BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF:
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
FOR THE
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
AND LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL.
ADM. CODE 301, 302, 303, and 304
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R08-9
(Rulemaking - Water)
NOTICE OF FILING
TO:
John Therriault, Assistant Clerk
illinois Pollution Control Board
James
R.
Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Deborah
J. Williams, Assistant Counsel
Stefanie N. Diers, Assistant Counsel
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Persons included
on the attached
SERVICE LIST
PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk ofthe
Pollution Control Board
MIDWEST GENERATION'S QUESTIONS FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS' WITNESS LAURA BARGHUSEN (OPENLANDS), a copy of
which is herewith served upon you.
MID~G:~~
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Susan M. Fr
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Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, August 25, 2008
Date: August 25, 2008
Susan
M. Franzetti
NIJMAN FRANZETTI LLP
10
S. LaSalle St., Suite 3600
Chicago,
1L 60603
(312) 251-5590 (phone)
(312) 251- 4610 (fax)
Kristy
A.
N. Bulleit
Brent Fewell
HUNTON
&
WILLIAMS, LLP
1900
K.
Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 855-1500 (phone)
(202) 778-7411 (fax)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned, certify that on this 25'h day of August, 2008, I have served
electronically the attached MIDWEST GENERATION'S QUESTIONS
FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS' WITNESS LAURA BARGHUSEN (OPENLANDS) and
NOTICE OF FILING
upon the following persons:
John Therriault, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James
R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James
R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
and by U.S. Mail,
frrst class postage prepaid, to the following persons:
Deborah J. Williams, Assistant Counsel
Stefanie N. Diers, Assistant Counsel
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
The participants listed
on the attached
SERVICE LIST
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SERVICE LIST
Frederick M. Feldman
Ronald
M. Hill
Margaret
T. Conway
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
111 East Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Bill Richardson, ChiefLegal Counsel
Illinois Department
ofNatural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Keith Harley
Elizabeth Schenlder
Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc.
205 West Momoe, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Katherine D. Hodge
Monica
T. Rios
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3150 Roland Avenue
P.O. Box 5776
Springfield, IL 62705-5776
Richard Kissel
Roy Harsch
DrinkerBiddle
191 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60606-1698
Claire Manning
Brown Hay& Stephens LLP
700 First Mercantile Banlc Bldg
205
S. Fifth St
Springfield, IL 62705-2459
Frederick Keady
Vermillion Coal Company
1979 Jolms Drive
Glenview, IL 60025
Matthew Dunn, Chief
Environmental Bureau
Office
of the Attorney General
100 West Randolph, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 6060 I
Ann Alexander
Natural Resources Defense Counsel
101 N. Wacker Dr., Ste. 609
Chicago, IL 60606
Thomas V. Skinner
Thomas
W. Dimond
Kevin Desharnais
Jennifer A. Simon
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
60606"4637
Albert Ettinger
Jessica Dexter
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35
E. Wacker Dr., Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60601
Lisa Frede
Chemical Industry Council
of Illinois
1400
E. Touhy Ave., Suite 110
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Charles Wesselhoft
James Harrington
Ross& Hardies
150 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60601-7567
Fred
L. Hubbard
P.O. Box
12
16
West Madison
Danville, IL 61834
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Georgia Vlahos
Naval Training Center
260lA Paul Jones St
Great Lakes, lL 60088-2845
W.C. Blanton
Blackwell Sanders LLP
480I Main St, Suite 1000
Kansas City, MO 64112
Jerry Paulsen
Cindy Skukrud
McHemy County Defenders
132 Cass Street
Woodstock, 11 60098
Bernard Sawyer
Thomas Granto
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6001
W. Pershing Rd
Cicero, lL 60650-4112
Marc Miller
Jamie
S. Caston
Office
of Lt. Governor Pat Quinn
Room 414 State House
Springfield,
lL 62706
Bob Carter
Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation
PO Box 3307
Bloomington,
lL 61702-3307
Kenneth W. Liss
Andrews Environmental Engineering
3300 Ginger Creek Drive
Springfield,
lL 62711
Jeffrey
C. Fort
Ariel
1. Tesher
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago,
lL 60606-6404
Kay Anderson
American Bottoms
One American Bottoms Road
Sauget,
lL 6220 I
Robert VanGyseghem
City of Geneva
1800 South St
Geneva,
lL 60134-2203
Fredric Andes
Erika Powers
Bames
&
Thornburg
I North Wacker
Dr
Suite 4400
Chicago,
lL 60606
Jack Darin
Sierra Club
70
Be Lal(e St
Chicago,
lL 60601-7447
Tom Muth
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District
628 State Route
31
Oswego, lL 60543
Vicky McKinley
Evanston Environmental Board
223 Grey Avenue
Evanston,
lL 60202
James
1. Daugherty
Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
700 West End Avenue
Chicago Heights,
lL 60411
Tracy Elzemeyer
American Water Company
727 Craig Road
St. Louis,
MO 63141
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Irwin Polls
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
3206 Maple
Leaf Drive
Glenview, IL 60025
Dr. Thomas
J. Murphy
2325
N. Clifton Street
Chicago, IL 60614
Stacy Meyers-Glen
Openlands
Suite 1650
25 East Washington
Chicago, IL 60602
James
Huff
Huff
&
Huff, Inc.
