FEB
    172009
    STATE
    POllution
    Controg
    8o
    L
    0
    February
    11,2009
    John
    T.
    Therriault,
    Assistant
    Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    James
    R. Thompson
    Center,
    Ste.
    11-500
    100
    West
    Randolph
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60601
    Re:
    People
    v.
    Crop Production
    Services
    Dear
    Clerk:
    Enclosed
    for filing
    please
    find
    the
    original
    and ten
    copies
    of a
    Notice
    of Filing,
    Entry
    of
    Appearance
    and Complaint
    in regard
    to the
    above-captioned
    matter.
    Please
    file the
    originals
    and
    return
    file-stamped
    copies
    to me
    in the
    enclosed,
    self-addressed
    envelope.
    Thank
    you
    for
    your cooperation
    and
    consideration.
    Very
    truly
    yours,
    “Jane
    E. McBride
    Sr. Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    (217)
    782-9031
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    Lisa
    Madigan
    KV[’()RNEY
    GENERAL
    OFFICE
    OF
    THE
    ATTORNEY GENERAL
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS

    BEFORE THE ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    )
    vs.
    )
    PCBN0.
    0
    )
    (Enforcement)
    CROP PRODUCTION
    SERVICES,
    )
    a Delaware corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    NOTICE OF FILING
    To:
    Crop Production
    Services
    cE
    do
    a
    Delaware
    CT Corporation
    corporation
    Systems, R.A.
    St\
    o
    GO
    208 South
    LaSalle Street, Ste.
    814
    Chicago,
    IL 60604
    PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
    that on this date
    I mailed for filing with
    the Clerk
    of
    the Pollution
    Control Board of
    the State of Illinois,
    a COMPLAINT,
    a copy of which
    is attached hereto
    and
    herewith
    served upon
    you.
    Failure
    to file
    an
    answer
    to
    this
    Complaint
    within
    60 days may have
    severe consequences.
    Failure
    to
    answer
    will
    mean
    that
    all
    allegations in this
    Complaint
    will
    be
    taken
    as
    if admitted
    for purposes
    of this proceeding.
    If
    you have
    any
    questions
    about
    this
    procedure, you
    should contact
    the
    hearing officer
    assigned
    to this proceeding,
    the Clerk’s
    Office
    or an
    attorney.
    1

    FURTHER,
    please
    take notice that financing
    may
    be
    available,
    through the Illinois
    Environmental Facilities
    Financing Act,
    20
    ILCS
    3515/1
    (2006), to
    correct
    the pollution alleged
    in
    the Complaint filed
    in this case.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE OF ILLINOIS
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General of the
    State
    of
    Illinois
    MATTHEWJ. DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation Division
    BY:
    2_.
    f
    z’Jane
    E. McBride
    Assistant
    Attorney General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    Dated:
    February
    11, 2009
    2

    CERTIFICATE OF
    SERVICE
    I hereby certify that I did on February 11, 2009, send by certified mail, with postage
    thereon
    fully
    prepaid, by depositing in a United States
    Post Office Box
    a true and
    correct
    copy
    of the following instruments
    entitled
    NOTICE OF FILING, ENTRY OF APPEARANCE and
    COMPLAINT:
    To:
    Crop Production Services
    a
    Delaware corporation
    do CT
    Corporation
    Systems,
    R.A.
    208 South
    LaSalle
    Street, Ste.
    814
    Chicago, IL 60604
    and the
    original and ten copies by First Class
    Mail with postage thereon fully prepaid
    of the
    same foregoing instrument(s):
    To:
    John T. Therriault,
    Assistant Clerk
    Illinois Pollution
    Control Board
    James R. Thompson Center
    Suite 11-500
    100 West Randolph
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60601
    E.. McBride
    Assistant Attorney General
    This filing is
    submitted
    on recycled
    paper.

    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    FEB
    172069
    Complainant,
    )
    o
    T
    oF10,s
    vs.
