69 Mohawk Street

Cary, IL 60013

August 14, 2003

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Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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James Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph Street

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OF ILLINOIS

Chicago, IL 60601

pollution Control Board

Re: PCB 03-221

Dear Ms. Gunn,

We would like to offer our complete support of the McHenry County Board’s

decision to deny Marshall Lowe’s application for a proposed waste transfer

station on Route 14. The Board’s support of our contentions shows the

appropriate consideration for both environmental and siting concerns.

Allowing the transfer station to be implemented would negatively impact public

héalth,’saféty, äñd ~elf~~A tra~Werstàti~nasproposed, would increase noisy

traffic and malodorous littler in an area that is predominantly residential and

commercial. The nearby Plotte property is being developed and will bring

revenues to Cary. A waste transfer site in proximity to it will jeopardize this

property’s future Pollution and vermin from the waste transfer site would

devastate the Hollows, a sensitive conservation site adjaäenttoLbwe’sproperty.

Property values in the adjacent Bright Oaks subdivision and other nearby

residential areas wouldfall.

Cary is a beautiful village in which to live. The McHenry County Board believes

Cary should remain as it is and therefore, we believe their decision to reject this

application should be upheld.

Respectfully,

Cheryl L Finnegan

Edward C Finnegan

Cc Cameron Davis, Village of Cary Administrator