RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE THE

ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

Aur,

1

¶

2005

OKAWVILLE FARMERS ELEVATOR CO.

)

Pollufion Control Boa

(Property Identification Number

)

12-06-20-478-013)

~

~?‘)

Petitioner,

)

PCB

-

)

(Tax Certification)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

Dorothy

M.

Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Dale Tippett

James R. Thompson Center

702

S. Elevator

St.

100 West Randolph

Street, Suite.

11-500

Okawville,

Illinois 62271

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 copy of which is hcrewith served upon

you.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

By:___

Ja~esflien Day

A~idantCounsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED:

August 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

SUBMITTED

ON

RECYCLED

PAPER

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(Property Identification

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

AUG

112005

STATE OF ILLINQJ3

)

Pollution

Control Board

)PCB

)

(Tax Certification)

)

)

)

APPEARANCE

The undersigned,

as one of its

attorneys, hereby enters

an APPEARANCE

on behalf of the

Respondent,

Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

DATED:

August 8, 2005

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021

North Grand Avenue East

Post Office

Box

19276

Springfield,

Illinois 62794-9276

217-782-5544

AGENCY OF THE STATE

OF ILLINOIS

By:

BEFORE

THE ILLINOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

len Day

Division of Legal Counsel

THIS FILING

IS SUBMI1TED ON RECYCLED

PAPER

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RECEIVED

BEFORE

THE

ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOAtRBRK’s OFFICE

OKAWVILLE FARMERS ELEVATOR CO.

)

AUG

1

12005

(Property Identification Number

)

STATE

OF ILLINOIS

12-06-20-478-013)

)

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Pollution Control Board

Petitioner,

)

PCB

-

)

(Tax

Certification)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY

)

Respondent.

RECOMMENDATION

Now

Comes the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”) by James Allen

Day, one of its

attorneys, and pursuant to Section

125.204 of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board’s (Board) regulations files the following Recommendation regarding the tax certification

of water pollution control

facilities pursuant to

35

Ill. Adm. Code

125.204.

1)

On December 2, 2004, the Illinois EPA received

a request from Okawville Farmers

Elevator Co. for an

Illinois EPA recommendation regarding the tax

certification of water

pollution control

facilities pursuant to

35

III. Adm. Code

125.204,

and noted the request

as log number TC-29-04. (Exhibit

A)

2)

The person authorized to receive the requested certification

is:

Dale Tippett

702

S. Elevator St.

Okawville,

Illinois

62271

3)

The

facility’s location

is:

702

S. Elevator St.

Okawville, Illinois

62271

4)

The water pollution control facilities

in this request are located

at Section

20, Township

1

South,

Range 4 West of the 3~Principal Meridian in

Washington County, Illinois at the

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above street address and include the following two separate facilities for purposes_Glithis

recommendation:

(a)

Agrichemical containment structures consisting of three (3) liquid

agrichemical

operational

area containment structures;

one

(1)

dry

fertilizer

blended with pesticide operational

containment

structure; two (2) bulk liquid

agrichemical

secondary containment

structures;

one (1) minibulk/package

agrichemical

secondary containment

structure; associated collection

and recovery

systems;

four (4)

dry

fertilizer operational

containment structures;

and the portion

of the building

over two (2) liquid

agrichemical operational area containment

structures, one

(1)

dry

fertilizer blended with pesticide operational containment

structure (14 ft.

x 49

ft.

x 0.25

ft.), and one (1) bulk

liquid agrichemical secondary

containment structure

as approved under the Agency endorsed Agrichemical

Facility Permit No.

92061506 (Log No.

02057075

issued

July 24, 2002).

(These

facilities are

further described

in Exhibit A.)

(b)

The portion of the building over the area for endloader transfer of bulk

dry

fertilizer between storage and the blenders measuring 43

feet by

43

feet. (These

facilities are further described

in Exhibit A.)

4.

Section

11-10 of the Property Tax

Code, 35

ILCS 200/11-10(2000),

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

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air or water pollution

.

.

.or (b) treating,

pretreating, modifying or disposing of any

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

(2000).

6.

With respect to the facilities described in Paragraph

3(a) above (the containment

structures), based

on

the information in the application and the purpose of the facilities

(to collect,

transport, and store agrichemical rinsates,

residues, or washwaters prior to

reuse or disposal), it is the Illinois EPA’s engineeringjudgment

that the described

facilities may be considered “pollution control facilities,” pursuant to

35

111.

Adm.

Code

125.200(a), with

the primary purpose of eliminating, preventing, or reducing water

pollution,

or as otherwise provided

in

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

125.200.

Therefore,

the

facilities are eligible

for tax

certification

from the Board.

7.

