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    OFFICE
    OF
    THE
    ATTORNEY
    GENERAL
    piTui1
    t’s
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    Lisa
    Madigan
    VI’lOR\EY
    GENERAL
    April 2,
    2009
    JohnT.
    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
    PCB NO.
    09-60
    Dear
    Clerk:
    Enclosed
    for filing
    please
    find
    the
    original
    and
    ten
    copies
    of a Notice
    of Filing,
    Motion
    for
    Leave
    to
    Amend
    Complaint
    and
    First Amended
    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,
    %
    uCJ
    E. McBride
    Sr.
    Assistant
    Attorney General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    (217)
    782-9031
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    Enclosures
    500 South Second
    Street,
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    ° (217)
    782-1090
    TTY:
    (877)
    844-5461
    • Fax:
    (217) 782-7046
    100 West Randolph
    Street,
    Chicago,
    Illinois
    60601
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    TTY:
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    Fax:
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    BEFORE
    THE
    ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE
    OF THE STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complarnant,
    vs.
    )
    PCB No. 09-60
    )
    (Enforcement)
    CROP
    PRODUCTION
    SERVICES,
    )
    a
    Delaware
    corporafion,
    )
    Respondent.
    )
    NOTICE
    OF
    FILING
    To:
    Edward
    W. Dwyer
    Hodge
    Dwyer
    3150
    Roland
    Avenue
    P.O.
    Box 5776
    Springfield,
    IL 62705
    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
    MOTION FOR LEAVE
    TO AMEND COMPLAINT
    and FIRST
    AMENDED
    COMPLAINT,
    copies
    of which are attached
    hereto and herewith
    served upon you.
    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
    L7’
    :
    4ANE E. McBRIDE
    Sr. Assistant Attorney
    General
    Environmental
    Bureau
    500
    South
    Second Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    217/782-9031
    Dated:
    April 2,
    2009

    CERTIFICATE
    OF
    SERVICE
    I
    hereby
    certify that I did on April 2, 2009, send by First Class 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 MOTION FOR LEAVE
    TO AMEND
    COMPLAINT
    and
    FIRST
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    To:
    Edward
    W.
    Dwyer
    Hódge Dwyer
    3150 Roland Avenue
    P.O. Box 5776
    Springfield, IL 62705
    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
    A copy was also sent by
    First Class Mail
    with postage
    thereon fully
    prepaid to:
    Carol Webb
    Hearing
    Officer
    Illinois Pollution
    Control
    Board
    1021 North
    Grand
    Avenue East
    Springfield, IL 62794
    JAt1E
    E.
    McBRIDE
    Sr.
    Assistant Attorney
    General
    This filing is submitted
    on
    recycled
    paper.

    BEFORE THE ILLiNOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL BOARD
    PEOPLE OF THE
    STATE
    OF
    LLlNOlS,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB NO. 0940
    (Enforcement)
    CROP PRODUCT1ON
    SERVICES,
    )
    a
    Delaware
    corporaton,
    Respondent.
    )
    APR
    062009
    STATE
    OF
    ILUNOIS
    MOTION
    FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
    COMPLAINWOIIUtIOfl
    Control
    Board
    NOW
    COMES
    the
    Plaintiff,
    PEOPLE OF
    THE STATE OF
    ILLINOIS,
    by
    Lisa Madigan,
    Attorney
    General
    of the
    State
    of Illinois,
    and moves to amend
    the
    Complaint
    in order
    to
    include
    additional
    referred
    violations.
    Complainant
    so moves on
    the following
    grounds:
    1.
    Final judgment
    in
    this matter
    has not been
    reached.
    The Respondent
    has
    waived
    service and
    has not yet
    answered or otherwise
    responded
    to the complaint. No
    discovery
    requests
    have
    been
    submitted.
    2.
    The
    original
    complaint
    was
    filed
    in
    this matter on
    February 17, 2009,
    and the
    Board accepted
    the
    complaint
    on March 5,
    2009.
    3.
