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NEW PROPOSED ILLINOIS STREAM

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PROTECTION RUt~V~URT1ELP!

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STAIEUFfLL~I~S

Go~’ernorRyan’s administration is proposing

topojlut ion Contra! B~n~rd

plug a loophole in Illinois’ clean water program

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the lack of an effective

“antidegradation”

policy.

This policy2~hits the lowering of water gualit~

on streams meeting standards and allows the

~inationotisc~e-tree”outstanding~ter”

The states biggest polluters are preparing major

challenges to this proposal, to be debated before the

Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB).

Clean

er advocates must write to the

IPCB

and ask

them to ad~p~trongantide~radationru~ For

i~einfonnauon,

conta~iPrairie Rivers

(217-

344-2371 or mmiller@prairierivers.org).

Write to:

Ms. Dorothy Gunn, Clerk of the Board,

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Street. Suite 11—500.

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Prairie Rivers Network

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Protecting Illinois’ Streams

8 9 S. 5Th Street• Champaign, IL 61820

Non-Profit Org.

U.S.

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