With respect to the

facilities described in

Paragraph 3(b)

above (the portion of the

building over the area for endloader transfer and blenders), based on the informalionin

the application and the purpose of the facilities (to protect products from

moisture), it

is

the Illinois EPA’s engineeringjudgment that the described

facilities are not “pollution

control

facilities,” pursuant to

35111. Adm. Code

125.200(a), with the

primary

purpose

of

eliminating, preventing, or reducing water pollution,

or

as otherwise provided

in

35

Ill.

Adm. Code

125.200.

Therefore, the facilities

are not

eligible for tax certification

from

the Board.

8.

Therefore,

the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the

requested tax

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certification

for the

facilities described in Paragraph 3(a) above

(the containment

structures) and deny the requested tax

certification

for the facilities described~in

Paragraph 3(b)

above

(the portion of the building over the area

for endloader transfer~and

blenders).

Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency

istant Counsel

Division of Legal

Counsel

August

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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)

STATE

OF ILLINOIS

)

)

COUNTY OF SANGAMON

)

)

PROOF OF SERVICE

I,

the undersigned,

on oath state that I have served the attached

APPEARANCE AND

RECOMMENDATION, upon

the person to whom

it is directed, by placing a copy

in an

envelope addressed to:

Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk

Dale Tippett

Illinois Pollution Control Board

702 S.

Elevator St.

James R. Thompson Center

Okawville, Illinois 62271

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

and mailing it

from Springfield,

Illinois on August g, 2005 with sufficient postage affixed for

first class mail.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN

TO BEFORE

ME

this eighth day of August,

2005

X

OFFICIAL

SEAL

BRENDA BOEHNER

g

NOTARY

PUBLIC.

STATE

OF

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State

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AGRICHEMICAL FACILITY PERMIT

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2

Permit

is hereby

grante,d—tathe

above

designated permittee to

construct and

op~ratean agrichemical

containment facility

as

ollows:

OPERATIONAL CONTATh1MENT STRUCTURES

Operation of an existii~g~einforced

concrete operational containment

structure measuring 44’ (width)

x 60’ (length) x 0.67’

(dep’tf~)with a total design capacity of 796.0 cubic feet (fl.3).

The floor shall

slope to a series of four (4) bumps

(two (2) for the separition of solids and two (2) for the recovery of

liquids), each sump measuring”l~5’(diameter) x

2’ (depth) to facilitate the colle’~lonand recovery of

all escaped product and/or agricl~emicalwastewater.

All recovered effluent shall be transferred to one

(I) of two

(2)

1600 gallon recoveiy)anks with a manually activated sump pump~Segregation shall be

performed based

upon the applicable tar~et

crop and label use.

The loading, unlbading

and washing

of bulk liquid agrichemical

transportatioi

and application shall be performed upon the herein

permitted

structure.

This structure sha~l’bereferred to as OC-1.

Operation of an existing reinforced cdncrete operational containment sfl~turemeasuring

12’ (width)

x 26.67’

(length) x 4’

(depth) with a totaidesign

capacity of 1280.0 cubic feet (if3).

The floor shall

slope to a single sump measuring

1

.5’

(diameter) x

2’ (depth) to facilitate the collection and recovery

of all

escaped product and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered effluent shall be transferred to

one (1) of the two (2) aforementioned

1600 gallon~ecoverytanks with ~ manually activated sump

pump.

Segregation shall be performed based uponyhe applicable targetcrop and label use.

All

mixing of liquid agrichemicals and the mixing

liqu1d agrichemicaI~with soluble dry fertilizer shall be

performed upon the herein pennitted structure.

Thi\~fticiuresb~lj1be

referred to as OC-2.

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Section

BUREAU

OF

WATER

Permittee:

Facility ID Number:

AC1893070000

P2niIityJ~nca1jpn:

Okawville, IL

Okawville Farmers Elevator

Compa~h5ç

P0 Box 396

Okawville, IL 62271

Permit #:

AC92061506

Log Number:

02057

6

Facility Type

Commercial

Retail

ealer

Date Received

May

I7~

2002

Date Issued:

July

24, 2002

-

Expiration Date:

July 24~2007

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State of Illinois

Department

of Agriculture

Okawville Farmers Elevator

Co~~ICHEMICAL

FACILITY PERMIT

Page

2

Operation of an existing reinforced concrete operational containment structure

measuring

11’

(width)

x

13’ (length) x 0.5’ (depth) with a total design capacity of 37.0 cubic

feet (ft.3).

The

floor shall slope

to a single sump measuring

1.5’

(diameter) x

2’

(depth) to

facilitate the collection and recovery of all

escaped product

and/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered effluent

shall be transferred to a

single 29,613

gallon

recovery tank with a manually activated sump pump.

The unloading of bulk

liquid agrichemical transportation and-applieation-equipment-shall~be-perI&~ned

upon the herein

permitted

structure.

