RECEAVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
JUL
222004
BEFORE THE
ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOAP~ATEOF ILUNOIS
Pollution Control Board
DENNIS EUGENE BATTY- DAVIS JCT.
)
(Property Identification Number
)
/
11-13-400-002)
)
Petitioner,
)
PCB Q4~
)
(Tax Certification)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY
)
Respondent.
)
NOTICE
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Dennis Eugene Batty
Illinois Pollution Control Board
14758
B. Eddy Road
James R. Thompson Center
Davis Junction, Illinois 61020
100 West Randolph Street, Suite.
11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Bruce
Batty
Illinois Department of Revenue
14928 E. Eddy Road
101
West Jefferson
Davis Junction, illinois 61020
PostOffice Box 19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
PLEASE
TAKE
NOTICE
that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Pollution
Control Board an APPEARANCE AND TIlE RECOMMENDATION of the illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon
you.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
By: Ja~
llen Day
Ass
tant Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
DATED: July 20, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
THIS FILING IS
SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED
PAPER
RECEIVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
JUL
222004
DENNIS EUGENE BATTY- DAVIS JCT.
)
(Property Identification Number
)
1
0
11-13-400-002)
)
Petitioner,
)
PCBQ4~
)
(Tax Certification)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY
)
Respondent.
)
APPEARANCE
The undersigned, as one of its attorneys, hereby enters
an APPEARANCE
on behalf of the
Respondent,
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY OF THE
STATE OF
ILLINOIS
By:__
J
e~AllenDay
As~istantCounsel
Division of Legal Counsel
DATED:July 20, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
RECEIVED
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARDJUL
222004
DENNIS EUGENE BATTY- DAVIS JCT.
)
STATE OF ILLINOIS
(Property Identification Number
)
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0
Pollution Control
Board
11-13-400-002)
Petitioner,
)
PCB JM~
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(Tax Certification)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY
)
Respondent.
)
RECOMMENDATION
Now Comes the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”) by James Allen
Day, one ofits attorneys, and pursuant to Section 125.204 ofthe Illinois Pollution
Control
Board’s (Board) regulations files the following Recommendation regarding the tax certification
ofwater pollution control facilities pursuant to
35
Ill. Adm. Code
125.204.
1)
On December 27, 2002, the Illinois EPA received a request from Dennis Eugene Batty for
an Illinois EPA recommendation regarding the tax certification ofwater pollution control
facilities pursuant to 35
Ill. Adm. Code
125.204, and noted the request as log number TC-
29-02. (Exhibit
A)
2)
The applicant’s address is:
Dennis Eugene Batty
14758
E. Eddy Road
Davis Junction, Illinois 61020
3)
The facilities’
location is:
14928
B. Eddy Road
Davis Junction, Illinois 61020
4)
The water pollution control facilities in this request are located at Section
13, Township
42 North, Range
1
East ofthe 3~
Principal Meridian in Ogle
County, Illinois and consist
of the following:
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
Livestock waste management facilities consisting of one concrete manure pit (40
ft. x
200
ft.
x 8
ft.
deep) with four concrete pump out pits
(5 ft.
x
6 ft. x
8 ft.) and
the concrete slotted portion of the flooring over the manure pit
in one swine
building; one concrete manure pit (51
ft.
x
193
ft. x
8 ft. deep) with five concrete
pump out pits
(5
ft. x 6 ft. x
8 ft.)
and the concrete slotted portion of the flooring
over the manure pit in one
swine building; one concrete manure pit (24 ft. x
56
ft.
x
6
ft.
deep) with two
10 inch PVC pump out ports
and the concrete, slotted
portion ofthe flooring over the manure pit in one swine building; two
concrete
gutters (one
10 ft. x
52 ft. x
1
ft. deep and one
8 ft. x
52 ft. x
1
ft deep) and the
wire portion ofthe flooring over the manure gutters, one concrete gutter (2 ft. x 20
ft.
