BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARñ~~~F

Mach III Farms, LLC

)

JAN 2 02005

(Property Indentification Number

)

23-03-200-001

STATE OF

~LUN

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PCB(Tax

Certihcation)

05-

PoUutiofl Control Board

NOTICE

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Mach III Farms, LLC

Illinois Pollution Control Board

13477 CR 500 N.

James R. Thompson Center

Bath, Illinois 62617

100 West Randolph Street, Suite. 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department of Revenue

101 West Jefferson

Post Office 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

THE

RECOMMENDATION of the illinois

Environmental Protection Agency, a áopy of which is herewith served upon you.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

By:

cc.

s ~

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED: January 19, 2005

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

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RECE~1V~D

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

JAN 20 2005

Mach III Farms, LLC

)

STATE OF ILLiNOIS

(Property Indentification Number

)

poUution Control Board

23-03-200-001

)

)

PCBO5-

)

(Tax Certification)

)

APPEARANCE

The undersigned, as one ofits attorneys, hereby enters an APPEARANCE on behalfof Respondent,

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

ILLiNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:__________________

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED: January 19, 2005

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

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REGEWE~

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE, ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

JAN 202005

Mach23-03-200-001)(PropertyIIIFarms,IdentificationLLC Number

)))

PCB(Tax05-Certification)

(~

po’lution

STATEOF

Control

ILLINOIS

Board

)

RECOMMENDATION

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”) hereby files its

Recommendation pursuant to Section 125.204 ofthe regulations ofthe Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

35

Iii. Adm. Code 125.204.

1.

On April 2, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request from Mach III Farms;

LLC

(log number TC-09-04, Exhibit A) for an Illinois EPA recommendation regarding

the tax certification ofwater pollution control facilities pursuant to

35

Ill. Adm.

Code 125.204.

2.

The applicant’s address is:

Mach ifi Farms

13477 CR 500 N.

Bath, Illinois 62617

3.

The proposed waterpollution control facilities in this request are located at

Sections 34 and 3, T2ON and T19N, R9W ofthe

3~1.

P.M. in Mason County, at the

above street address and consist ofthe following:

Livestock waste management facilities consisting offour concrete manure

pits (10

ft.

x 112 ft. x 17 inches deep), each with one pull plug, four

concrete manure pits (8ft. by 112 ft. by 17 inches deep) each with one pull

plug and the slotted concrete portion ofthe floor over the manure pits in

each ofseven swine buildings; one earthen lined lagoon (217.14 ft. x

550.44 ft. x 12 ft. deep); one synthetic lined lagoon (138.6 ft. by

514.8

ft.

x 12 ft. deep); and approximately 1853 ft. of 10-inch diameter PVC

manure transfer pipe.

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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These livestock waste management facilities are used to collect, transport, and/or

store livestock wastes prior to cropland application, and are further described in

Exhibit A.

4.

Section 11-10 ofthe Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2004), 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 primary purpose of: (a)

eliminating, preventing, or reducing air or water 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, or to property.”

5.

Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, 35 ILCS

200/11-5.

6.

Based on the information in the application and the purpose of the facilities, 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),

‘c~iiththe primary purpose of eliminating, preventing, or reducing

water pollution, or as otherwise provided in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 125.200, and are

eligible for tax certification from the Board.

WHEREFORE, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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requested tax certification.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

~

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

Dated: January 19, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Ave. E.

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

)

COUNTY OF SANGAMON

)

)

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached

APPEARANCE

AND

THE

RECOMMENDATION, upon the person to whom it is directed, by placing a copy in an envelope

addressed to:

Dorothy M. Gum, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Mach III Farms,

LLC

James R. Thompson Center

13477 CR 500 N.

100 West Randolph Street, Suite. 11-500

Bath, Illinois 62617

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department of Revenue

101 West Jefferson

Post Office Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

and mailing it from Springfield, illinois, on January 19, 2005, with sufficient postage

affixed for first class mail.

97a~7

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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME

this 19tht’~day of January, 2005

Notary Public

OFFICIAL SEAL

BRENDA BOEHNER

NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS

1 1~i4~2Q05~

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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Watershed Unit

Tax

Certification Review Sheet

______________________________________

County:

________________________

Provided

Fair Cash

_____________________________________________________

Value:

__________________________________

________________________________________________________

Title:

____________________________________

Wastes:

~‘Livestockwaste is applied

to

cropland.

o Agrichemical ririsate and spillage is recycled through the facility and/or land applied.

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Physical Description ofPollution Control Devices:

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This Agency is authorized to requcist this

iniisu~ionwuder illinois Revised Statues, 1979,

Qi~,ter,

120,

Section 502a-S. DiscIos~reofthis

lnfbcn~ion

is

vehmtary. However, Sihire to

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•

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APPUCAT1ON FOR CERTIFICATION (PROPERlY TAX TREATMENT)

POLLUTION CONTROL FA

AIRO

WATE~

ILUNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

P.O.

Box 19276, SprIngfield, L 627949276

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FOR AGENCY USE

File No.

Date Recei~cJ

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Person Authorized to Receive Certification

Person to Contact for Additional Details

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Zip

Code

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State & Zip Code

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Property Identification Number

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Air Pollution Control Construction Permit No.

Date Issued

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Describe Pollution Abatement Control Facility

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ILLINOIS

APR~22OC

ENVIRONMENTAL

4

PROTECTION AGENCY

BOW/WPC1?ERMIT

SECTION.

IL 532-0222

Tor C

ovufia-Polb4ion ConftvlFacIJJIk.s

Page

1

of

2

&vo

APC

151 (Rev.

