handling on denied costs

LTST Subcontractors

#5420

$4,093.91 Handling charge is being

denied due to the contractor

(Leyden 

Environmental)

having a person with a direct

or indirect financial interest

in the

subcontractor

(American Tank). Itis the

Agency’s position that

handling charges arenot

warranted.

3.

$230.00, deduction foi~an adjustment in costs due to a lack of supporting

documentation 

(Section 22.lSb(d)(4)(C) ofthe

Environmental Protection Act).

Leyden Environmental-Invoice 

#5420

Need copy ofpermit and

receipt-LindEhl Brothers

$6,239.6I Total Acco~nthgDeductions

DEO:ICM:jk\032331 idoc

TOTAL P.05

JUN—18—2003 15:55    

217782980?                 

217782880? P.02/OS

JUN.18.2003 2:47PM                          

NO.062 P.2/S

LEYDEN ENVIRONMENTAL INC.

5255 NoRtH

CEtftj~*j.,

AVENUE

cfrHICAGQ,

ILLINOIS

60630

I

(773)401-1400

(773) 4816559

FAX

June18, 2003

Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency

Division of Legal Coun$l

1021 North Grand Ave4ue East

Springfield.

Illinois 627~4-9276   

Via

Facsimile

to 217-782-9807

RE: LPC #03100350174 

Cook County

Msip/Tom’s Ga.~iStop

11801 South Pul~tski

LUST

Incident /~900824

LUST

FISCAL

USE

Dear Division

ofLegal

Counsel:

Please 

consider this ~ettera respeetfizi request at the direction of

the

owner/operator 

for a 9Q-Day extension as it

pertains to the attached May

15,

2003

letter 

for the

above referenced project.

Your attention to this

ñlatter is apprecii’ted. Should

you

have any questions

or if additional

intoriniion is necessaxy, please

do not hesitate to contact me

at(773) 481-1400.

Respectfully,

LEYDEN ENVIRONMENTAL INC.

Vice-President

ASL/al

—

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the

undersigned attorney 

law, hereby

certify 

that on June 19, 2003,

I served true 

and

correct 

copies of a REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL

PERIOD, 

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:

Dorothy

M. Gunn, 

Clerk

Alisa S. Leyden

Illinois Pollution

Control Board        

Leyden Environmental,

Inc.

James R. 

Thompson Center

5255

North 

Central Avenue

100 West Randolph Street

Chicago, 

IL 60630

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

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)