Februazy 5, 2004
.Authorized Representative

PCE~V~

CLERKS

OFFICE

FEB

~200k

BEFORE

 THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

 TEOFILL~~OIS

PoUutiOfl ContrO

 IN THE MATTER OF:

 PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC REGULATION

)

 R04-ll

APPLICABLE TO

AMEREN

ENERGY

)

 (Site Specific

GENERATING COMPANY, ELGIN,

 ILLINOIS)

 Rulemaking

 Noise)

AMENDING 35

 ILL. ADM.

 CODE 901

NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that

 I have today filed with the Office

of the Clerk of the Pollution Control Board a RESPONSE TO

QUESTION RAISED AT HEARING from the Illinois Attorney General,

a

copy of which

 is hereby served upon you.

Respectfully submitted,

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

ex rel.

LISA MADIGAN,

Attorney General of the State

of Illinois

MATTHEW J.

 DUNN,

 Chief

Environmental Enforcement!

Asbestos Litigation Division

ROSEMARIE CAZEAU,

 Chief

Environmental Bureau

Assistant Attorney

BY:

_______

JOEL

 J. STERNSTEIN

Assistant Attorney General

Environmental Bureau

188 W. Randolph Street,

 20th Floor

Chicago,

IL

60601

(312)

 814-6986

Dated: February

9,

2004

SERVICE LIST

Ms. Dorothy Gunn

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R.

 Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph,

 Suite 11-500

Chicago,

 IL 60601

(312)

814-3620

Mr.

John

Knittle,

Esq.

Hearing

Officer

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

Springfield,

 Illinois

62794

(217)

278-3111

Mr.

Scott

Phillips,

Esq.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Legal Counsel

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield,

 Illinois

 62794-9276

(217)

782-5544

Office of Legal Services

Illinois Department

 of Natural Resources

One Natural Resources Way

Springfield,

 IL 62702-1271

(217)

782-6302

Ms. Marili McFawn,

 Esq.

Schiff,

 Hardin & Waite

6600 Sears Tower

Chicago,

 Illinois 60606

(312)

258-5519

Realen Homes

Attn: Al Erickson

 1628 Colonial Parkway

Inverness,

 Illinois 60047

Village of Bartlett

Attn:

 Bryan Mraz, Attorney

228

 S. Main St.

Bartlett,

 Illinois 60103

R~CE~V~D

CLERK’S OFFICE

BEFORE

THE

ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

FEB

92004

THE

MATTER

OF:

)

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control Board

PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC REGULATION

)

 R04-11

APPLICABLE TO AMEREN ENERGY

)

 (Site Specific

GENERATING COMPANY,

 ELGIN,

 ILLINOIS)

 Rulemaking

 Noise)

AMENDING 35

 ILL. ADM.

 CODE 901

RESPONSE TO QUESTION RAISED AT HEARING

1.

 A hearing in this matter was held in front of the

Pollution Control Board on January 22,

 2004.

2.

 During the course of the haring,

 Howard Chinn of the

Illinois Attorney General’s Office testified regarding the

soundproofing system at a gas-to-electric power generating

facility in Hillside,

 Illinois

 (“Hillside

 facility”)

Mr.

Chinn’s testimony concerned the soundproofing system at the

Hillside facility,

 which is an open-air four-walled structure.

3.

 Petitioner’s attorney asked Mr. Chinn for further

documentation regarding the Hillside facility and the

soundproofing system there.

4.

Mr.

 Chinn contacted representatives of the Hillside

facility who supplied him with the enclosed documentation.

5.

 The Attorney General’s Office will supply additional

information to the Board and the persons on the Service List

regarding the soundproofing system at the Hillside facility if

it

becomes available prior to the post-hearing comment deadline.

6.

 The Attorney General’s Office provides the enclosed

documentation to the Board and the persons on the Service List

with the hope that Petitioner’s representatives will contact the

persons listed in the enclosed documents

 to learn more about the

soundproofing system at the Hillside facility..

 The Attorney

General’s Office requests that Petitioner consider construction

of a similar soundproofing system as an option for noise control

at its facility in Elgin.

Respectfully submitted,

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

ex

rel.

LISA MADIGAN,

Attorney General of the State

of Illinois

MATTHEW J. DUNN,

 Chief

Environmental Enforcement/

Asbestos Litigation Division

ROSEMARIE CAZEAU,

 Chief

Environmental Bureau

Assistant Attorney General

BY:

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JOEL J.

 STERNSTEIN

Assistant Attorney General

Environmental Bureau

188 W. Randolph Street,

 20th Floor

Chicago,

IL

60601

(312)

814-6986

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(312/814-2347) AND U~S~

MAIL

Februazy 5, 2004

Howard O~Cliinn, P.E~

Chief

Engineer/Environmental

Bureau

North.