This structure ~lIallbe referred to as

OC-3.

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SECONDARY~ONTAINMENT

STRUCTURES

Operation of an existing reinforced cot~rete

secondary

containment structure

measuring 27.33’

(width)

x 47.33’

(length) x 2~(-hei~t)

with a total design capacity of 1686.0 cubic

feet (fl.3).

The

floor shall

slope to a single 4imp

measuring

1.5’

(diameter) x

2’ (depth) to faciliiate the collection and

recovery of all

escaped produ~btand/or

agrichemical wastewater.

All

recovered ~ffluent

shall be

transferred to one (I) of the ç~io

(2) aforementioned

1600 gallon recovery tanks with a manually

activated sump pump.

Segrfigation shall be performed based upon the applicablb target crop and label

use.

All bulk liquid pe~tici~ies

shall be stored within the said structure.

This

structure shall be

referred to as SC-i.

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Operation of an existjng reinforced concrete secondary containment structure measuring

41.33’

(width) x 51.33’ (length) x 4’ (height) with a total design capacity of 8496.0 cubi~feet (fl.3).

The

floor shall slope to a 4igle sump measuring

1.5’ (diameter) x

2’ (depth) to

facilitate the collection and

recovery of all escaped~productand/or agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered effluent shall be

transferred to the aforem’?n~ioned29,613

gallon recovery tank with a manually ~ctivated

sump pump.

All bulk liquid fertilizer shal

be

stored within the said structure.

This structure

~hall be referred to as

SC~.

Operation of an existing reinforcë&concrete secondary containment structure measuring 32’ (width) x

65.5’ (length)

x 0.17’ (height).

The floor,shall slope to the operational containment structure

(OC-i)

to facilitate the collection and recovery Øf all escaped product and/or agrichem~c’alwastewater.

All

recovered

effluent shall be transferred/o one (1) of the two (2)

1600 gallon r~overytank with a

manually activated sump pump.

Segregation shall be performed based

upgm’the applicable target crop

and label use.

Mini-bulk and packaged agrichemicals shall be stored withjn the

said structure.

This

structure shallbe

referred to as

SC-3.

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BULK DRY FERTItIZER STRUCTURES

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Operation of an existing bulk dry fertilizer storage~uildin,~eas~ng

15’

(width) x 39’ (length) with

an estimated

total storage capacity of

125

tons.

Thf~~izcturesbaj1 be referred to as

DB-1.

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State

of Illinois

Department

of Agriculture

Okawville Farmers Elevator

Cot~QRICHEMICALFACILITY

PERMIT

Page

3

Operation of an existing bulk

dry fertilizer storage building with the

greatest dimensions measuring

73’

(width) x

124’

(length) with an estimated total storage capacity of

1100 tons.

The

structure shall

be composed of six (6) storage

bins

(two

(2) bins, each bin measuring

12’ (width) x

78’ (length) with

an estimated storage capacity of 250 tons

each, and four (4) bins, each

bin measuring

12’ (width) x

32’ (length) with an

estimated storage capacity of 150 tons

each): This structure shall be referred to

as DB-2.

All bulk dry fertilizer shall be stored within the herein permitted sflcture.

Operation of an existing reinforced concr~teoperational containment

structure \neasuring 43’ (width)

x 43’

(length).

The endloader transfer/bulk

dry fertilizerbetween storage

(1DB-I)

and the blenders

and the unloading of bulk

dry fe~jwrtransportation

and application equipmenl shall be performed

upon the herein

permitted structure.

Operation of an existing rein’I’orced concrete operational containment

structure n~easuring

10’ (width)

x 60’

(length).

The unloadinj of bulk dry fertilizer transportation and application equipment shall be

performed upon the her~~fennitted

structure.

Operation

of an

existi~reinforced concrete operational containment

structure rr~easuring14’ (width)

x

48’

(length).

The epdloader transfer of bulk dry fertilizerbetween storage (D~-2)and the blender

shall be performed

upon the herein

permitted structure.

Operation of an existih~reinforced concrete

operational containment structure measuring 5’ (width) x

32’

(length).

The unlohd~ngof bulk dry fertilizer transportation

and application ~quipment

shallbe

performed upon the herein~ermitted

structure.

OpeTation

of

an existing reinforced concrete operational containment structure $~easuring14’ (width)

x 49’ (length) x Q.25’ (depth) with a total design capacity of 196.0 cubic feet (fY~).The floor shall

slope to a single sump measuring1j(diarneter) x

3’ (depth) to

facilitate the collection and recovery of

all escaped product and/or agrichemical ~rastewater.

All recovered effluent shall be transferred to

transportation and application equipme9t with a manually activated sump pumjy2 Segregation shall be

perfonned based upon the

applicable t~getcrop and label use.

