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STATE OF ILLINOIS
June 12, 2007 Pollution Control Board
Acommitment to life
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Clerk's Office
Pollution Control Board 06--184
100 W
. Randolph St. Suite 11-500
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Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Mr Scott,
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The physicians who study and treat cancer in Peoria have weighed in on the PDC
issue
. PDC was originally permitted for 10 years of operation by the IEPA in 1987
.
Whether by chance or ineptitude, the IEPA " forgot " to act on the 10 year permit
renewal in 1997, effectively denying the opportunity for public comment at that time
.
PDC has enjoyed 20 years of operation on a 10 year permit, and has done so well ,
as
evidenced by industry awards for this operation
. However, they have continued to add
more and more hazardous waste streams from outside of Illinois to this facility which
was poorly sited in the first place
. The location over the aquifer and close to residential
neighborhoods would never be allowed by today's USEPA Standards
. It should
concern all of us knowing that the spoils from the cleanup of EPA Superfund Site s
anywhere in the United States could be disposed of in Peoria
. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
The health of Peoria County residents is more important than any benefits to PDC .
They have had a great run, but knowing what we know today about cancer rates in
Peoria and elevated blood lead levels in Peoria's children, the time to say NO MORE
has arrived
. Please stand firm in your decision to deny the expansion
.
Enclosed, please find a letter from James McGee, M .D
. Chairman of the Cancer
Committee at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
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Sincerely,
President, •
' Staff
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
530 NE Glen Oak
Peoria, IL 61637
530 N.E-
Glen Oak Ave
., Peoria, Illinois 61637 Phone (309) 655-2000
The Sisters of the Third Order of
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May 8, 2007
Stephanie Flowers
Hearing Officer #21
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
102 1 Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Dear Ms. Flowers :
I am the Chairman of the Cancer Committee at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center which
is composed of cancer surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, radiation therapy physicians,
nurses, cancer registrars and a lay person from the Peoria business community
. We
discussed PDC's pending application to expand the hazardous waste disposal facility at
PDC it] in Pottstown . After reviewing the IDPH data on elevated cancer rates in Peoria
County, the Committee members felt that continued operation of the PDC facility poses
significant risk to the health of Peoria County residents .
During the discussion, it was agreed that no one is saying that PDC's operation is directly
causing cancer. Rather, the concern was that it just does not make good sense to continue
importing known carcinogenic hazardous waste from outside Peoria County and outside
the state of Illinois, and burying it in a site so close to a populated area and over the
aquifer, in a county with a documented high cancer burden
.
The Cancer Committee therefore adds its voice to those of the Medical Staff of all three
Peoria Hospitals, the Peoria Medical Society and the Illinois State Medical Society in
opposing the expansion of the Peoria Disposal Company's Hazardous Waste Landfill at
Pottstown
. Moreover, we urge the IEPA to help us protect the health of Peoria County
residents by addressing the cleanup of the closed, unprotected 'legacy" areas of the,
landfill which existed prior to RCRA regulations,
Sincerely,
James McGee, M .D
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Chair, Cancer Committee
5 .30 N . E. Glen Oak Ave., Peoria . IIIinnis 4/6371'hune (309) 655 2000
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