CLERK’S

OFFICE

SEP26

2008

September 23,

2008

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control

Boarcj/

Illinois Pollution

Control Board

(

ATTN: Clerk

of the Board

100W.

Randolph St., # 11-500

Chicago,

IL 60601

q

Dear Clerk of the Board:

I am a member of Peoria

Families

Against Toxic Waste

and am writing

to express my

strong

opposition of Peoria

Disposal

Company’s

request to delist

electric arc furnace

dust

to allow

the

disposal of that waste

in any Illinois

municipal landfill

without regard

to

specific

local conditions.

The

treatment process PDC

would utilize

has not been independently

tested, nor has

any

long-term

testing been completed.

There has

also

been no

testing in actual municipal

waste

landfills where waste

would be

disposed

of.

During a time in

which our global community

is becoming

more and more

aware of and

sensitive to

environmental

and

health

concerns related to

hazardous waste

treatment and

disposal, allowing

this delisting

would launch Peoria

County,

our

state, and our country

backwards rather

than forwards, and

would also

set a dangerous precedent

at a time

when

we need

to be ever more vigilant

in protecting

the health, safety and

welfare

of

our

citizens.

Not only does

this

delisting not stand

up to scientific

testing rigor, but it

defies

common sense.

Please deny Peoria

Disposal

Company’s request

to delist

EAF. Thank you for

your

consideration.

Sincerely,

27&

Kim

McLean Converse

5508 N. Montclair

Peoria, IL

61614