September

24, 2008

ECEVED

CLERK’S

OFFICE

Illinois

Pollution Control Board

Clerk

SEP

2

62008

100 West

Randolph Street

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STATEOFILLINOIS

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V

Pollution Control

Board

Chicago, IL 6

1601-3233

Subject: Peoria

Disposal

Company Delisting

Petition AS 2008-0 10

Dear

Illinois Pollution Control Board:

I am writing to ask

you to approve

the request to delist electric arc

furnace

dust

referenced above. There are several

reasons but it seems that

“green” is

the word these days

and this

seems to be part of doing

green things that the

opponents miss. The dust is the result

of the process of recycling steel.

This

is a resource

conserving, green

process. I have seen the

opponents offer no

alternatives. I understand that

there are high temperature

processes that can

be applied to the waste. I do not know the details but

would presume that

these are

energy intensive processes

and would probably result

in some

waste as

well. After the initial recycling

process it seems we get into

a case

of

diminishing returns and as energy costs rise

are the alternates

economically viable with equal environmental

benefits?

The

treatment/delisting of wastes

by

chemical

processes has been done for

years with much information published and research continuing

to improve

the process.

There are numerous cases

of similar delistings across the

country. To me, the process used is akin to remineralizing the

metals —

putting them back into a similar state that they were found in nature.

Thank you for your

consideration.

LaPayne

316

Miller

Road

Edelstein, Illinois

61526