1. Sinc ly,

RECEIVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE
THE POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MAY
01,
2004
STATE OF
ILUNOIS
CLARK
OIL
STATION #848,
)
Pollution
Control Board
Petitioner,
)
v.
)
PCBN0.04-1
ILLiNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
(LUST Fund
Ninety Day Extension)
PROTECTION
AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
)
NOTICE
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Craig Gocker, President
illinois Pollution Control Board
Environmental Management &
James R. Thompson Center
Technologies,
Inc.
100 West Randolph Street
2012 West College Avenue
Suite
11-500
Suite 208
Chicago, IL 60601
Normal, IL
61761
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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent
Jo~~
Assistant Counsel
Special Assistant Attorney General
Division of Legal Counsel
1021
North
Grand Avenue, East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, fllinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)
Dated: May 3, 2004

RECEIVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
MAY
042004
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
STATE
OF ILLINOIS
Pollution Control Board
CLARK OIL STATION #848,
)
Petitioner,
)
y.
)
PCB No. 04-
1
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
(LUST Fund
NinetyDay Extension)
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
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
Illinois
Pollution
Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension ofthe thirty-five
(35)
day period for petitioning for a
hearing to
August 2,
2004,
or any other date not more than a total
of one hundred
twenty-five
(125)
days from the date ofservice of the Illinois EPA’s final decision.
The
125th
day is August
1,2004, a Sunday.
The next business day is August 2, 2004.
Tn support thereof, the Illinois EPA
respectfully states as follows:
1.
On March
25,
2004,
the
Illinois
EPA issued
a final
decision to the Petitioner.
(Exhibit A)
2.
On April 20, 2004, the Petitionermade a written request to the Illinois EPA for an
extension oftime by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPAjoin in requesting
that the Board extend the thirty-five day period for filing a petition to ninety days.
The Petitioner
represented that the final decision was received on March 29, 2004.
(Exhibit B)
1