All blending

p-fbulk dry fertilizer,

including the impregnation of

dry fertilizer with pesticides, and all

loadinggtbulk dry fertilizer,

including ihipregnated fertilizer shall ~be

performed upon the herein permitted structure.

There shall be no discharge ofwaste~ter.ftomthe herein

permitted (acilities.

N

This permit has been reviewed and approved by

tIe

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency per the

attached

permit endorsement.

This permit

is

subject to standard condith~nson the reverse side ofthis

document and the following special conditions:

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SPECIAL

CONDITION

1:

The permitte&shall provide backflow protection

in accordance

with the Illinois Department of Public

Health Plumbing Code (77 III. Adm. Code 890) and the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Technical Policy Statement (35

Ill. Adm. Code

653 .803(c)(4).

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State

of Illinois

Department

of Agriculture

Okawviile Farmers

Elevator

CorMJKICHEMICAL

FACILITY PERMIT

Page

4

SPECIAL CONDITION

2:

The

permitteemay discharge accumulated precipitation from the

herein

permitted

bulk

liquid

fertilizer

secondary

containment

structure

(SC-2)

and

unloading

containment

structure (OC-3) pursuant to

8 Illinois Administrative Code 255.110(a) (2)(A) and (B).

SPECIAL

CONDITION

3:

The

permittee

shall

perform

all

operations

involving

the

impregnation ofbulk dry fertiliz~witlrpesticides1irraceordance-w4th-S4ilinoisAdministrative Code

255.150.

The permittee shall maintain and manage the operational containment

structure employed

for the pesticide inductor pursuant’ta2 illinois Administrative

Code 255~90.

SPECIAL CONDITION 4:

T~

permittee shall operate the exposed dry fertilizer operations

pursuant to

8 Illinois Adniinistrati7’Code

255.140 (a), (c) and

(d).

SPECIAL

CONDITION

sr

The

permittee shall employ

a

totally encipsed conveyor

for the

transfer of bulk

dry ferti’1~zer

from

the unloading containment

structure and the bulk dry fertilizer

storage building (IDB-2).

)

THE

STANDARD

CONDIfIONS OF ISSUANCE ON THE REVERSE

SIDES OF THIS MUST BE

COMPLIED WITH

IN~-FULL.

Was?M

b~L~-~

~zta~

Warren D. Goetsch, PSN

Gerald C. Kirbach, Manager

Division Manager, Natural~esources

Permits and Downstate Field Operations

cc: Illinois EPA:

WPC: Permits

a:189307.per

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n

is

authorized

to

request

this

info

i

der Illinois Revised Statues,

1979,

Cha

Section 502a-5.

Disclosure ofthis

I

~

is

voluntary,

However,

failure

to

comply

could

prevent

your

application

from

‘~~~~ocessed

or wuld result in denial ofyour

.~~thjation

for certification.

FOR AGENCY USE

BOWIWPCIPERMIT SECTION

File

No.

Date Received

cerlific~tion

No.

Date

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Person Authorized to Receive Certification

PersoQ,1o.~r~4ct

for

Additional

Details

Dale

Tippe~R

Iceitn rionegger

Street Address

Street Address

702

S. Elevator Street

3200 Old Troy Road

Municipality,

State & Zip

code

Municipality,

State & Zip Code

Okawville, IL 62271

Glen Carbon,

IL 62034

Telephone Number

Telephone

Number

618/243-5293

618/656-8046

Location

of Facility

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Okawville

Okawvil!e

Street Address

.

county

-

Book

Number

702

S. Elevator St.

Odawville, IL

.

Washington

Property

Identification Number

Parcel

Number

12-06-20-478-013

Sec.

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Nature of Operations

conducted at the Above

Location

Mixing, Loading, and

Storing of Agrichemicals and

Fertilizers

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Water

Poflution control

construction

Permit

No.

92061506

Log#

02057076

Date issued

/

July

24, 2002

NPDES PERMIT No.

.

Date Issued

Expiration

Date

AirPollution Control

construction

Permit

No.

Date Issued

Air Pollution Control

Operating Permit

No.

Date Issued

Sec.

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(5

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Describe

Unit Process

Materials Used

in

Process

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Sec.

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Describe

Pollution Abatement Control Facility

1)

Agricheniical containment structure

consisting

ofthree

sgrichernical

operational

area containment structures (44’ x 60’

x .67

12’

x 26.67’ x 4’; lix

13’

.5’)

and three

secondary containment

structures

(27.33’

x 47.33’ x2’;41.33’

xST.33’

x

4’;

& 32’

x65.5’

x

17’)

and

the

building covering

two

operational containment

structure (44’

x 60’

x

.67’

and

12’

x 26.67’ x 4’)

and two

secondary

containment

structures (27.33’

x 47.33’

x 2’;

and

41.33’ x 51.33’ x 4’).

