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Ms. Dorothy Gunn, Clerk of the Board

Illinois Pollution Control Board

100 W.

Randolph St., Suite

11-500

Chicago, illinois

60601

Re: Illinois EPA’s Proposed Antidegradation Rules

Dear Ms.

Gunn:

As a~person

concerned

about Illinois’

streams, I urge the Illinois

Pollution Control

Board to adopt a strong

antidegradation policy.

Such

a polic~’

is essential to

protecting the well being of illinois’ waters and to guarantee

that our waters are

free ofpollution.

I encourage the Board to adopt rules that will keep our waters clean and safe for

fishing, swimming, and other recreational activities and

that will protect the

diverse communities of aquatic organisms which depend on our waters.

Specifically I would like to request that the Board the final rules accomplish the

following:

•

Ensure that new or increased sources ofpollution

are not allowed to

degrade

water quality;

•

Guarantee that

fish, mussels, and other aquatic organisms

are not harmed by

new or increased levels of pollution to our waters; and

•

Protect existing uses ofour. waters

to make sure that they are safe for drinking,

swimming, paddling, hunting, fishing, and recreational activities of all

types.

illinois has done much to clean up our waters since

1972.

In order to make sure

the water quality gains of the past are not lost in the future, we urge you

to adopt

strong antidegradation rules.

Thank you,

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