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 maybe 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 for petitioning for a hearing.
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent
Johifi.
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: May 3, 2004
This filing submitted on recycled paper.
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RoD
R.
RIAQOJEVIcH,
GovERNoR
RENEE CIFRIANO,
DIRECTOR
i/fl
‘4
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY:
1021.
NoRTH
GRANP A~/ENUE
E.’sr,
P.O.
Box 19276,
SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS
62794-9276,
21
7482-3397
JAMES
R.
THOMPSór~ONTEk,
100
Wicr
RANDOLPH, SUITE
11-300,
CHIcAGO,
IL
60601, 312:814~6026
The Prerne
r Refining Group
Inc.
AttentiQn:
Tim Màuntel
8182 MarytandAvenue.
.
St. Louis, MO
63105
Re:
i~c
#lj14220~l4
~M~iOn
County
.
...
.
CentraliaiClark:Qil
~848
625
North Elm
LUST hicidèn!#9205 1$
LUST FISCAL FILE
:1
.
:
..
.
-
The Agency has completed the review
ofthe request
for reimbursementofcorrective action costs
from the Illinois Underground Storage Tank Fund for the above-referenced facility
The mvoices
relewed covered theftriodtdrnMarch
13,
1998 to August 31, 2003.
The amount requested.
was$69;938191.,..
•~
:
.
.
.
.
.
.
H
The deduqtibiearnóunt fOr this claim is $10,000.00, which was previously deducted froth the:
Invoice Voucher dated Japuary 28,
1994.
Listed in Attachment A arethe costs which are not
.bemgx~imbursed*om
this re~iest
and the reasons these costs are notbeing reimbursed.
OnOctober.3(~,
2003,:thè Agenby~received
your complete request forpa~èntforthis claim.
As
a result ofthe Agth~c~s
rev
wofthis claim, a voucherfor
$55,695.13
will be preparçd for
sub~iiission
tO the Comptitfler’s Office for payment as funds become available bajed iij,on the
date the Agency received your completerequest for payment oftins claim
Subsequent claims
:.
that have beeWare ~ubthittedyvill kt processed based upon the date complete subsequent billings,
thquesis ar~
r~ceivc4
by the:Agency.
This constitus theAgèbc)?s final action with regardto the above inVoices.
Anundergrounkl
stotagetavkOwner orOpóratot thayippeal this final decision to the Illiflois:Pollution Control
Board (Board) pursuant to Section 22
1 8b(g) and Section 40 ofthe Act by filing a petition for a
hearing within 35 days afterthe date of issuance ofthe final decision
However, the 35-day
~iod
rnay:be extended for
a
periodoftime not to exceed 90 days.by written notice fro~nthe.
owner or operator and the Illinois EPA within the mitial 35-thy appeal period
Ifthe owner or
operator wishes
to
receive a 90-day extension, a written request that mqludes a statement ofthe
Roc*row
-.
4302
North
Main
Street, R~Skfotd,
1161 103t~
(815)
‘.Harrlson St.,
Des Plaines, IL 60016—(847) 294-4000
ELCIN —595
Sciuth
Sèatei Elgin,
II.
60123—1847) 608
EXHIBIT
ity SI..
Pecila,
IL
61614
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LAND
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7620 N. Uni~rsity
SI,;Peuria
IL6iaI4
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5 South P&st
Street, charnpaigri,IL 61820-’ (217) 278—58Q0
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IL
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Mall Street..cdIlinsviIIt,
IL 62234 —(618) 346-5120
M(p1L2309W,Mai
it
183993.7200
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4at~
the final decisiOii ‘wasrécdved, along with a copy ofthis decision, must be sent to th~
Illi.nois EPA as ~oon aspOs~it1e;:
For information regarding the filing of an appeal, please contact
~::
Dorothy Gui,
Clerk
I
~
fllthoisPollütiohConfrdFBoard
H
:
State ofillindls Center
•.
100 West Rändolph;Suite11-500
• cb~
Illrnqis£0001
38i4~3.~20
For infq~ationregardingtheftjin~
ofan e~ension,
please contact:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division ofLàgalCoijnsel
1021 N~rth
Qmai d A~tehue
~ást
Springfield, flhinàis 62794-9276
217/182-5544
I
Ifyou have any questions,
please contact Kevin Mably ofmy staff or Mohammed Rabman
ofMike Lowde?s staffat 2i71782-6762.
Sinc
ly,
I
Doujas E.Oakley, Manager/
,:
LUST Qlaims Unit
/
Planning &ke~Ortih~
Sect~on
Bureau ofLand
DEO:kMdk\04283 11.
•:
:.
Attachthent
~
cc:
: Environn,èhtaj Mañag~theni
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Attachment A
H
:
Mcoti’iting Deductions
Re~
Item#
I.
LPC #1214220Oi4~-
Marion County
Centraliá/Clark.OiI#848
625
No~h:Elm
•.
LUSflicident #920$ 18
•LUST
FISCAL !ILE
:
Descdytig~:ofDeductions
~3,369.59,
‘deduction for an adjustment in costs due to a lackof sup~o~tixig
•docunientation (Section 22.18b(d)(4)(C) ofthe Environmental Protection Adt).
$7.03
Need receipts-Field
Purchases
$22.40 Need backup-
• Communication Exp.
#19471
$75.00 Need itemized breakdown-
Railers
#19471
$6.00
Need itemized breakdown-
Gloves
#19958
$5.70
Need baCkup-
Communication Exp.
#20634
$82.50
Need itemized bre*down-
Railers
#20634
$49.20 Need
backup-
Comm
nicatiorz
Exp.
#22685
$8.50
NeedbaCkup-
Communication
Exp.
#22835
$35.2ONeedbaàkup7
CommunicatiOnExp.
#22999
$11.60 Needbackup-
Communication Exp.
#23181
$6.20 Needbackup-.
Communicátioñ Exp..
#23410
$27.25
Needbackup-
Conuiiunicatiqn Exp.
#24042
$7.90 Needbackup-
.
CommunicationExp:
#24282
$13.55
Needbackup-
.
CommuhicatioñExp.
Schreiber, Yohicy Sc Assoc,-Invoiee #1947
~
:
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:
#24451
$1l.80Needbackup-
CommunicationE~cp.
#24627
$6.70 Needbackup-
CommunicationExp.
#24795
$15.15
Need backUp-
Communication
Exp~
#25121
$63.85
Need backup-
Communication Exj~.
#25821
$12.15 Need backup-
CommunicationExp.
#25453
$26.95
Needb~kup-
CommunicétianExp.
#25783
$13.70 Neeclbackj.ip-
Conununicatiort
Exp.
#25941
$34.70 Need
backup-
Communication
Exp.
#26093
$8.10Needbackup-
CommunicationExp.
:
#26255
$96.05 Nóed backup-
CommunicationExp~
#26255
$86.60 Needreceipts~Field
Purchases
#26432
$30.25 Need backup-
CommunicationExp.
#27129
$25.50 Needbackup-
Conununication Exp.
#27088
$10.51 Need receipts~Field
Purchases
#27088
$33.55
Needbackup-
CommunicationExp.
#2?337
$2.00 Needbreakdo*n-Mileage
#27337
$57.30 Need backup-
••
.
CommunicationExp;
#27337
$56.81 Needreceipt-Mail
#28615
$83.60 Need breakdown-Mileage
#28615
$10~00Needbackup-
Communication Exp,
#28816
$6.88 Need receipts-Stockitims
#29017
$135.00 Need
break4own?~ailers
#29017
$18.50 Need breakdown-Gloves
#29017
$24.81 Need receipts-Field
Purchases
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Sc1~eibèr~’~pni~
& A~soc.-Invoice
#19471
#19471
#20634
• ••
••
•• •
#25453
#27088
.
#27088
••
#27551
•••
••
#27551
.
• • ••
• •
•• •
#27797
••
#22797
H.
#2802!
.
••
#28419
•:
#28615
#28816
••
#29017
•:.
#29196
••
#29445
#29765
#30141
•MRK-Iiivqice
#1
o26gL
1
Env. Management & Tech.—Invoice
#1856
#1890
#1917
#1969
•••
#2016
$4,650.78 TotalMcountingDeductions
DEO:KM:jk\Q428311.dpo..
$40.00 Equipment
$60.00 Personnel
$40.00 Equipment
$17.50 Meeting
$21.25 Budget
$15.00 Equipment
$110.50 Meeting
$176.80 Budget
$165.10
Meeting
• $22.10 Budget
$3.50
Personnel
$6.30 Personnel
$22.05 Personnel
$44.20 Meeting
$120.00 Equipment
$40.00
Equipment
$8.40 Personnel
$12.60 Personnel
$2.80 Personnel
$215.00 Drilling
$4.64 Stock items
$36.20 Stock items
$17.50 Stock-items
$22.00
Stock items
$6.OQ
Stock
items
2.
#29628
$2,141.10 Needitemized
breakdown-
Personnel
$1,229.44, dçdudtibn in costs that
the
o’~ner/operatorfailed to demoSrateweie
reasonable (Sectign 22.18b(d)(4)(C) of
the
Environmental ProtectionAct).:
3.
4
$51.15,
deduction for
an adjustment in overnight mail charges (Section
22.1 8b(4~(4)(C)
oftheEnvironmental Protection Act).
Scbr~iber~,
Ydnky& Athoc.-Jnvoice
#25453
Mail

