RE: Black Beauty Coal Company
10/ 11/02

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CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLTh~OISPOLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

DEC 1 7 2003

BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

Coal Preparation Facility

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Riola Portal

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Pollution Control Board

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

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PCB 03~

27-33-200-004-8060

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(Tax Certification)

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NOTICE

TO:

Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Donald Coovert

Illinois Pollution Control Board

5949

Beau Jardine Drive

State ofIllinois Center

Indianapolis, Indiana 46237

100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101 West Jefferson

P.O. Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office ofthe Pollution Control

Board the APPEARANCE AND RECOMMENDATION of the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.

By:

________________

Robb H. Layma

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC #6205498

Date: December 16, 2003

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O.Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

Telephone: 217/782-5544

Facsimile: 217/782-9807

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

REC~VE D

CLERK’S

OFFICE

DEC 17 2003

BEFORE THE ILLiNOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ~~TATE~

OF ILLINOIS

BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY

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Pollution Control Board

Coal Preparation Facility

—

Riola Portal

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PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

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PCB O~’-

27-33-~00-004-806O

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(Tax Certification)

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APPEARANCE

I hereby file my Appearance in this proceeding on behalf of the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency.

By:

______________________

Robb H. Layman

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC#6205498

DATED: December 16, 2003

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

Telephone: 217/782-5544

Facsimile: 217/782-9807

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

CLERK’S OFFICE

DEC 1 7 2c03

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution Control Board

BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY

)

Coal Preparation Facility

—

Riola Portal

)

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

)

PCB (Z-

27-33-200-004-8060

)

(Tax Certification)

)

RECOMMENDATION

NOW COMES the ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (“Illinois

EPA”), through its attorneys, and pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 125.204 ofthe ILLiNOIS

POLUTION CONTROL BOARD’S (“Board”) regulations, files the Illinois EPA’s

Recommendation in the above-referenced tax certification request of air pollution control

facilities. In support thereof~,the Illinois EPA states as follows:

On October 22, 2003, the Illinois EPA received a request and supporting

information from BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY (“Black Beauty”) concerning the

proposed tax certification of air pollution control facilities for certain sources andlor equipment

located at its Riola Portal facility. A copy ofthe relevant portions of the application is attached

hereto. Exhibit A.

Additional information concerning the property identificationnumbers was sent

by facsimile to the Illinois EPA on November 13, 2003. Exhibit B.

The applicant’s address is as follows:

Black Beauty Coal Company

Attention: Mr. Donald Coovert

5949

Beau Jardine Drive

Indianapolis, Indiana 46237

The air pollution control facilities involved in this request are located at 8282

Catlin-Indianola Road, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois 61817 and consist ofthe following:

Coal Preparation Facilitywhose primary purpose is to remove, through a coal

washing process, the sulfur and ash from the coal. The coal washing process

reduces sulfurdioxide and particulate matter emissions, which are regulated air

pollutants.

Section 11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2002), defines

“pollution control facilities” as:

“any system, method, construction, device or appliance appurtenant thereto, or

any portion of any building or equipment, that is designed, constructed, installed

or operated forthe primary purpose of: (a) eliminating, preventing, or reducing air

orwaterpollution.., or (b) treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing ofany

potential solid, liquid, gaseous pollutant which ifreleased without treatment,

pretreatment, modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive

to human, plant or animal life, or to property.”

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Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, as provided by

35 ILCS 200/11-5 (2002).

Based on information in the application and the underlying purpose of the

facilities to prevent, eliminate or reduce air pollution, it is the Illinois EPA engineering judgment

that the described facilities may be considered as “pollution control facilities” in accordance with

the statutory definition and consistent with the Board’s regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 125.200.

Because the described facilities satisfy the aforementioned criterion, the Illinois

EPA recommends that the Board issue the applicant’s requested tax certification.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

___________

Robb H. Layman

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC #6205498

DATED: December 16, 2003

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

Telephone: 217/782-5544

Facsimile: 217/782-9807

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, certify that I have served the attached Appearance and

Recommendation upon the person to whom it is directed, by placing them in an envelope

addre’s’sed to:

TO:

Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Donald Coovert

Illinois Pollution Control Board

5949 Beau Jardine Drive

State ofIllinois Center

Indianapolis, Indiana 46237

100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101 West Jefferson

P.O. Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

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and mailing it by First Class Mail from Springfield, Illinois on December 16, 2003. A copy of

the attached documents was also filed by facsimile with the Board on this same date.

•

_______

Robb H. Layman

•

Special Assistant Attorney General

AIRDC #6205498

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

1970 Barrett Court

PEABODY ENERGY

P0.

