NOTICE
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDOF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSIONOF APPEAL PERIOD
Des Plaines/Des Plaines Oasis (Des Plaines South)
Northwest Tollway (1-90), East Bound, Mile Post 4.5
LUST Incident Nos. 941812 and 20021210
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

RECEWED

ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

AUTHORITY (Des Plaines South),

Petitioner,

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

Respondent.

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POL(rncl~cONTROL

aOARD

)

PCB No. 04-

/1’

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

)

Kenneth W. Funk

Deutsch, Levy & Engel

225 West Washington Street

Suite 1700

Chicago, IL

60606

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.

Respectflully submitted,

ILLiNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

John

Kim

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:

January 7,

2004

BEFORE

THE POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

rJ~J~!9

2004

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

NOTICE

BEFORE

THE POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY

)

AUTHORITY (Des Plaines South),

)

Petitioner,

)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

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

Section

40(a)( 1) of the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Act

(415

ILCS

5/40(a)(1))

and

Ill.

Adm.

Code

1O5~208,hereby requests

that

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension ofthe thirty-five

(35)

day period for petitioning for a

hearing to April 7, 2004, or any other date not more than a total ofone hundred twenty-five

(125)

days from

the

date of the Illinois

EPA’s

final decision.

support

thereof,

the Illinois

EPA

respectfully states as follows:

On December 4,

2003,

the Illinois EPA issued

a final decision to the Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

On December

15,

2003,

the Petitioner made a written request to

the Illinois EPA

for an

extension of time

which to

file

a petition for review, asking the

Illinois EPA join

requesting that the

Board extend the thirty-five day period for filing

a petition to

ninety

days.

The Petitioner did not representwhen the final decision was received.

(Exhibit B)

RECEIVED

2004

OLLU1~Q~~

co1~rrRoL

~OARb

PCB No. 04-

/1 ~

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

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 ofany

hearing that may be necessary to resolve this matter.

WHEREFORE, for the

reasons stated above, the

parties request that

the Board,

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

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: January 7, 2004

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

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Corrective

Action

Completlcst Report (report) for the abo

-refetenced lncidenL

The zeport

was

dated

August

2003 and was received by theIllinois

EPA

August 7,2003.

CitatIons Inthis

letter are from the

Environmental

Pzotc~tjoü

Act (Act) and 35

Ulinois Administrative Code (35

111. Mm. Code).

Pursuant

57.7

(cX4)(D)

ofthe Act and

UI. Mm. Code 732.409(c) and 732.503(b), thereport

rejected

for the

following

reasons:

site map.rnust be submitted

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current site

layout and the

areas to be

addre~scdby

the

engineáed’barrier andthe

constñicth~n

worker safety piai.

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Table

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Illinois EnvironmentalProti~dou

Agency

BureauofLand-n4

Leaking UndergrOund Stouigó Tank Section

1021 North Grand AvenueEast

Post~)ff1ce

Box

19276

Springfield.L

62794-9276

Please submit eli coirespondenccin duplicate

and

inchidétbeRc

blockat thebeginning ofthis

letter.

An underground storage tank system ownerorOperator may appealthis decision to theIllinois

Pollulion ControlBoard.

Appealtightsareattwhe&

Ifyou )~ay~y

questJon~s

needfurther assistance, pleasecont~t

the Uhinols EPA project

manager, Steve

Jones,

217/524-12.S3.

Sincerely,

Hernando

A. Albarracin

Unit Manager

Leaking Underground

StorageTankSection

Division ofRemediatlonManagi~ment

Bureau

Land

HAA:S~STHADes Plalnea

South

Oasis941812

& 20021210 CACR.doc

Attachments:

Ap~CaI

Rights

Wigbt

& Co.

Division

Pile

TOTAL

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LAW

OFFICES

EARL A.

DEUTSCH

PAUL

LEVY

TERRY

ENGEL

FRANK

COHEN

JERRY

RUDMAN

MICHAEL

DEVINE

STUART

BERKS

KENNETHW.

FUNK

PHILLIP

ZISOOK

DENNIS

E. FRISBY

STEVEN

ISAACSON

ALVIN

HELFGOT

JOEL

STEIN

BRIAN

SAUCIER

JAMES

OHALLORAN

AARON B.

ZARKOWSKY

KAREN

KAVANAGH

MACK

GREGG

GAROFALO

JEFFREY

HORWITZ

MOYENDA MUTHARIKA

KNAPP

DAVID

BEN-DOV

CATHERINE GLENN

JOELSON

DEUTSCII,

LEVY

ENGEL

CHARTERED

SUITE

1700

225

WEST

WASHINGTON

STREET

CHICAGO.

ILLINOIS

60606

1312)

346-1460

E-mail:

lawyers@dlec.com

Website:

www.dlec.com

FACSIMILE:

(3121

346-leSs

COUNSEL

MARSHALL

KROLICK

ARTHUR

SABIN

VIA

FACSIMILE 217-782-9807

AND REGULAR MAIL

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue East

P.0. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

Attention: John Kim, Esq.

December

15,

2003

Re:

LPC #0310635373

Cook County;

Des Plaines/Des Plaines

Oasis (Des Plaines South)

Northwest Tollway (1-90), East Bound, Mile Post 4.5

LUST Incident Nos. 941812 and

20021210

Dear

Mr. Kim:

The undersigned, as a Special Assistant Attorney General, represents the Illinois

State Toll

Highway Authority in connection with the referencedLUST Incidents. I have received a copy ofthe

Agency’s letter, dated December 4, 2003, rejecting the Authority’s High Priority Corrective Action

Completion Report previously submitted to the Agency.

A copy ofthat letter is enclosed.

Please be advised that the Authority does not agree with the Agency’s position as set

forth

in its letter ofDecember, 2003; however, in hopes ofresolving the open issues with the Agency, and

avoiding the necessity ofan appeal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board, ourclientherebyrequests

extension, pursuant

Sections

and

57.8

of the Illinois

Environmental Protection

Act,

extend the period within which it may appeal the Agency’s decision for an

additional

ninety (90)

days.

170131.1

our

understanding that

upon

receipt of this

letter

you

will proceed

prepare the

necessarymotion for filing with Illinois Pollution Control Board to effectuate the extension. Ifyour

understanding is otherthan as indicated herein or if I canprovide any further information, please let

know immediately.

Your assistance and cooperation is appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Kenneth

Funk

KWF/ccf

Enclosures

cc: Victor Azar, Esq.

Ms. Mary Kruk

170 13 I.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned attorney at

law,

hereby certify

that

January

2004,

I served

true

and

correct

copies of a REQUEST FOR NiNETY

DAY EXTENSION

APPEAL

PERIOD,

by placing true

and

correct copies in properly sealed

and

addressed

envelopes

~efx~s1ting

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

Kenneth W.

Funk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Deutsch, Levy & Engel

James

R. Thompson Center

225 West

Washington Street

100 West Randolph Street

Suite

1700

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60606

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)