Fivebulk

fertilizer

operational

containment

structures (43’

x 43’;

10’

x

60’

14’ x 48’;

5’

x 32’;&

14’ x 49’

x .25’)

and thebuilding

over

the

14’

x 49’

x .25’

containment

area

used

for

the blending of

bulk

dry fertilizer and

the portion of the

tk~

nnar~tnngl rnntnnma~nt

nrpn

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mr

the

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APPLICATION

FOR CERTIFICATION

~

POLLUTAON CONTRO~

FACILIT~(p~’

AIREJ

WATER

x~a~a

DEC

02200

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

P. 0.

Box

19276,

Springfield, IL

62794927tL1N01s ENVIRONA

ODtflTCflTIflM

4fl

IL 532-0222

blending

(43’

x 43’); associateq

,~ic~p

~

by A~icheniicalFacility Permit No.

APC

151

(Rev.?6~SOOL0S#

02057076.

Pagelof2

8/00

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Sec.

E

(1)

Nature

of contaminants

oP Pollutants

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2

2

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C

U.

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2

0

0

2

0

9

Tax

Certificationfor Pollution Control Facilities

Contaminant or

Pollutant

Fertilizer

Va

DESCRIPTION

Material

Retained,

Captured

or

Recovered

ions Nitroc!en

Phosn

(2)

Point(s)

of Waste Water

Discharge

DISPOSAL

OR

USE

lot-us

&

Potash

Recycle

—

Plans

and

Specifications Attached

Yes

No

x

J2L

Are contaminants (or

residues)

collected by the control

facility?

Yes

No

y

(4)

Date

installation completed

L9..9_2

status

of installation

on

date of application oper.a.t.Lcnai

(5)

a.

FAIR

CASH VALUE

IF CONSIDERED

REAL

PROPERTY:

$

60,

000

b.

NET SALVAGE VALUE IF

CONSIDERED

REAL PROPERTY:

$

~

c.

PRODUCTIVE

GROSS ANNUAL INCOME OF

CONTROL

FACILITY:

$

d.

PRODUCTIVE

NET ANNUAL INCOME

OF CONTROL

FAcILITY:

$

e.

PERCENTAGE

CONTROL

FACILITY BEARS

TO

WHOLE

FACILITY VALUE:

100

Sec.

F

following

information is submitted

in accordance with the

Illinois Property Tax Code,

as amended,-and-tt~ttietest-uhny

knowledge,

is true and correct.

The facilities claimed

herein are ‘pollution

control facilities’

as defined

in

Section

11-10 of the

Illinois

Property Tax Code.

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C

Signature

Title

Sec.

G

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND FILING APPLICATION

General:

Separate applications must

becompleted for each control facility claimed.

Do not mix types (water-and-air).~Whereboth

air and

water operations are related,

file

two applications.

If attachments

are needed, record them consecutively

on anindex,sheei.

Sec.

A

Sec.

B

Information

refers

to applicant as listed

in the tax records

and the personto be

contacted for further details c.rk.r:~nspettion:oF

facilities.

Define

facility

location

by street address or

legal

description.

A

plat map location

is required

for faniiities,Iocated

outside of municipal

boundaries.

The

property identification number is required.

Self-explanatory.

Submit copies of all permits issued by

local pollution control agencies.

(e.g.

MSD Construction PennLt~

Sec.

C

Sec.

D

Refers to manufacturing

processes or materials on which pollution control facility

is used.

Narrative description of the pollution control facility, indicating that its pnmary purpose is to eliminate,

prevec.~rrtvr’1~lht1rt

State the type of control facility.

State

permit number,

date, and agency issuing permit.

A narrative description and a

process

flow diagram describing the

pollution control

facility.

Include a listing of each major

piece of equipment included

in the claimed

fair

cash value

for

real property.

include an average analysis of the

influent and effluent of the control facility stating-the’

~,

collection

efficiency.

Sec. E

List

air contaminants,

or water

pollution substances released as

effluents to the manufacturing

processes.

List also the final

disposal

of any contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes.

R

~

Item

(1)—

Refers

to pollutants 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 drawirgr,

-

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

and process piping to and ftnct,tberontro!:

facility.

Sec.

F

Item (3)—If the collected

contaminants are disposed of other than as wastes,

state

the disposition

of the materials,

and

lheyalue~

in dollars reclaimed by sale or reuse of the collectd

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 project

review prior to certification

by

this

Agency.

Self-explanatory.

Signature must

be a corporate

authorized

signature.

Submit

to:

Attention:

Attention:

,

Illinois

EPA

Thàmas

McSwiggin

Donald

E.

Sutton

P.O.