    )
    PCB No.
    0
    )
    (Enforcement)
    CROP
    PRoDUCTION
    SERVICES,
    )
    a
    Delaware
    corporation,
    )
    )
    Respondent
    )
    ENTRY OF
    APPEARANCE
    On
    behalf of the
    Complainant,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    Jane E. McBride,
    Sr.
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    of the State
    of
    Illinois,
    hereby
    enters
    her
    appearance
    as attorney
    of
    record.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    LISA
    MADIGAN
    Attorney General
    of the
    State
    of Illinois
    MATTHEWJ.
    DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental
    Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation
    Division
    BY:
    /4ne E.
    McBride
    Environmental
    Bureau
    Sr.
    Assistant
    Attorney
    General
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    217/762-9031
    Dated:
    February
    II, 2009

    BEFORE
    THE ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB NO.
    )
    (Enforcement)
    CROP PRODUCTION
    SERVICES,
    )
    a
    Delaware corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    FEB
    COMPLAINT
    SBO
    Complainant,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF ILLINOIS, by LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney
    General
    of the State
    of Illinois, complains of
    Respondent
    Crop Production Services,
    Inc.,
    a
    Delaware corporation,
    as
    follows:
    COUNT
    I
    WATER POLLUTION
    VIOLATIONS
    — FERTILIZER
    SPILL — SINCLAIR
    1.
    This Count
    is brought
    on
    behalf of the
    People of
    the
    State
    of Illinois, by LISA
    MADIGAN, the Attorney
    General of
    the
    State of
    Illinois, on
    her
    own motion and at
    the request
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    (“Illinois EPA”)
    pursuant to Sections
    42(d) and
    (e)
    of the
    Illinois
    Environmental Protection
    Act (‘Act”),
    415 ILCS 5/42(d),
    42(e) (2006).
    2.
    The
    Illinois EPA is an agency
    of the
    State of Illinois created
    by the Illinois General
    Assembly
    in
    Section
    4 of
    the Act, 415 ILCS 5/4,
    and
    which is
    charged, inter alia,
    with the
    duty
    of
    enforcing
    the
    Act.
    3.
    This
    complaint
    is brought
    pursuant to Section
    31 of the Act, 415
    ILCS 5/31, after
    providing the
    Respondent with
    notice and
    the
    opportunity for a meeting
    with the Illinois
    EPA.
    4.
    The
    Respondent, Crop
    Production Services,
    Inc.
    (“CPS”),
    a
    subsidiary of United
    Agri
    Products,
    Inc., is a
    foreign.corporation
    in good standing
    in
    the
    State
    of Illinois.
    At
    all
    times
    relevant to
    this
    complaint,
    UAP Distribution, Inc.
    owned
    and
    operated the subject
    sites.
    Crop
    Production
    Services,
    Western Farm
    Service,
    Inc.
    and UAP Distribution,
    Inc., were affiliated

    companies under
    the common ownership
    of
    United Agri Products, Inc. The three affiliated
    companies
    merged effective
    January 1, 2009. The surviving
    entity is UAP Distribution, Inc. In
    connection with the
    merger, UAP Distribution, Inc. changed its name to Crop
    Production
    Services, Inc. CPS’
    corporate headquarters is located at 7251 W 4th Street
    Greeley,
    CO
    80634. CPS sells feed
    by
    retail
    and sells farm supplies by both
    retail
    and
    wholesale. CPS’
    registered
    agent is CT Corporation
    Systems, 208
    South LaSalle
    Street,
    Suite 814, Chicago,
    IL
    60604.
    5.
    Respondent CPS owns
    and operates
    an agricultural chemical and fertilizer retail
    facility
    northeast of Jacksonville, Illinois in Morgan County. The facility is known as CPS Richter
    (Sinclair).
    The
    legal
    description of the site is SW 1/4, Section 28, TI6N,
    R9W
    (Road
    District
    No.
