ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 29, 1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

PETITION TO AMEND 35 ILL.

ADM. CODE PART 214, SULFUR

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R86—31

LIMITATIONS (CIPS Coffeen

Generating Station)

CONCURRING OPINION (by J. Theodore Meyer):

I concur with the proposed opinion and order adopted in this

proceeding. The record is silent, however, on whether the coal

burned at the Coffeen Generating Station is washed prior to

use. Washing coal is a low cost procedure and reduces the sulfur

content. Given the low cost and the effectiveness of washing

coal, I feel that it is a reasonable reguirernent. If the coal

used at the Coffeen Generating Station is not washed, I would

have opposed the proposed rule change.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, her by certify that the~ab~~eConcurring Opinion was filed

on the

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day of

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1987.

Dorothy M.

,

Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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