Richardson
Assistant Counsel
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD CLERK'S
RECEIVED
OFFICE
MAR 2 8 2008
STATE
OF ILLINOIS
?ollubon Control Board
JOHN BLICKHAN,
Petitioner,
PCB 08- 6
. 1
(Pennit Appeal – Ninety Day
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Extension)
AGENCY,
Respondent.
NOTICE
John Therriault
Assistant Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601-3218
Jon S. Faletto
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
416 Main Street, 6
th Floor
Peoria, Illinois 61602-3126
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today caused to be filed a REQUEST FOR NINETY
DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL PERIOD with the Illinois Pollution Control Board, copies of
which are served upon you.
ILLINOIS ENVIR ENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Dated: March 25, 2008
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
THIS FILING
IS SUBMITTED
ON
RECYCLED
PAPER
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RCEECELERK'S
OFFICE()IV
MAR 2 8 2008
Pollution
Control
B 18
STATE
OF ILLINOIS
JOHN BLICKHAN,
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
PCB No. 08- 61
(Permit Appeal - Ninety Day Extension)
REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION
OF APPEAL PERIOD
NOW COMES the Respondent, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois
EPA"), by one of its attorneys, James G. Richardson, Assistant Counsel, and, pursuant to Section
40(a)(1) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1)) and 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 105.208, hereby requests that the Illinois Pollution Control Board ("Board") grant an
extension of the thirty-five (35) day period for petitioning for a hearing to June 29, 2008, or any
other date not more than a total of one hundred twenty-five (125) days from the date of receipt of
the Illinois EPA's final decision. In support thereof, the Illinois EPA respectfully states as
follows:
1.
On February 22, 2008, the Illinois EPA issued a final decision to the Petitioner.
2.
On March 24, 2008, the Petitioner made a written request to the Illinois EPA for
an extension of time by which to file a petition for review, asking the Illinois EPA to join in
requesting that the Board extend the thirty-five day period for filing a petition by ninety days.
Upon information and belief the Petitioner did receive the final decision on February 25, 2008.
ames C Rid dson
Assistant Counsel
3. The additional time requested by the parties may eliminate the need for a hearing
in this matter or, in the alternative, allow the parties to identify issues and limit the scope of any
hearing that may be necessary to resolve this matter.
WHEREFORE, for the reasons stated above, the parties request that the Board, in the
interest of administrative and judicial economy, grant this request for a ninety-day extension of
the thirty-five day period for petitioning for a hearing.
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Dated: March 25, 2008
1021 North Grand Avenue, East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)
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217/524-3300
February 22, 2008
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Certified
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Mr.
John Ellickhan
P.0 Box 510
Lock and Dam Road
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Re:
0010650002 --
Adams County
El ickhan
Permit
Nos. 1974-70-DS/OP
Certification of Completion of Post-Closure Caro Period
Log No
,2007-524
Permit Landfill 807 File
Permit Denial
Dear Mr. Wickham
This will acknowledge receipt of your affidavit for Certification of Completion of post-closure
care period for the
above referenced solid waste management site, dated December 20, 2007 and
received by the Illinois EPA on December 24, 2007.
Your permit application for completion of post-closure care period, is denied
You have failed to provide proof that granting this permit would not result in violations of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act). Section 39(a) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/39(a)] requires
the Illinois EPA to provide the applicant with specific reasons for
denial of permit. The following
reasons are given:
1.?
The operator has not demonstrated that the site will not cause future violations of the Act
or 35111. Adm. Code 807 in order to allow the Agency to certify post-closure pursuant to
35 III. Adm.
Code 807.524. The following site conditions currently do not meet the
requirements of 35 !AC 807.313 and 807315:
a.
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The application has
failed to demonstrate compliance with the 620.410 Class
I
Groundwater Standards at monitoring well 0106.
No groundwater data has been
collected
from this well 0106
since
the 3' Quarter of 2004 due
to the
wall
being
dry. The applicant has failed to replace monitoring well (3106 pursuant to
Condition 12 ofAttachment A: "Should
any well become consistently
dry or
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unserviceable, a replacement well shall be provided within ten ( I 0) feet of the
existing well."
b.?
