RECEIVED

CLERKS OFFICE

NOV 3 0

2007

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control

Board

November 24, 2007

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Clerk / Public Comment Letter PCB No

James R. Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500

Chicago, IL 60601

Dear Pollution Control Board,

I am writing to express my shock and concern regarding PDC's attempt to gain a

permit modification. I feel they are splitting hairs and trying to manipulate laws in

order to gain this permit. The laws are in place to protect the people and if there

were a grey area, it would make sense to err in favor of the health and welfare of

the people of Peoria. Most importantly, please consider that granting this permit

undermines every type of wellness activity currently being practiced in Peoria. I

am asking that the Illinois Pollution Control Board please do the right thing and

uphold the Illinois EPA's denial of PDC's request for a Class 3 permit

modification (case PCB 2008-025). In its request, PDC claims to be a waste

generator and, as such, exempt from local siting authority. This claim is definitely

false. Common sense makes it clear that PDC does not generate waste. PDC

trucks in waste from multiple states, treats it and landfills it—garbage in and

garbage out. Nothing of value is produced and there are no customers. Brian

Meginnes himself has stated that PDC is in the service business and does not

generate the hazardous waste, only its customers do. It is obvious that PDC's

claim is merely an attempt to circumvent the local siting process. The Peoria

County Board has already voted to protect Peoria County's water supply and deny

PDC's identical expansion request. You have already upheld the Peoria County

Board's denial. Now please help preserve local control and safeguard our aquifer

by shutting down PDC's backup plan for expansion.

Sincerely,

Kandace Starner Bernal

Mew Natural Products, LLC

1401 W. Lake Ave.

Peoria, IL 61614