BEFORE

THE

lLLlMOlS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD 

OF THE

STATE 

ILLINOIS

2F, Inc.,

)

Pe fitioner,

)

PCB No.

)

(LUST Appeal)

ILLiNOlS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECT1ON AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

)

NOTICE

OF FILING

To:

Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk

William

D. lngersoll

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Managing Attorney

James

R. Thompson Center

Ill. Environmental Protection Agency

100 Wes"randolph Street

1021 North Grand Ave. East

Suite 11-500

Springfield,

62702

Chicago, lb 69681

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatwe have this day filed with "re office of the

Clerk of the

Pollu"ton Control Board the

Petition for Review a

copy

which is

enclosed herewith and hereby served upon you.

February

9, 2007

2F,

Inc.

By:

One of its Attorneys

John

T. Hunclley

Mandy L. Combs

THE SHARP LAW

FIRM,

P.C.

P.O. Box 906 - ? 1 15 Harrison

MZ. Vernon, It 62864

6 1 8-242-0246

Counsel for Petitioner Ted's Citgo

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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BEFORE

THE

POLLUTlON

CCONTROL

BOARD

OF

THE

STATE 

ILLINOIS

2F,

Inc.,

)

Pe titi0 n e r,

)

PCB No.

)

(LUST

Appeal)

ILLINOIS ENVIRQNMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Wesponclent.

PETITION FOR REVIEW

Pursuan'C "I

QQ

40 and 57.8(i) of the Environl-nental Protec"ron Act ("Act"),

415

lLCS 5/40, 5/57.8(i), and to the Board's regula"ions on Leaking

Underground Storage Tank

("LUST") decisions, 35 ILL. ADM.

CODE

105.406

seq.,

petitioner 2F, Inc. ("2FV), by its attorneys in this regard, The Sharp Law

Firm, P.C.,

submits

,this Petition .for Review of the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency ("Agency") decision

a"c"Eached hereto as Exhibit 'I ("Decision")

purpodhng to deny 2F reimbursement for $3,081.00 in costs incurred under the

LUST program.

Pursuant to

$ 57.8(1) of the Act, 2F further requests "be Board to order ,the

Agency "i pay 2F1s legal costs for seekir~g payment in this appeal.

The Decision of which review is sought is contained in Exhibitl hereto.

The Decision

indicakes itwas mailed January

IS,

2007. Ibwas received by

2F January 6, 2007.

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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III. GROUP~DS

FOR

APPEAL

A. The denial of reirnbursemenflor the $3,081.00 was taken by the

Agency without

jurisdic"con and contrary to law. The Decision admits the

Agency received

2F1s complete application for payment on July 25, 2006 but did

not issue the denial until January

5, 2007.

415 lbCS 57.8(a)(q) provides that

"[i]f the Agency fails "i approve the payment application within 120 days, such

application shall be deemed approved by operation of law and the Agency shall

proceed to

reimburse the owner or operator the amount requested in "re

payment application", the application at issue had been "approved by operation

of law" prior to the Decision at issue and the Agency was without jurisdiction to

issue a Decision to

"che

contrary.

B. In the alternative, the Agency's claims that 2F1s application for the funds

at issue "lack supporting documenta"cionn and that it cannot dekrmine if the

$3,081.00 will be used for "corrective action activities in excess of those

required to meet the minimum requirements" of the act are erroneous, arbitrary

and capricious.

IV.

Go~c~assas~~

For the foregoing reasons, petitioner 2F, Inc. respectfully petitions the

Board to reverse the denial of reimbursement in the

amounbf the $3,081 .OO

and order the Agency to pay 2F's attorneys' fees for this appeal.

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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February 9, 2067

By:

John T. Hundiey

Mandy L.

Combs

THE SHARP

LAW

FIRM, P.6.

P.Q. Box 906 - 1 1 15 Harrison

Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

61 8-242-0246

Counsel for Petitioner

%F,

Inc..

MandyCombs\USI\ZF BP Staiion\Pet for Rev~ew wpd

John\USIVFPetitlon wpd

sara\wpdocs\YSI-2F\Petition for Review.wpd

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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Roo

BUGOJNICH,

GOVERNOR DOUGLAS

P.

SCOTT, DIRECTOR

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RECEIVED

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Re:

LPC

6502054159 --

Sdine Comv

M[~sbw@2]P

BP Sb~on

QB

West Poplag

Set

%&ng  

UST Incident No.

280063432

UST

FISCAL

FILE

Dem

I&-, 

Eme%y:

The Illjin%ois Ea~kornend Prsmion Agm~y has

cormlplded

the

review of your applimtion for

papent hrn

the

Underpmd

Stomge

Tank Fwd far the above-refermwd LRking

UST

to

Sec60n

57.8(a)

the

Zlliraois EnvkommM Prate~eim Act (Ba~t),

111.

Ah.

Cads:

732, Sub* 

IF.

'This

Somation

is &td

June

217,2006

was reeeivd by

the

Agency

on July

25,2006.

The qpIicatim fix papeat

covers

the period &om Novemh

2005

July

%,28M- The momt =quested is

$&8,9 

1.09,

The ddustible

momt

for this inci,dent wa $l(b,QOO.OQ,

WKG~

was

pre~7iously

sen

from

the

billing

srub&M seseived

the

Agency

AugW

14,2000

for

WX,485.06. 

The

DSFM

islcre~d

C%le

dgdudible from

$10,000.00 to 

5,000'00

in

their

letter

26, 2005.

?"he

amam$

of $2,863.75

p~viowly

sledu~ied

&am the

billing

su

by the

Agen~y

Pdsvemh

22,2005

for

$2,863.75.

The

balance

of W deductible in

the msmt

$2,?

