December 26, 2003

AECE~VE~

Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk, Illinois Pollution Control Board

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James

H.

Thompson Center Suite 11-500

2

2004

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lCD W. Randolph St.

‘tIC

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Chicago, Ii. 60601

POLwiic~iCONTROL

BOARL

Regarding

Case

#PCB 03-188 and PCB 03-218

Dear

Dorothy,

There

has

been

much

negative

response

to

the

malicious

lies

being

spread

in

Rochelle

by

a

group

called

000C

that

people

who

I

thought were, fairly

intelligent

with

some

common

sense

have

come

to

believe

that

the

proposed

landfill

expansion

is

a

terrible,

dirty

thought.

Terminology

like

“dump

city’;

“dump

juice*..~~savethe

water”

..

“save

our

children”to

scare

the

hell

out

of the people in

this

community.

To

be positive in my thoughts about disagreeing with their lies,

I took

time to go to the landfill site myself to see what was going on.

I ~as

amazed at the ‘size of the whole area and I was even more amazed by the effort

the

people

running

the

operation

took

to

make

sure

that

everything

was

safe

aM

smooth.

I

was

fortunate

enough

to

be

there

to

see

a

new liner

being

put

in,

how it

is

sealed

and

tested

for

leaks

before

putting

a

foot

of

protection

over the top and

then

another

covering

to

force

run-off

into

a

sewer

system.

I found out w~atleachate was and how they go about pumping it and the

backup system i~~fproblems down the line, all for safety.

I witnessed

the portable litter fencing being moved into position to prevent wind blov~n

garbage from Epreading. I saw a well that was tested and found to have

water

that was

LJ~000tears old.

The city of Rochelle paid for private engineers

to test the site and

found everythig in A-One shape and made their report accordingly.

The city

fathers of Creston have given their okay for the expansion.

The whole landfill site has clay

60 to 200 feet

deep

before

reaching

bedrock which sits on top of the sandstone our water comes from. I think you

and

your

board

know

what

the

possibility

of

water

being

contaminated

under

these

conditions

is

and I

see

no

reason

why

you

should

not

recommend

the

okay

for

the

expansion.

Instead

of

fighting

it,

the

people

of

this

community

should

be

thankful

we

have

an

efficiently

run

landfill

by

people

who

really

care

about

the

safety

of

the

whole

operation.

I sincerely hope your board recommends an okay for expansion.

Thank You

Nick

Agno9/

Retired

businessman

and

Richelle

resident

for

35

years

Nick

Agnos

710 N.

7th St.

Rochelle,

Il

61068