1
ft. deep) with approximately 17.67 feet of 10 inch PVC manure transfer pipe;
one concrete manure pit
(11
ft. x
105
ft. x
8 ft. deep) with four 10 inch PVC pump
out ports and the concrete slotted portion ofthe flooring over the manure pit in
one swine building.
5)
These livestock waste management facilities are used to collect, transport, andlor store
livestock wastes prior to cropland application.
6)
Section
11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code,
35
IILCS 200/11-10 (2000), 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
for the primarypurpose of:
(a) eliminating, preventing, or reducing
air or waterpollution
.
.
.
or (b) treating, pretreating, modif~,ringor disposing ofany
potential solid, liquid or gaseous pollutant which ifreleased without treatment,
pretreatment modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED
ON RECYCLED PAPER
human, plant or animal life, or to property.”
7)
Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, 35
ILCS 200/11-5
(2000).
8)
Based on the information in the application and the purpose ofthe facilities (collecting,
transporting and/or storing livestock wastes prior to cropland application), it is the Illinois
EPA’s engineeringjudgment that the described facilities may be considered “pollution
control facilities,” pursuant to 35
Ill. Adm.
Code
125.200(a), with the primary purpose of
eliminating, preventing, or reducing water pollution, or as otherwise provided in 35
Iii.
Adm.
Code
125.200.
Therefore,
the facilities are eligible for tax certification from the
Board.
9)
Therefore, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the requested tax
certification.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
By:
July 20, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois
62794-9276
217-782-5544
Counsel
Division ofLegal Counsel
THIS
FILINGIS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
)
STATE OF ILLINOIS
)
)
COUNTY OF SANGAMON
)
)
PROOF
OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served
the
attached
APPEARANCE AND
RECOMMENDATION, upon the person to
whom it is directed, by placing a copy in an
envelope addressed to:
Dorothy M. Gunn,
Clerk
Dennis Eugene Batty
Illinois Pollution Control Board
14758
B.
Eddy Road
James R. Thompson Center
Davis Junction, Illinois
61020
100 West Randolph Street, Suite.
11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Bruce Batty
Illinois Department of Revenue
14928 E. Eddy Road
101 West Jefferson
Davis Junction, Illinois 61020
Post Office Box
19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
and mailing
it from Springfield, Illinois on
July
20, 2004
with sufficient postage affixed for first
class mail.
SUBSCRIBED AND
SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this twentieth day ofJuly, 2004
______________________________
Notary Public
BRENDA
BOEHNER
NOTARY
PUBLIC,
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
,
:~MV
COMMISSION
EXPIRES
11.14.2005t
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ONRECYCLED PAPER
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(PROPERTY
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to
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FACILITY
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under
Illinois Revised Statues.
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AIR
WATER
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Chapter.
Section SOii-5.
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intorniation
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to
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTiON AGENCY
comply
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prevent
sour
application
ti~ni
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Box
19276,
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
being processed or could result in denial of your
application for
certification.
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USE
File No.
Date Received
Certification No.
Date
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DESCRIPTION
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collected
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X
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/2--of
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c.
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ANNUAL
INCOME
OF CONTROL FACILITY:
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TI
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information is submitted in
accordance with the Illinois Property
Tax
Code.
as amenced.
and to the best of my
knoviledge. is true and correct.
The facilities claimed
herein are
“pollution control facilities• as cefined
in Section
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illinois Property Tax Code.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND
FILING APPLICATiON
General:
Separate applications must be completed for each control facility claimed.
Do
not
mix types (water an~
air~.Where both air and
water operations are related, file two applications.
If attachments are needed,
record them consecutively on
an mdcx sheet.
Sec. A
Sec. B
Sec.
C
Sec.
D
Information refers to applicant as listed in the tax records and the person to becontiactedifon’furtrierdetails
or
for inspection of
facilities.
Define facility location by street address or legal description. A plat map locatio.n
is reouired 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 manufactunng processes ormaterials on
which
pollution control
facility.is
used..
