RECEIVED

C 1 IE

CLERK’S ()FF!CE

I

NOV21 2000

No~i~r~

Pollution Cob

l~l~lS

trol Board

Ms. Dorothy Gunn

Clerk ofthe Board

Illinois Pollution Control Board

100 W. Randolph St.

Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

~

Dear Ms. Gunn:

It is my strong belief that the Illinois Pollution Control Board needs to adopt strong rules to

prevent degradation ofIllinois, rivers, lakes and streams. As stated in Section 1 ofthe Clean

Water Act the objective of the Act “is to restore and

maintain

the chemical, physical and

biological integrity ofthe Nation’s waters.” While much more progress is needed, a lot has been

done over the past 26 years to restore the nation’s polluted waters. Relatively little has been done

to maintain the integrity of our cleaner waters. New or increased pollution should not be allowed

in any water.

Also, new or increased pollution should not be allowed in any Illinois water unless it has been

shown that it is absolutely necessary. This means that all reasonable alternatives to allowing the

new pollution should be considered careftilly.

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 from pollution. Such petitions should not be tied up in a lot ofunnecessary

red tape and citizens should not be expected to show the economic impacts of the designation.

Developers and other businesses can be counted on to complain ifthey think an Outstanding

Resource Water designation will cost them money.

Sincerely,

Rebecca A. Hefler

~/

105-A North Sixth Street

Oregon, IL 61061