    1), Morgan County (the “site”
    or “facility”).
    The
    facility is
    located in the community of
    Sinclair, which consists
    of an unincorporated area
    including four residential structures and
    the
    CPS
    Richter facility. The
    facility is located in the watershed of
    Indian Creek. Indian Creek is
    tributary to the
    Illinois
    River.
    6.
    At the
    Sinclair site, Respondent CPS handles dry
    fertilizer
    products,
    anhydrous
    ammonia,
    liquid fertilizer solutions
    and
    various pesticides. These products are delivered to the
    site
    by
    truck. Dry
    fertilizer
    products stored and handled at the site include potash and
    diammonium phosphate (“DAP”). Anydrous ammonia is handled in bulk and stored in two,
    12,000
    gallon fixed storage tanks on-site. Approximately 40 ammonia nurse tanks are available
    at
    the site. Pesticides
    are handled
    in
    bulk, mini-bulks
    and packaged products. Liquid
    fertilizer
    (28%
    nitrogen) solution
    is
    also stored on-site. Two above-ground steel
    bulk
    tanks are
    available
    for storage of
    urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN 28& nitrogen solution). One
    of
    the
    tanks
    is an
    18,000-gallon
    tank
    and was out of service
    at
    the time
    of the
    release. The other is
    a
    30,000-
    gallon
    capacity,
    cone
    bottom tank that was involved
    in
    the July
    21,
    2005 release
    of 28%
    2

    nitrogen
    solution.
    7.
    Section
    12(a)
    and
    (d)
    of the
    Act,
    415 ILCS
    5/12(a),
    (d)
    (2006),
    provides
    in
    pertinent
    part, as
    follows:
    No
    person
    shall:
    a.
    Cause
    or threaten
    or
    allow the
    discharge
    of
    any contaminants
    into
    the
    environment
    in
    any
    State so
    as to cause
    or tend
    to
    cause
    water
    pollution
    in
    Illinois,
    either
    alone
    or in
    combination
    with
    matter
    from other
    sources,
    or
    so as
    to violate
    regulations
    or
    standards
    adopted
    by
    the
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    under
    this
    Act;
    d.
    Deposit
    any contaminants
    upon
    the land
    in
    such
    place
    and
    manner
    so
    as to
    create a
    water
    pollution
    hazard;
    8.
    Section
    255.80
    of
    the agrichemical
    containment
    regulations,
    8
    III.
    Admin.
    Code
    255.8C
    provides,
    in
    pertinent
    part,
    as
    follows:
    Section
    255.80
    Secondary
    Containment
    a)
    All agrichemical
    non-mobile
    storage
    containers
    for liquid
    pesticides
    and
    liquid
    fertilizer
    shall be
    located
    within
    a
    secondary
    containment
    structure.
    b)
    Secondary
    containment
    structures
    and
    systems
    shall
    provide
    the
    following
    capacity:
    1)
    When
    not protected
    from receiving
    precipitation,
    the
    containment
    shall have
    a
    minimum
    containment
    volume
    of
    a
    6-inch
    rain storm
    (a 25
    year,
    24 hour
    rain),
    plus
    the capacity
    of
    the
    largest
    tank,
    and
    the
    volume
    displaced
    by the
    bases
    of the
    other
    tanks
    located
    within
    the
    secondary
    containment
    structure.
    2)
    When protected
    from
    receiving
    precipitation,
    the
    containment
    shall
    have
    a
    minimum
    containment
    volume
    of
    100%
    of
    the
    capacity
    of
    the largest
    tank,
    plus
    the
    volume
    displaced
    by
    the
    bases
    of the
    other
    tanks
    located
    within
    the
    secondary
    containment
    structure.
    c)
    Structural
    materials
    and
    integrity
    shall
    provide
    secondary
    containment
    that
    meets
    or exceeds
    the
    requirement
    of
    this
    Section.
