Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Board decision, November 26, 2014)

In re Archer Daniels Midland Co. (EAB UIC Appeal No. 14-72): petition dismissed

Decision type
Board decision
Dockets
UIC 14-72, IL-115-6A-0001
Decided
November 26, 2014
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable Board precedent
Checked against source
2026-08-22

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This Environmental Appeals Board order is a final disposition of the petition for review. The Board dismissed the petition after Jeffrey Sprague filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. The full text below is the official EPA release, transcribed from a scanned PDF with OCR proofreading.
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Plain-English summary

Jeffrey Sprague filed a petition seeking review of an Underground Injection Control permit issued to Archer Daniels Midland Company for its Decatur, Illinois, Facility CCS#2. He later filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. The Environmental Appeals Board dismissed the petition.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 1.25(e)(1)
  • Outcome: The petition for review was dismissed after a voluntary dismissal.
  • Key point: The petitioner’s voluntary dismissal ended the permit-review proceeding.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Archer Daniels Midland Company ) UIC Appeal No. 14-72
Decatur, Illinois )
Facility CCS#2 )
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UIC Permit No. IL-115-6A-0001 )
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                  ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR REVIEW

  On November 26, 2014, Mr. Jeffrey Sprague filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of his

petition for review of an Underground Injection Control permit issued to Archer Daniels Midland

Company, UIC Permit No. IL-115-6A-001. Mr. Sprague's petition, UIC Appeal No. 14-72, is

hereby DISMISSED.

  So ordered. 1

                                                 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD


                                                 By: [signature]
                                                               Leslye M. Fraser
                                                          Environmental Appeals Judge


  1
    The three-member panel deciding this matter is comprised of Environmental Appeals Judges

Leslye M. Fraser, Randolph L. Hill, and Kathie A. Stein. See 40 C.F.R. § 1.25(e)(1).

                            CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

     I hereby certify that copes of the foregoing Order Dismissing Petition for Review in the

matter of Archer Daniels Midland Co., UIC Appeal No. 14-72, were sent to the following
persons in the manner indicated:

By First Class U.S. Mail, Return Receipt Requested:

Jeffrey Sprague Steven J. Murawski
Post Office Box 442 Associate General Counsel
Argenta, Illinois 62501 Archer Daniels Midland Company
telephone: (217) 795-2131 4666 Faries Parkway
Decatur, Illinois 62526
Robert F. Van Voorhees telephone: (217) 451-7918
Bryan Cave LLP facsimile: (217) 424-6196
1155 F Street, N.W. Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
telephone: (202) 508-6014
facsimile: (202) 220-7314

Brian Jacobson
Bryan Cave LLP
211 North Broadway, Suite 3600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
telephone: (314) 259-2264
facsimile: (314) 552-8264

By EPA Pouch Mail:

Joanna S. Glowacki
Office of Regional Counsel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard (C-14J)
Chicago, Illinois 60604
telephone: (312) 353-3757
facsimile: (312) 385-5464

Date: NOV 26 2014

                                                 Annette Duncan
                                                   Secretary

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