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Fax: 312.587.8210
www.pioneerenvironmental.com
January
16,2004
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CLERK’S
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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Bureau ofLand#24
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PoHuVor Cont’-o~Boird
1021 North Grand Avenue East
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P.O. Box
19276
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
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Attn.:
Lieura Hackman, RAPAU
Jason Donnelly, LUST Technical
Re:
LPC #0316005567
--
Cook County
Chicago / Boye Needle Facility
4343 North Ravenswood
LUST Incident No. 20010347
Dear Ms. Hackman and Mr. Donnelly:
This letter serves as an official notice for a 90
day extension to the Agency and the Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board
(Board)
in
response
to
an
Agency
letter,
dated December
18,
2003,
regarding
the
reimbursement of early action
corrective action
costs
at the above captioned
subject property.
We
are in the process of reviewing the Agency’s response and
intend
to
file
an
appeal with the Board
within 90 days of the Agency
decision.
A copy of the Agency
decision letter is
attached for your
reference as Attachment A.
Sincerely,
PIONEERENGINEERING &
ENVIRONMENTALSERVIcES, INC.
/
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Eric Termuehlen, P.E.
Senior ProjectManager
Attachments
cc: Dorothy Gunn, illinois Pollution
Control Board (w/Attach.)
Rocco Martino, WEWS, L.P. (w/Attach.)
Sean Bezark, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP (w/Attach.)
ATTACHMENT A
AGENCY LETTER
DECEMBER 18, 2003
JLLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
1021
NORTH
GRAND AVENUE
EAST,
P.O.
Box
19276,
SPRINGFELD,
ILLINOIS
62794-9276, 217-782-3397
JAMES
R.
THOMPSON CENTER,
100
WEST
RANDOLPH,
SurrE
11-300, CHICAGO,
IL 60601, 312-814-6026
ROD
R.
BLAGOJEVICH, GOVERNOR
RENEE
CIPRIANO,
DIRECTOR
217/782-6762
DEC
1
8
2003
WEWS, L.P.
Attention:
Rocco Martino
70 West Madison Street, Suite 5710
Chicago, IL
60602
Re:
LPC #0316005567--Cook County
Chicago/Boye Needle Facility
4343-4357 North Ravenswood
LUST Incident Number 20010347
LUST FISCAL FILE
Dear Mr. Martino:
On
July 21,
2003, the Agency sent you a letter regarding the site referenced
above.
Upon further
review, an additional voucher for $3,267.00 will
be prepared for submission
to the Comptroller’s
Office for payment as funds become available.
An underground storage tank owner or operator may appeal this
decision to the Illinois Pollution
Control Board (Board) pursuant to
Section
5 7.8(i) and
Section 40 of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Act.
An owner or operator who seeks to
appeal the Agency’s decision may, within 35
days after the notification ofthe final Agency decision, petition for a hearing before the Board;
however,
the 35-day period may be
extended for a period oftime not to
exceed 90 days by
written notice provided
to the Board from the applicant and the Agency within the 35-day initial
appeal period.
For information regarding the filing ofan
appeal, please contact:
Dorothy Guñn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
State of Illinois Center
100 West Randolph, Suite
11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/814-3620.
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For information regarding the filing of an extension, please contact:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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Division ofLegal Counsel
1021
North Grand Avenue East
Springfield, Illinois
62794-9276
217/782-5544
If you have any questions, please contact Jason Donnelly of Harry ChappePs staff or
myself at 217/782-6762•
Sincerely,
Doug(as E.
Oakley, Manager
LUST Claims
Unit
Planning & Reporting
Section
Bureau ofLand
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Attachment
cc:
Pioneer Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Attachment A
Technical Deductions
Re:
LPC #031605567
—
Cook County
Chicago/William Wright Ltd., Partnership
4343 North Ravenwood
LUST Incident No. 20010347
LUST Fiscal File
Citations
in
this attachment are from and the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and
35 illinois
Administrative Code
(35
111.
Adm. Code).
Item #
Description of Deductions
I.
$42,852.00, deduction for costs
which are unreasonable as submitted.
(Section
57.7(c)(4)(C)
ofthe Act
and
35
111.
Adm. Code 732.606(hh))
The above deduction is associated
with Field Technician and Project Engineer costs that were
unreasonable for operation and
maintenance (O&M) of the free product recovery system.
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