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December 11, 2003

Clerk of the Pollution Control Board

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center Suite 11—500

100 West Randolph Street

Chicago, IL 60601

Re: Rochelle Waste Disposal

L.L.C. Vs. City Council of

the City of Rochelle, IL.

Case

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PCB 03—218

As residents of the Rochelle community we do not believe the landfill

should be enlarged., It is too close to the City of Rochelle and the

village of Creston and properties nearby. It is located in the

corrider that is growing and will, at some time, extend from Chicago

to the River and beyond.

We think it’s unlikely that anyone would want to build a home or

locate a business with a landfill in their backyard. We also feel

that the liners used in landfills will i~iot last.forever. Everything

man made has a life span. It may not affect this generation or the

next, but sometime in the future a generation that had nothing to do

with the location will have to cope with the problem. It’s like

sweeping your p~ob1emsunder the rug

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short time planning.

The people that are promoting this enlargement will probably be gone

before problems develop. No one who owns property or pays taxes

wants this expansion or the garbage created by Chicago and the

surrounding areas. We face garbage trucks and gravel trucks every

day going to and from Rochelle hauling garbage to Amboy, IL and gravel

to the new Intermodal facility. We are not opposed to growth but

growth to benefit many not a chosen few.

It is our hope that the Pollution Board will listen to the many people

in this area who are against this expansion. Thank you for your

consideration of this case.

Sinqer.~ly,

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Clarer~e and Betty A. Staton

2844 Perry Road

Steward, IL 6 0553—97 05