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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
)
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators
)
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-1 21 or portion thereof
)
NOTICE
TO
:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
John S. Swearingen
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
State of Illinois Center
Refinery Oft -ice Building
100 W . Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Illinois Department of Revenue
101 West Jefferson
P.O. Box 19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today electronically filed with the Office of
the Pollution Control Board the APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon the
applicant and a representative of the Illinois Department of Revenue .
Respectfully submitted by,
/S/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
Date: December 13, 2005
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Telephone: 217/524-9137
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM . LLC
)
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-1-2 1 or portion thereof'
)
APPEARANCE
I hereby file my Appearance in this proceeding on behalf of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency .
Respectfully submitted by,
/s/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
Date: December 13, 2005
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Telephone: 217/524-9137
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
)
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-I-21 or portion thereof
)
RECOMMENDATION
NOW COMES the ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(''Illinois EPA"), through its attorneys, and pursuant to 35 III . Adm. Code 125.204 of the
ILLINOIS POLUTION CONTROL BOARD'S ("Board") procedural regulations, files
the Illinois EPA's Recommendation in the above-referenced request for tax certification
of pollution control facilities. In support thereof, the Illinois EPA states as follows
:
On December 30, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request and supporting
information from MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC, ("Marathon")
concerning the proposed tax certification of certain air emission sources and/or
equipment located at its Robinson refinery in Crawford County, Illinois . A copy of the
relevant portions of the application is attached hereto . Exhibit Al
.
2 .
The applicant's address is as follows
:
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
Refinery Office Building
Robinson, Illinois 62454
The pollution control facilities involved in this request are located at the
aforementioned address and consist of the installation of equipment used in association
with the cooling tower. The equipment, described as Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators, is
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primarily designed to act as a means of reducing particulate natter emissions caused
when water droplets normally exit the system . The installed equipment allows water
droplets to ibrm on the eliminators themselves. Thereafter, they drop from the tower by
way of gravity, rather than he carried
tip
the cooling tower and emitted as water vapor
.
4
.
Section 11-10 of the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2002),
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 of any potential solid, liquid,
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 ."
Pollution control facilities are entitled to preferential tax treatment, as
provided by 35 1LCS
200111-5
(
2
002) .
6 .
Based on information in the application and the underlying purpose of the
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators to prevent, eliminate or reduce air pollution, it is the
Illinois EPA's engineering judgment that the described project and/or equipment may he
considered as "Pollution control facilities" in accordance with the statutory definition and
consistent with the Board's regulations at 35 111. Adm. Code 125.200. [Exhibit BI .
7 .
Because the Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators satisfy the aforementioned
criteria, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board grant the applicant's requested tax
certification
.
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Respectfully submitted by,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
/s/
Rohh H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
DATED
:
December 13, 2004
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Telephone: 217/524-9137
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 13th day of December, 2005, I electronically filed the
following instruments entitled NOTICE, APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION
with :
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
and. further, that I did send a true and correct copy of the same foregoing instruments, by
First Class Mail with postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession of the
United States Postal Service, to
:
Steve Santarelli
John S. Swearingen
Illinois Department of Revenue
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
101 West Jefferson
Refinery Office Building
P.O. Box 19033
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Springfield, Illinois 62794
/s/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
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IL 532-0222
APC 151 (Rev. 8/00)
Tax
Cerrifrcation for Pollution Control F
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION (PROPERTY TAX TREATMENT)
POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY
AIR RI
WATER
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
P. O. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794-9276
n,is
Agency is authorized to mqucst this
informationumler Illmois Rniscd Statues, 1979,
Chaptc,,l20,Section502a5 Disclosure of this
infonrueon is voluntary. However, failure to
comply
could
prevent your application from
being processed or could result in dental of your
application for certification.
A ENCY USE
File Na
Date Received
Certification No .
Date
Sec. A
Company Name
Marathon
land Pe roleum
LL
Person Authorized to Receive Certification
John Swearin .en
Person to Contact for Additional Details
Ddnnis Baker
Street Address
Refiner
Office Buildins
Street Address
539 South Main Stree
Municipality, State & Zip Code
Robinson IL 62454
Municipality, Stale & Zip Code
Findla
OH 45840
Telephone Number
.
1
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Telephone Number
r
.
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.
Location of Facility
Quarter Section
Township
Range
Municipality
Township
Robinson
Robinson
Street Address
:
.
County
BookNumber
Property Identification Number
Parcel Number
Sec. B
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Nature of Operations Conducted at the Above Location
Petroleum Refining
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators
Water Pollution Control Construction Permit No
.
Dale Issued
NPDES PERMIT No .
Date Issued
Expiration Date
Air Pollution Control Construction Permit No
.
Date Issued
Air Pollution Control Operating Permit No.
