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Dorthy Gunn, Clerk

Pollution

Control

Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

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100W. Randolph St.

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Dear Dorthy Gunn:

I would

like to request a review ofthe case number AC 2004-02~’

(Illinois Epa vs.

Christopher Coleman) filed 10-22-2003. The following is a response to the

Administrative Citation and Open Dump Checklist. There is not currently nor has their

ever been any type ofwaste storage, waste treatment, or waste

disposal at this site by

myselfor anyone else since I have owned this property. No person has ever disposed or

dumped any waste tire on this property. This site is not a landfill and is not operated as

such. This

site is a staging area to sort general merchandise that I purchase and no waste

is stored or disposed ofon this site.

Disposal ofall waste are

done by Burns disposal service located in Carbondale, Illinois

in a dumpster that

is emptied once per week.

All merchandise located on the map from

the inspection including numbers,

13, 21,20,

19,

14,

15,

24,

17,

and 16 are all

merchandise that

is yet to be sorted and ifa follow-up had been done

it would have been

noted that this merchandise had been sorted and removed to the appropriate areas within

2 days following this inspection ofAug 29, 2003. Picture 7

shows a ladder that was being

used to work on the box truck in the previous picture number

The photos

24 and

were in the area oftrash pickup that was to be picked up that week and was removed with

the emptying ofthe dumpster.

This site is currently under EPA monitoring for underground tank removal which started

before I purchased this site. These tanks have now been removed and the company has

brought in fresh gravel as noted as well as drilling test wells for the monitoring. Area 9

and

10 which contains several Fibrous Roof Coating cans as shown were not left for

disposal but part ofcoating the roofand doing

improvements to the building.

These cans

have now been removed and properly disposed of. The area noted as area “B” that states

there were

tires, a variety ofmetal, hoses & general refuse were present when this

property was purchased. The area labeled as “A” contains waste previously present prior

to purchase except for “general demolition debris” which was the result of

this wood

awning coming offthe front ofthe building resulting in the window in front ofthe

building being broken as pictures would have shown if this are had beenphotographed.

This debris due to the size was placed in area “A” temporarily until it could be cut into

smaller pieces for disposal with the weekly dumpster pickup.

In response to the complaints ofthe BOA prior to the July

15,

2003

inspection as well as

the complaints from Mr. Renzaglia and Mr. Austin after the inspection consist of the fact

that Mr. Austin runs a competing business and has stated to others that I am not welcome

in town due to the fact that he has lost several sales to myself and Mr. Renzagliaowns the

propertyjust north of this site and would benefit from myselfmoving out and selling the

property.

Burning was done ofthe grassy area located in picture 6 and 7 due to a large growth of

grass and small brush. This area was burned

and the top area scraped with

a front loader

by a local contractor with the scraped material disposed ofand the area covered with

gravel to provide additional parking.

I have spoken with Mr. Arnold with the BOA and

stated to him that no tires or other materials have been burned as alleged. Mr Arnold also

consulted with the local fire chiefMr. Bobby Mc Cairn and Mr. Mc Cairn stated to me

that it was allowed and

he had no problem with burning wood and

general brush

generated on the property. After this discussion there was a small metal barrel placed in

the center ofthe lot which contained wood from the property that was being removed so

that cleanup could be done ofthe property and someone called the fire department stating

that the “whole building was on fire” which was not the case. I have been harassed by a

select few neighbors that have an interest in the property for their own benefit and have

now used the EPA and other government agencies to harass me by continuing to make

false complaints.

In conclusion, this property was in very poor condition and the previous owner ofmany

years did very little to maintain the land or building.

The property is being cleaned within

what is allowed with the current tank and land monitoring occurring and the amount of

vegetation that was allowed to grow up over the years.

The fuel tanks that were in the

ground have been removed and the company (CW3M from Springfield, IL) has told me

not to remove or alter the ground in front or behind the buildings since they are

monitoring for contamination and may have to do further drilling or soil

removal/replacement to

fulfill the contract of making the land meet EPA guidelines for

reclamation. I feel that this administrative citation

is not correct and should be dismissed.

Thank You,

Chris Coleman

Box 510

Cobden, IL

62920

CC: Michelle M. Ryan IEPA Division of Legal Counsel