Narrative description of the pollution control facility, indicating that its primarypurpose is to eliminate,
prevent or reducepollution.
State the type of control
facility
State
permit
number, date,
and
agency
issuing permit.
A narrative
aescription and
a process
flow
diagram describing the pollution control facility.
Include a
listing of each maior piece of equipment included in the claimed
fair cash value for real
property.
Include an average analysis ofthe influent
and effluent cf the control facility
stating-the
,
collection efficiency.
Sec.
E
Ust
air contaminants,
or water pollution substances released as effluents to the manufacturing
processes.
Ust
also the final
disposal of any contaminants removed
from
the
manufacturing processes.
:
Item (1)— Refers to pollutants and
contaminants removed from the process by the polution.cont~olfadlity.
Item
12)— Refers to
water
pollution but can apply to water~carried
wastes from air pollution controi facilities.
Submit drawings.
which clearly show (a) Point(s) of discharge to receiving stream, and (bI Sewers and process piping
to and
from
the
control
Sec.
F
facility.
Item (3)— If the collected contaminants are disposed of other than as wastes, state
the.disp~i.sitioiiofithe
materials,
and the value
in dollars reclaimed
by sale or reuse
ofthe collected substances.
State
the cost ofredam
on.and related
expense.
Item
(4)— State the date which the pollution control facility was first placed
in service and
operated.
If 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:
Attention’
Illinds
EPA
Thomas McSwiggin
Donald
E.
Sutton
P.O.
Box 19276
Permit
Section
Permit
Section
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
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ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
1021
NORTH
GRAND AVENUE
EAST,
P.O.
Box
19276,
SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS
62794-9276, 217-782-3397
JAMES
R.
THOMPSON
CENTER,
100
WEST
RANDOLPH,
SUITE
11-300,
CHICAGO,
IL 60601, 312-814-6026
ROD
R.
BLAGOIEVICH,
GOVERNOR
RENEE
CIPRIANO,
DIRECTOR
217/782-3362
SEP
03
2003
Dennis
E. Batty
14758
E.
Eddy
Rd.
Davis Jct.
IL 61020
Re:
Illinois Property Tax:
Dennis
E. Batty
—
Davis Jct.
Livestock Waste Containment Facilities
Log
No. TC-29-02
Dear Mr. Batty:
The application for
Illinois Property Tax
Certification received December
30,
2002
for the
above listed
facilities has been reviewed
and the following is offered for your consideration and appropriate action.
1.
Please provide the depth of the 10’ x
52’
gutter,
the depth of the 8’
x 52’ gutter,
and the depth of
the 2’ x
20’ gutter all located in Structure
D.
2.
Please
provide the length of 10”
PVC
Drain
from
Structure
0 to
Structure
C.
Please
review the subject
applications accordingly for the items specified above and submit
to the
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency so that we may complete the review of the-subject application.
Please
include the above log number on all
correspondence.
If you have any questions or comments concerning the above items, please
contact me at the
above
address
and
telephone number.
Verytruly yours,
-
Matthew Talbert
Facility Evaluation Unit
Watershed Management Section
Bureau
of Water
cc: Bruce
Batty
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ROCKFORD
—4302 North Main
Street, Rockford,
IL
61103
—(815) 987-7760
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DES
PLAINES
—
9511 W. Harrison St.,
Des
Plaines,
IL 60016—
(847) 294-4000
ELGIN
—595 South State. Elgin, IL 60123 —(847) 608-3131
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PEORIA
—5415 N. University St.,
Peoria,
IL 61614—1309) 693-5463
BUREAU
OF
LAND
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PEORIA
—7620 N.
University St., Peoria, IL 61614 —(309) 693-5462
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CHAMPAIGN
—2125
South First
Street,
Champaign,
IL 61820 —(21 7) 278-~800
SPRINGFIELD
—4500 S. Sixth Street
Rd.,
Springfield,
IL
62706—1217) 786-6892
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—
2009 MalI Street, Collinsville,
IL 62234 —(618) 346-5120
MARION
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