M. Varble

9966 Northridge Circle

Clinton, IL 61727

September 24, 2008

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Clerk of the Board,

Case AS 08-10

100 W. Randolph St., Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

To the Illinois Pollution Control Board:

As a resident of Clinton I am really worried about the plans by Peoria Disposal Company to get

permission to call the hazardous Electric Arc Furnace Dust Waste no longer hazardous. I am

researching the affects of involuntary chemical poisoning, and I am convinced that precaution and

protection are essential regarding toxic chemicals. Even small amounts of chemicals from this waste,

such as dioxins, lead, or mercury, can build up over time and will have devastating health effects.

I ask the Illinois Pollution Control Board to consider the risks to public health and the environment of

the AS 08-10 proposal before you.

I think this request should be denied. Peoria Disposal Company has failed to prove that their newly

devised treatment for this waste is safe in the existing physical conditions, the character of the area

involved, including the character of the surrounding land uses, zoning classifications, the nature of

existing air quality, or receiving body of water, as the case may be, and the technical feasibility and

economic reasonableness of measuring or reducing the particular type of pollution.

I also ask if Peoria Disposal has proved the technical feasibility of their claims. I am really wondering

what will happen with this waste being landfilled out in the open all year long in heavy rains, extreme

temperatures, and being in with municipal wastes. No year-round seasonal testing was done in the

specific municipal landfill locations proposed by Peoria Disposal to prove their claims of safety for

their treatment method. This waste has volatilizing compounds, including acetone, benzene, and

toluene, which you would think will vary with different waste providers. How can this treatment

process be considered safe, when Peoria Disposal can accept this type of waste from varying locations

and will be mixing different sources of the waste over time and the locations for the waste and the

make-up of the waste will not always be the same as what was used in the limited testing. I think trends

in the steel industry show greater variations in residues will occur. These mixes could range widely

from what was tested.

I think it is unacceptable to put the public at risk for present and future generations, based on the slim

window of testing done by PDC. Dioxins, furans, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, lead, zinc, hexavalent

chromium, or any of the other constituents of concern listed and not listed by Peoria Disposal in trace

amounts or combination could be the trigger for costly human health impacts.

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, September 25, 2008

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It is unconscionable and scientifically unsound to place the Mahomet Aquifer, our major water

resource, at risk with this proposal. Peoria Disposal has listed three municipal landfills of consideration

for receiving the delisted waste. Two of these landfills, Indian Creek and Clinton Municipal Waste

Landfills, are over the Mahomet Aquifer. People in 15 counties across central Illinois depend on the

Mahomet. What cost analysis has been provided to assess treatment or replacement water supply for

contamination of the Mahomet? In an era of climate disruption, what cost assessment has been

made of the value of the Mahomet aquifer to the public, verses the cost benefits and profits claimed by

PDC, a privately owned company? Indeed, economic issues cannot be the main focus of this decision.

The longterm health, safety, and welfare of the greater public and the overall environment are at issue.

I think this delisting should be denied.

Sincerely,

Matt Varble

9966 Northridge Circle

Clinton, IL 61727

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, September 25, 2008