Box 19276

Permit Section

Permit Section

-

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

Division of Water Pollution Control

Division of Air Pollution

Control

Page

2

of

2

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State

De,partznent of Agriculture

‘

AGRICHEMICAL FACLLTY

PERMIT

Permit

is hereby

gnntç4~S’the

above

designated pérmittee

to

construct

artd

op~erate

an agrichemical

containment

facilfty’ as,)bllows:

,

I

‘\OPERATIONAL CONTAINIENT

STRUCTURZS

1

Operation clan existing,,(einhorced concrete operational containment

st-ucture n~easuring

44’

(width)

x

60’

(length)

x 0.67’

(depth)

with

a total design capacity

of796.0

cubic

feet (ft?j.

The floor shall

slope to

a

series

offour

(4) ~ux~ps(two

(2) for

the

separation

of

solids

and

two

(±)

for the recoveryof

liquids), each

sump measuring

h\5’

(diameter) x 2’

(depth)

to

faôilitate the colle4ktn and recovery of

all

escaped product

and/or agricl~cmicalwastewater.

All

recovered

effluent

shd~l

be

transferred

to

one

(1) oftwo (2)

1600

gallon

recovñ~)anlc~

with a

manually activated suznp pump’~

Segregation shall

be

performed

based upon the applicable tartet crop and label use.

The loading,

unl~ading

and washing

of bulk liquid

agrichemical

transpoflatior~

and application shall be

performed

uvón

the herein

permitted n-uctuxe.

This structure

shajtbe

refened to as

OC-1.

/

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Operation of an existing reinforced cdncrete operational containment slru(p.lre measuring

12’

(width)

x

26.67’ (length) x

4’ (depth) with

a totiN,èsign capacity of 1280.0 cubic (eat

(ft.3).

The floor shall

slope

to

a single sump mcasuring

1.5’ (diaactc~?x 2’ (depth) to facilitate

he

collection

and recovery

ofall

escaped

product and/or

agrichemical wasthwater.

MI

recovered

e~uent

shall be transferred

to

one (1) ofthe two (2) aforementioned 1600 gallon~recovery

tanks with ~manually activated

sump

pump

Se~-egation

shall be performedbased upon)hc applicable

9rge?crop and label use.

All

mixing ofliquid awichemicah and the mixing liqutd agrichemicaJ~with soluble dry fertilizer shall be

performed upon the herein permitted st’ucture.

Thiast9~~?~sh~ljbe

referred

to

as OC-2~

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Per-mittee:

Facility

ID

Number:

AC1893070000

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fl~-

OkawvillePanners Elevator Compt~

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AC92061506

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Iog$i~mt~tr

02051076

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Facthty Type

Commercial

Retail

paler

Date Retejved

May

17J 2002

Date

Issued

July 24,

ZD5—~

r

E,$flr4IoWDate

July

24~2OOf

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State of Illinois

Department

ofAgriculture

Okawvjjle Farnieis ElevatQ4

Co4Q~IC~EMICALFACIL~~Y

PERMIT

Page 2

Operation of an existing reinforced concrete operational containment structure measuring 1)’ (width)

x

13’ (length) x 0.5’ (depth) with a total design capacity of 37.0 cubic

feet (ft3).

The floor shall slope

to a single sump measuring

1.5’

(diameter) x

2’ (depth) to facilitate the collection and recovery of all

escaped product an±’or

agrichemical wastewater.

All recovered effluent shall be

transferred to a

single 29,613

gallon recovery tank with a manually activated sump

pump

-

The unloading of bulk

liquid awicherrtical transportation ~

upon the herein

pen-rirted swucture,

This structure sftall

be referred to as

OC-3.

(

N

SECONDARY (~ONTAl7’4MENT

STRUCTURES

\

Operation

of an existing reinforce.LO~retesecondary

containment structuren~asui1ng

2733’

(width)

x 47.33’ (length) x

2~(bEight)

with

a

total

design capacity

of 1686.0 cubic feet (ft.3).

The

floor

shall slope to

a single s~rmpmeasuring

1.5’ (diameter) x 2’ (depth) to faciliiate the collection and

recovery of afl escaped produ~t

andior agrichemical wastewater.

AU

recovered

~ffluentshaU

be

U-antfened to one (1) of the

plio

(2) aforementioned

1600 gallon recovery tanks Iwith a manually

activated sump pump.

Segrpgation shall be performed based

upon the applicabib target crop and label

use.

All

bulk liquid pestiei&s shall be stored within the said sneture.

This

structure shall ~

referred to as SC-I.

Operation of an e’ds

ng reinforced concrete secondary containment st-ucture mtasurüig

41.33’

(width)

x

51.33’

(len~h)x 4’ (height) with a total desi~t

capacity of 8496.0 cubIc feet (ft~3).The

floor

shall slope to a

sipgle surnp measuring

1.5’

(diameter) x 2’

(depth) to facil4te the collection

and

recovery of all es:aped.p.,~roductand/or agrichemical wastewater.

