ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 15, 2007
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    PETITION OF MIDWEST GENERATION,
    L.L.C., WILL COUNTY GENERATING
    STATION FOR AN ADJUSTED
    STANDARD FROM 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    225.230
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    AS 07-4
    (Adjusted Standard – Air)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    On January 10, 2007, Midwes Generation L.L.C. (Midwest Geneartion) filed a request
    (Pet.) for an adjusted standard pursuant to Section 28.1 of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) (415 ILCS 5/28.1 (2004)). )). Midwest Generation seeks relief from the rules limiting
    emission of mercury from coal-fired electrical generating units adopted by the Board on
    December 21, 2006, in Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large
    Combustion Sources (Mercury), R06-25. Specifically Midwest Generation is seeking relief from
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.230 for the Will County Generating Station. Midwest Generation has
    requested a hearing to satisfy the Federal State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements.
    Section 28.1 of the Act (415 ILCS 5/28.1 (2004)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.408 require
    publication of a notice of an adjusted standard proceeding in a newspaper of general circulation
    in the area affected by the petitioner’s activity. The notice must be published within 14 days of
    filing a petition for an adjusted standard with the Board.
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.408(a). As
    required by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.410, the petitioner timely filed a certificate of publication
    with the Board on January 25, 2007. The notice of petition was published in the
    Herald News
    on
    January 19, 2007. The Board finds that the notice and petition meet the requirements of Section
    28.1 of the Act (415 ILCS 5/28.1 (2004)) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.408 and accepts this matter
    for hearing.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 15, 2007, by a vote of 4-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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