The application has failed to demonstrate compliance with the 620.410 Class
Groundwater Standards. Review of the groundwater history reveals numerous
inorganic Class
I
groundwater exceedences, with the majority exhibited at
downgradient monitoring wells 0103, 0105 and 0106 which has significant
higher concentrations of iron, manganese, chloride, boron, sulfate and total
dissolved solids in comparison to upgradient monitoring well GI 04, which appears
to be a best suited monitoring well for background comparisons as depicted on the
provided potentiometric maps. Monitoring well 0101 appears to be
downgradientfside gradient of the western parcel. The following Class I inorganic
exeeedences which are indicative of a release from the Blickhan Landfill have been
observed at the site since 2000: 6 exceedences of arsenic, 8 exceedences of
barium, 4 exceedences ofbesyllium, 3 exceedences of chromium, 38 exceedences
of iron, 27 exceedences of lead, 43 exceedences of manganese, 4 exceedences of
nickel, I exceedence of selectiuni, 2 exceedences of sulfate, and 3 exceedences of
total dissolved solids.
e. The application has failed to demonstrate compliance with the 620.410 Class I
Groundwater Standards. Review of the groundwater history reveals following
unaddressed organic Class I groundwater exceedences and organic detections
which are indicative of a release from Blickban Landfill:
0103. 2,4 D - 0.22 ug/L, 2"
d
Quarter 2004
0103, 2,4 D - 0.27 tiga„ 2"
d
Quarter 2002
GI 05, 2,4 D - 0.14 ug/L, 2"d Quarter 2002
RIOT. Methylene Chloride - I ug/L, 2
nd
Quarter 2006
RI01, Methylene Chloride - 2 ug/L, Quarter 2002
0103, Methylene Chloride 2 ',Wt.., 2"
d
Quarter 2002
0104, Methylene Chloride - 1 ug/L, 2
1'd
Quarter 2006
0104, Methylene Chloride - 2 ug/L,?
Quarter 2002
0105,
Methylene Chloride - 2 ug/L,
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Quarter 2002
G106, Methylene Chloride
2
ug/L, 2"d
Quarter 2002
0107, Methylene Chloride - 2 ug/L, r
d
Quarter 2005
R101, Cis-1,2 Dichlomethene / ug/L, 2
dd
Quarter 2006
8101, Cis-1,2 Diehloroetherie • 1
ttg/L,
2"d Quarter 2004
6105, Cis-1,2 Dichloroothene - 8 ug/L, 2"d
Quarter
2005
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G105, Cis-I,2 Dichloroethene - 3 ug/L, 2
1'
d
Quarter 2004
G105,Cis-1,2
Dichloroethene - 32 ug/L, 2
nd
Quarter 2002
G107,Cis-1,2
Dichloroethene - 7 itel, 2
Ild
Quarter 2001
RI01, Toxaphene, 75 ug/L, 2"" Quarter 2002, above the Class I Standard
G103. Toxaphene, 180 ug/L, 2"" Quarter 2002, above the Class !Standard
G104, Toxaphene, 8.9 ug/L,
rd
Quarter 2002, above the Class I Standard
0105, Toxaphene - 13 ug/L, 2"" Quarter 2002, above the Class
I Standard
G106,Toxaphene - 31 ug/L 2"d
Quarter 2002, above the Class
I
Standard
GI 07, Toxaphene - 13
ug/L. rd
Quarter 2002, above the Class I
Standard
0105. Vinyl Chloride - 12 ug/L, 2'4
Quarter 2002, above the Class I Standard
d.?
As per annual inspection performed on January 15, 2008 by Illinois EPA,
Springfield Regional Office, a hole in the land fill cap on
site
No. 2 was observed.
Section 22.17 of the Act requires the owner
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and operator to take remedial action to
abate
settling problems. Issuance of completion of post closure Dare prior to
remedial action will violate Section 22.17 of the Act.
Number of violations were reported by the inspector of Springfield Regional Office, and you are
required to take corrective actions before certification of completion of post-closure care period
is issued.
Within 35 days after the date of mailing of the Illinois EPA's final decision, the applicant may
petition for a hearing before the Illinois Pollution Control Board to contest the decision of the
Illinois EPA, however, the 35-day period for petitioning for
a hearing nay be extended for a
period of time
not to exceed 90 days by
written notice provided
to the Board from the applicant
and
the Illinois EPA within the 35-day initial appeal period.
Should you wish to reapply or have any questions regarding this
application, please contact
Mr.
Shantilal Shah of Solid
Waste Unit or Brett Bersche of Solid Waste Groundwater
Assistance
Unit at 217/524-3300
Sincerely,
Steph F. Nightingale. P.E.
Manager, Permit Section
Bureau ofLand
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned attorney at law, hereby certify that on March 25, 2008 I served true
and correct copies of a REQUEST FOR NINETY DAY EXTENSION OF APPEAL PERIOD by
first class mail of the United States Postal Service upon the persons as follows:
John Therriault
Assistant Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601-3218
Jon S. Faletto
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
416 Main Street, 6th
Floor
Peoria, Illinois 61602-3126
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
James G. ichardson
Assistant Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782-5544
217/782-9143 (TDD)