RECEIVED
ILLINOIS ENViRONMEt~4TALPROTECTION AGENCY
1. State ofillinois Center
2. 312/814-3620

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BROADUS OIL,

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

RECEIVED

CLERK’S

OFFV~E

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

Pollution Control Board

)

PCBNo.04-

?~I

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

Erin E. Curley

Environmental Department Manager

Midwest Engineering Services, Inc.

4243 West 166th Street

Oak Forest, IL 60452

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 PE1UOD, copies of which

are herewith served upon you.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

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: September 11, 2003

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

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52003

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

Petitioner,

)

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

SEP 152003

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

STATE

OF IWNOIS

BROADUS

OIL,

)

Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

)

PCBNo.04-~(

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 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 December 11, 2003, or any other date not more than a total of one hundred twenty-

five

(125)

days from the date of service ofthe Illinois EPA’s final decision. In support thereof,

the Illinois EPA respectfully states as follows:

On August 6, 2003, the Illinois EPA issued a final decision to the Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

On September 10, 2003, 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 EPA join in

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

The Petitioner represented that the final decisionwas received on August 8, 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 identify issues and limit the scope of any

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

Jok~fm

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: September 11, 2003

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

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1021

NoRTH

GRAND AVENUE EMT, P.O. Box 19276, $PRINch~i.P,ILLINOIS 627944276, 217-782-3397

MMEZ R.

THOMPSON

CEPmR,

100 WEST

RANXLW, Slirrt 11-300, Qiteco, IL 60601. 312-814-6026

Roo S.

BI.AGoJEV1CH~GOVERNOR

RENEE

CIPRLANO, DIKWTOR

217/782-6752

cERTIfIED

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AUG 062003

Broadus Oil Corporation

StevànBroadus

3006 We~tMain Street

Sheath;

EL 61364

?e:

tic # 0990500004

LaSalle County

:~~lfl&Broadus Oil

Main andBroadway St.

LUST Incident

No.

942364

and

970520

LUST Technical Pile

Dear4r3roadus:

jThe nUnS Environmental Protection Agency (flithois EPA) hasreviewed the High Priority

CorrectiveThis

budget,

Action

dated

Plan

May

Budget

lap 2003,amendmentwas received(budget)by thesubmitted

Illinois EPA

fo~theonabove-referencedJuly24,2003.

Citationsinqident4

in this It axe from the Enviromnental Protection Mt (Act) and

Illinois Mminiatratlve

Code

(35

Ill. Ada Code).

The budget isrejected tr thereason(s) listed below(Section

57.7(c)(4)

ofthe

Act and

flI.

Adni, Code 732,405(c) and

732.503(b)).

Pursuax~tto

35111.

Ada Code 732.405(4), plans submitted

theAgency for review and

approval, reJection ormodification in accordance with the procedures in Subpart E must be

‘submitted prior to the issuance ofaNo Further Rexnediation Letter. This budget was received

•

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the

December 17, 2002 Issuance ofthe No Further Reniediation Letter.

All future con~espondencemust be submitted to:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Bureau ofLand

#24

I.,eking Underground Storage Tank Section

1021 NorthGrandAvenueEast

Post Office Box 19276

Springfield,

62794-9276

RCEXPORD—4302

NorthMain

Spars, RockfoM, IL6l103—~1S)967-fl6O

UESPialNff—9511 V~.Havrlaon$t, On names,

I160016-(M7)294.4000

Eu.cmi—SGSSouth State, Eight, IL

E0123—t847)

6*3231

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IuteAu q~LAND- Prom~

7620 N.

University St.

Pearl,, 11.61614 -(309)

693-5462 • Owsfl,ori —

212$ South

First StreEt, Champaign,

IL 61s2o—(21~27&

5nIMcpItia —

4~005.

Sixth Street Rd,, Springfield,

62706—

(2171 786.602

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Cawtavna—

2009 MalI Sljeet~Coilinevllle,

62234—

(616)

346-5120

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Main Sr ~u~tE 116. Majlon. II.

62959 —(6163 993-7200

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Please subjnit all correspondence -in duplicate and include theRe: block shown at the beginning

ofthis lct~

An underground storage tank system owner

operator may appeal this decision to the Ulinols

~ollufionControl Board. Appeal rights are attached.

frycu

have

any

questions

need further assistance, pleasecontact Dave Myers

at 217/7854491.

Thomas A. Henninger

Unit

Manager

LeakingUnderground Storage

Tank

Section

Division of

Remediation Manageniexit

Bureau

ofLand

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Rappa Engineeting and Applied Science

Division File

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Appeal Rights

~Anunderground storage tank owner or operator may appeal this final

decision to

the fllino~s

iPollutionfora

heazing

Control

within

Board

dayspursuant

after 

the

to Sectionsdate

ofissuance40

and

57.7(cX4XD)

the finaldecision.

ofthe Act

However,

byfilingthea

~5-day

period flay be extended

for a

period

time

not to exceed 90 days

written notice from 

the

~owner

operator and the illinois EPA within the Initial

35-day

appeal period. Ifthe own*

operatorwishes to receive a90-day extension, awrittenrequest that includes

statement

ofthe

•!date the

final

decision

was received, 

along

with a copy

this decision,

must

be sent to

the

Illinois EPAas soon as possible.

