NOTICE
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDOF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDOF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSIONOF APPEAL PERIOD
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

ESTATE OF IRENE STEINHETMER,

)

Petitioner,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

Dorothy

Gunn,

Clerk

Edward W. Dwyer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Hodge DwyerZeman

James R. Thompson Center

3150 Roland Avenue

100 West Randolph Street

P.O. Box

5776

Suite 11-500

Springfield,

62705-5776

Chicago, IL 60601

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

John

Assistant Counsel

Special Assistant Attorney General

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021 North

Grand

Avenue, East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield,

Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5.544

217/782-9143 (TDD)

Dated: November 24, 2004

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

CLERK’S OFFICE

Nov

2 ~ 2C~4

STATE

~LUNOIS

PoUut~on

Contro’ Board

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PCBNo.05-

/00

(LUST Appeal’—Ninety Day Extension)

BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ESTATE OF

IRENE STEINHEIMER,

)

Petitioner,

)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

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

Section

40(a)(1)

of the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Act

 (415

ILCS

 5/40(a)(1))

and

Ill.

Adm.

Code

105.208,

hereby requests

that

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board (“Board”) grant an extension ofthe thirty-five

 (35)

day period forpetitioning for a

hearing to

March

2005,

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:

On October

27,

2004,

the Illinois

EPA issued

a final decision to

the Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

On November 24, 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

earliest the fmal decision could have been served upon the Petitioner was

October 28,

2004.

(Exhibit B)

CLERK’S

OFFICE

NOv

2 9

2004

STATE

OF ~LUNOIS

PoHution Controi Board

PCBNo.05-

(LUST Appeal

Ninety Day Extension)

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 ofany

hearing that maybe necessa~ry

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

hearing.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

John~~~

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: November 24, 2004

This filing submitted on recycled paper.

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Attention:

B.obert Linde

200 West State

Street

Jacksonville, IL

62651

Re:

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#1370205072

Morgan

County

Jacksonvil

Ie/Steinhchner

Property

1301 West Walnut

I.IJST lttcidern #923370

LUST FISCAl. PILE

Dear Mr. Linde:

The Agency has completed the review oftherequest

tiff

reimbursement ofcorrective action costs

from the Illinois

Underground Storage ‘rank rund for the above-referenced

tbcility.

‘the invoiccs

reviewed

covered the period from November 11,

992

to May 9. 2002.

the amount requested

was

SKI ,626.72.

The deductible amount to he

assessed on this claim

is $10,000.00, which

being deducted from

this payment.

addition to the deductible, there are costs

from

this request that

are not being

reimburscd.~Listed

Attachment A are the cosu.which

arc

not being reimbursied

from this

request

and

Ibc.reasons these

costs

arenot

being

reimbursed.

On June l~

2004, the Agency received your completerequest for payment for this claim.

result ofthe Agency’s review ofthis claim, a voucher tbr $46,$04.l2 will be prepared for

submission to the Comptroller’s Office fhrpayment as 1\inds become avaUable based upon the

date the

Agency

received your complete request Ibr payment

this claim.

Subsequent cLaims

that havu been/are submitted

will be processed based upon the date complete subsequent

billings

requests are received by the

 Agency.

This constitutes the Agency’s fInal actIon

with regard to the above invoiCes.

underground

storage tank owner or operatormay appeal this final decision to the Illinois Pollution Control

Hoard (Board) pumuant

to Section 22.ISb(g) and Section 40 ofthe Act

filing a petition for

hearing within 35 days after the date ofissuance ofthefinal decision.

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period

may be extended

fiff a period oftime

not

to exceed 90 days by written notice

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owner or operator and the illinois

EPA within the initial 35-day appeal

period,

lithe owneror

operAtor wishes to reedve a

90-day

extension, a written request that

includes a statement ofthe

date the final decision was received, along with a copy ofthis decision, must he sent to the

Illinois LPA as soon

as possible.

Forirfbrmariort reganiing the tiling elan appeal, please contact:

Dorothy Gunn, Clock

Illinois Pollution CQntrol

Board

State

Illinois Center

WI) West Randolph. Suite

11-500

Chicago, Illinois

60601

31 2/~

14.3620

For Information regardingthe tIling clan extension, please contact:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

I)ivision

of Legal Counsel

102) North Grand Avenue Last

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

217/7R7-5544

if you have

any questions, please coutactDianai Gobelman ofmy nafiat 217/782-616Z~

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Attachment

F. Oakley, Manager

I.UST Claims Unit

Planning & Reporting Section

Bureau ofLand

cc:

August

Mack Environmt~ual

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Attachment A

Accounting I)cductions

Re::

LP’C 1/1370205072

Morgan

County

JaeksortviflefSteinhcimcr Property

1301

West

Walnut

LUST incident

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$24,822.60,

deduction for an adjustment in costs clue to

a lack ofsupporting

documentation (Section 22.lSb(d)(4)(C) of the Environmental

Protection

M9.