Box 1990

Henderson, Kentucky 42419-1990

270.827.0800

DAVID R. JOEST

270.827.6221 (Writer’s

Direct)

Counsel

270.827.6278 (Fax)

October20, 2003

Mr. Donald E. Sutton

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Permit Section

Division of Air Pollution Control

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

RE:

Black Beauty Coal Company

Riola Portal Preparation Plant

Application for Certification of Pollution Control Facility

(Air) (Property Tax Treatment)

Dear

Mr. Sutton:

Enclosed please find an original

and

one copy of Black Beauty Coal

Company’s application for certification of its Riola Portal Preparation Plant as an

air pollution control facility.

Black Beauty has designated Donald Coovert as its representative for

purposes of contact and receipt of the certification. Mr. Coovert’s address and

telephone number appear in the application. Please contact him if you require

any further information.

Verytrulyyours,

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David R. ,J~e~Y

Attorney for~Ja~Beauty coal Company

Enclosures

cc:

D. Coovert

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This Agency is authorized to request this

information under illinois Revised Statues,

1979,

Chapter,

120,

Section

502a-5.

Disclosure of this

information is voluntary. However, failure to

comply could prevent your application from

being processed or could result in denial ofyour

application for certification.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION (PROPERTY

TAX

TREATMENT)

POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

AIR~

WATER

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTiON AGENCY

P. 0. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 02794-9276

FOR AGENCY USE

File

No.

Date Received

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Certiñcation

No.

Date

Sec. A

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Company Name

‘‘

Black Beauty Coal Company

Person Authorized to Receive Certification

Person to Contact forAdditional Details

Donald Coovert            

Donald Coovert

Street Address

5949 Beau Jardine Drive       

5949 Beau Jardine Drive

Municipality, State & Zip Code

Indianapolis, IN 46237       

Indianapolis, IN 46237

Telephone Number

(317) 781-2950

(317) 781—2950

Location ofFacility

Municipality

Township

Quarter Section

Township

Range

NE 33

18N

12W

Jamaica

Street Address

County

Book Number

Vermilion

Property Identification Number

Parcel Number

Sec. B

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Nature of Operations Conducted at the Above Location

Preparation Plant where coal 

from

Riola Nine Complex 

Riola Portal is

crushed and washed to remove impurities. After cleaning, the coal is

stored in stockpiles prior to loading.

Water Pollution Control Construction Permit No.

N/A

Date Issued

N/A

NPDES PERMIT No.

IL 0071021

Date Issued

Expiration Date

11/28/01

08/31/06

Air Pollution Control Construction Permit No.

95100144 Site ID

183802AAA

Date Issued

Prior ownership

Air Pollution Control Operating Permit

No.

95100144 Site ID 

183802AAA

Date Issued

10/ 11/02

Sec. C

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Describe Unit Process

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Coal cleaning facility which removes pollutants such as sulfur, ash, 

shale, fireclay and fine coal.

Materials Used in Process

Coal, water, magnetite and flocculant

Sec. D

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Describe Pollution Abatement Control Facility

See attached description and drawing.

I~A..DAPC..SPFTD

0CT227003:

532-0222

APC 151

(Rev. 8/00)

Tcvc Cert~flcationfor Pollution Control Facilities

Page 1 of2

8/00

Sec. E

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Cost of reclamation exceeds salvage 

value.

Tax Cert(flcationfor Pollution Controt Facilities

Page 2 of2

8/00

(1) Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants

Fine Refuse

Contaminant or Pollutant

P~’fi,~sp

DESCRIPTION

Ontain sulfur,

Material Retained, Caøtured or Recovered

fireclay and coal

(2) Poin.tks) of Waste Water Discharae

fines.

‘ DISPOSAL OR USE

Trucked to permlttea 

sandstone

disposal site.

~~ii~1

fireclav.

Trucked to permitted

disposal site.

Plans and Specifications Attached Yes

j~) Are contaminants

(or

residues) collected by the control facility?

Yes

No -

(41

Date installation completed

/~_~___statusof installation on date of application

(5)

a. FAIRCASHVALUEIFCONSIDEREDREALPROPERTY:

363,222

b. NET SALVAGE VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY:*

PRODUCTIVE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY:

d. PRODUCTIVE NET ANNUAL INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY:

e. PERCENTAGE CONTROL FACILITY BEARS TO WHOLE FACILITY VALUE:

100

Sec. F

The following information is su

itted in accordance with the Illinois Property Tax Code, as amended, and to the best of my

knowledge, is true and corr ct.

e facilities claimed herein are “pollution c

ro facilities” as defined in Section 11-10 of the

lIIin~sProp~de

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Signature

Title

Sec. G

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND FILING APPLICATION

General: Separate applications must be completed for each control facility claimed. Do not mix types (water and air). Where both air and

water operations are related, file two applications. If attachments are needed, record them consecutively on an index sheet.