96010007 Title V CAAPP Permit
Dale Issued
11-24-03
Sec C
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Describe Unit Process
See Attached
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Materials Used in Process
See Attached
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Describe Pollution Abatement Control Facility
See Attached
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Tax
Cenica ion
for Pollution Control Fariliries
Pnge 2 of l
8/00
Sec. E
(1) Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants
Particulate Matter
,a
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a
Z
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z
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Material Reta ned Captured or Reco a ed
Contaminant or Pollutant
DESCRIPTION
DISPOSAL OR USE
Particulate Matter
PM
U
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O
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(2) Point(s) of Waste Water Discharge
N/A
Plans and Specifications Attached
Yes
No
XX
(3)
Are contaminants (or residues) collected by the control facility?
Yes
XX
No
(4)
Date installation completed
1943 . 1969, j $3
of installation on date of application
00%
(5)
a .
FAIR CASH VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY
:
$
l Y
b .
NET SALVAGE VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY
:
$
731
c.
PRODUCTIVE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY
:
$
d
.
PRODUCTIVE NET ANNUAL INCOME OF CONTROL FACILITY
$
e .
PERCENTAGE CONTROL FACILITY BEARS TO WHO E FACILITY VALUE
%
.
to c3
Sec. F
0
The following information is submitted in accordance with the Illinois Properly Tax
knowledge, is true and correct. The facilities claimed herein are "pollution control
Illinois Property Tax Code
.
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fzl~/r
,~.
Code, as amended, and to the best of my
facilities' as defined in Section 11-10 of the
Division Manager
Sign
rej0hn
Swears gem
Title
Illinois
Refining
Sec. G
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CO PILING AND FILING APPLICATION
General: Separate applications must be completed for each control fadtity, 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 to applicant as listed in the lax records and the person to be Contacted for further 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
Self-explanatory. Submit Copies of all permits 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 of the pollution Control facility. indicating that its primary purpose is to eliminate, prevent or reduce pollution .
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
o
each major piece of equipment included in the claimed
fair cash value for real property. Include an acre
analysis of the influent and effluent of the control ladlity stating the
collection efficiency.
u,
Sec. E
List air contaminants, or water pollution substances released as effluents to the manufacturing processes . List also the final
o
disposal of any contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes .
-
Item (1)-Refers to pollutants and contaminants removed from the process by the pollution control facility-
.¢-
hem
(2) - Refers to water pollution but Can apply to water-carried wastes from air pollution control fadtities
. Submit drawings,
which clearly show (a) Pont(s) of discharge to receiving stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping to and from the Control
n
facility .
Item (3)-II the collected contaminants are disposed of other than as wastes, state the disposition
o
the materials, and the value
in dollars reclaimed by sale o reuse of the collecied 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 no- explain .
hem (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.
Sec. F
Self-expanatoy. Signature must be a corporate authorized signature
.
Submit to :
Attention :
Attention:
Illinois EPA
Thomas McSwiggin
Donald E. Sutton
P.O. Box 19276
Permit Section
Permit Section
Springfield, It 62794-9276
Division of Water Pollution Control
Division of Air Pollution Control
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Section C
Describe Unit Process :
Cooling tower drift eliminators were installed to keep the water droplets from carrying up
the tower. They decrease the amount of water that's carried out of the cooling tower .
The cooling tower drift eliminators allow droplets to form on the eliminators, which then
gravity flow down the tower instead of leaving the top of the tower as water vapor
.
This
reduces the amount of particulate matter exiting the system .
Section C
Materials used in process :
Cooling tower drift eliminators
Section D
Pollution Control Facility Description
Cooling tower drift eliminators were installed to keep the water droplets from carrying up
the tower. They decrease the amount of water that's carried out of the cooling tower
.
The cooling tower drift eliminators allow droplets to form on the eliminators, which then
gravity flow down the tower instead of leaving the top of the tower as water vapor . This
reduces the amount of particulate matter exiting the system .
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 NORTH GRAND AVENVE EAST, P O. Box 19506, SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINois 62794-9506 - ( 217) 782-21 13
Rot) R .
BLAGOIEVICH, GovrRNoR
DOUGLAS
1'
.
Scot r,
DIRECTOR
This Agency received a request on December 30, 2004 from Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC for an
Illinois EPA recommendation regarding tax certification of air pollution control facilities pursuant to 35 III
.
Adm. Code 125.204. I offer the following recommendation
.
The air pollution control facilities in this request include the following
:
Cooling Tower Drift Eliminators whose primary purpose is to reduce Particulate
Matter emissions by keeping the water droplets from carrying up the tower. Because the
primary purpose of this unit is to reduce or eliminate air pollution, it is certified as a
pollution control facility.
This facility is located at 100 Marathon Avenue, Robinson
The property identification number is Part of 51-34-1-21
Based on the information included in this submittal, it is my engineering Judgement that
the proposed facility may be considered "Pollution Control Facilities" under 35 IAC
125.200(a), with the primary purpose of eliminating, preventing, or reducing air pollution,
or as otherwise provided in this section, and therefore eligible for tax certification from
the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Therefore, it is my recommendation that the Board
issue the requested tax Certification for this facility .
PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
a
Memorandum
Technical Recommendation for Tax Certification Approval
Date :
September 20, 2005
To :
Robb Layman
/
From:
Don Sutton ~~
Subject :
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC TC-04-30-120
