BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
)
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE
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R08-9
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
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(Rulemaking – Water)
AND THE LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER:
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL.
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Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303, and 304
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NOTICE OF FILING
To:
John Therriault, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph St, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Il 60601
Deborah J. Williams, Assistant Counsel
Stefanie N. Diers, Assistant Counsel
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Persons included on the attached
SERVICE LIST
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk of the
Pollution Control Board RESPONSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO MIDWEST
GENERATION’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PRE-FILED
TESTIMONY OF GREG SEEGERT AND DR. ALLEN BURTON, a copy of which is herewith
served upon you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Albert Ettinger
Senior Staff Attorney
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 1300
Chicago, Il 60601
DATED: July 31, 2008
(312) 795-3707
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, July 31, 2008
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
)
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE
)
R08-9
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
)
(Rulemaking – Water)
AND THE LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER:
)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL.
)
Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303, and 304
)
RESPONSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO MIDWEST GENERATION’S
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PRE-FILED TESTIMONY OF GREG
SEEGERT AND DR. ALLEN BURTON
Friends of the Chicago River, Openlands, Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Southeast Environmental Task Force and the Environmental
Law and Policy Center (“Environmental Groups”) do not object to Midwest Generation’s
motion for leave for it to file the pre-filed testimony of Mr. Greg Seegert and Dr. Allen
Burton on September 8, 2008, insofar as those witnesses intend to testify regarding sediment
and habitat conditions in the Upper Dresden Island Pool of the Des Plaines River. Orderly
process and fairness, however, require that Midwest Generation file its pre-filed testimony to
the extent possible,
i.e.,
concerning any other subject matter; and that scheduling
accommodations be made to address the fact that important testimony regarding sediment
and habitat in the Upper Dresden Island Pool will not be available until September. In
particular, we request:
1.
That Mr. Seegert and Dr. Burton file pre-filed testimony on August 4, 2008 insofar
as it is intended that they testify regarding subjects other than the sediment and
habitat conditions in the Des Plaines -
Insofar as Seegert and Burton intend to testify
regarding subjects other than those that are the subject of the 2008 studies, there is no
reason that that testimony cannot be filed in August. Any such testimony should be filed
by the original deadline, so that subjects other than that of the sediment and habitat
conditions in the Upper Dresden Island Pool can be handled in a fair and orderly manner.
2.
That testimony in this proceeding be scheduled such that witnesses testifying
regarding habitat and sediment conditions in the Upper Dresden Island Pool will
not be called prior to hearings that should be set for dates soon after September 29 -
Obviously, it would not be reasonable or fair for witnesses for the Environmental Groups
or other parties to testify regarding sediment and habitat conditions in the Upper Dresden
Island Pool while Midwest Generation was still preparing its pre-filed testimony. Under
35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.424(a), the earliest that testimony of Seegert or Dr. Burton could
be heard given the September 8 filing date is September 29. No witness should be
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expected to address sediment and habitat conditions in the Upper Dresden Island Pool
before a hearing date on which Mr. Seegert and Dr. Burton could testify.
It appears that there will be more than enough witness testimony to fill the currently
scheduled September hearing dates in the absence of any testimony regarding sediment or
habitat in the Upper Dresden Island Pool. MWRDGC has indicated that it will have a
large number of witnesses who will address the Chicago Area Waterway System
(“CAWS”), and the Environmental Groups intend to call at least a half dozen witnesses
whose testimony will not relate to sediment or habitat conditions in the Upper Dresden
Pool.
3.
That a separate date be set for all parties for filing pre-filed questions regarding
sediment and habitat in the Upper Dresden Island Pool.
Allowing the same amount
of time now allowed for pre-filed questions of other witnesses, the date for questions
regarding sediment and habitat issues in the Upper Dresden Island Pool should be
approximately September 29, 2008.
4.
Finally, that additional hearing dates be set immediately, to begin soon after
September 29, 2008
for testimony that will address sediment and habitat conditions in
the Upper Dresden Island Pool. Fairness requires that sufficient time be given to review
the prefiled testimony, but we do not wish to see this proceeding again delayed by
several months.
We do not, of course, agree with all of Midwest Generation’s characterization of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency testimony or the facts. However, with the provisions above,
we agree that Midwest Generation’s desire to bring the results of 2008 studies to the Board can
be reasonably accommodated.