    On
    February 24,
    2009, the
    Illinois Attorney General’s
    Office received
    an
    additional
    referral from
    the Illinois
    EPA concerning
    a
    fertilizer
    release
    at
    an
    agrichemical
    retail
    facility
    owned
    and
    operated
    by
    the Respondent.
    The existing
    complaint
    also concerns fertilizer
    releases
    at agrichemical
    retail facilities owned
    by the
    Respondent.
    4.
    In the
    interest
    of
    economy,
    Complainant
    believes that it
    would
    be
    both most
    efficient and
    effective to address
    all three
    releases in a single enforcement
    action.
    5.
    Complainant
    seeks
    to add the allegations
    that are
    the subject of the third
    referral
    as
    Count III
    of
    the complaint
    in this matter.
    The new
    allegations concern
    a site near
    Galesburg,
    Illinois
    in Knox
    County.

    WHEREFORE,
    for
    the
    foregoing reasons and
    on the foregoing
    grounds, Complainant
    requests that
    this motion
    for
    leave
    to
    amend
    be
    granted. The
    First
    Amended
    Complaint is
    being filed
    contemporaneously
    with
    this motion.
    Respectfully
    submitted,
    PEOPLE
    OF
    THE
    STATE
    OF ILLINOIS,
    ex reL
    LISA
    MADIGAN,
    Attorney General
    of the State
    of
    Illinois
    MATTHEW
    J.
    DUNN,
    Chief
    Environmental
    Enforcement
    Division
    BY:
    ,
    JANE E. MCBRIDE
    Sr. Assistant Attorney
    General
    500
    South
    Second
    Street
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    (217)
    782-9031

    S1PJE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    )
    SS
    COUNTY
    OF
    PEORIA
    AFFIDAVIT
    I,
    ERIC
    ACKERMAN,
    after
    being
    duly
    sworn
    and
    upon
    oath,
    state
    as
    foHows:
    1.
    I
    am
    employed
    by
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    (“Illinois
    EPA”)
    as
    a
    field
    inspector
    and
    environmental
    protection
    engineer.
    2.
    As
    part
    of
    my
    duties
    with
    the
    Illinois
    EPA,
    I
    perform
    site
    investigations
    to
    assess
    whether
    environmental
    and/or
    public
    health
    threats
    exist.
    Upon
    formal
    request,
    I
    also
    review
    pleadings
    to
    be
    filed
    by
    the
    Attorney
    General’s
    Office
    to
    ensure
    veracity
    and
    accuracy
    with
    the
    records
    of
    the
    Illinois
    EPA
    as
    well
    as
    my
    own
    personal
    observations
    and
    knowledge.
    3.
    I
    have
    reviewed
    Count
    Ill
    of
    the
    Amended
    Complaint,
    the
    amendment
    Complainant
    seeks
    leave
    to
    add
    in
    its
    Motion
    for
    Leave
    to
    Amend
    to
    which
    this
    Affidavit
    is
    attached.
    Under
    penalties
    as
    provided
    by
    law
    pursuant
    to
    Section
    1-109
    of
    the
    Code
    of
    Civil
    procedure
    the
    undersigned
    certifies
    that
    the
    statements
    set
    forth
    in
    paragraphs
    4
    through
    6
    8
    through
    14
    of
    the
    Amended
    Complaint
    constitute
    the
    factual
    basis
    for
    the
    allegations
    are
    true
    and
    correct,
    except
    as
    to
    matters
    therein
    stated
    to
    be
    on
    information
    and
    belief
    and
    as
    to
    matters
    the
    undersigned
    certifies
    as
    aforesaid
    that
    he
    verily
    believes
    the
    same
    to
    he
    true.
    Further
    affiant
    sayeth
    not.
    o
    ERIC
    ACKERMAN
    SUbscribed
    and
    sworn
    to
    before
    me
    dayof
    2009.
    th’
    OFFICIAL
    SEAL
    CONSTANCE
    J.
