Carol Webb, Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 N. Grand Ave. East

PO Box 19274

Springfield, IL 627949274

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RECEIVED

CLERK'S OFFICE

DEC 0 3 2007

_STATE OF ILLINOIS

POIlUtiOn

Control Board

Dear Mr. Webb:

I live in the Peoria area and I am very concerned for our environmental

resources. My vocation is in medicine as a public health specialist. I feel

hazardous waste landfills like Peoria Disposal Company (PDC) can pose public

health threats when they exceed the environment's capacity to remain safe.

PDC has made significant economic rewards for its willingness to take hazards

waste that most regions will not accept. Now PDC wants to change its status

from waste collection and treatment to a designation of "waste generator in

order to exempt itself from sitting authority of the Peoria County Board. The

Illinois EPA denied the request in August 2007 and PDC has appealed the

decision to the IPCB.

This is obviously a technical maneuver to bypass the legitimate local

governmental processes that approve or disapprove such things as hazardous

landfills. The Peoria County Board has already voted to deny PDC's expansion

request in order to safeguard in the future such things as the aquifer that sits

near this hazardous landfill.

Please do not allow PDC's contingency plan for expansion and uphold the

IEPA's denial of PDC's request for a Class 3 permit modification (case PDB

2008-025).

Sincerely,

William

firScott,

M , MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor,

University Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria

Head, Preventive and Occupational Medicine

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria

309-624-8531