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Nov. 20, 2007

RE: PCB 08-25 Peoria Disposal Company Permit Appeal

RIVED

Dear Hearing Officer Carol Webb,

DEC 0 3 2007

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution Control Board

I am writing with regard to PCB 08-25 Peoria Disposal

Company's Permit Appeal RCRA. I attended the open hearing in

Peoria. I urge you to uphold the IEPA's decision to deny Peoria

Disposal Company's attempt to circumvent the local siting

authority vested in the Peoria County Board. That board spent

months studying the issue and holding open hearings for the

public. They correctly determined it was not in the best interest

of our community to allow PDC to expand their hazardous waste

dump site and a majority voted NO. So, PDC decided to try to get

around this by claiming they "generate" the waste they bury and

so they don't need the County's permission to expand. This is a

blatant attempt to get their expansion through the back door.

PDC does not "generate" toxic waste. In fact, they bring in

toxic waste by the truckload from 15 states around the Midwest.

They bury this hazardous waste on top of the aquifer that is the

water source for over 250,000 people. This community values its

air, water and land. PDC clearly sees only the dollars it will

generate for them, and not the ill effects of the pollution this

expansion would generate.

Please uphold the IEPA's correct decision on this most

important issue. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Jean Roach

837 E. High Poin errace