RE CE V ED
CLERK’S OFFICE
V.
BOYB NEEDLE FACILITY,
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
Petitioner,
Respondent.
JAN 2 6 2004
STATE OF ILUNOIS
Pollution Contro~Board
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PCBNo.04- ~
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(LUST Fund
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Ninety Day Extension)
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NOTICE
Eric Termuehien, P.E.
Pioneer Engineering & Environmental Services
700 North Sacramento Boulevard
Suite 101
Chicago, IL 60612
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 of which
are herewith served upon you.
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENV~ONMENTALPROTECTION 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: January 23, 2004
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
RECE~Vr~D
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
JAN 26 2004
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollution Control Board
BOYE NEEDLE FACILITY,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB No. 04-
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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(LUST Fund
—
Ninety Day Extension)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
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Respondent.
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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 S. 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 Ill. Adm. Code 105.208, hereby requests that the jilinois Pollution
Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension ofthe thirty-five
(35)
day period for petitioning for a
hearing to April 22, 2004, or any other date not more than a total of one hundred twenty~five
(125) days from the date of service of the Illinois EPA’s final decision. In support thereof; the
Illinois EPA respectfully states as follows:
1.
On December 18, 2003, the Illinois EPA issued a final decision to the Petitioner.
(Exhibit A)
2.
On January 16, 2004, 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 has confirmed in a subsequent conversation that the final decision was received on
or after December 19, 2003. (Exhibit B)
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3.
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 forpetitioning 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 23, 2004
This filing submitted on recycled paper.
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ILLINOIS ENVIRoNMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 NORTH
GRAND AVENUE EAS’r,
P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD,
JLLINOJS
62794-9276, 217-782-3397
JAMES
R. THOMPSON CENTER, 100
WEST RANDOLPH,
SuITE 11-300, CHICAGO, IL 60601, 312-814-6026
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ROD R.
BLACOJEVICH, GOVERNOR’
RENEE CIPRIANO, DIRECTOR
217/782-6762
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DEC 18 2003
WEWS, L.P.
Attention: Rocco Martino
‘
70 West Madison Street, Suite 5710
Chicago, IL 60602
Re:
LPC#0316005567--CookCounty
Chicago/Boyc 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 reference I 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 oroperator may appeal this decisionto the Illinois Pollution
Control Board (Board) pursuant to Section
5
7.8(i) and Section 40 ofthe Illinois Environmental
Protection Act. An ov,ner 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 applicantand the Agency within the 35-day initial
appeal period.
For information regarding the filing of an appeal, please contact:
Dorothy Gurni, Clerk
‘Illinois Pollution Control Board
State of Illinois Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/814-362(1
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For information regarding the filing of
an extension, please contact:
illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division ofLegal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Springfield,’illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
If you have any questions, please contact Jason Donnelly ofHarry Chappel’s staff or
niyself at 217/782-6762.
Shicere~
D
as E. Oakley, Manager
LUST Claims Unit
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Planning & Reporting Section
Bureau ofLand
DEO:LH:jk\030I57.doc
Attachment
cc:
Pioneer Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
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Attachment A
Technical Deductions
Re: ‘LPC
#031605567
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Cook County
Chicago/William Wright Ltd., Partnership
4343 North Ravenwood
LUST Incident No. 20010347
LUST
Fiscal File
Citations in this attachment are from arid the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and 35 illinois
Administrative Code (35 111. Adm. Code).
item #
Descriptionof Deductions
1.
$42,852.00, deduction for costs which are unreasonable as submitted. (Section
57.7(c)(4)(C)
ofthe Act and 35 Ui. 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.
HAC:JD\01 0347-billing.pack#4.A
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~PT~MEER
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~ngineering&
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Services, Inc.
700
North
Sacramento Boulevard, Suite 101
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Chicago,
Illinois
60612
312.587.1021
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Fax: 312.587.82i0
www.pioneerenvirortmentaLcorn
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~CLERK’S
OFFICE
JAN 2ui
2004
illinois Environmental Protection Agency
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Bureau ofLand #24
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RAPAU
‘Pollution Control Board
1021 North Grand Avenue East
?.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
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Attn.: LieuraHackman,RAPAU
Jason Donnelly, LUST Technical
Re: LPC #0316005567
--
Cook
County
Chicago / Boye Needle Facility
4343 North Ravenswood’
LUST Incident No. 20010347
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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 ofearly action corrective action costs at the above captioned subject property. We
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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,
PIONEER ENGINEERING &
ENVIRONMENTALSERVICES, INC.
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Eric Termuehien, P.E.
Senior Project Manager
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.)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that on January 23, 2004, 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
Eric Termuehlen, P.E.
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Pioneer Engineering & Environmental Services
James R. Thompson Center
700 North Sacramento Boulevard
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 101
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60612
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)