AUG

11 2004

STATE OF ILLINOIS

August

10,

200I~OfIutton

Control

Board

Dear Dorothy Gunn:

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Recently I have been made aware ofthe petition submitted by Jo’Lyn Corporation and

Falcon Waste

& Recycling, Inc.

ofWoodstock to use roofing shingles to

create a paving

product for paving parking lots, bike paths,

driveways,

etc.

The material they will be

using

is from the manufacturer—not post-consumer material,

so therefore it is a clean

ingredient (not contaminated with roofing nails, etc.)

As far as my background

is concerned,

I have worked actively with the recycling

programs ofthe McHenry County Defenders,

for the past

30 years.

It has been

extremely satisfying to see recycling and reuse rise

from what might have been

considered a “fad” back in the early 70’s to a realization for the need

and a real respect

for keeping a great number ofmaterials out ofthe waste stream.

I also

serve on the

Steering Committee ofQuaker Earthcare Witness,

a Quaker group that realizes

the entire

world is interconnected,

and that we need to work toward restoring the earth’s ecological

integrity.

For Falcon to have to qualify as a “pollution control facility” is a step backward

in time.

It is important to keep in mind the intentions offinding a positive use for a

material that

would likely end up in

a landfill.

Iwould like to

share a few examples ofreuse that

is being done in

a controlled,

safe way,

that I do not believe require

a “pollution control facility” status.

Septage that

is applied to farm fields ,with the initial approval ofand

later inspection

by the County Health Department as to the degree ofslope and the type ofground

cover that

is on the acreage being

used.

Rather than burning leaves in the fall, many communities vacuum the leaves, deliver

and spread then~

on fallow land provided by

local farniers.

Used clothing, rather than being put out

in the trash,

is taken to resale shops, where

the old maxim,

“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure” comes into play.

Scrap metal can be picked up by one ofmany scrap haulers, who, in turn, takethe

metal to

a scrap

dealer to

sell.

Please consider the need to grant this petition for an adjusted standard to

the petitioner.

Alice V. Howenstine

Cc:

Jolm Kim,

IEPA