Schleifer Petroleum Co. Inc.
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    DBA Schleifer 66 Service
    ICE
    425
    W. Market St.
    JUN 222005
    Red Bud, IL.
    STATE OF ILLINOIS
    Pollution Control Board
    June 17, 2005
    Marie M. Tipsord
    Hearing Officer
    illinois Pollution Control Board
    100 Wes±kandoiph, Suite 11-500
    Chicago, Ii. 60601
    RE: Proposed Revisions to Leaking Underground Tank Regulations R04-22 and R04-23
    I ar~iwritingto express my concerns in regard to revisions proposed by the illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to regulations governing leaking underground
    storage tanks (EJSTs).
    AsIam sure you are aware, UST Owners ahd Operators are:required by illinois leaking
    underground storage tank (LUST) regulations to satisfy:a financial responsibility
    £Ldequate to cover all costs ofenvironmental clean-up incurred in response: to a ieakh~g.
    UST. Like most illinois UST Owners and operators, I rely, on the Illinois LUST Fund to
    satisfy this fmancial responsibility for costs exceeding my deductible. I consider the
    deductible itself to be a considerable sum ofmoney. Ifthere is even slightest potential
    that the revisions proposed by the IEPA will increase the amount ofnon-recoverable
    costs from beyond my deductible, I am not supportive ofthese revisions. Illinois UST
    Owners and Operators contribute to the LUST Fund for the very specific purpose of
    ~ati~f~iing
    OÜi~fmañciäl ~ës~Oñsibilil~.~IWill nOt ~ü~i$i~tregulations that will hltiñiätël~
    result in increasing the costs 1 must incur in order to satisfy this fmancial responsibility.
    I must rely on environmental professionals to assist me in effort to comply with LUST
    regulations. I must also rely upon the Illinois LUST Fund to ensure the cost of
    professional assistance is recovered in full. Being able to do so is critical to my financial
    stability. I will not support proposed revisions that could potentially result in my ability
    to recoveronly a portion ofthe costs I incur as a result ofseeking professional assistance
    to recover only a portion ofthe costs I incur as a result ofseeking professional assistance
    to comply With LUST t~guIatiohs. This is ~ini4ilyho a fli~n~in1risk I äffi willing to take.
    I recognize the need for cost containment, but I fear that the proposed revisions to
    provide cost containment measures will have a negative fmancial impact on me and other
    Illinois UST Owners and operators; I strongly urge the 1PCB to demand that any
    proposed (i.e.~cost containment) is achieved without posing unnecessary frnancial threats
    to Illinois UST Owners and Operators. Inaddition, this information must be fully~
    disclosed and available to the p~ilie.
    Thank You for your ~otisid~ratioti.
    Sincer~1y,

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