MAY

2 02005

DorothyM. Guim, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

Respectfully submitted,

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Assistant Coun~l

Special Assistant Attorney General

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021 North GrandAvenue, East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

217/782-9143 (TDD)

Dated: May 18,

2005

Raymond T. Reott

Reott Law Offices, LLC

35

East Wacker Drive

Suite

650

Chicago, IL

60601

BEFORE

THE POLLUTIONCONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

BASIC WIRE & CABLE,

Petitioner,

V.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

RECE~VED

CLERK’S OFFICE

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

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Pollution Control

Board

PCB No.

05-

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(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety Day Extension)

NOTICE

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 ofwhich

are herewith served upon you.

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

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BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

BASIC WIRE & CABLE,

)

Petitioner,

)

v.

)

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

to

Section

40(a)(1)

of the Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Act

(415

ILCS

5140(a)(1))

and

35

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 August

17, 2005,

or any other date not more than a total of one hundred

twenty-five

(125) days from the date of receipt ofthe Illinois

EPA’s

final decision.

In support

thereof, the

Illinois EPArespectfully states as follows:

1.

On April

11,

2005,

the

Illinois

EPA issued

a

final

decision to

the

Petitioner.

(Exhibit A)

2.

On May 3,

2005,

the Petitioner made a written request to the Illinois EPA for an

extension oftime by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPAjOin in requesting

that the Board extend the thirty-five day period for filing a petition to ninety days.

The Petitioner

represented the final decision was received on April 14, 2005.

(Exhibit B)

3.

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 of any

hearing that may be necessary to resolve this matter.

RECE~V•~D

CLERK’S OFFICE

MAY

20

2005

STATE OF ILIJNOIS

Pollution Control Board

PCBNo.05-

(LUST Appeal

—

Ninety DayExtension)

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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 a hearing.

Respectfully submitted,

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

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: May 18, 2005

This filing

submitted

on recycled paper.

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1021

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EAST,

P.O. Box 19276,

SPRiNGFIELD,

ILLINOLc

62794—9276,

217-782-3397

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THQMPSON

CENTER,

100 W~sr

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SUITE 11-300,

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2-814-6026

ROD R.

BLAcOJEVICH,

GOVERNOR

RENEE

CIPRIANO,

DIRECTOR

217/782-6762

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Basic Cable & Wire

Phil Garoon

3900 North Rockwell Street

Chicago, IL

60618

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LPC 0316050007

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Cook

County

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Cãb1e~

Wire

3900 North Rockwell Street

LUST Incident No. 20050025

LUST Technical Pile

Dear Mr.

Garoon:

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has reviewed the Corrective Action

CompletionRe~port

(report) submitted for the above-referenced incident.

This report was dated

March 3, 2005 and was received by the illinois EPA on March 4, 2005~.Citations in this letter

are from the Environmental Protection Act (Act), as amended by PublicAct 92-0554 on June 24,

2002, and

35

Illinois Administrative Code

(35

Iii. Adm. Code).

Pursuant to

57.7(c)(4)

ofthe Act and

35 III.

Adm. Code

732.503(b),

the report is rejected for the

reason(s) listed below:

The extent ofsoil contamination for benzene and lead has not been defined.

An underground

storage

tank system owner oroperator may appeal this decision to the Illinois

Pollution Control

Board.

Appealrights areattached.

RocicroRo—4302

North

Main Street, Rockford, Ii.

61103

—(815) 987-7760

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Pl.AINtS

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W, Harrison

St.,

Des

Plalnes, II 600i 6 —(847) 294-4000

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South State, Elgin,

IL 60123

—(847) 60~.31

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N.

University

St.,

Peoria, IL 61614—

(309) 693-5463

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N.

Univer~lty

St.,

Peoria,

11 61614—

(309) 693-5462

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CHAMPAIGN

—2125 South FIrE

Street,

ChampaiEr~,

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61820— (217) 278-5800

SPRIN6FaLD

4500 S.

Si~ah

Street Rd.,

Springfield,

IL 62~06

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—2009 MaIl

Straca~

Coilinavilla,

IL

62234— (518) 345-5120

MARIoN

—2309W. Main

SL; Suice

116,

Marion,

1162959—

(618)

993-7200

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If

you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Scott Rothering at 2 17-785-

1858.

Sincerely,

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Clifford L. Wheeler

Unit Manager

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Section

Division ofRernediationManagement

Bureau ofLand

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Appeal Rights

An underground storage tank owner or operator may appeal this final decisionto the Illinois

Pollution Control Board pursuant to Sections 40 and

57.7(c)(4)(D)

ofthe Act by filing a petition

for a hearingwithin 35 days afterthe date ofissuance ofthe final decision.

However, the 35-day

period may be extended fora periodoftime not to exceed 90 days

by

written notice from the

owner oroperatorand the Illinois EPA within the initial 35-day appeal period. Ifthe owner or

operator wishes to receive a 90-day extension, a writtenrequest that includes a statement ofthe

date the final decisionwas received, along with a copy ofthis decision, must be sent to the

Illinois EPAas soon as possible.

Forinformation regarding the filing ofan appeal, please contact;

Dorothy

Gunn, Clerk

-

.

Illinois Pollutinn eontrotBoazd

-

State

of

Illinois Center

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

312/814-3620

Forinformation regarding the filing ofan extension, please contact:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021

North Grand Avenue East

Post Office

Box 19276

Springfield,

XL

62794-9276

217/782-5544

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Raymond 1.

Reott

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312-332-7544

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rreott@rebtttaw.com

Reott

Law Offices, LLC

35

east

Wacker Drive,S.u~te650

Chibago,

IllinOis

60601

.3123327545,

FaX

312-782-4519

May 3,2005

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2illiiiois Environmental Protection Agency

Division ofLegal Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue East

Post Office Box

1 9276~

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Springfield IL,

62794-9276

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Basic Wire &

Cable

~9OO.North

RockwellStreet:

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Ci~ôagc~,

IL. 606i8~

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Lust Incident No

20050025

• Jorge 1.

Mihalopoulos

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312-546-5078

jtrn@reottiaw.com

RECE

WED

Division of

Legal Counsel

MAY

05

2C~5

Environmental Protection

Agency

Attn

John Kim

Pursuant to

415

ILCS

5/40, 57

7(c)(4)(D), Basic Wire & Cable (“BWC”) respectfully

requests a 90-day extension to appeal the Illinois Enviroi~menta1

Protection Agency’s

April 11,

2005 (received April

14, 2005) final decision rejectmg BWC’s Corrective

Action Completion Report

Please call me at the phone r~umber

above if you have any questions

Syr~,

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Raymon

Reott

Enclosure

cc

Dorothy G~inn,

Clerk

Ilimois Pollution Control Board

..

State ofIlimois

Center

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that on May 18, 2005, I served true and

correct

copies of a

REQUEST

FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION

OF

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:

DorothyM. Gunn, Clerk

Raymond T. Reott

illinois Pollution Control Board

Reott Law Offices, LLC

James R. Thompson Center

35

EastWacker Drive

100 West Randolph Street

Suite

650

Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Chicago,IL 60601

.

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ILLThIOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent

/

~hnJ.KimQ

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)