RECEIVED
CLERKS OFFICE
JAN 0 7
2008
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollution Control Board
Clerk of the Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 W. Randolph St.
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Sir,
Jan. 4, 2008
Enclosed is a copy of the "revised permit" issued by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency's permit section manager, Stephen F. Nightingale, to Peoria
Disposal Co., dated Nov. 27, 2007.
It is submitted to the IPCB to accompany the appeal of terms and conditions of
that permit by this writer, Tom L. Edwards, with the appeal conveyed in two
parts by mail postmarked Dec. 31, 2007, and Jan. 1, 2008.
Though we asked for a time extension, too, if that is not permitted we wish to
proceed with the enclosed appeal.
Thank you,
Tom L. Edwards/River
Rescue
902 W. Moss Ave.
Peoria, IL 61606
P.S. Enclosed, too, is correction of a typographical error in our Jan. 1, '08 letter
to IPCB. The date in the 4th paragraph should be "January 1, 2007" rather than
January 7. The correction, plus a new replacement page is included.
To: Illinois Pollution Control Board
January 1, 2008
From: Tom L. Edwards
902 W. Moss Ave.
(3 pages)
Peoria, IL 61606
Re: Addition to my Dec.31 request for time extension to appea"EPA permit to PDC
Who I am:
I have to get the essence of my appeal (below) of the IEPA permit to PDC in the mail to
meet the Jan. 1 appeal deadline date. Tomorrow I will send in Inure background material
-- and a copy of the bulky 197-page EPA decision. Briefly, I am an environmental
writer. Over the last 4 years I have researched and written 70 or 80 mostly one or two-
page papers regarding PDC' s hazard( waste landfill and its operation, and sent them
variously to Peoria County Board, EPA, Pollution Control Board, and other officials.
99% of the public knew nothing of the landfill's existence until I wrote an expository
petition (Jan., '04) and passed it out in the community to launch this campaign. Petitions
with 7,100 signatures were mailed back, some kind of a record. (Will send a copy.)
Moreover,
nobody
in the Peoria County administration or county board was even aware
that there was a state permit governing operation of PDC' s landfill until this writer got
one from the state and presented it to the board 4 years ago (January, 2004).
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through which toxic waste poured lava-like down a hillside and 3-feet deep over Rt. 8,
and across a field down to Kickapoo Creek, said a witness. The road was closed. Federal
HazMat agency came in space-age garb and earthmoving machinery to deal with it.
Grounds for Appeal:
--
All major limitations in the original permit are gone:
1 --From its 1987 beginning PDC's permit was for 2.63 million cubic yards of toxic
waste to be put on its hilltop disposal site. That limitation still stands. But
both PDC and IEPA are saying that limit has not yet been reached after 20 years of
dumping via what was originally a 10-year permit
That is quite impossible. In tonnage 2.63 million cubic yards of toxic waste,
according to an expert, is equivalent to about 900,000 tons, given the loose, even fluffy
nature of much or most toxic waste. The waste comes in trucks from up to 15 states.
2 -- The much extended, now also modified permit, was to expire in 2006. EPA
Re: IEPA's Revised Permit to Peoria Disposal Co.
To: Illinois Pollution Control Board
January 1, 2008
From: Tom L. Edwards
902 W. Moss Ave.
(3 pages)
Peoria, IL 61606
Re: Addition to my Dec.31 request for time extension to appeal IEPA permit to PDC
Who I am:
I have to get the essence of my appeal (below) of the IEPA permit to PDC in the mail to
meet the Jan. 1 appeal deadline date. Tomorrow I will send in more background material
-- and a copy of the bulky 197-page EPA decision. Briefly, I am an environmental
writer. Over the last 4 years I have researched and written 70 or 80 mostly one or two-
page papers regarding PDC's hazardous waste landfill and its operation, and sent them
variously to Peoria County Board, EPA, Pollution Control Board, and other officials.
99% of the public knew nothing of the landfill's existence until I wrote an expository
petition (Jan., '04) and passed it out in the community to launch this campaign. Petitions
with 7,100 signatures were mailed back, some kind of a record. (Will send a copy.)
Moreover,
nobody
in the Peoria County administration or county board was even aware
that there was a state permit governing operation of PDC' s landfill until this writer got
one from the state and presented it to the board 4 years ago (January, 2004).
Re: IEPA's Revised Permit to Peoria Disposal Co.
Note: IEPA's cover letter sent out with its permit decision mistakenly states that the final
date for the public to submit appeals "is January 1, 2007."
Also,
none of the
forwarding letters or the decision are signed by the IEPA director, Doug Scott.
Missing from EPA's information is anything about the 1980 break at a PDC disposal cell
through which toxic waste poured lava-like down a hillside and 3-feet deep over Rt. 8,
and across a field down to Kickapoo Creek, said a witness. The road was closed. Federal
HazMat agency came in space-age garb and earthmoving machinery to deal with it.
Grounds for Appeal:
--
All major limitations in the original permit are gone:
1 --From its 1987 beginning PDC's permit was for 2.63 million cubic yards of toxic
waste to be put on its hilltop disposal site. That limitation still stands. But
both PDC and IEPA are saying that limit has not yet been reached after 20 years of
dumping via what was originally a 10-year permit
That is quite impossible. In tonnage 2.63 million cubic yards of toxic waste,
according to an expert, is equivalent to about 900,000 tons, given the loose, even fluffy
nature of much or most toxic waste. The waste comes in trucks from up to15 states.