For information

regarding

the flBng of an appeal, please contact:

;Jc~

borothyGunn, Clerk

IllinoisPollution Control Board

State ofillinois Center

100 West Randolph, SuIte 11-500

Qhlcago,IL 60601

312/814-3620

•:

For

infbnnation

regarding 

the filing ofan extension, please

contact:

~l1noisEnvironmental ProtectionAgency

Division of

Legal Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue East

PostofliceBox 19276

SpSgfleld, IL 62794-9276

±17/782-5544

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1021 Noam CMND AVENUE EAS-r, P.O. Sax 19276,

SPRJNCPIaD, IWNOIS

62794-9276

JAMES 

THOMPSON C?wrn,,

100

Wcst

RANDOLPH, 

SuIts 11-300, CHICAQO, IL 60601

ROD

1. BLACOJEV1CH, GOVERNOR

RENEE CIPRIANO, DIRECY0R

217/782-6762

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Broadus Oil Corporation

Illinois

Attn: Steven

Broadus

1006 West Main

Street                                      

Streator,flhinols 61364

Re:

LPC

#0990500004

—

LaSalle County

Marseifles/Broadus Oil

Main &

Broadway

Streets

LUST

Incident

No.

942364

LUST FISCAL

FILE      

Dear

Mr.

Broadus:

The

limo s Enviromnental 

Protection

Agencyhas

completed

the review ofyour

app1ic~tianfor

payment front the UndergroundStorage 

Tank

Fund for the

above-referenced 

LUST incident

pursuant to Section 57.8(a) ofthe

illinois Environmental Protection Act

(Act),

and

35 iii. Adrn,

Code 732,

Subpart 

F. This

information 

is dated August 8,2003

and was received 

bydi Agency

on August -12, 2003. The

application 

for payment

covers 

the

period from 

May 1, 1997 io July31,

2003r The amountrequested is $62,299.21.

The deductible amount forthis claim is$10,000.00, which

was

previously deducted frcjnt the

billing submittal

received

by the Agency on August 29, 1996 for $12,352.33.

There aró costs

from this claim

that 

are not being paid, Listed in

Attachment 

A are the costs

that 

are nOt being

paid

and the reasons 

these costs are not being paid,

On August 12, 2003, the Agency received your complete application forpayment for tl3is álaim.

As a

result 

of’theAgency’s

review 

this applicationfbr payment, a 

voucher for $37,9$9,23 will I

prepared for 

submission to the Comptrollefs Office

for payment as funds become

ayailable

based 

upon the date the Agency

received 

your complete

request 

for payment ofthis application

for payment. Subsequent applications for

payment that 

have been/are

submitted 

will b~

processed based

upon 

the date complete subsequent application forpayment

requests

are received 

the

Agency,

This constitutes

the Agency’s final action

with 

regard

to the above

application(á)

for payment.

underground

storage

tank

owner or

operator may appeal

this 

tal decision to the Illinois

Pollution Control Board (Board)

pursuant

Section

57.8(i)

and Section 40 of

the Act byfilinga

Roocjcw 

—

4302

NOrth Main

Street, 

Rackkrd,

11.61103—1315) 

987-7760 

•

PLMNIS

—9511

Harrison

St., Des

PJaines, 8.60016— (847) 

294-4000

ELaN

-.595 South

Stab,

EI~in,

II.

60123—1847) 608-3131 

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—

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tin

Werslty St., Peoria,

61314

—0091 

693—S463

BUsEAU ci INto

peowp.

—

7320 N.

Untverslty

St~,

PoorIa, 1161614— (309)693-3-482 • CM.Mw,vcr-t —2125

South 

Pint Street

Champaign,

it. 61520—

(217) 276-5

SP.ncr,øn — 4500

S. $IIdh

Street

Rd.. 

Spriniitteid,

Ii. 62706—1217)

7a6.Mi’2

•

Cowwwa 

—2009 Mall Slraat, CoIIin,viik, ii ~

—:1618) 346-5120

—

2309W MMn St.,

5uite 

116, MarIon, IL 62959

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petition for a hearingWIthin

days after the dateofissuance

the final 

decision. Howjv

the

35-day

period 

may be extended tbr a period oftime

not

exceed 

90 days by written noticefrom

theowner or operator and the

Illinois 

EPAwithin

the initial 35-day 

appeal period, lIthe

applicant wishes to receive a 90-day 

extension, awrittenrequest that -Includes a statement

the

date the

final decision was 

received,

along with a 

copy ofthis decision, must be sent to the

IllinoiS

EPA as

soon as possible.

