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CLERK’S OFFiCE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
AUG 25 2~C4
VOLLBRACHT FARMS, INC.
(Property Identification Number
14-0-0282-000-00)
Petitioner,
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PCLO4
STATE OF ~LLINOIS
Pollution Contro’ Board
ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Respondent.
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(Tax Certification)
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NOTICE
Dorothy M. Guim, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite. 11-500
Chicago, fllinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Illinois Department ofRevenue
101 West Jefferson
Post Office Box 19033
Springfield, fllinois 62794
Vollbracht Farms Inc.
Attn.: Teny Vollbracht
2455N.
950th
Ave.
Clayton, IL 62324
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OF THE STATE OF ILLiNOIS
DATED: August 24, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
By~
/~mesAllen Day
Assistant Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Pollution
Control Board an
APPEARANCE AND THE RECOMMENDATION
ofthe Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
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CLERK’S
OFFICE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
AUG
25 2004
VOLLBRACHT FARMS, INC.
(Property Identification Number
14-0-0282-000-00)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Respondent.
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PCB04
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(Tax Certification)
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STATE OF ILLU~QIS
Pollution Control ~rc~
APPEARANCE
The undersigned, as one ofits attorneys, hereby enters an
APPEARANCE
on behalf ofthe
Respondent, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
DATED:
August 24, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
Petitioner,
By:
és Allen
Assistant Counsel
Division ofLegal Counsel
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
RE
CE ~V ED
CLERK’S OFFICE
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARU
~ 25 20~4
VOLLBRACHT FARMS, INC.
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STATE OF ILUNOIS
(Property Identification Number
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Pollution
Control Board
14-0-0282-000-00)
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Petitioner,
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY
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Respondent.
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3)
The facilities’ physical address is:
PCB O~
(Tax Certification)
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 31, 2003, the Illinois EPA received a request from Vollbracht Farms, Inc.
for an Illinois EPA recommendation regarding the tax certification ofwaterpollution
control facilities pursuant to 35 1111. Adm. Code 125.204, and noted the request as log
number TC-32-03. ~(ExhibitA)
2)
The applicant’s mailing address is: Vollbracht Farms Inc.
Attn.: Terry Vollbracht
2455N. 950th Ave.
Clayton, IL 62324
Vollbracht Farms Inc.
840 E. 2450th st.
Liberty, IL 62347
4)
The water pollution control facilities in this request are located in Section 24, Township 2
North, Range 6 West ofthe 4th Principal Meridian in Adams County, Illinois at the above
physical address and consist ofthe following:
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
Livestock waste management facilities consisting of one concretemanure pit (304 ft. x
101 ft. x 8 ft. deep) with eight concrete pump out pits
(5 ft.
x
5ft.
x 8 ft. deep) with the
slotted concrete portion ofthe floor over the manure pit located in each oftwo swine wean
to finish buildings.
5)
These livestock waste management facilities are usedto collect, transport, and/or store
livestock wastes prior to cropland application.
6)
Section 11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2000), defines “pollution
control facilities” as: “any system, method, construction, device or appliance appurtenant
thereto or any portion ofany building or equipment, that is designed, constructed,
installed or operated for the primary purpose of: (a) eliminating, preventing, orreducing
air orwater pollution
. .
.or (b) treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing ofany
potential solid, liquid or gaseous pollutant which if released without treatment,
pretreatment modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to
human, plant or animal life, orto 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 engineering judgment that the described facilities maybe considered “pollution
control facilities,” pursuant to 35 Ill. Adni Code 125.200(a), with the primarypurpose of
eliminating, preventing, or reducing water pollution, or as otherwise provided in 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 125.200. Therefore, the facilities are eligible for tax certification from the
Board.
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
9)
Therefore, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the requested tax
certification.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
By:
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“James Allen Day
Assistant Counsel
Division ofLegal Counsel
August 24, 2004
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
21 7-7g2-5544
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF SANGAMON
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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
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite. 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Illinois Department ofRevenue
101 West Jefferson
Post Office Box 19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
Vollbracht Farms Inc.
Attn.: Teny Vollbracht
2455N. 950th Ave.
Clayton, IL 62324
and mailing it from Springfield, Illinois on August 24, 2004 with sufficient postage affixed for
first class mail.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this twenty-fourth day ofAugust, 2004
fl~7CP~°al~22I
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,..4.rotary Public
CYNTHIA L WOLFE
*. NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF ILLINOIS :~:
MY COMMISSIONSXPIMS a.~G.aOO7:~:
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
To— 3~—(93
This Agency is authorized to request
this
information under Illinois Revised Statues, 1979,
Chapter, 120, Section 502a-5. Disclosureofthis
information is voluntaxy. However,
failure to
comply could prevent your application from
being processed or could result in denial ofyour
application for certification.
APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION (PROPERTY
TAX
TREATMENT)
POLLUTION CONTROL
FACILITY
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WATER’~
ILLINOIS ENViRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
P.O. Box 19276, SprIngfield, IL 62794.9276
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File
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APC 151 (Rev. 8/00)
Tax Certfflcalion
for Pollution
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ILL/NO/S ENVIRONMENTAL.
PROTECTION AGENCY
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(1) Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants
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Sec. F ~~following information is submitted- in accordance with the Illinois Property Tax Code, as amended, and to the best of my
knowledge, is
true
and
correct.
The facilities claimed herein are ~pollution
control facilities~as defined in Section 11-10 of the
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Signature
Title
Sec. G
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND FILING
APPLICATION
General: Separate applications must be completed ~oseach control facility claimed. Do not mix types
(water
and
air).
Where both air and
wateroperations are related, file two applications, if attachments are needed, record
them
consecutively
on an
Index sheet
Sec. A
Sec.
B
Sec. C
Sec.
D
Information refers
to
applicant
as
listed in the tax records and the person tobe-contacted for-further-details orforin~pection-ot
facilities. Define
facility
location by street address or legal description. A platmap location
is
required for facilities located
outside ofmunicipal 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)
Refersto manufacturing processes or materials on which poilutlon controtfacility Is used.
Narrative description
of
the pollution control facility, Indicating that its primary purpose is to eliminate, prevent orreduce pollution.
State the type of control facility. State permit number,
date,
and agencyissuing permit A narrative description and a process
flow diagram describing the collution control ~cilitv. Include a listing ofeach major piece of equipment Included
in the
daimed
fair
cash
value
for
real property.
Include
an
averace analysis of the influentand effluent of the control facility stating the
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collection efficiency.
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List air contaminants, or
water
pollution substances released as effluents to-the manufacturing processes. List alsothe final
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disposal
of any
contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes.
Item
(1)—Refers to pollutants-and contaminants removed from
the
process
by
the pollution control facility.
Item (2)—Refers
to
water pollution but can apply to water-carried wastes from
air
pollution controLfacilihies. Submit drawings,
which clearly show (a) Point(s) of discharge to receiving
stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping to
and frorniha control
facility.
Item
(3)—If the collected contaminants are disposed ofother than
as wastes,
state-the disposition of the materials, and the value
In doilars reclaimed by sale-or reuse of the coilec~dsubstances. State the cost of reclamation 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:
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Iftincis EPA
Thomas Mcswiggin
Donald E. Sutton
P.O.
Box
19276
Permit Section
Pen-nit Section
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Division of Water Pollution Control
Division
of
Air Pollution Control -