-

All recovered ~f11uent

shall be

transferred to the aforemeNtioned 29,613 gallon recovery tank with a manually attivated sump pump.

All bulk liquid fertilizer s1t~1Lkestored within the said swucture.

This structure

~ha1i

be

referred to

as

SC-2.

(

Operation

ofan existing reinforëe~conçrete

secondary containment

structure n~*easuring

32’ (width)

x

65.5’ (lcwh) x 0.17’ (height).

The floorhall

slope to the op~ationalcontainm~nt

structure (CC-i)

to facilitate the collection and recovery

pf

all

escaped product and/or agrichep4t’al wastewater.

All

recovered effluent shall

be

transferred,Jo one (I) of the two (2)

1600 gallon r96overytank with a

manually activated sump pump.

Segijegation shall be

performed

based

up,~p-’the

applicable target

crop

and

label

use.

Mini-bulk and

packaged agrichemicals

shall

be stored

within Ihe said structure.

This

structure

shall

be referred

to

as

SC-a.

“N.,

.

/

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i

BULK DRY FERTrLIZER

STRUCTUI~ES

Operation clan

existing bulk

dry fertilizer storag4uildin

meas~ringl5’

(width) x 39’

(length) with

an estimated total storage capacity of 12$

tons.

Thisj~

tur

-shaD be referred to as

DB-1.

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Department

of Agriculture

QkawvilLe

~arntrs Elevatot

CO*Q~IC1JEMICALFACILITY PERMIT

Page

3

Operation of an existing bulk

dry fertilizer storage building with the greatest dimensions measuring

73’ (width) x

124’

(length)

with an

estimated total storage capacity of 1100

tons.

The structure shall

be composed of si~

(6)

storage bias (Iwo (2) bins,

each bin measuring

12’ (width)

x 78’

(length)

with

an est~natei

storage capacity of250

tons each, and

four (4) bins, each

bin mcasuring

12’ (width)

x

32’ (length)

with

an estimated storage capacity of 150 tons each)

This

structure shall be referred to

asDB-2.

-Th

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All bulk dry fertilizer

shall be stored

With\in the herein permitted

s~iictuxr.

Operation of an existing reinforced concrte operational containment strticture’measuring

43’ (width)

x 43’ (length).

The endloader

transfer pf bulk dry fertilizerbetween storage

(D~-1)

and the blenders

and the unloading

of bulk thy fe~jz~(tansportation

and application equipmenl

shallb:performed

upon the herein permitted s~iCure.

Operation of an existing rein’~rcedconcrete operational containment Structure rt

x 60’

(length).

The unloadinj of bulit dry fertilizer transportation

and applicatiol

performedupon the herei~9crnüttedstructure.

-

-

-‘

-

Operation of an existi$einforced

concrete operational containment Structure

x 48’

(length).

the e~loadertransfer of bulk dry fertilizer between storage

(D4

shall be performed upon the herein permitted structure.

Operation of an

existiij~

reinforced con:rete operational containment structure n3easuring

5’ (width) x

32’

(length).

The unloading of bulk dry fertilizer transportation and application ~quipment shall be

performed upon

the here~~ermifled

structure.

Operation of an existing reinfofted concrete operational containment structure ~easuñng

14’ (width)

x 49’

(length)

x 0.25’ (depth)

with a

total desi~capacity of 196.0 cubic feel

(~3),

The floor shall

slope to a single suinp measurinaj,$kmeter)

x 3’ (depth) to facilitate the collebtion and recovery of

all escaped product and/or agrichemical ~‘astewater. All recovered

effluent shall be transferred

to

transportation

and application equipmei~i

with a manually activated sump

pum~

Segregation shall be

performed based upon

the applicable ~+get crop and label use,

All blending pfbulk dry fertilizer,

including the impregnation of dry fer~lizer

with pesticides, and all loadingg bulk dry fertilizer,

including impregnated

fertilizer shall be performed upon the herein ~erm~ed

structure.

There shall be no discharge of wast~~watet$~om

the herein Perinitted/acilities.

This permit has been Teviewed and approved by tl~e

Illinois Environme~tal

Protection Agency per

the

attached permit endorsement. This permit is subjedt to standard co/)dit~ns

on

the reverse side of this

document and the following special conditions:

I

SPECIAL CONDITION I:

The

permitieesliall

provide backnow protection in accordance

with the Illinois Deparrnient of Public Health

Plumbing Code (77 flI. Adin.

Code 890) and

the

Illinois Environmental ?rotection

Agency1s Technical Policy

Statement

(35

Ill.

Mm.

Code

653.803(c)(4).