Sec. A

Sec. B

Sec. C

Sec. D

Information refers to applicant as listed in the tax records and the person to be contacted for further details or for inspection of

facilities. Define facility location by street address or legal description. A plat map location is required for facilities located

outside of municipal boundaries. The property identification number is required.

Self-explanatory. Submit copies of all permits issued by local pollution control agencies. (e.g. MSD Construction Permit)

Refers to manufacturing processes or materials on which pollution control facility is used.

Narrative description of the pollution control facility, indicating that its primary purpose is to eliminate, prevent or reduce pollution.

State the type of control facility. State permit number, date, and agency issuing permit. A narrative description and a process

flow diagram describing the pollution control facility. Include a listing of each major piece of equipment included in th•e claimed

fair cash value for real property. Include an averacte analysis of the influent and effluent of the control facility stating the

collection efficiency.

Sec. E

Sec. F

List air contaminants, or water pollution substances released as effluents to the manufacturing processes. List also the final

disposal ofany contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes.

Item (1)— Refers to pollutants and contaminants removed from the process bythe pollution control facility.

Item (2) .- Refers to water pollution but can apply to water-carried wastes from air pollution control facilities. Submit drawings,

which clearlyshow (a) Point(s) of discharge to receiving stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping to and from the control

facility.

Item (3) — If the collected contaminants are disposed of other than aswastes, state the disposition ofthe materials, and the value

in dollars reclaimed by sale or reuse of the collected substances. State the cost of reclamation and related expense.

Item (4) — State the date which the pollution control facility was first placed in service and operated.

not, explain.

Item (5) — This information is essential to the certification and assessment actions. This accounting data must be completed to

activate project review prior to certification by this Agency.

Self-explanatory. Signature must be a corporate authorized signature.

Submit to:

Attention:

Illinois EPA

Thomas Mcswiggin

Donald E. Sutton

P.O. Box 19276

Permit Section

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

Division of Water Pollution Control

Division of Air Pollution Control

Riola Mine Complex

Riola Portal Preparation Plant

Black Beauty Coal Company’s Riola Mine Complex-Riola Portal Preparation Plant

started processing coal in the spring of 1997. The preparation facilities include raw

storage facilities, a 300-ton per hour preparation plant, processed coal storage facilities,

co?rse and fine refuse storage areas, and truck loadout facilites.

The feed for the preparation plant is produced from the Riola Mine Complex-Riola Portal

underground mine and stored in a 30,000-ton raw stockpile area. Coal is conveyed from

the raw coal stockpile to a~6’x16’ scalping screen for size separation. The raw coal is

separated at 2 ½inches. The oversize material is sent to a rotary breaker to reduce the

largest size to 2

inches. The crushed material is then remixed with the undersize

material from the scalping screen and conveyed to the preparation plant or stockpiled as

raw salable coal.

Raw coal that has low ash characteristics is stockpiled separately for blending with

processed clean coal. A coal ash analyzer is used to differentiate the high and low ash

material at approximately 18 ash.

The preparation plant raw coal feed is screened with (2) 6’x20’ double deck screens to

separate the material at 1mm. The oversize (coarse) material is pumped to a 33” heavy

media cyclone for gravity separation with the use ofmagnetite. The clean coal product

from the heavy media cyclone is dewatered with an 8’x16’double deck vibrating screens

and a VC-50 centrifugal dryer. The refuse (non-coal material) from the heavy media

cyclone is dewatered with a 6‘xl 6’ single deck screen. After dewatering, the material is

conveyed to the coarse refuse bunker.

The undersize (fine) material from the plant feed is pumped to (3)

15”

classifying

cyclones where the material is separated at lOOm. The oversize material is sent to (6)

triple start spirals for fine coal separation. The clean coal from the spirals is dewatered

with a 6’x12’ high frequency screen and an EB36 dryer. The refuse from the triplestart

spirals is sent to a 2 ‘x7’ dewatering screen and conveyed to the coarse refuse bunker.

The undersize material from the classifying cyclones is sent to a thickener where

flocculants are added to separate the solids from the water. The solids are processed

through a belt press to remove excess water and conveyed to the refuse bunker. The

clarifiedwater is reused in the preparation process.

The processed coal is conveyed to a 10,000-ton clean coal storage area prior to loading

into trucks. Front endloaders are used to load highway trucks for delivery to the

customer.

The reject material from the coarse and fine refuse bunker is hauled by large off road

trucks to a nearby disposal site.

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