Dear Illinois Pollution Control Board

:

Mercury pollution from Illinois coal plants is a danger to our health

and our environment . Please make sure

Illinois' mercury rule :

-

- Requires

Does not

coal

allow

plants

for "pollution

to reduce

trading"

their mercury

schemes

pollution

that would

by

let

90 percent

some pollutersby2009 buy t eirwayoutof

O

~~

cleaning up

-

Does not contain loopholes that would let some coal plants avoid installing the best available

pollution controls.

We should do everything we can to protect our children and all of us from

the health threats posed by mercury

pollution . I urge you to protect our kids by adopting the strongest possible

limits on mercury pollution from coal

plants.

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CITY/9AIE/IP

DOE

PHONE NUMBER

RECEIVEDCLERK'S

OFFICE

773 -73~

Pollution

STATEOFControl

ILLINOISBoard