Dear Illinois Pollution Control Board,
I am writing regarding the Illinois EPA's renewal of Peoria Disposal Company's
operating permit effective January 1, 2008 (case PCB-08-42). Prior to the renewal,
you upheld the Peoria County Board's decision to deny an expansion request from
PDC. You also upheld an IEPA decision to deny PDC a permit modification that would
have exempted it from the Peoria County Board's siting authority. I ask you to carefully
review the new permit to ensure that it does not give PDC a backdoor for expanding
operations and does not push the anticipated closure date further into the future. I also
ask you to send the permit back and ask IEPA to require more, not less, monitoring of
groundwater and air emissions and mandate that monitoring results be analyzed by an
independent lab rather than PDC.
When the PDC hazardous waste landfill was grandfathered into existence, I do not
believe the state legislature ever intended it to be operational in the 21
st
century.
Please work with the citizens of Central Illinois to begin the process of closing this
unwanted legacy and continuing threat to the health and safety of our community.
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Dear Illinois Pollution Control Board,
I ant writing regarding the Illinois EPA's renewal of Peoria Disposal Company's
operating permit effective January 1, 2008 (case PCB-08-42). Prior to the renewal,
you upheld the Peoria County Board's decision to deny an expansion request from
PDC. You also upheld an IEPA decision to deny PDC a permit modification that would
have exempted it from the Peoria County Board's siting authority.
I
ask you to carefully
review the new permit to ensure that it does not give PDC a backdoor for expanding
operations and doss not push the anticipated closure date further into the future. I also
ask you to send the permit back and ask IEPA to require more, not less, monitoring of
groundwater
and
air emissions and mandate that monitoring results be analyzed by an
Independent lab rather than PDC.
When the PDC hazardous waste landfill was grandfathered into existence, I do not
believe the state legislature ever Intended it to be operational in the 21° century.
Please work with the citizens of Central Illinois
to begin the process of
closing this
unwanted
legacy and continuing threat
to
the health and safety of our community.?
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