    COLLINS
    NOTARY
    PUBLIC,
    STATE
    O
    ILLINOIS
    MY
    COMMISSION
    EXPIRES
    5-5.2011
    $

    BEFORE THE ILUNOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
    )
    Complainant,
    )
    APR
    0
    8
    2009
    V
    )
    PCB N0 09-60
    ILLIN
    (Enforcement)
    fltroj
    aard
    CROP PRODUCTION
    SERVICES,
    )
    a
    Delaware corporation,
    )
    Respondent.
    FIRST
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    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 al/a,
    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
    connectionwith
    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, Hlinois in Morgan County. The facility is known as CPS Richter
    (Sinclair). The
    legal
    description
    of the site is SW
    1/4, Section 28, T16N, 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
    255.80, 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:
    A)
    Clay, natural soil clay mixtures or clay/bentonite mixtures
    shall not
    3

    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
    106
    centimeters
    per
    second
    and
    maintained
    so that
    liquid movement through
    the
    walls
    and base
    does not
    exceed
    a rate of
    1
    x
    1
    0
    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
    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
    4

    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
    nitrogen 25,800
    mg/I.
    15.
    Respondent
    CPS has caused,
    allowed or threatened
    the
    discharge
    of
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    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
    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)
    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
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    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, T11N,
    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
    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.
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    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%
    while on-site.
    8-9.
    Complainant
    realleges
    and
    incorporates
    by reference
    herein
    paragraphs
    7
    and
    8
    of
    Count
    las
    paragraphs
    8
    and
    9
    of this Count
    II.
    10.
    On
    February
    18,
    2005, a
    CPS employee
    observed
    a leak
    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
    sidewall
    and the
    concrete
    floor of
    the
    secondary
    containment
    structure
    at a location
    immediately
    east
    of the
    subject
    tank.
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    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
    northea:t
    corner
    of the
    subject
    secondary
    containment structure.
    16.
    On
    October 6,
    2005, the
    Illinois
    EPA conducted a
    follow-up cc pliance
    inspection.
    At the
    time
    of
    the inspection,
    the Illinois
    EPA collected samples
    frm the collection
    sumps.
    Liquid
    sample
    collected
    from the small
    sump
    located
    on the north
    sicL
    of
    the subject
    secondarycontainment
    was clear
    with an
    ammonia
    odor. The analytical
    resu s 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
    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.
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    17.
    On
    May
    12, 2006,
    the Illinois
    EPA conducted a
    compliance inspection
    at the site.
    Four groundwater
    mc’itoring
    well
    had
    been installed
    at the site.
    18.
    At
    the
    me
    of the May
    12, 2006 inspection, sample
    results
    were collected
    from
    the
    shallow sumps kited
    adjacent
    to
    the bulk liquid fertilizer
    storage
    tank farm and the
    groundwater
    monitor
    j
    wells.
    I
    results
    of the
    samples taken from the
    shallow
    sumps
    indicated
    the
    evels
    for
    the
    wells S-2, S-3, S-4,
    located
    along
    the east side of the
    liquid
    rm, north
    to south
    respectively: S-2, 21.6
    mg/I; S-3, 31.8
    mg/I;
    S-4, 154
    the State
    harmful
    o
    ;trimental
    or injurious to public
    health, safety
    or welfare, or to agricultural,
    recreational,
    or
    othe;
    gitimate uses, or
    to livestock,
    wild animals, birds,
    fish or other aquatic
    life
    and have
    likely crated
    a nuisance.
    19.
    Analy
    following
    nitrate/nitril
    fertilizer
    storage
    tan
    mg/I.
    20.
    AnElly
    indicated
    the
    followir
    mg/I; and MW-2
    Ioc
    21.
    Re:;p
    contaminants
    to
    \
    at
    to
    violate
    the
    Bo:d’.
    White
    Hall
    facilit:
    to
    22.
    TheF
    the
    land in
    such pla.
    a
    surface and
    subsi
    23.
