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CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

FEB

102005

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

o

ert Furtney

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Poilution Control Board

(Property Indentification Number

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12-14-03-300-004)

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)PCBO5-

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(Tax Certification)

NOTICE

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Robert Furtney

Illinois Pollution Control Board

2308

County Road 900E.

James

R. Thompson Center

Champaign, Illinois

61822

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 ofthe Clerk of the

Pollution

Control Board

an APPEAR4NCE AND THE 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:

Vera Herst

Assistant

Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

DATED:

February

8, 2005

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

•1021

North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

(2 17) 782-3544

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RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

FE~1112005

Robert Furtney

)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

(Property Indentification Number

)

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Pollution Control

Boarc~

12-14-03-300-004

)

/

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)PCBO5

• )

(Tax Certification)

)

APPEARANCE

The undersigned, as one ofits attorneys, hereby enters an

APPEARANCE

on behalfofRespondent,

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED:

February

8, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021

North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

(217)782-5544

THIS FILING IS

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CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOAR1~

Robert Furtney

)

•

STATE OF ILLINOIS

(Property Identification Number

)

PCB 05-

Pollution

Control Board

12-14-03-300-004)

)

(Tax Certification)

)

•

RECOMMENDATION

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

Recommendation pursuant to Section

125.204

of

the regulations ofthe Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

35

Ill. Adm. Code

125.204.

1.

On August 24, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request from Robert Furtney (log

number TC-28-04, 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 applicants’ address is:

Robert Furtney

2308 County Road 900E

Champaign, Illinois

61822

3.

The proposed water pollution control facilities in this request are located at

Section

3, T2ON, R8E ofthe 3rd P.M.

in Champaign County, at the above street

address and consist of the following:

Livestock waste management facilities consisting ofone concrete manure

pit (194

ft. x

50 ft. x

8 ft.

deep), with the slotted concrete portion of the

floor over the manure pits and four concrete pump out manure pits

(each

5

ft.

x

6 ft. x

9 ft.

deep) located in

each oftwo swine buildings.

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.

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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 ofany building or equipment, that is designed,

constructed, installed or operated for the primarypurpose of:

(a)

eliminating, preventing, or reducing 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, 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), with the primary purpose ofeliminating, 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 Boar~u!~__~-.

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requested tax certification.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

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Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division ofLegal Counsel

Dated: February 8, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North Grand Ave. E.

P.O. Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

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APPLICATION FOR

CERTIFICATION (PROPERTY

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Box 19276, Springfield,

IL

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FOR AGENCY

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Date Received

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COMPILING AND FILING APPLICATION

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Sec.

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as

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in the ta’~records and

the person to be contacted for former

details

or ic~

inspection of

facilities.

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by street address or legal description.

A plat mao locaticn

is required for facilit-es

Incated

outside cf rnunicioal bocndaies.

The

rcperty

identification numoer

;~

requited.

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b

Self-explanatory.

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copies of all

cermits issued

by Iocai pollution

control ageiicies,

(e.g.

MSD Construction Permit

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Refers to manufacturing p~oc~ses

c~’

materials on which

pollution control

facility is

used.

Sec.

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Narrative description of the pollution

control

facility,

indicating that

its

primary puroose is to eliminate,

Prevent

cr reduce pollution.

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the type of control facility.

State permit numoer, date,

anc

agency issuing permit.

A narrative cescription and

a process

~owdiagram

describing the pglhition

control f~pjIi~~.

Include

a

listing of

each

malor piece

of equipment included in

the claimed

fair

cash value

‘or real property,

include

an

average analysis

of the influent

and effluent of the control facility stating the

collection efficiency.

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Sec,.E,

051

as

contaminarite. o~

wate

~ciutior suostances

ceases as effluents

L.

the manufac~or~ng

p~acasses.List

also the final

I

disposal of itny contaminants

removes from the

manufacturing

processes.

Item (1)

—

Refers

to potlutants

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

control facilities.

Submit drawings,

I

which clearly show (a) Point(s) of discharge

to receiving stream,

and

(b) Sewers

and process piping to and from the control

facility.

—

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Item

(.3)

—

If the collected

contaminants are disposed

of other than

as wastes, state the disposition

of the

materials,

and

the value

iri tioltars reclaimed

by

sale or reuse of the

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

I

activate pro(ect review

prior to certification by

this Agency.

Sec.

F

Seif-explanatory.

Signature

must be

a coroorate authorized

signature.

Submit

to.

Attention:

Attention:

Illinois

EPA

•

Thomas

McSwiggin

Donald

E.

Sutton

P.O. Box

19276

Permit

Section

Permit Section

Spririgiield,

IL

62794-9278

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Division of Water Pollution Control

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STATE OFILLINOIS

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COUNTY OF SANGAMON

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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. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Robert Furtney.

James R. Thompson Center

2308

County Road 900E.

100 West Randolph Street, Suite.

11-500

Champaign, Illinois 61822

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve

Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

10.1 West Jefferson

Post

Office Box 19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

and mailing

it from Springfield,

Illinois,

on February

7,,

2005,

with sufficient postage

affixed for first class mail.

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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME

This

8tl~day of February, 2005

Notary Public

OFPICIAL

SEAL

+

bRENDA

BOEHN~

NOTARy

PUBLIC,

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

C0MMlss~o~j

EXPIRES

11-14-2005+

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