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CLERK’S

OFFICE

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October 29, 2000

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control Board

Ms.

Dorothy Gunn

Clerk ofthe Board

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Chicago, Illinois 60601

Re: Public Comment re RO1-13

Dear Ms.

Gunn:

The Illinois Pollution Control Board should adopt strong

rules to prevent

degradation ofIllinois’

rivers, lakes and streams.

New or increased pollution should not

be allowed in

any water unless it has been shown that it will not hurt aquatic life.

Also, new or increased pollution should not be allowed in any Illinois water

unless it has been shown that it is really

necessary.

This means that

all reasonable

alternatives to

allowing the new pollution

should be considered carefully.

Finally,

some Illinois waters

should be protected from all new pollution

entirely.

Citizens and

citizen groups should be allowed to petition to have waters designated as

Outstanding Resource Waters and protected fr

ollution.

Such petitions

should not be

tied up in a lot ofunnecessary red tape and citi

ens

hould not be expected to show the

economic impacts ofthe designation.

Develo

rs an

other h~isinessescan be counted on

to complain if the

think an

Outstanding Reso

rce W ter designation will cost them

money.

We, the undersi

ned, h

vejust

njoy

d a recre~tional addle on several Illinois

waterways,

and

an att

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to

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port

nce ofkeeping un

olluted rivers clean.

We urge the ado

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the s ro

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