BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
L.W. PAUL SUPPLY CO., INC.,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB No. ______
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(LUST Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY,
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Respondent.
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NOTICE OF FILING
To:
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
William D. Ingersoll
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Managing Attorney
James R. Thompson Center
Ill. Environmental Protection Agency
100 West Randolph Street
1021 North Grand Ave. East
Suite 11-500
Springfield, IL 62702
Chicago, IL 60601
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that we have this day filed with the office of the
Clerk of the Pollution Control Board the
Petition for Review
a copy of which is
enclosed herewith and hereby served upon you.
April 2, 2007
L.W. SUPPLY CO., INC.
By: /s/ Mandy L. Combs
One of its Attorneys
John T. Hundley
Mandy L. Combs
THE SHARP LAW FIRM, P.C.
P.O. Box 906 B 1115 Harrison
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
618-242-0246
Counsel for Petitioner L.W. Paul Supply Co., Inc.
Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, April 2, 2007
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BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
L.W. PAUL SUPPLY CO., INC.,
)
Petitioner,
)
)
v.
)
PCB No.
)
(LUST Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
)
PETITION FOR REVIEW
Pursuant to §§ 40 and 57.8(i) of the Environmental Protection Act (“Act”),
415 ILCS 5/40, 5/57.8(i), and to the Board’s regulations on Leaking
Underground Storage Tank (“LUST”) decisions, 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 105.400
et
seq.,
petitioner L.W. Paul Supply Co., Inc. (“Paul Supply”), 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 attached hereto as
Exhibit 1 (“Decision”) purporting to deny Paul Supply reimbursement for
$11,936.89 in costs incurred under the LUST program.
Pursuant to § 57.8(l) of the Act, Paul Supply further requests the Board to
order the Agency to pay Paul Supply’s legal costs for seeking payment in this
appeal.
I.
THE AGENCY’S FINAL DECISION
The Decision of which review is sought is contained in Exhibit 1 hereto.
II. SERVICE OF THE AGENCY’S FINAL DECISION
The Decision indicates it was mailed March 7, 2007. It was received by
Paul Supply March 9, 2007.
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III. GROUNDS FOR APPEAL
A. The Agency’s contention that Paul Supply analysis costs “lack
supporting documentation” is erroneous, arbitrary and capricious. 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 732.601(b)(9) and 734.605(b)(9) state that a complete application for
payment consists of the following elements: ...[A]n accounting of costs,
including but not limited to, invoices, receipts, and supporting documentation
showing the dates and descriptions of the work performed. Paul Supply in fact
submitted the required documentation, which was ignored by the Agency.
B. The Agency’s contention that it cannot determine if the $11,936.89 will
be used for “corrective action activities in excess of those required to meet the
minimum requirements of Title XVI of the Act” is erroneous, arbitrary and
capricious.
The application at issue was not for a budget but for
reimbursement. The activities already have been performed and the conjecture
by the Agency is both illogical and erroneous.
IV. CONCLUSION.
For the foregoing reasons, petitioner LW Paul Supply Company, Inc.
respectfully petitions the Board to reverse the denial of reimbursement in the
amount of the $11,936.89 and order the Agency to pay Paul Supply’s attorneys’
fees for this appeal.
April 2, 2007
L.W. PAUL SUPPLY CO., INC.
By: /s/ Mandy L. Combs
One of its Attorneys
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John T. Hundley
Mandy L. Combs
THE SHARP LAW FIRM, P.C.
P.O. Box 906 – 1115 Harrison
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
618-242-0246
Counsel for Petitioner L.W. Paul Supply Co., Inc.
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Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, April 2, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that I caused copies of the
foregoing document to be served by placement in the United States Post Office
Mail Box at 14
th
& 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. Ingersoll
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Managing Attorney
James R. Thompson Center
Ill. Environmental Protection Agency
100 West Randolph Street
1021 North Grand Ave. East
Suite 11-500
Springfield, IL 62702
Chicago, IL 60601
April 2, 2007
/s/ Mandy L. Combs
Mandy L. Combs
John T. Hundley
Mandy L. Combs
THE SHARP LAW FIRM, P.C.
P.O. Box 906 B 1115 Harrison
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
618-242-0246
Counsel for L.W. Paul Supply Co., Inc.
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Electronic Filing, Received, Clerk's Office, April 2, 2007
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