915 Harger Road, Suite 330
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Susan Hedman
Andrew Armstrong
Environmental Counsel
Environmental Bureau
Suite 1800
69 West Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Matthew
C. Read
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3150 Roland Avenue
P.O. Box5776
Springfield, IL 62705-5776
Traci Barkley
Prairie Rivers Networks
1902 Fox Drive, Suite 6
Champaign, IL 61820
Cathy Hudzik
City
of Chicago
Mayor's Office
of Intergovernmental Affairs
121 North LaSalle Street, Room 406
Chicago, IL 60602
Sharon Neal
Commonwealth Edison
125 South Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Beth Steinborn
2021 Timberbrook
Springfield, IL 62702
Jennifer
A.
Simon
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4637
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF:
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
AND THE LOWER DES PLAINES RNER:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 Ill.
Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303
and 304
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R08-9
(Rulemaking
- Water)
MIDWEST GENERATION'S QUESTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS'
WITNESS LAURA BARGHUSEN (OPENLANDS)
Midwest Generation, L.L.C. ("Midwest Generation" or "MWGen"), by and through its
attorneys,
Nijman Franzetti LLP and Hunton
&
Williams LLP, submits the following questions
based
upon the Pre-filed Testimony of Laura Barghusen submitted on behalf ofthe
Environmental Groups, Environmental
Law and Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense
Council, Prairie Rivers
Network, Sierra Club - Illinois Chapter, Friends ofthe Chicago River,
and Openlands.
Midwest Generation requests that the Hearing Officer allow follow-up
questioning
to be posed based on the answers provided.
QUESTIONS
1.
Please provide the stream size ofJackson Creek and compare itto stream size ofthe Upper
Dresden Pool.
2.
On page 6, Section
VIA
ofyour Pre-Filed Testimony, please identify the Index ofBiotic
Integrity
(IBI) values for Jackson Creek referenced in the 2003 Basin Survey identified in
your testimony. Please identify where the illI data you are referring to
by reference to the
2003 Basin Survey is the same as the data contained in the document that has been marked
and entered as Exhibit 42 in this rule-making proceeding.
3.
Please identify the species that contribute to Jackson Creek having the "highest species
diversity" for Des Plaines River tributary stations (versus the lower species diversity
ofthe
Upper Dresden Island Pool) as referenced in your Pre-Filed Testimony at page
6, Section
VIA
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4.
On page 6, Section VI.A. ofyour Pre-Filed Testimony, please explain further what you mean
by the statement: "Tributaries recruit species from connecting rivers when local events such
as pollution
or drought result in a decline in numbers."
5.
Is pollution currently causing a decline in species numbers in Jackson Creek? If so, what is
the cause(s)
or source(s) ofthat pollution?
6.
Have drought conditions caused a decline in aquatic species numbers in Jackson Creek?
7.
In the event ofa drought in Jackson Creek,
will
the adverse eftects on aquatic life from such
drought conditions also be present
in the Upper Dresden Pool?
8.
Do you lmow what the extent ofthe good or high quality aquatic habitat is in Jackson Creek?
9.
Please describe generally the gradient, the extent ofavailability ofriftIes and the typical
substrate composition
ofJackson Creek.
10.
If
you can, please compare the information provided in response to Questions 8 and 9 above to
the stream characteristics of, and the amount and extent
ofgood quality aquatic habitat in, the
Upper Dresden Island Pool.
11.
Do
you lmow what the extent of sedimentation/siltation deposits are in Jackson Creek? Ifso,
can you compare the sediment/siltation conditions in Jackson Creek to those
in the Upper
Dresden Island Pool?
12.
Do CSO events affect the levels
of dissolved oxygen in Jackson Creek?
13.
Is there barge traffic in Jackson Creek?
If
so, please describe the level ofbarge traffic in
Jackson Creek?
14.
Is Jackson Creek
an impounded waterway li!(e the Upper Dresden Island Pool?
15.
Explain how improving the water quality ofthe Upper Dresden Island Pool
will
"help
maintain the higher degree
of biological diversity in Jackson Creek into the future," as stated
on page 6, Section VI.A.
ofyour Pre-Filed Testimony.
16.
Explain how the proposed aquatic life use designation for the Upper Dresden Island Pool will
result
in "better habitat conditions" in the Pool as referred to in the last paragraph ofyour
testimony
on page 7.
17.
What fish species are you expecting to "recruit" from the Upper Dresden Island Pool ifthe
proposed water quality standards in this proceeding are adopted that cannot be recruited now?
18.
Assuming there are fundamental differences between the characteristics ofand availability of
good quality habitat as to Jackson Creek and the Upper Dresden Island Pool, do you still
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expect the Upper Dresden Island Pool to serve as a significant recruitment source for fishes,
in
particular small stream specialist fishes?
Respectfully submitted,
MIDWEST GENERATION, L.L.C.
Dated: August 25, 2008
Susan
M. Franzetti
NIJMAN FRANZETTI LLP
10 S. LaSalle St., Suite 3600
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 251-5590
Brent Fewell
Kristy
A.
N. Bulleit
HUNTON
&
WILLIAMS LLP
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 955-1891
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