IUin.ois,

Attorney General Ofilce,

State of

188 W Randolph Street

20th

Floor

Chicago, Illinois

60601

Dear

Howard~

respc~xise to

your

request,

th~ sIte

you

visited

was

Congress

Development

Company

—

Hillside

Quarxy

(Mannheini

Road

1-290).

Resource

Tec~hxio1ogyCorporation

 cor~junction

with

Network

Electric

Company were rçsponsIble for the gas-to-electric

facility

The

attached

pages

include

names

and

addresses

of constri~ctiçnfinns

utilized

and sojar turbine

description.

If you need

any

additional

information,

please do not

hesitate to

contact.

My mobile telephone number is 847/722-0503..

Sincerely

yours,

Arthur A.

Daniels

.Authorized Representative

A4D/c~s

Attachments

~x1on

Congress

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CONGRESS DEV~LOPMEN~Z’

COMPANY

RESOURCE TECHNOI.~OGYCORPORATION/NETWORK ELEC~RZC

COMPAI~Y

LANDFiLL GAS~TO-ELECTEXc~‘ACTLiTY

MANNHEIM ROAD

AND

1-290

fflLI$1DE~ILLINOIS

TURBINEL ENGINES

SOLAR

TURBINE~

2200

PACIFIC

HIGHWAY

SAN

DIEGO,

CALIFORNIA

92101

•

619/544-5000

Solar

Taurus 60

1~rbiizes

Rated at 52.85 MMBTU Each

BUILDING

DESIGN

PENCE-SCHWARTZ,&ASSOCIADES I’NC.

386

NORTH YORI~

STREET

ELMHTJRST,

ILLINOIS 60126

630-279-4620

CONTRACTOR

HASS~

CONSTRUCTION

CO. INC.

LINCOLN

AND PLTJMMERAVENUE

BOX 300

CALUMET

CITY, ILL~OIS60409

708/862=2450

NPISE STUDY

noise study performed;

however,

th~

Wl~eof

Hillside will

 reqj.thsting

one

from

Resource

 Technology Corporationai~dN~twork

Electric

Company.

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Janua~y30,2OOl

Mr.

Art

~aniels~

Congress Development Co.

4100

Frontage Road

Hillside,

XL 60102

RE~

RTC

—

Generation Project

Dear Art:

I

~

 in receipt ofyour

letter of

1/24/01

regardir.g the building

for the subject project.

In responseto your

questions; we offer the following:

The building is significantly smaller than the previous building which should allow for better

utilization of the

property.

We did need

to locate the

corner of the

building

alignment

with the back

 setback, but at the higher elevationforproper

drainage

and fill material.

The

site

plan

and

drainage

plan

C2.2

indicates the

location of the building

relative to the

retaining wall, which we

would

assume

is at or just inside of the property

line.

This can be

slightly adjusted.

The block is brown split face and yes we can get you a

sarnple.

There is no roof on the facility as the top is open in

order for air intake and exhausting

along

with the vertical noise radiation ability.

5

The

landscaping is not in

our

contract.

The

noise

from the

facility

radiated vertically out the roof for obvious reasons.

Horizontal

noise

radiation should be low.

The power lines must be buried

for the Village of Hillside.

The

exact underground

routing

will be

determined with Corn-Edison) but at this

time

the

lines

are anticipated to be

along the

edge ofthe access road

and down to

the

existing power poles

the

maintenance

building.

We will make

any

necessary adjustments per your request and if necessary, these will

submitted

to the

Village

ofHillside.

As always, please

feel

free

call or request

thru

your correspondence any questions or concerns that you

may have.

I would

again

to suggest that you visit the Pontiac facility in

order to

obtain

better feel

for the plant

configuration.

Sincerely,

NETWORK ELECTRIC CO.

,4cu

Randy Soulé, P.E.

President

RS/vw

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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

ENGINEERS

5425

LOUIE

LANE’

RENO, NEVADA 89511

(775)

850-9100

FAX

(775) 850-9119

CERTIFICATE

 OF SERVICE

1,

 JOEL J.

 STERNSTEIN,

 an Assistant Attorney General,

certify that on the

9th

day of February 2004,

 I caused to be

served by First Class Mail the foregoing RESPONSE TO QUESTION

RAISED AT HEARING to the parties named on the attached service

list, by depositing same in postage prepaid envelopes with the

United States Postal Service located at 100 West Randolph Street,

Chicago,

 Illinois 60601.

JOEL J. STERNSTEIN