    Materials
    shall
    be
    compatible
    with
    the
    agrichemical
    to
    be contained.
    1)
    General
    requirements
    include:
    3

    A)
    Clay,
    natural
    soil
    clay mixtures
    or clay/bentonite
    mixtures
    shall not
    be
    used
    to
    contain any
    bulk
    pesticide.
    B)
    Secondary
    containment
    for liquid
    agrichemicals
    storage
    at
    facility sites
    should
    provide for
    separation
    between
    bulk
    pesticides
    and
    bulk
    fertilizer
    to the extent
    that
    a
    common
    wall
    or
    curbing between
    the
    fertilizer area
    and
    the
    pesticide
    area
    shall provide
    for the
    interception
    and recovery
    including
    clean
    up of
    pesticide
    spills
    while
    the
    entire
    secondary
    containment
    area shall
    meet or
    exceed the
    total
    capacity
    requirement
    specified
    in this
    Section.
    C)
    The secondary
    containment
    structure shall
    be
    constructed
    to a water
    permeability
    rate of
    not greater
    than
    1 x
    10.6
    centimeters
    per
    second and
    maintained
    so
    that
    liquid
    movement
    through
    the
    walls
    and base
    does
    not exceed
    a
    rate of I
    x 10
    centimeters
    per second
    permeability
    rate.
    The
    secondary
    containment
    structure
    shall be designed
    and
    maintained
    to
    withstand
    a
    full
    hydrostatic
    head
    of
    any
    contained
    liquid. The
    containment
    area shall
    not be
    equipped
    with
    a permanent
    pump
    unless the
    pump
    has
    only
    a
    manual
    mode of operation.
    D)
    The secondary
    containment
    structure shall
    not have a
    discharge
    outlet
    or
    gravity
    drain
    through
    the wall
    or floor.
    E)
    Synthetic
    materials
    or
    liners
    may
    be
    used
    with
    secondary
    containment
    structures
    provided
    they
    are compatible
    with
    agrichemicals
    being
    contained
    and it
    is installed
    according
    to manufacturer’s
    written direction
    and
    repaired
    and
    maintained
    according
    to
    manufacturer’s
    recommendations.
    These
    directions
    and
    recommendations shall become
    records
    maintained
    at the
    facility site.
    9.
    On
    July 21,
    2005,
    a
    release at
    the site
    of
    approximately
    11,000 gallons
    of urea
    ammonium
    nitrate
    (UAN
    28%
    nitrogen
    solution)
    28%
    nitrogen
    fertilizer
    was
    discovered
    by
    Respondent’s
    employees
    and reported.
    10.
    The
    source
    of
    the release
    was a
    reducer
    fitting
    on the 30,000-gallon,
    cone
    shaped
    upright
    steel tank
    used for
    liquid
    fertilizer.
    The
    cause of failure
    was
    the corrosive
    nature
    of
    the
    28%
    nitrogen
    solution
    acting
    on
    the cast
    iron
    fitting resulting
    in creation
    of an
    approximately
    1
    inch
    hole
    in
    the
    fitting. There
    was
    no
    shut
    off capability
    or
    valve
    ahead of
    the
    4

    failure.
    The tank was 12
    to 13 years old, and
    the
    fitting had
    not been
    replaced.
    11.
    The
    secondary concrete
    containment
    structure
    surrounding
    the 30,000 gallon
    tank also failed,
    and released
    the
    liquid
    fertilizer into the environment.
    Three of the
    walls
    of
    the
    secondary containment
    had been
    poured
    after
    the floor was installed.
    Liquid fertilizer
    leaked
    out of
    the
    wall/floor
    joint
    at all three
    of the walls that were
    poured on
    top
    of
    the
    concrete
    floor.
    12.
    On July
    21,
    2005, the Illinois EPA
    conducted
    an inspection of the release
    site.
    13.