36.25

bekg

de&r:~ted

frox

&I3

paym~i"b. The $1

5,600.00

dduce~ic:

has

been

met.

8n?

Jdy

25,2806,

the

Agency xs;eivd your comp1ele appliw~sn fm papent for

this

cl~sinna. 

result of

the

Agencfs, review

this

app1ica~on

fbr

pmenllen$

voucher

for

%63,693,84

will

be

ppd fcsr subma'ssion

Campboll&s Office for gapeat

as h& 

become

available 

based

upon 

the

date

the Agecy received your wmplete request

far payment

this

applicaxion

for papem.t.

Subsequent

applicadons for paymmt that

have

beenlme

submi~ed will

processed'bd upon the

date

coqlete mbsequent amlicatiun for papent

~qu&

are

ROCKFORD

4302

Nwh

thin

Snm,

Rockford,

61 103

(815) 

967-7760

DE

Rm&

951 1

Harrison

St.,

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plains,

60016 - 18471

29-84

ELL~N-

595 SouthSta~e,

Elgin,

M1123- [&71 808-3131

PEQRIA

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N.

Unierslty

St., Peoria,

I1 61614-

(309)

W3-5463

BUREAU

OF

NO -

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9620

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Univmiry

st.,

Pmrla,

61614-

(309)

633-5461

CHAWAIGPJ-

2125

South

F~rst

Stet,

Champaign,

61820

(297) 278-5800 

SPRINGFIELD-

4500

51xti-i

S!W

Rd., 

Springfield,

I1 627% 

(217)

786-6892 

COLLINSV~LLE-

2003

Mall

S,lrm,

tollinwillc,

IL

62234

(61

34&512D

MMIQN

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Vd hbtn

St,

Su~ie

1'16,

Marion,

1L

62959

i618)

993-7200 

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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received by

the Agency,

This constitules

the

Agency's thid

action with regard

the

ahve

apy-llication(s}

fur

payIJlent.

An undergmund storage

fmk

owaer or operatar my appeal this find decision

the

Illinois

Pollution Control Bod (Boadl paarsumt

Sedirm

57.8(i)

Seceian

of the

Act

by filing

petition for

hearing

within 35 

days &r

the

date of

issuanm

the

f"d

decisirze. However,

the

3Sday

peiod may be extended fix

a pkod

of~eime not

exwed

days by written notice

fi-om

the

owner or operator and the Illinois EPA

within

ehe irai-lid 354ay apped pfioeil. If

the

appli-t

.wishes

receive

"I-Qay

extmsion,

written request -that includes a swennent of the

dale the i*hd decision

was

received, dong with a copy of

this

decision, must be sent

the

Illlhoirs

EPA

soon

E~S

pos$ibIe.

For jnfoma~on ~gmding fie filing of

appeal, please conkt:

Donrafiy Gm,

Clark

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Sbte of Illinois Cent=

100

We31

kdolpk, Sdte

% 1-500

Chicago, lllinois

6M0 1

1218

14-3620

For inkmadon

regmdhg

the Gila"~

aa

extension, please confact:

If yau have any qum~om or rqulre fu~llaerr assfsta~ce~

please

eonkc.t

Susa~

Br~ek

EQ~ my.

staff

217f78Z6962,

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Mmaga

S'T Claims Uni$

~w~p~imag

S%C~O~

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Lmd

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Amheat

cs:

U&t&

Science Indw~es, kc.

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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Re:

LPC #I650205058

Saline

County

H&sbrn9,2F

BP Sbliorm

101 1 West

Popjar

SWet

LcAinng

UST

kcideat No, 20000432

Le&wg UST FISCAL FILE

Cieatiorms

this

awchenk:

are

from the Eaaviromene611 bteceion Act (Act) in eEecl prior lo

June

24,2002,

and

Illirn~is

Ah~inismfive

Code

(35

111.

Ah.

Code).

Iem

Dm~ription

csf

Deductions

$3,08

B .00, 

deduc~on for

costs

hat

lack

surppofiinag docmentation. Sudl

ineligble for papera.E

hm

the

Fund pmsut

Dl.

Ah.

Code

932.40~~).

Since

&me is

no

suppo~np dosumepp.hh'op1 ofcosh, the Illinois EPA

cmat

deternine bt

costs

vagl not be used for wtivi~jies in excess of~ose

necessw

to

me&

the

minimraaa71

req~~waents

of

Title

XlVI af

the

AG~;

herefore, such

ceds

nut amsovd

pusurn%

kg,

Section

7,4(4(4)(C)

the

Act

bwause

&s:y

may be wd for corntiare

ac~an

ESCGG~CS 

excess

of those required

meet &a midmm sewirema of Title

XVH

the

Act.

No invoice was proGded f'or the hlysis CosQ.

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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CERTIFICATE

SERVICE

I, the undersigned attorney atlaw, hereby certify that I caused copies of the

hregoing document to be served by placement in the United States Post Office

Mail Box at

Isiih

& Main Streets in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, before 6:00 p.m. this

date,

in sealed envelopes with proper first-class postage affixed, addressed to:

Dorothy

M. Gunn, Clerk

William D. lngersoli

Illinois Pollu"ron Control Board

Managing Attorney

James

R. Thompson Center

Ill. Environmen%al Protection Agency

100 West Randolph Street

1021

North Grand Ave. East

Suite 1 1-500

Springfield,

ib 62702

Chicago, lb 60601

February

9, 2007

John

T. Hundley

Mandy b. Combs

THE SHARP LAW FIRM, P.C.

P.O. Box 906 - 11 15 Harrison

Mt. Vernon, iL 62864

61 8-242-0246

Counsel for Petitioner 2F, Inc.

Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, February 9, 2007

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