MARK

L. JOHNSON,

P.E.

Vice President Engineering

61 8-239-3250

email: mjohnson@illinoisamerican.com

100

N.

Water

Works

Dr.

•

P.O.

Box

24040

•

Belleville,

IL

62223-9040

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i618~239-3250

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FAX

1618)

277-7498

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CLEP’S

OFFICE

OCT

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STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

Pollution Control Board

October

6,

2003

Ms. Dorothy Gunn

Clerk

of the

Illinois Pollution

Control Board

100 West Randolph Street

Suite

11-500

Chicago,

IL

60601

Dear Ms. Gunn:

Subject:

Title

35: Subtitle

C: Chapter I: Part 309-Permits (R03-19)

illinois-American

Water

Company

(IL-AWC)

provides water

and

wastewater

service

to

over

.290, 000

customers

in

the

Illinois

operating

districts

of

Alton,

Belleville,

Cairo,

ChampaignflJrbana,

Chicago-Metro,

East

St.

Louis,

Granite

City,

Lincoln,

Pekin,

Peoria,

Pontiac,

Sterling and Streator.

In

total,

Iffinois-American

provides service in

20 counties

and

124 communities in Iffinois.

On March 25,

2003,

IL-AWC

provided written

comments

on the petitioner’s proposal to amend

portions of Part

309.

On April

2, 2003, IL-AWC attended a hearing on this matter

and provided

oral comments.

We have followed the negotiations and amendments on

this

issue and IL-AWC

supports

the

amendments

as

proposed

by

the

Iffinois

Pollution

Control Board

to

Part

309

as

published in the Iffinois Register on September

19,

2003.

I11inoi~-American

Water

Company

Johnson

Vice President

Engineering

An American Water System Company