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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
DEC 302004
TO:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
State of illinois Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite I 1-500
Chicago, illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Illinois Department ofRevenue
101 West Jefferson
P.O. Box 19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
John S. Swearingen
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
Refinery Office Building
Robinson, Illinois
62454
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office ofthe Pollution
Control Board the APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon the applicant
and a representative olthe Illinois Department ofRevenue.
Date: December30, 2004
Respectfully subthitted by,
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Robb H. Layma4/
Special Assistant Attorney General
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P~O.Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Telephone:
217/782-5544
Facsimile: 217/782-9807
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MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
FCCU Flue Gas Wet Scrubber System
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NTJMBER
51-34-1-21 or portion thereof
NOTICE
STATE OF ILLINOIS
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(Tax Certification)
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CLERK’S OFFICE
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OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollut(on Control Board
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PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
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APPEARANCE
I hereby file my Appearance in this proceeding on behalf of the Illinois
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Respectfully submitted by,
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Robb H. Layman
Special Assistant Attorney General
Date: December 30, 2004
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
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Telephone: 2
17/782-5544
Facsimile: 217/782-9807
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51-34-1-21 or portion thereof
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RECOMMENDATION
NOW COMES the ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(“Illinois EPA”), through its attorneys, and pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm Code 125.204 ofthe
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ILLINOIS POLUTION CONTROL BOARD’S (“Board”) procedural regulations, files
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the illinois EPA’s Recommendation in the above-referenced request for tax certification
of pollution control facilities. In support thereof, the Illinois EPA states as follows:
1.
On September 16, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request and
supporting information from MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC,
(“Marathon”) concerning the proposed tax certification of certain-air emission sources
and/or equipment located at its Robinson refineryin Crawford County, Illinois. A copy
of the relevant portions ofthe application is attached hereto. lExhibit
A.
2.
The applicant’s address is as follows:
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
Refinery Office Building
Robinson, Illinois 62454
3.
The pollution control facilities involved in this request are located at the
aforementioned address and consist of the installation ofnew and/or modified equipment
described as a FCCU Flue Gas Wet Scrubber System. The FCCU Flue Gas Wet
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Scrubber System is a spray tower that utilizes a sodium carbonate solution as a scnibbant
liquid. The primary purpose of the system is to remove particulate matter from the
regenerator flue gas stream so that the refinery can satisfy federal law requirements of the
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New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) program.
4.
Section 11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code, 35 IILCS 200/11-10 (2002),
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, or reducing air or water pollution., or (b)
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treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing ofany potential solid, liquid,
gaseous pollutant which if released without treatment, pretreatment,
modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to
human, plant or animal life, or to property.”
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5.
Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, as
provided by 35 ILCS 200/11-5 (2002).
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Based on information in the application and the underlying purpose ofthe
FCCU Flue Gas Wet Scrubber System to prevent, eliminate or reduce air pollution, it is
the Illinois EPA’s engineering judgment that the described project and/or equipment may
be considered as “pollution control facilities” in accordance with the statutory definition
and consistent with the Board’s regulations at
35
Ill. Adm. Code 125.200.
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Because the FCCU Flue Gas Wet Scrubber System satisfies the
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aforementioned criteria, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the applicant’s
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requested tax certification.
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Respectfully submitted by,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Robb H. Layman
Special Assistant Attorney General
DATED: December 30, 2004
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Telephone: 217/782-5544
Facsimile: 217/782-9807
THIS FILNG IS SUBMIY~EDON RECYCLED PAPER
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CLERK’S OFFICE
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 30th day ofDecember, 2004, I did send, by First Class
Mail, with postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession ofthe United
States Postal Service, one (1) original and nine (9) copies ofthe following instruments
entitled
NOTICE,
APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION to:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
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Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
and a true and correct copy ofthe same foregoing instruments, by First Class Mail with
postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession ofthe United States Postal
Service, to:
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Steve Santarelli
John S. Swearingen
Illinois Department ofRevenue
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
101 West Jefferson
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Refinery Office Building
P.O. Box 19033
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Springfield, Illinois 62794
Robb H. Layman
Special Assistant Attorney General
This filing is submitted on recycled paper.
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