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.
• •
Attachment A
Technical Deductions
Re:
LPC#12t4220014-- Marion County
Centralia/ClarkQil#348
625 North Elm
• •.
LUST Incid~nt
#9205 18
••
LUSTFISCAL FILE
Item#
Descnpbono1Deductions
1
$700 00, invoicenumber
20634, dated December 14,
1998, deduction foran
adjustrrtentinpersénnel
ôosts forreport preparation due to
a
lack ofsupporting
documentatiOn (Section22.18b(d)(4)(C)of
the
Environmental Protection Act). The
Ijlinois EPA ddes not ha~’è
anyreportswhich documentthework
peiformed
during
December 1998.-
•:
-
2
$4,62~.0O3invoice
nurnbà
02081 9D-I, dated October 14, 2002, deduction foran
adjustment in
costs for dtilling and
well installation due to alack
of~upporting
documentation
(Section22.18b(d)(4)(C)ofthe Environmental Protection Act). The
:
Illinois
EPA
doesriothave any documentation regaiding the installation of a *ell•
during October 2002.
.
3.
$1,516.00, invoIce nutber 1304808, dated October 21, 2002, deduction for an
••
••
adjustment in costh for sample analysis due to a lack ofsupporting documentation
••
(Seètjon 22.1 8b(d)(4)(C) ofthe Environmental Protection Act).
The Illindis EPA does
•••
riot hayean~’reportswhicth doCument the resultsoflaboratory analysis during October
200~.
•:
• •
4.
$2,43~.00,
iiwaice number 1305394, dated October 24, 2002, deduction for an
adjustment in costs for sample analysis due
to a lack ofsupporting documentation
(Section 22
1 Sb(d)(4XC) ofthe Environmental Protection Act)
The Illinois EPA does
nothave any
r~iprts
whiCh
document the results oflaboratory analysis during Octobei
2002~
• •
• •
5.
•~
$316.00,invoicenumber
110589,
dated December
3, 2002, deduction forafl
adjusuner tin dosts for samjSle analysis due to a lack ofsupporting documentatiOn
(Section 22. 18b(d)(4)(C) ofthe
Environmental
Protection Act).
The
Illinois EPA dOes
pot have any reportswhich document the resulS oflaboratory ana1ys~s
during
Névember2002.
• bEO:ávr:jw0428311 .doc:
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•~
H
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
&
TECJINOLOGITES,
INc.
ÄØ
20, 20O4
IllinoisEn
rohm~ntal
Pzotection Agency
• • •
Dj~sionofLe~alCoun~èl:
•••
1921 North GrandAyórnie, Eat
Springfield, ilipois
62794-9276
Mn:
Mr. John KIm, Le~ài
Couijsel
• •
SUBJECT
LPC?tJ190405083 —Madison
County
Granite City/Clark Oil #271
2005 Madison 4vènzie
• • •
LUSTIncident #~22207
Dea±
Mr. Ki$:
This letter is in regards to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (Agency) final action
letS dated April 5,2004 in regards to a request for reimbursement ofcorrectiveMction costs.
As
are~ultoftheAgency’s re~4Cwof
au
October 17,
2003 reimbursementpackagtfor the above
referenced site, costs were denied based on accounting justifications
Environmental Management & technologies, Inc
(EMT),
On
behalfofThe PremcorReflmng
Ciro’iip tuc. (PremCor), is re~uesiing
a 90-day extension to the 35-day appeal period (deadline of
May ~
2024)
thus extthding the deadline for filing an appeal to August 13, 2004.
The
additional time wilibe usedt~
locale records ofa previous consultani (backup documentation) to
submitto
IBPA-Fiscal
for reponsideration ofdewed costs.
A copy ofthe April
5,
2004 letter us
attached as requested
This
extension requested is being sent
via
facsimile
Pleaseverify receipt
ofthis letter
via e-mail addressed to qgoeker@emtusacorn
Ifyou have any
questions, please do
not hesitate to contact me at 309/454-1717
Sthcerel~
:
• Enviro
tal Managerlient & technologies, Inc.
Craig S
ocker, President
:
CSG/~
1
EMTJobNo
1198
:
Cc:
T. Maui~tel,
Prethcbt
:
Attachment
• •
2012
W.
Collafl Avenue
Suiti
208
Normal, IL.61761
Phqzre: (309) 4544717
Fax:
(309)
454-2711

