BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSED ADJUSTED STANDARD FOR
AMMONIA NITROGEN DISCHARGE LEVELS
APPLICABLE TO CITGO PETROLEUM
CORPORATION AND
PDV MIDWEST
REFINING,
L.L.c.,
PETITIONERS
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) AS 08-08
) (Adjusted Standard - Water)
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NOTICE OF FILING
To:
Dorothy Gunn
Clerk of the Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street - Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Illinois Department
ofNatural Resources
100 West Randolph
Suite 4-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Connie Tonsor/Sanjay Sofat
Illinois EPA
1021 N. Grand Ave. East
Springfield, IL 62794
Illinois EPA
1021 N. Grand Ave. East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794
Illinois Attorney General
188 West Randolph
Suite 2001
Chicago, IL 60601
Please take notice that on April 3, 2008, we filed electronically with the Office
ofthe
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board the attached Proof of Publication, a copy of which
is served upon you.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, and
PDV MIDWEST, LLC, Petitioners
By:M~
One of Its Attorneys
Dated: April 3, 2008
Jeffrey
C. Fort
Ariel J. Tesher
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233
S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6404
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office April 3, 2008
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSED ADJUSTED STANDARD FOR
AMMONIA NITROGEN DISCHARGE LEVELS
APPLICABLE TO CITGO PETROLEUM
CORPORATION AND PDV MIDWEST
REFINING,
L.L.c.,
PETITIONERS
)
)
)
) AS 08-08
) (Adjusted Standard - Water)
)
)
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
Petitioners, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and PDV Midwest Refining, LLC, by their
undersigned attorneys, hereby submit the attached certificate ofpublication of the legal notice
published in connection with the above-captioned matter on March 21,2008, pursuant to 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 104.408. Said Certificate
of Publication is attached hereto as Exhibit A. This proof
ofpublication is submitted pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.410.
Respectfully submitted,
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, and
PDV MIDWEST, LLC, Petitioners
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One of Its Attorneys
Jeffrey
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Ariel
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Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6404
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office April 3, 2008
Exhibit A
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office April 3, 2008
AFFIDAVIT
SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSEN
8000
SEARS TOWER
233
SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL
606060000
Customer
Reference
Amount:
24284
7316
Petition
$240.40
Linda M. Siebolds,
agent of GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers, HEREBY CERTIFIES that he/she
is Legal Advertising Manager of GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers,
that said GateHouse Media
Suburban Newspapers is a secular newspaper and has been published weekly in the Village of Lemont,
in the county of DuPage, Cook and Will in the state of Illinois, continuously for more than one year
prior to, on and since the date of the first publication of the notice hereinafter referred to and is of
general circulation
throughout the county and the state.
That said
agent hereby certifies that GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers is a newspaper as
defined
in Chapter 715 et seq. of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
That a notice, of
which the annexed printed slip is a true copy, was published 1 (one) time in said
GateHouse
Media Suburban Newspapers, namely, once each week for one successive week(s). The first
publication of
said notice as aforesaid was made in said newspaper dated and published on the 21st
day of March AD. 2008 and the last publication thereof was made in said newspaper dated and
published on 21st day of March AD. 2008.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certification to be signed this 21st day of
March
AD. 2008.
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Linda M. Siebolds
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Legal Advertising Manager
GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers
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NOTICE
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f"'PEJITION BY .PDV MIDWEST REFINING,LLC
ANDCITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR
AN.ADJUSTED
STAND~Fl.P
,BEFORE THE
ILLINOIS POLLUTIONCONTR,OL'BOARD
Take notice that on March 18, 20oe,PE)V,Midwest Refining, LLC and
CITGO Petroleum ,Corporation '.
("R~fjnery".),
'. .Iqcated at. 135th &,New
Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, filed ,wilh,:the Illinois Pollution Control
Board a petition for an adjusted
stand~(q.
,The'Board Docket Number
assigned to this proceeding is AS 2008-OQ8.
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",The'•..•. Aefinery' ."processes" ."
petroleum,:~
.. .
•...produces'. ..approximately
,twe~ty~five
'. different '.' products.. The .Refinery employs approximately
~SO,people.
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,'Jhe ,Refinery draws framand
dischar~~:'t()~theChicago>S~~itaryand
Ship Canal,which isa tributary ofthEf.Des,-Plaines:River.' The< Refinery
seet<~an
adjusted standard .
·fronl'~~ltl.>Adm.
Code t3Q4.122(b)
(efffu~nt
standards -..fo:,-Total'. Amrnpnia Nitrogen). "That 'adjusted
sta~qard
would. permit the.
Refi~eryto"di~charge
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ammonia~~rogenj~.
'
quantities greater
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•.
~ttan. thos~
.pemMtled ...•. bY,.,35 fII. .Adm.C()de
304.122(b)'." The:.Umits'for :ammonia
"nittog~n:
proposed, ,however, :are
mQre' :stringent. ,than . those which'" presently apply to
th~·
discharge:,
under 35 .,Ut}\dm.. Code',.304.213... :Theproposed<Jimits.
r~~lJjre.·,the
Refinery to
meet
a monthly average limitation for ammonia" nitrogen
of' 6.93mg/1 and a daily maximum limitation of 10.61 mg/1 when
discharging more .than 100. Ibs', -per day of .ammonia ',00.< a monthly
average or, discharging .,' more .than '.. 200 pounds of .ammonia on a
given day.' The proposed standard, .woul9<,.represent ,reductions of
approximately 26% and 59%' below the .currently' applicable "standard.
In addition, the Retinery 'ista
",m~~t,~pplicableBest
Available
"Technology Economically, Achievable limitations, ,.' continue its current
efforts to manage
.solid~;andmaintainmonitoringand
reporting
procedures. If
grant~d,
the adjusted standard would run through
December 31, 2013.
Any'
p~rson
may cause a public hearing to "be .. heJdin.the
above-described adjusted standard proceeding by tiling a
h~aring
request .with the Illinois Pollution£ontrol .Board within .21" .days
after the, date of the publication of this '.
notice~Ttrehearing·
<request
should clearly 'indicate the.docket number fortheadjusted.staridard
proceeding, astound in this notice, and must be'mailed to:theClerk of
the Board, minois Pollution Control Board, 1
OOW;
Randolph Street,
Suite 11-500, Chicago, Illinois 60691.
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March 21, 2008
Suburban Life Publications 7316 LEM
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office April 3, 2008
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSED ADJUSTED STANDARD FOR
AMMONIA NITROGEN DISCHARGE LEVELS
APPLICABLE TO CITGO PETROLEUM
CORPORATION AND PDV MIDWEST
REFINING, L.L.C., PETITIONERS
)
)
)
) AS 08-08
) (Adjusted Standard - Water)
)
)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on April 3, 2008, the attached PROOF OF PUBLICATION in AS-
08-08 was filed
by electronic transmission with the Office of the Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control Board, and was served
by first class mail, postage prepaid, upon the individuals named
on the attached Notice
of Filing.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, and
PDV MIDWEST, LLC, Petitioners
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By:
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One
of Its Attorneys
Jeffrey C. Fort
Ariel
J.
Tesher
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6404
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office April 3, 2008