    At
    the time of
    the
    July 21,
    2005 inspection,
    Illinois EPA personnel
    observed
    and
    photographed
    fertilizer
    pooling and puddles,
    as
    well
    as
    stained ground, outside
    of the
    concrete
    containment.
    The surface liquid
    and
    staining
    indicated
    that the released
    material
    flowed east
    across
    the facility property
    and entered
    a dry creek
    bed, an unnamed tributary
    of Indian
    Creek,
    where it traveled
    north another
    100
    to
    200 yards.
    The
    inspectors
    observed and
    photographed
    the surface drainage
    of fertilizer east across
    the
    facility
    property to the dry creek
    bed and
    observed
    small
    pools of fertilizer in
    the
    dry creek
    bed.
    14.
    On November
    21,
    2005,
    an
    inspector
    from the
    Illinois EPA, Division
    of Water
    Pollution
    Control/Field
    Operations Section,
    Peoria
    Regional
    Office conducted
    a follow-up
    inspection
    of the site. Samples
    from three
    up
    gradient
    supply wells
    in the vicinity of
    the spill
    showed
    total Kjedlahl
    nitrogen levels of 30.9
    mg/I at the
    on site well,
    30.5 mg/I at well located
    at
    1939 Sinclair
    Road well,
    and
    31.8
    mg/I at a well
    located at
    1933
    Sinclair
    Road well.
    The
    ammonia
    concentration
    of a water sample
    collected from
    a puddle in the
    dry bed of the
    unnamed tributary
    of
    Indian
    Creek,
    down gradient of
    the spill, was
    56.4
    mg/I.
    Two soil
    samples
    were collected
    from
    the
    dry creek
    bed. Analytical
    results
    from the sample
    collected.in the
    drainage
    path of the spill
    at the property
    boundary were
    as follows:
    ammonia 1040
    mg/I,
    nitrate/nitrite
    138 mg/I, and
    Total Kjeldahl nitrogen
    33,000 mg/I.
    Analytical results
    of
    the
    second
    sample
    off site were as follows:
    ammonia
    740 mg/I,
    nitrate/nitrite 209 mg/I,
    and
    Total Kjeldahl
    5

    nitrogen 25,800 mg/I.
    15.
    Respondent CPS has caused, allowed or threatened the discharge of
    contaminants to waters of the State so as to cause or tend to cause water
    pollution in Hlinois or
    to violate the Board’s regulations
    or standards
    through the
    release of liquid fertilizer from its
    Sinclair facility
    to
    an unnamed tributary of Indian Creek, which flows into the
    Illinois River.
    16.
    The
    Respondent
    CPS
    has
    caused or allowed
    contaminants to be deposited
    upon
    the land
    in such place and manner as to create
    a
    water pollution hazard through its
    proximity
    to
    an
    unnamed tributary of Indian Creek.
    17.
    The discharge of contaminants
    from
    the
    Respondent’s facility has caused,
    threatened
    or allowed water pollution in that such discharges have likely
    rendered
    the
    waters
    of
    the State
    harmful or detrimental or injurious to public health, safety
    or welfare, or to agricultural,
    recreational,
    or
    other legitimate uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
    birds, fish or other aquatic
    life and have likely
    created
    a
    nuisance.
    18.
    By causing,
    allowing
    or threatening the discharge of
    contaminants
    to waters of
    the State so as to cause
    or tend
    to
    cause water pollution in Illinois or to violate the Board’s
    regulations or
    standards, the Respondent has violated Section 12(a) of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/12(a).
    19.
    By
    depositing contaminants upon
    the
    land in such place and manner as to
    create
    a
    water pollution
    hazard,
    the Respondent has
    violated
    Section
    12(d)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/12(d).
    PRAYER FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, the Complainant, People of the State of Illinois, respectfully
    requests that the
    Board grant the following relief:
    A.
    Find that Respondent Crop Production Services, Inc. has violated Section 12
    (a)
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    and
    (d) of the Act, 415 ILCS 5/12(a) and (d);
    B.