For

information 

regarding the

filingof an

appeal,

please contact:   

Dorothy Ounn, Clerk    

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Illinois Pollution Control

Board             

-~ :S~t - -

State 

ofIllinois

Center

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loOWestRandolph,Sustell-500               

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Chicago,  

illinois 60601                     

I

312/814-3620

For in~bnnationregarding the

filing of an

extension, please ontact

Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency

Division

ofLegal

Counsel

1021 NorthOrandAvenueEast

Springfield, Illinois 

62794-9276

217/782-5544

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Ifyou

have any questions or require fUrther assistance,

please

contact NlkI

Weller ofmy

staff St 217/782-6762.

DEO:NW:ct\03ll78.doc

Attacbment

cc:

Rappa Engineering

&AppliedScience

*t~CsB.Oakley,Manager

LUSTClaims Unit

Planning & 

Reporting Section

BureAu 

Land

Fitations in this attachment are from and

the

Environmental Protection Act (Act) and 

illInois

Administrative Code (35111.

Adrn. 

Code),

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~: -Description of

Deductions

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Attachment A

Accounting Deductions        

LPC #0990500004 

La$alle County

Marseilles/Broadus Oil

Main & 

Broadway

Streets                               

LUST Xncident No. 942364

LUST Fiscal Pile

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$24,289.70,

deduction for costs associated 

with High

Priority

site

activities.

The

bl~flngs

submitted 

exceed the approved budget amounts. The Illinois EPAis unable to appkvebillings

that exceed the approved budget

amounts. (Section 

57.8(a)(l) ofthe Act and 35 EI~Mm. Code

732.601(1))

A deduction

is being 

made in the amount of$3,932.05 ~omthe

Personnel costs. The costs are

over the

approved budget amount            

deduction isbeingmade in the

amount

of$20,357.65

from 

the Field 3urcbasea

—

Other

Costs. The costs are over the

approved budget amount,

$19.02, deduction for costs which areunreasonable assubmitted, (Section

57.7(c)t4)(C)

ofthe

Act and 35 IlL Ada Code 7fl606(hh))

A deduction

for

costs that lack supporting documentation (35 IlL Ada Code 732.606(u)).

Since there is no supportingdocumentation of costs, the

Illinois EPA cannot 

determinethat ~

were notusedfor activities in excess ofthose necessary to meet

the

minimum requirements

Title XVI.

the

Act

(Section 57.5(a)

ofthe Act

and

Ill.

Mm. Code 732.606(o)).

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Deductions arebeingniade from

OtherCosts 

for:

- - -- --

Outside Copiea/Blueprint requested

ant.

$lO,S4

:Outside CopieslBlueprlnt requested

ant. $46.20

-Mail/Express 

requestedant. $14.09

Mail/Express requestedant

$23.00

amount of inyojce

$9.85

deduction $.99

amount ofInvoice $42.00 dçductlon $4.2

amount 

receipt 

$12.81 d~duction$1.2

amount 

receipt 

$10.45 dMuction $12

The actual

amounts spent listed

on the invoices/receipts

were ditftrent than

the

aihount

requested.

appeared therewas amarkup

handling charge applied

to the

requjsted amouni

Then ahandling charge was applied

also. A

handling

or markup cannot be appliqd twice.

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VIA FACSIMILEONLY

September 10,

2003

Mr.

John

Kim

Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency

Division of Legal Counsel

1021

North

Grand Avenue East

Springfield,

Illinois 82794-9276

RE:

LPC#

0990500004 -

LaSalle

County

Marsejiles/Broadus

Oil Corporation

Main & Broadway

LUST

Incident Nos.

942364 and

970520

Dear Legal

Counsel:

On behalf of the

owner/operator,

Broadus Oil Corporation, Midwest Engineering

Services,

Inc. (MES), is

requesting

an extension of 90 days regarding the Agency’s

August 6, 2003 decision

for

denial ofan Amended High

Priority

Corrective

Action

Budget

that

was

submitted by RAPPS Engineering for the above referenced site. In addition, we

are requestIng 

an extension of 90 days regarding the Agency’s September 8, 2003

decision regarding rejection of costs within a reimbursement claim

associated with the

Agency’s decision of the

Amended 

Budget denial. Attached are

copies 

of the Agency’s

decision

letters 

regarding

this request. 

The IEPA letter dated

August

6, 2003

was

received 

certified mail by Broadus Oil on August 8, 2003. Broadus Oil Corporation is

considering filing an appeal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board regarding this-

matter

and will need additional lime to prepare.

Please provide a

written response

to Broadus Oil

Corporation

and MES

regarding

the

issuance of the

extensions. -

Sincerely,

Midwest

Engineering 

Services, Inc.

Erin E Cuiley

Environmental Department Manager

CC: Mr. Steve Broadus

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C3~PORA1EOfl1~ WAI.lE~-4A.

Wi 252-0700754

APPIEION. WI

CA-WPEWA FALLS. WI

WAS. F~V

OWE flAPIDS. U

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned

attorney

at law, hereby

certify

that on September 11, 2003, I

served

true and 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:

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Erin E. Curley

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Environmental Department Manager

James R. Thompson Center

Midwest Engineering Services, Inc.

100 West Randolph

Street

4243 West

166th

Street

Suite 11-500

Oak Forest, IL

60452

Chicago, IL 60601

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respo ent

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)