2 -- The much extended, now also modified permit, was to expire in 2006. EPA
ORIGINAL
1021
NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST,
P.O. Box 19276,
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
62794-9276 - ( 217) 782-3397
JAMES R.
THONIPSON CENTER,
1 00
WEST RANDOLPH, SUITE
11-300,
CHICAGO,
IL 60601 - (312) 814-6026
RECEIVED
CLERK'S OFFICE
JAN 0 7' 2008
STATE
OF ILLINOIS
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT RCRA PART B PERMIT
Pollution Control Board
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L3NOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ROD
R.
BLAGOJEVICH, GOVERNOR
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DOUGLAS P.
SCOTT, DIRECTOR
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
IEPA #1438120003 -- Peoria County
USEPA ILD #000805812
Peoria Disposal Company
Permit #B-24R
RCRA Peunit
Peoria Disposal Company
4700 North Sterling Avenue
Peoria, Illinois 61615
Issue Date: November 27, 2007
Effective Date: January 1, 2008
Expiration Date: January 1, 2018
A Part B permit is hereby granted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
Illinois Environmental Protection Act, and Title 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 702, 703, 705, and
720 through 729 to the Peoria Disposal Company facility to construct/maintain and operate a
waste management facility involved in the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste
and specified non-hazardous waste. Peoria Disposal Company is located at 4349 Southport
Road, Peoria, Illinois.
This permit consists of the conditions contained herein (including those in any attachments and
appendices) and applicable regulations contained in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
and Title 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 702, 703, 705 and 720 through 729 in effect on the effective
date of this permit. The Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/1 et. seq.) grants the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency the authority to impose conditions on permits which
are issued.
If you have any questions regarding this final pennit, please contact Mark L. Crites at 217/524-
3269.
Stephen F. Nightingale, P.E.
Manager, Pennit Section
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ROCKFORD –
BUREAU OF LAND -
SPRINGFIELD
USEPA, w/attachment
4302 North Main Street,
Rockford,
IL
61103 - (815) 987-7760
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DES PLAINES –
9511 W. Harrison St., Des Plaines, IL 60016 - (847) 294-4000
ELGIN – 595 South State, Elgin,
IL
60123 - (847) 608-3131
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PEORIA –
5415 N. University
St., Peoria
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IL 61614 - (309) 69.3-5463
PEORIA –
7620 N. University
St., Peoria, IL 61 614 -
(309) 693-5462
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CHAMPAIGN
2125 South First Street, Champaign, IL 61820 - (217) 278-5800
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4500 S. Sixth Street Rd., Springfield,
MARION –
2309
IL 62706
W.
Main
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St.,
786
Suite
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6392176, ?
Marion,
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COLLINSVILLE
IL 62959
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2009
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(613)
Mall
993-7200Street,
Collinsville, IL 62234 --
(618) 346
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5120
Revised: October 2007
ILD000805812
Page 1-5
. Attachment G
Added Item 8 to attachment G. This submittal was inadvertently omitted from the list of
submissions in the draft permit.
Attachment K
Attachment K has been edited to replace "PQL" with "EQL".
Attachment N a?
a
Attachment N has been edited to replace "PQL" with "EQL".
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RCRA PERMIT
Peoria Disposal Company
Peoria, Illinois
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Part B Log 24R
Table of Contents
Item
Page
General Facility Description
iii-iv
List of Plans and Documents Contained in the Approved
v-vi
Patthit Application
I?
Containers
I-1 -1-8
II.
Tank Systems
II-1 - 11-12
III.
Containment Building
III-1 -111-8
IV.
Surface Impoundments
IV-1 - IV-4
V. Landfills
V-1 - V-9
VI.
Groundwater Detection Monitoring Program
VI-1 - VI-17
VIA. Shallow Zone Groundwater Observation Monitoring Program
VI-A-1
– VI-A-12
VII. Post-Closure
VII-1 - VII-4
VIII.
Standard Conditions
VIII-1 - VIII-13
IX.
Reporting and Notification Requirements
IX-1 - IX-9
X.
Additional Special Conditions
X-1 –X-16
XI.
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units
XI-1 – XI-5
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Attachment A -- General Inspection Schedule
A-1 – A-9
Attachment
B
Post-Closure.Inspection Schedule
B
-1 –B-2
Attachment C -- Waste Lists and Hazardous Waste
Identification Numbers (ID No.)
C-1 – C-42
Attachment D -- Averaged Replicate T-Test
D-1 – D-3
Attachment E – Groundwater Monitoring Attachments and Figures
E-1 – E-7
Attachment F – Closure and Post-Closure Cost Estimates
F-1
Attachment G -- Approved Permit Application Identification
G-1
Attachment H – Certification Documentation for Construction
H-1 – H-2
Attachment I – Overview of RCRA Corrective Action Activities
I-1 – 1-2
at Peoria Disposal
Attachment J – Closure Certification Statement
J-1 •
Attachment K– Special Waste Preacceptance Form
Attachment L – Annual Generator Special Waste Recertification
for Treatment of Special Waste
Attachment M – Annual Generator Special Waste Recertification
for Disposal of Special Waste
Attachment N – Certification for Non-Commingled Hazardous Waste
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