Leasunng

10’

(width)

n equipment shall be

~easurng 14’ (width)

-2)

and the blender

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NONEGGER INC

PAGE

@2

Tax

CenlJicurIoafor ,°ollurtonCona’ot

The glides

Eagea/2

8/00

1~

~

JAN

242005

LI

Watershed

Management

Section

BUREAU OF WATER

C

(1)

Nature of Contaminants or Poflutants

Material

Retained,

Captured

or Recovered

Contaminant or Poflutant

OESCRIPTION

DISPOSAL

OR

USE

Fertili7er

Va

mug Nitrogen

Phosp

torus

&

Potash

Recycle

(2) Point(s)

of Waste Water Discharge

Plane and Spec~ficationsAttached

Yes

No

x

~

Are contaminants (or residues)

collected by the control

facility?

Yes

No

,-

(4)

Date installation completed

1S92_.

of installation

on

date

of application op°

r~+ ~

(5)

C.

FAIRCASHVALUEIFCDNSIDEREDREALPROPERTY:

$

60. 000

—

b.

NETSALVAGEVALUEIFCQNSIDEREDREALPROPERTY:

$

~

—

c.

PRODUCTIVE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME

OF CONTROL FACILITY:

$

d.

PRODUCTIVE NET ANNUAL INCOME OF CONTROL FAClLlTY~

$

p

e.

PERCENTAGECONTROLFACILITYBEARSTOWHOLEFACILITYV,&LUE:

ioo

Thi following information is

submitted

in accordance with the Illinois Property Tax Code, as amended, and to the bestof my

knowled~e,is true and correct.

The facilities claimed herein are ~poIlutlon

control facilitie?

as

defined

in

Section 11-ID of the

lllinoa

ro

e.

_____

A~

Signature

Title

INSTRUCTIONà FOR COMPILiNG AND FILING

APPLICA11ON

General:

Separate applications

must

be completed for each control facility

claimed.

Do not mix types (water and

air).

Where

both air and

wateroperations

are

related,

file two applications.

If attachments are

needed

record

them consecutively

on an

fridsx aMa

“a

Sec.

A

Infwtnatipn

refers

to applicant

as

ISted

in

the

tax records anti

the

person

to be contaded

hr further detailtorforinspection

at

facIlIties.

Define facility location

by

street

address or legal

descsipdon.

A plat

map

location

is

required for facilities located

outside

of municipal boundañes,

The psoperty identification number is mqaired.

Sec.

B

Self-explanatory.

Submit

copies of

all

permits

issued by

local pollutipi, control

agencIes.

(e.g. MSD Conseucton Permit)

Sec.

C

Refers

to manufacturing processes

or

materials on which

pollution control

facility is used.

Sec.

D

Narrative dotcalpdon

of

the

pollution

control

facility, Indicating

that

its

primary purpose

is

to eliminate,

prtvefltctreduce pollution.

State

the

type

or

control

facility.

State

permit number,

date, and agency

issuing

permIt.

A

narrative desalpdon

and

a process

flow

diegiam describing

the

coflution

conWol

tadlity.

Include a lisfrig

of each major piece

of

equipsaentincksded

in

Ui.

dairned

fair cash value for real property.

Include

an

averaae

analysis

of

the

ir,fluent arid

effluent

of the

~nfrol fadulty-sta8ng4ie

collection elficiency.

Sec.

E

List air contaminants,

or water pollution substances

released as Sifluents to S

manufacturing processes.

Uslalsothefinal

disposal

of any contaminan~

removed

from

the

manufacturing processes.

item

(1)— Refers

to pollutants

and contaminants

removed from

the process by the

pollution

control facility.

Item

(2)—

Refers to

water pollution

but can apply to water-caned wastes

from

air pollution control

facilities.

Submit

drawings.

which

clearly

show (a) Point(s)

at discharge to receiving

stream,

and (ti) Sewers and psocess piping to

and from

the

control

facility.

tarn

(3)

—

If the

collected contaminants are disposed

of other than as wastes

state the disposition

or

the m~t~

~

-

in

dollars

reclaImed

by sale

or reuse or the collectd substances.

Slate the cost of reclamaulon and related expense..

Item (4)—

State

the date

which the pollution control racility was~rstplaced in service arid operated,

If not, explain.

Item (5)— ThIs lnfonnadon is

essential

to the

certification

and assessment

actions.

This accounting data must be completed to

activate project review plior to certlicaton by this Agency.

Sec.

F

Self-explanatory.

Signatur, must be

a corporate authorized

signature,

Submit to:

Attention:

Attention:

hits

EPA

P.O.

Box

19276

Thomas McSwiggin

Permit Section

Donald

E.

Sutton

PermIt

Section

Springfield

II.

62794-9275

Division of Waler Pollution Control

Division

or

Air Pollution Conbol