    Order
    the
    Respondent from to cease and desist further violations of the Act and
    associated regulations pursuant to section 42(e)
    of
    the
    Act, 415 ILCS 5/42(e);
    C.
    Assess
    against
    the
    Respondent a civil penalty of fifty thousand dollars
    ($50,000)
    for each violation of the Act,
    and an additional penalty of ten thousand
    dollars
    ($10,000) for
    each day
    during which each violation has
    continued thereafter; and
    D.
    Grant such other and further
    relief
    as the
    Board
    deems
    appropriate.
    COUNT II
    WATER POLLUTION
    VIOLATIONS — FERTILIZER SPILL — WHITE HALL
    1.
    This
    Count
    is
    brought on
    behalf
    of the
    People of the State of
    Illinois,
    by
    LISA
    MADIGAN,
    the
    Attorney
    General of the State of Illinois, on her own motion
    and
    at
    the request
    of
    the
    Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency
    (“Illinois EPA”) pursuant to
    Sections
    42(d) and
    (e)
    of the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act (“Act”),
    415 ILCS 5/42(d), 42(e) (2006).
    2-4.
    Complainant
    realleges and
    incorporates by reference herein paragraphs 2
    through
    4 of
    Count I
    as
    paragraphs 2 through 4 of this Count
    II.
    5.
    Respondent CPS
    owns and operates an
    agricultural chemical and fertilizer retail
    facility
    in the southeast
    portion
    of White Hall in Greene County.
    The facility is known as CPS
    Richter
    (White
    Hall). The
    legal description of the site
    is NE 1/4, Section
    2,
    T1IN, R12W(White
    Hall
    Township),
    Greene
    County (the
    “site”
    or
    “facility”). The facility is located in White Hall,
    bordered
    on
    the west by
    an active
    railroad.
    The
    facility is bordered on the north by East
    Carlinville
    Street,
    on the
    sough
    by Tunison Street and on the east by
    White Street. It
    is located
    in a
    residential area.
    6.
    The
    majority
    of
    surface drainage from the White
    Hall
    facility flows to the south.
    A
    stormwater
    inlet
    structure is located at
    the south
    end
    of
    the
    facility
    in the north
    street ditch
    of
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    Tunison Street.
    Subsurface drainage from
    the stormwater inlet flows southeast
    to a 30-inch
    corrugated
    metal outlet
    pipe
    located
    on the
    east side
    of Fulton Street.
    7.
    At
    the White Hall site, Respondent
    CPS
    handles dry
    fertilizer products,
    anhydrous ammonia,
    liquid fertilizer solutions and various pesticides.
    These
    products
    are
    delivered to the site
    by truck. Dry fertilizer products stored
    and
    handled
    at the
    site include
    potash and diammonium
    phosphate (‘DAP”). Anydrous ammonia is handled in bulk only
    and
    stored
    in a 30,000 gallon fixed storage
    tank on-site. Pesticides are handled in bulk, mini-bulks
    and packaged
    products. Liquid fertilizer (28% nitrogen) solutions are stored
    in
    various,
    above
    ground,
    metal
    bulk
    tanks on-site. The products include 28% and 32% nitrogen solution
    and 10-
    34-0. Urea-ammonium nitrate is brought
    to the
    site
    by truck. It is
    delivered
    as 32% nitrogen
    solution
    and is
    then
    cut to 28% white on-site.
    8-9.
    Complainant realleges and incorporates by reference herein paragraphs 7
    and
    8
    of Count I as paragraphs
    8
    and
    9
    of this Count II.
    10.
    On February 18,
    2005, a CPS
    employee observed
    a
    teak of 32% nitrogen
    fertilizer
    solution
    from a
    500,000-gallon
    tank
    at CPS’
    facility
    in White Hall,
    Illinois.
    The release
    came from the bottom of the tank. The tank contained 32% nitrogen solution that was in
    the
    process
    of being cut to 28% solution. The tank failure was
    on
    the bottom, or
    base, of the tank.