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:
~
1:
Bhinoi~
Envir~a1.Br~tocti~iiAgency
:
DivisionofLegal Counsel
I
102 1North Grand Avenue, East
Springfield, Illinois :62794-9276:
~
Atm:
Mi. John
Kith,
LegalCoünsel
SU131ECT~
DC #1V422O01~i
-
Marion County
cèntrojla/flark
011#848
:
~2cNoitb
Elm
LUSflncidint#920518
DearMr.Kirn:
::
:
•:
:
-
Thislàtter is:ixiregarçls to theIlhuiois Environmental Protection Agency’s (Agency) final action:
letter datedMarch 25, 2004in regaids to a request for reimbursement ofcorrectivç actior~
cost~.
Ma resultof the Agencfs review of~October 30, 2003
reimbursementpackage for the above
referenced sited costs wer&depied b~ed
bn technical and accountingjustifications.
•Ethrironmentai Manakexnent
&
technologies, Inc.
(EMT), on behalfof The ?remcor Refining
Groá~
Inc. (Prenicor), is requesting
a
90-dayei~tension
to the 35-day appeal p&riod (deadline of
May 3~
2004), thus
Qxfeñdiñg the deadline for filing an appeal to August 3, 2004.
The additional
thue will b& used
~o
locate xecords
pt’ a previous cOnsultant (backup documentation) to submit to
IEPA-Piscal for reconsidératioft ofdenipd costs.
A copy of the March 25, 2004 letter is attached
as requested.
Thi~
extensiont~uóstedis being sent via facsimile.
Please verify receipt ofthis
lettervia e-mail addressed to cgocker(~rntusacom If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact meat 309/454-1717.
Sincerely3
•••
‘••
Environnie
al~anagement
& technolbgies, Inc.
Craig S £cker,
President
dSGJVJ
:
EMT
Job No. 1200
Cc:
•T. Mani~tèi,Prerncth
Attachmetit
2Oi~
W~Coliege
Menue
Suite
208
Normal, IL. 61761
Phone:
(309) 454-1717
Fax;
(309) 454-~27l1
4
4

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned attorney at law,
hereby certify that on May 3, 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 postage affixed thereto, upon the following named persons:
DorothyM. Gunn, Clerk
Craig Gocker, President
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Environmental Management &
James R. Thompson Center
Technologies, Inc.
100 West Randolph Street
2012 West College Avenue
Suite 11-500
Suite 208
Chicago, IL 60601
Normal, IL
61761
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
Resp
nt
Johc~~~
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)

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