8/00)

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Sec. ~ (1) Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants

j’lv1.~ /AO~u,~i.

Material Retained,

Captured or Recovered

Contaminant or Pollutant

DESCRIPTION

DISPOSAL OR USE

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status of installation on date of application

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$

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$

Sec. F

The 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

I

llIinoj~fropertyTax Cod~A ~

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Sec. G

•

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILJNG AND FILING APPLICATION

General: Separate applications must be completed for each control facility claimed. Do not mix types (water and air). Where both air and

water operations are related, file two applications. If attachments are needed, record them consecutively on an Index sheet

Sec.A

Information refers toapplicant as listed In the tax records and the person to be contacted forfurther

details

or for Inspection of

facilities. Define facility location by street address or legal description. A plat map location Is required for

facilities

located

.

outside of municipal boundaries. The property Identification number Is required.

Sec. B

Seif-explanatoty. Submit copies of allpermits Issued by local pollution control agencies. (e.g. MSD Construction Permit)

Sec. C

Refers to manufacturing processes or materials on Which pollution control facility Is used.

Sec. D

Narrative description ofthe pollution controlfacility, Indicating that its primary purpose is.toeIiminate~preventorce&’ce-pollution.

State the type ofcontrol facility. State permit number, date, and agency Issuing permit. A narrative description and a process

flow diagram describing the po*itlon control fac~itv.Include a listing of each majorpiece of equipment Included In the claimed

fair cash value for real property. Include an averacie analysis of the Influent and effluent of thecontrol facility stating the

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collection efficiency.

Sec. E

List 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.

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Item (1)-. Refers topollutants and contaminants removed from

the

processby the pollution control facility.

Item (2)- Refers to water pollution but can apply to water-carried wastesfrom air pollution~controlfacilities. Submit drawings,

which clearly show (a) Point(s) of discharge to receMng stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping

toendfl~mthe

control

facility.

.

.

Sec. F

Item (3)—If the collected contaminants are disposed ofother than as wastes, state the disposition of the materials, and the value

In dollars reclaimed by sale or reuse ofthe collected substances. 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 projectreview prior to certification by this Agency.

Self-explanatory. Signature must be a corporate authorized signature.

.

Subniitto:

.

Attention:

Attention:

Ilinois EPA

Thomas McSwiggin

Donald E. Sutton

P.O. Box 19276

PermitSection

Permit Section

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

DivIsion of Water Pollution Control

Division of Air Pollution Control

Tzr

Cemficatirn

for Pollution

Control

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10’

wide

and

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pits

are

8’

wide

&

they

are

all

17”

deep

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pit

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9’

x

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continued

Legal Descriptions

S-28T-18

R-i2,

Beardstown Township

2~.OQ~cres:S 1/zNW E of Ditch

Exc

Mid Pt (25 acres assessed farm land)

•

40.30 acres: Mid Pt S 1/2 NW (40.30 acres assessed farm land)

20.00. ~cres:W ½SW NE (20.00 acres assessed farm land)

136.2~àcres:N &W Pt SW 1/4 (135.28 acres assessed farm land)

8 94 a~resNE Cor NW SW & NW Cor NE SW (8 94 acres assessed farm sand)

7.63 acres: W SD NW SE(7~63acres assessed farm land)

S-29 T-18

R-12.,

Beardstown Township

37b6~acres:•SE¼E of DItch (37.6 acres assessed farm land)

~The roregoing u’Jocmation about the property ~snot

warranted cc

guaranteed.

A

prospective buyer should ver~’ythe infoc-matlon for himself or herself-

This

fact

sheet

~srkt part

of the purchase

agreement unless ctherw~sespecif~caIIyagreed to by both the

seBers

and buyers.’~

•

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Base

4

~~ed

~ miles

N~t~i

cLand $154,500

Finishing Buildings

—

7000 Spaces

@

$75/Spac~j~~:4

Property

Description

1~O.OO.totaItillable açres.(buildings on.1O of those acres)

-

sod types BLoorT~fl~ldsand, 1 to 7

slopes, Ptalpfield sand, 1. to 7 s(opes, Watseka leamysand,

Gliford sandy loam, SparEa loamy sand, 1 to 7 slopes

-

acr4age base wheat 11 8, corn 69 7

-

yield base wheat 39, corn 123

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Livestock

Facilities

Finisher Unit

5 buildings built in 1991 (11 years old); 2 builthngs built in 1995 (7 years old)

-

Improvements none

- capadty

of un!t:~7f:1;000-headbuikBngs

-

feed ~torage& ~eIIwerysystems auger systems with 162 tons of bulk bin storage

-

type of ventilation naturally ventilated

-

type of construcuop 2-foot pits with pull-plug

-

waste managemer~t 2

-

lagoons (6-8 month storage capacity), no manure easements, verbal land

app(Icatlori agreements w/Mark Kramer and Don Friend

-

Legal,

pescriptiolis

S-34 T-20 R-9, Bath Township

8O’acres: S ½SW 1/4 (80.-acres assessed farm land)

S-3 T-19 R-~,BathTownship

40 a~res:~NW

1/4 NE ¼(40 acres assessed farm land)

~Thefocègo~ngir~formaLionabout

the propert’j

is not

warranted or guaranteed. A prospective btiyer shou’d verify

the

in(ormation for himseW or heise~F.

This

fact sheet ~hot part of the purchase agreement

unless otherwisespecthcaliy agreed

to

by both the seLlers and

buyers.~

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