Goodwin & Brotns invoices #10946.

#11176,1111308, #11426,

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1559;

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Asplnilt invoices #4575 anti #4610; Daily Analytical Invoice#3979;

and American

Technical

Invoice #35019

proofofpayment provided

$8,574.32

Goodwin & Brains

Invoice #13701

—

drilling consumables and site visit consumables

$75.00

Western I2nvironrnantal invoice #118

—

material and markup

£946.53

I’l

Corp. Invoice

119S835

—

field purchases

$395.54

IT Corp. Invoice #100437

field purchases

$63031

IT Corp. 1uvoii~c

#110379

field purchases, subcontractor costs

$967..! 6

IT Corp. Invoice #lI9669~field purchwies

$694.90

1T Carp. invoice #122303

.subcontractor costs

$2,559.70

Corp. Invoice

#127367

—

Held purchases, subcontractor costs

$5,972.90

Harry Walton Invoice #74

subcontractor costs (typing services)

S I96.00

Harry Walton Invoice *8k— subcozflractor

costs

(ISWS and UPS charges on Philip

Environmental invoice)

$62.48

Uauy Walton Invoice #117

—

subcontractor costs (miscellaneous costs and lli~itage

I.aborato~’

charge on Illinois Power invoice)

$291

.52

Harry Walton Invoice#418

subcontractor costs (Hardss 1)rilling and analyticaL Costs

o,i E~w

enta.l Operationsinvoicc~

Si ,530.78

Harry Walton Invoice ~446

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subcontractor costs (Erwirovae costs on

Fnvironrnenial

Operations invoice)

£1,925.00

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HOD6~DWYR

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ATTORP.JcYs

LAW

Edward W. Dwyer

E-mail; edwyed~hcLzlaw.com

November 24, 2004

VIA FACSIMILE

(Original viaU.S.

Mail)

John I. Kim, Esq.

Associate Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North

Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

RE:

LPC # 1370205072 Morgan County

Estate ofIrene Steinheimer

1301

West Walnut Street

LUST Incident No. 923370

LUST FISCAL

FILE

Our File No~—_$5J,:001

Dear John:

On behalfofour client,

the

Estate ofIrene Steinheimer C’Steinheimer”),

and

consistent

with Section 40(a)(I) of

the

illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”) (415 TLCS

5/40

(a)(1)), we

are

requesting that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Agency”) join

Steinheimer in its request to extend the 35-day period for petitioning for an appeal ofthe

Agency’s October 27, 2004, final decision denying a portion of Steinheimer’s request for

reimbursement from the Leaking Underground

Storage Tank (“LUST”) Fund.

Steinheimer

hereby requests an extension for a total of 90 days from December 2, 2004 until March 2, 2005,

in order to allow further discussions with the Agency regardingthe technical aM/or legal

rationale for the Agency’s denial letter.

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EXHIBIT

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FACSIMCLE

217-52i-4946

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John ii. Kim, Esq.

November 24, 2004

Page 2

In its October 27, 2004,

letter, the Agency informed Steinheimer that it was

denying

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$24, 822.60 of its reimbursement request, primarily, for insufficient proofof payment to its

contractors and subcontractors,

Steinheimerbelieves that with some additional time,

it can

obtain proof ofpayment for some or

all ofthe costs denied.

I have enclosed a copy ofthe Agency’s denial letter for your review.

Please contact me

with

any

questions you may have regarding the request in this letter,

and

to inform me as to

whether theAgency agreesto extend the time period for appeal.

The deadline for filing an

extension request with the IllinoisPollution Control Board is December 2, 2004.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

•

Edward W.

Dwyer

EWD:cmw

enclosure

pe:

•

Mr. Darrow Steinheimer (via U.S. Mail;

w/enclosure)

Ms. Tern

Hall (via Facsimile; w/o enclosure)

David C. McCormack(via Facsimile; wfo

enclosure)

Mr.

Greg Heuer (via Facsimile; */o enclosure)

STN:OOi/Corr/i

Kim Lir

Request

fur

Extension

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

the undersigned attorney

at law,

hereby certify

that on November 24,

2004,

I served

true

and

correct

copies

REQUEST

FOR

NINETY

DAY

EXTENSION

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

Edward W. Dwyer

fllinois Pollution Control Board

Hodge Dwyer Zeman

•James R. Thompson Center

3150 Roland Avenue

100 West Randolph Street

P.O. Box

5776

Suite

11-500

•

Springfield, IL

62705-5776

•

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)

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