    The
    threatened
    or
    allow
    results of samples taken
    from the
    groundwater
    monitoring
    wells
    itrate/nitrite
    levels: MW-I located
    furthest
    southeast
    on the site, 101
    just southeast
    of
    the
    tank farm,
    246 mg/I.
    ent CPS has
    caused, allowed
    or
    threatened
    the discharge of
    of
    the State so as to cause
    or tend to
    cause
    water
    pollution in Illinois or
    gulations or
    standards through
    the release of
    liquid fertilizer
    from its
    face and
    subsurface
    drainage at
    the site.
    pondent
    CPS
    has
    caused or
    allowed contaminants
    to be deposited
    upon
    nd
    manner as to create
    a
    water
    pollution hazard
    through its proximity
    to
    Ce drainage
    at th site.
    harge
    of contaminants
    from the
    Respondent’s
    facility has caused,
    water pollution in that
    such
    discharges
    have likely rendered
    the waters of
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    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
    D.
    Grant such
    other and
    further
    relief as the
    Board deems
    appropriate.
    COUNT Ill
    GALESBURG SITE
    ROAD
    SPILL
    AND SITE
    RELEASE
    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).
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    2-3.
    Complainant
    realleges and
    incorporates by reference
    herein paragraphs
    2
    through
    3
    of Count
    I as paragraphs 2
    through
    3 of
    this Count Ill.
    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,
    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
    Corporalion
    Systems,
    208 South
    LaSalle Street, Suite
    814, Chicago, IL 60604.
    5.
    At
    times relevant
    to the
    complaint,
    Respondent CPS
    owned and operated
    an
    agrichemical
    retail
    facility located about
    1 mile southwest
    of Galesburg and
    approximately 1/4
    mile
    east of
    Highway 41 in
    Knox
    County
    (the “Galesburg
    facility”). The
    approximately
    4
    acre
    site is
    located
    in an
    agricultural
    area.
    It is bordered on
    the east and
    west
    by
    cropland, on
    the
    south
    by
    County
    Road
    10 and
    on the
    north
    by
    an unnamed
    tributary
    to
    Cedar
    Creek. Surface
    runoff
    is to the
    northwest,
    into
    the unnamed
    tributary
    to
    Cedar Creek.
    6.
    At
    times
    relevant
    to
    the complaint,
    there was
    an office,
    storage
    building, load
    out
    pad,
    fertilizer
    tank
    farm
    with
    secondary
    containment and
    bulk anhydrous
    ammonia storage
    at
    the
    Galesburg
    facility.
    7.
    Complainant
    realleges and
    incorporates
    by
    reference
    herein paragraphs
    7 of Count
    I as
    paragraph
    7
    of this Count
    III.
    8.
    On
    July 21, 2007, the
    Monmouth
    Fire Department and
    Illinois State
    Police
    responded
    to
    a spill of
    ammonia nitrate
    on Route 34 near
    North
    ll
    Street in Monmouth,
    IL.
    The
    spill was
    discovered
    at 6:15
    p.m. on
    July
    21, 2007. According
    to
    Assistant
    Fire Chief Pat
    Spears
    of the
    Monmouth
    Fire
    Department, at least
    one car
    slid
    through the intersection
    at 1
    Street and
    Route 34 due
    to
    the liquid fertilizer
    on the road
    surface. A Monmouth
    police
    officer
    followed
    the
    trail of
    liquid
    approximately 3/4 mile
    west
    and north
    to
    a
    tank on a
    semi
    truck
    and
    12

    trailer.
    9.
    The
    truck
    was owned
    by
    RCM
    Transport,
    Inc.
    (“RCM”)
    of Monmouth.
    RCM
    had
    been
    contracted
    to haul
    a fertilizer storage
    tank
    from Respondent
    CPS’
    Galesburg
    facility
    to
    CPS’
    facility
    in Keithsburg,
    IL. As
    the truck
    approached
    1
    1t
    Street in Monmouth,
    the
    traffic
    light
    turned red.
    The driver
    was
    unaware
    that
    there was
    liquid
    remaining
    in
    the tank
    at the
    time
    of
    transport.
    The truck
    driver
    hit
    the
    brakes
    and
    the
    liquid
    in
    the tank came
    forward
    and
    blew
    the
    lid open
    on the top
    of the
    steel tank.
    The
    liquid
    then spilled
    onto
    Route
    34.
    10.
    Respondent’s
    personnel
    at
    the Galeburg
    facility
    told an
    Illinois
    EPA
    field
    inspector
    that it was
    their
    belief
    that
    the tank was
    empty when
    it
    was loaded
    on
    the truck
    for
    transport.
    The
    valve on
    the bottom
    of the
    tank had
    been
    opened
    to allow
    the
    contents
    to drain
    into
    the
    secondary
    containment
    prior
    to
    the tank
    being loaded
    on the
    truck.
    Nothing
    came
    out
    of the valve
    when
    Respondent’s
    employee
    opened the
    valve and
    he assumed
    the tank
    was
    empty.
    Upon
    evaluation
    after
    the
    spill,
    Respondent’s
    personnel
    concluded
    the
    valve must
    have
    been
    plugged, not
    allowing
    the
    contents
    to
    drain out.
    11.
    The
    contents
    of
    the
    tank
    was 28 percent
    nitrogen solution.
    On
    July 23,
    2007,
    Respondent’s
    personnel
    pumped out
    the
    liquid
    remaining
    in the
    tank that
    was the source
    of the
    road
    spill. The
    company
    pumped
    out
    approximately
    750 to 800
    gallons.
    Responders
    estimated
    that
    approximately
    200
    gallons spilled
    on the
    road in Monmouth.
    12.
    On
    July 23,
    2007,
    an
    Illinois
    EPA
    inspector who
    was
    investigating
    the road
    spill
    visited
    the Galesburg
    facility
    to inspect
    the
    site where
    the
    tank had
    originated.
    At the
    time of
    the
    inspection,
    it
    was
    apparent
    that three
    upright
    storage
    tanks
    had
    recently
    been
    removed
    from
    the tank
    farm
    area at the
    Galesburg
    facility.
    13.
    At
    the time fo
    the July 23,
    2007 inspection,
    the
    Illinois
    EPA
    inspector
    observed
    significant
    staining
    on
    the surface
    of the gravel
    lot on
    the north
    side of
    the
    load
    out
    area
    at the
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    Galesburg facility.
    The
    yellow
    colored stain extended north from
    the
    load
    out pad
    into a low
    area of liquid ponded on site. It was apparent
    that liquid from the
    fertilizer
    operation
    was
    disposed onto the gravel surface
    of the facility. This liquid accumulated in the area northwest
    of
    the fertilizer tank farm with subsequent discharge
    into the unnamed tributary to
    Cedar Creek
    on
    the north side
    of the facility. Due to dry conditions
    at
    the time of the inspection, there was no
    runoff occurring from this ponded area at the time of the field visit. The field inspector collected
    a
    sample of the accumulation of liquid
    on
    the surface of
    the
    site
    located
    northwest
    of
    the
    fertilizer tank farm. The liquid was amber in color, similar to nitrogen fertilizer solution. The
    analytical results indicated
    the following: 8510
    mg/I
    ammonia;
    79
    mg/I
    biological
    oxygen
    demand; 393 mg/I suspended solids; 5770 mg/I nitrate/nitrite. At the time of the inspection,
    a
    release of anhydrous ammonia was occurring from the Galesburg facility.
    14.
    Anhydrous
    ammonia was
    stored in two large tanks on the northeast portion of
    the Galesburg facility. At the time
    of
    the inspection, numerous
    anhydrous
    ammonia nurse
    tanks
    were parked on site.
    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 Illinois
    or
    to violate the
    Board’s regulations or standards
    through the
    release
    of
    liquid fertilizer from its
    Galesburg facility to
    an unnamed tributary
    of Cedar Creek.
    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 Cedar
    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,
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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.
    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)
    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
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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:
    i/O
    2
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