    Due to the location
    of the
    failure, the release from the tank could not be
    stopped.
    11.
    The subject 500,000-gallon tank was located inside
    a secondary containment
    structure.
    12.
    The secondary containment structure failed
    to contain the leak. The material
    leaked
    from
    the
    secondary
    containment in two locations. The majority of
    the release occurred
    at the southeast
    corner
    of the secondary containment structure, from beneath
    the concrete floor
    of the secondary
    containment
    structure. Material also leaked from
    a
    joint between
    the concrete
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    sidewall
    and the
    concrete
    floor of the secondary
    containment
    structure
    at a location immediately
    east of the subject
    tank.
    13.
    The
    release
    occurred
    through
    an approximately
    1 -inch hole
    in the floor of the
    500,000 gallon tank.
    This
    hole
    was in proximity
    to a
    seam
    or
    joint in the concrete
    floor
    of
    the
    secondary
    containment
    structure.
    The steel tank
    sat directly on the
    surface
    of the
    concrete
    floor.
    14.
    The
    secondary
    containment structure
    had been constructed
    in
    two phases. The
    west half
    was built in
    1996 and the east half
    was poured
    in 1997. It was
    the
    seam
    or
    joint
    between the two
    phases of construction
    that was
    the
    source
    of the majority of material
    that
    was
    released
    from
    the
    structure.
    15.
    In response
    to the release, Respondent
    CPS
    excavated soil
    impacted by the
    release.
    Respondent
    CPS
    installed
    four small,
    subsurface collection
    drains
    and sumps.
    The
    sumps consisted
    of limited
    drain lines positioned
    directly
    beneath
    the northeast corner
    of the
    subject secondary
    containment structure.
    16.
    On October 6, 2005,
    the
    Illinois
    EPA conducted
    a
    follow-up
    compliance
    inspection.
    At the time
    of the inspection,
    the Illinois EPA
    collected
    samples
    from the collection
    sumps. Liquid
    sample collected from
    the small
    sump located
    on the north side of
    the
    subject
    secondary
    containment was
    clear with
    an ammonia odor.
    The
    analytical
    results for this
    sample
    were
    ammonia 6500
    mg/I, nitrate/nitrite
    1980 mg/I, Total
    Kjeldahl nitrogen
    11,300
    mg/I.
    Liquid
    sample collected
    from the small
    sump
    adjacent
    to
    the
    secondary
    containment
    structure
    on
    the
    east
    side of the structure,
    the northernmost
    sump
    on the east side, was
    brown in
    color
    and
    contained a strong
    ammonia
    odor. The analytical
    results
    for
    this sample
    were
    ammonia 4830
    mg/I,
    nitrate/nitrite 1710 mg/I,
    Total
    Kjeldahl
    nitrogen
    7540 mg/I. Liquid sample
    collected
    from
    the small sump
    adjacent
    to the secondary
    containment
    on the
    east
    side
    of the structure,
    was
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    clear with an
    ammonia odor. The
    analytical results
    for this sample were
    ammonia 1600 mg/I,
    nitrate/nitrite
    694 mg/I, Total
    Kjeldahl nitrogen
    2440 mg/I.
    17.
    On May 12,
    2006, the
    Illinois
    EPA conducted
    a
    compliance
    inspection
    at
    the
    site.
    Four
    groundwater
    monitoring well
    had been installed at
    the
    site.
    18.
    At
    the time of the
    May 12,
    2006
    inspection, sample
    results were collected
    from
    the shallow
    sumps located
    adjacent to the
    bulk liquid fertilizer
    storage
    tank
    farm and
    the
    groundwater monitoring
    wells.
    19.
    Analytical results
    of
    the
    samples
    taken from
    the shallow sumps
    indicated the
    following
    nitrate/nitrite
    levels
    for the wells
    S-2,
    S-3,
    S-4, located along the
    east side
    of
    the liquid
    fertilizer
    storage tank
    farm, north to
    south
    respectively:
    S-2,
    21.6 mg/I;
    6-3,
    31.8
    mg/I; S-4, 154
    mg/I.
