RECEIVED

CLERK'S

OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

JAN

3 1 2007

STATE OF ILLINOIS

LRV Farms-Prophetstown

)

Pollution Control Board

(Property Indentification Numbers

)

2117100001 & 2117100002)

)

PCB(Tax

Certification)07-

7 ~

NOTICE

Dorothy M

. Gunn, Clerk

Larry Verhulst

Illinois Pollution Control Board

2879 Bishop Rd .

James R

. Thompson Center

Prophetstown, Illinois 61277

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 of the Clerk of the

Pollution Control Board an APPEARANCE 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 :L 2it~ f6Jx S-i--

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED : January 29, 2007

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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RECEIVED

CLERK'S OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

JAN 3 1 2007

STATE OF ILLINOIS

LRV Farms-Prophetstown

)

Pollution Control Board

(Property Indentification Numbers

)

2117100001 & 2117100002)

PCB(Tax

Certification)07-1

~-

APPEARANCE

The undersigned, as one of its attorneys, hereby enters an

APPEARANCE

on behalf of Respondent,

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:,

L

e

_u,

tie A S t

Vera I{erst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

DATED

: January 29, 2007

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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RECEIVEDCLERK'S

OFFICE

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

JA N 3

1 2007

LRV Farms-Prophetstown

(Property

2117100001

Identification

& 2177100002)Numbers

) PCB 07-

I

) (Tax

Certification)

RECOMMENDATION

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") hereby files its

Recommendation pursuant to Section 125

.204 of the regulations of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, 35 III . Adm . Code 125

.204.

On July 26, 2006, the Illinois EPA received a request from LRV Farms (log

number TC-06-06, Exhibit A) for an Illinois EPA recommendation regarding the

tax certification of water pollution control facilities pursuant to 35 III

. Adm. Code

125

.204.

2 .

The applicants' address is :

LRV Farms

2879 Bishop Rd .

Prophetstown, Illinois 61277

3 .

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

Section 17, TI9N, R5E of the 4` h P.M

. in Whiteside County, at the above street

address and consist of the following

:

Livestock waste management facilities consisting of one concrete manure

pit (156 ft

. x 102 ft. x 2 ft

. deep), with the slotted concrete portion of the

floor over the manure pit and three pull plug drains

; one glass-lined steel

storage tank with a concrete floor for manure storage (98 ft. in

diameter x

23 ft. deep)

; two concrete lift stations (each 6 ft. in diameter x 10 ft

. deep)

with one 20-horsepower manure transfer pump and one 10-horsepower

manure transfer pump

; portions of concrete wall to retain manure (120 ft .

x 1 ft

. deep, 70 ft x 1 .5 ft . deep, and 90 ft, x 2

.5 ft . deep) ; approximately

265 feet of 6-inch diameter PVC manure transfer pipe

; approximately 300

feet of 8-inch diameter PVC manure transfer pipe

; and approximately 150

feet of 10-inch diameter PVC manure transfer pipe .

Pollution

STATE OF

Control

ILLINOIS

Board

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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 .

4.

Section 11-10 of the 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 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

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 engineering judgment that the described facilities may be

considered "pollution control facilities," pursuant to 35 Ill

. 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, and are

eligible for tax certification from the Board

.

WHEREFORE, the Illinois EPA recommends that the Board issue the

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requested tax certification .

Dated : January 29, 2007

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 North

Grand Ave. E .

P.O

. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

217/782-5544

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

Vera Herst

Assistant Counsel

Division of Legal Counsel

By:

THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021 NORTH GRAM) AVENUE EAST, P .O . Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

62794-9276 - ( 217) 782-3397

JAMBS R . Tr)oMPsoN CENTER, 100 WEST RANL7oI .PH, Sum 11-300 .

CHICAGO, IL 60601 -(312) 814-6026

ROD R . BLACOJEVICH, GOVERNOR

DouGLAS P . SCOTT, DIRECTOR

To:

Memorandum

Connie Tonsor, Division of Legal Counsel

From : Bruce J

. Yurdin, Manager, Watershed Management Sec

Date :

Re:

LRV Farms - Prophetstown

Recommendation of Tax Certification

Log # TC-06-06

Property Identification # 2117100001 & 2117100002

D' isson of Legal Cc

..,tu

;lsel

Envi n~7ri,ent l

protection

agency --

The Bureau of Water received a request on July 25, 2006 from LRV Farms for an Illinois EPA

recommendation regarding the tax certification of water pollution control facilities pursuant to 35 11

.

Adm. Code 125

.204 . We offer the following recommendation

.

The water pollution control facilities in this request include the following :

LRV Farms

2879 Bishop Rd .

Prophetstown, IL 61277

NW Section 17, T19N, R5E of the 4th P .M. in Whiteside County

Livestock waste management facilities consisting of one concrete manure pit (156 ft

. x 102 ft . x 2

ft

. deep) with the slotted concrete portion of the floor over the manure pit and three pull plug

drains

; one glass lined steel storage tank with a concrete floor for manure storage (98

ft. in

diameter x 23 ft . deep)

; 2 concrete lift stations (each 6 ft. in diameter x 10 ft

. deep) with 120-

horsepower manure transfer pump and 110-horsepower manure transfer pump

; portions of

concrete wall to retain manure (120 ft . x 1 ft

. deep, 70 ft . x 1 .5 ft. deep, and 90 feet x 2

.5 ft. deep) ;

approximately 265 feet of 6 inch diameter PVC manure transfer pipe

; approximately 300 feet of 8

inch diameter PVC manure transfer pipe

; and approximately 150 feet of 10 inch diameter PVC

manure transfer pipe .

These livestock waste management facilities are used to collect, transport and/or store livestock

wastes prior to cropland application

.

These facilities are further described in the enclosed applications and supporting documents

.

Based on the information included in this submittal, it is our engineering judgment that the above

proposed facilities may be considered "Pollution Control Facilities" under 35 IAC 125

.200(a), with the

primary purpose of eliminating, preventing, or reducing water pollution, or as otherwise provided in this

section, and therefore eligible for tax certification from the Illinois Pollution Control Board

. The Bureau

of Water therefore recommends that the Board issue the requested tax certification for these facilities

.

If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Thaddeus Faught at 217/782-3362

.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

COUNTY OF SANGAMON

Dorothy M . Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R . Thompson Center

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 January 29, 2007, with sufficient postage

affixed for first class mail .

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME

This 29`h day of January, 2007

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

:

Larry Verhulst

2879 Bishop Rd

.

Prophetstown, Illinois 61277

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s •O FFICIAL SEAL ssYr :

CYNTHIA L. WOLFE

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NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILUNOIS

t MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 3-20-2007

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER