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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) standard formal Highway Authority Agreement, and a Lake County Supplemental Highway Authority Agreement, between BP Products North America, Inc. (BP) and Lake County, as required by the IEPA in order for it to consider the issuance of a “No Further Remediation” (NFR) letter to BP for its property at 3201 North Lewis Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, which is necessary for the redevelopment of said property.
Staff Summary
· 3201 North Lewis Avenue, Waukegan: Highway Authority Agreements with BP Products North America, Inc. (BP).
· BP owns property situated at 3201 North Lewis Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, which has or had leaking underground storage tanks impacting the right-of-way of Lewis Avenue and York House Road.
· BP is requesting a NFR letter from the IEPA relative to this property.
· As a condition of granting said NFR letter, the IEPA requires property owners to enter into standard formal Highway Authority Agreements stating rights and obligations relative to contaminants that may have migrated into nearby highway rights-of-way.
· Lake County has determined that a Supplemental Highway Authority Agreement is also necessary.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of both agreements with BP.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, BP is the owner of property situated at 3201 North Lewis Avenue (County Highway 27); and
WHEREAS, BP is the owner or operator of leaking underground storage tanks presently, or formally, located at said site which caused the release of contaminants into the soil and/or groundwater, including within the right-of-way of Lewis Avenue and York House Road (County Highway 65); and
WHEREAS, BP is in the process of remediating contamination at said property located at 3201 North Lewis Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, BP has requested from the IEPA a NFR letter to enable the redevelopment of said site; and
WHEREAS, as a condition ...
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