    20.
    Analytical
    results of
    samples taken
    from the groundwater
    monitoring
    wells
    indicated
    the
    following
    nitrate/nitrite
    levels:
    MW-I located furthest
    southeast
    on the site, 101
    mg/I;
    and
    MW-2 located
    just southeast
    of the tank
    farm, 246 mg/I.
    21.
    Respondent
    CPS
    has caused,
    allowed or
    threatened the discharge
    of
    contaminants
    to
    waters of
    the State so
    as to
    cause
    or tend to cause
    water pollution in
    Illinois or
    to
    violate
    the
    Board’s
    regulations
    or standards
    through the release
    of liquid
    fertilizer from its
    White
    Hall
    facility to
    surface
    and subsurface
    drainage
    at the
    site.
    22.
    The
    Respondent
    CPS has caused
    or
    allowed
    contaminants to
    be
    deposited
    upon
    the
    land
    in
    such place
    and
    manner
    as
    to
    create a water
    pollution
    hazard through its proximity
    to
    a
    surface
    and
    subsurface
    drainage at
    the
    site.
    23.
    The
    discharge of
    contaminants from
    the
    Respondent’s
    facility has
    caused,
    threatened
    or
    allowed
    water
    pollution in
    that such discharges
    have likely
    rendered the waters
    of
    the
    State
    harmful
    or
    detrimental
    or
    injurious
    to
    public health, safety
    or welfare,
    or
    to
    agricultural,
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    recreational,
    or other legitimate
    uses,
    or
    to
    livestock, wild
    animals, birds, fish
    or other aquatic
    life and have likely
    created a nuisance.
    24.
    By causing,
    allowing or threatening
    the
    discharge
    of contaminants
    to
    waters
    of
    the
    State
    so as to
    cause
    or tend to cause
    water pollution
    in Illinois
    and/or
    in violation of the
    Board’s regulations
    or standards, the
    Respondent has
    violated
    Section
    12(a) of the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/12(a).
    25.
    By
    depositing contaminants
    upon the
    land in such place
    and manner as to
    create
    a
    water pollution
    hazard, the Respondent
    has
    violated Section 12(d)
    of the Act, 415 ILCS
    5/12(d).
    PRAYER
    FOR
    RELIEF
    WHEREFORE,
    the Complainant,
    People
    of
    the
    State of
    Illinois,
    respectfully requests
    that this
    court grant the
    following
    relief:
    A.
    Find that Respondent,
    Crop
    Production Services,
    Inc., has violated Section
    12(a)
    and (d)
    of the Act,
    415 ILCS 5/12(a),
    (d);
    B.
    Order the Respondent
    to cease
    and desist
    from
    further violations of
    the Act
    and
    associated
    regulations
    pursuant to section
    42(e) of the Act,
    415
    ILCS 5/42(e);
    C.
    Assess against the
    Respondent a
    civil penalty of fifty
    thousand dollars ($50,000)
    for each
    violation
    of the Act, and an
    additional penalty
    of ten thousand dollars
    ($10,000)
    for
    each day during
    which each
    violation
    has
    continued thereafter;
    and
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    D.
    Grant such other
    and
    further relief
    as the
    Board deems appropriate.
    Respectfully Submitted,
    PEOPLE OF THE
    STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    LISA MADIGAN,
    Attorney General of
    the
    State of Illinois
    MATTHEWJ. DUNN, Chief
    Environmental Enforcement/Asbestos
    Litigation Division
    BY:
    .THOMAS DAVIS, Bureau Chief
    Assistant Attorney
    General
    Environmental Bureau
    Of
    Counsel
    JANE E. MCBRIDE
    Assistant Attorney General
    500 South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    /
    Dated:
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