Respectfully submitted,
Albert Ettinger
Counsel for this response for all of the Environmental
Groups
Senior Staff Attorney
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 1300
Chicago, Il 60601
(312) 795-3707
aettinger@elpc.org
DATED: July 31, 2008
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, July 31, 2008
SERVICE LIST R08-09
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolpl~ St
Suite 1 1-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Frederick Feldrnan
Ronald Hill
Louis
Kollias
Margaret Conway
Me.tropolitan
Water Reclamatiol~ District
100 East Erie St
Cllicago, IL 606 1 1
Ricl~ard Kissel
Roy Harsch
DrinlcerBiddle
19 1 N. Wacker Dr.
Suite
3700
Chicago, IL 60606-1 698
Claire Manning
~rown Hay
&
Stephens LLP
700 First Mercantile
Banlc Bldg
205
S. Fifth St
Springfield, IL
62705-2459
Deborah J. Williams
Stefanie N. Diers
Illinois EPA
1 02
1 Nortll Grand Avenue
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Katherine Hodge
Monica
Rios
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3 150 Roland Avenue
Springfield, IL 62705-5776
Charles
Wessell~oft
James EIarrington
Ross
&
Hardies
1 50 N. Michigan Ave
Clicago, IL 60601-7567
Dennis L.
Duffi eld
Director of Public
Worlcs
&
Utilities
City of
Joliet
92 1 E. Washington St
Joliet, IL 6043 1
Keith Harley
Elizabeth Scherzlcier
Clicago
Legal Clinic, Inc.
205 West Monroe Street
4"' Floor
Clicago, IL 60606
Frederick Keady
Verrnillion Coal Company
1979
Jolms Drive
Glenview, IL 60025
Fred L.
Hubbad
P.O. Box 12
16 West Madison
Danville, IL 6 1834
Georgia
Vlal~os
Naval Training Center
2601A Paul Jones St
Great
Lalces, IL 60088-2845
W.C. Blanton
Blackwell Sanders LLP
4801 Main St
Suite 1000
Kansas City, MO 641
12
Kay Anderson
American Bottoms
One
American Bottoms Road
Sauget,
IL 62201
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James L. Daugl~erty
Thorn Creelc Basin Sanitary District
700 West End Avenue
Clicago Heights, IL 604 1 1
Sharon Neal
Commonwealth Edison
125 South
ClarIc Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Tracy Elzemeyer
American Water Company
727
Craig Road
St. Louis, MO 63 141
Margaret
P. Howard
Hedinger Law Office
2601 South Fifth Street
Springfield, IL 62703
Irwin Polls
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
3
206 Maple Leaf Drive
Glenview, IL 60025
James
Huff
Huff
&
Huff, Inc.
9 15 Harger Road, Suite 330
Oak Brook,
IL
60523
William Richardson
Chief Legal Counsel
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One
IVatural Resource Way
Springfield,
IL 62702
Jeffrey C. Fort
Ariel J. Tesher
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233
S. Waclcer Drive
Chicago, LL 60606-6404
Dr.
Thomas J. M~uphy
2325 N. Clifton St
Chicago, IL 6061 4
B etl~ S tei~lllorn
2021 Timberbroolc
Springfield, IL 62702
Ann Alexander
Natural Resources Defense Council
101 N. Wacker Dr
Suite 609
Chicago, IL 60606
Cathy
Hudzik
City of Chicago
Mayor's
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
121 North
LaSalle Street, Room 406
Chicago, IL 60602
Traci
Barldey
Prairie Rivers Networlcs
1902 Fox Drive, Suite 6
Champaign, IL 6 1820
Thomas V. Skinner
Thomas W. Dimond
Kevin Descharnais
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Waclcer Drive
Chicago,
L
60606
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Robert VanGysegl~em
City of Geneva
1800 South St
Geneva, IL 60 134-2203
Jerry Paulsen
Cindy
Slcruluud
McHenry
County Defenders
132 Cass Street
Woodstoclc, IL 60098
Matthew Dunn
Office
of the Attorney General
Environmental Bureau North
69 West Washington Street
Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60602
Albert Ettinger
Freeman Freeman
&
Salzman
40 1 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago,
IL 6061 1
Bernard Sawyer
Thomas Granto
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6001 W.
Pershing Rd
Cicero,
IL 60650-4 1 12
Lisa Frede
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
2250 .E. Devon Ave
Suite 239
Des Plaines, IL 6001 8-4509
Fredric Andes
Erika P owers
Barnes
&
Thornburg
1 North Waclcer Dr
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
Jack Darin
Sierra Club
70 E.
Lake St
Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 6060 1-7447
Bob Carter
Bloomington
Norma1 Water Reclamation
PO Box 3307
Bloomington, IL 6 1702-3307
Tom
Muth
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District
682 State Route 3 1
Oswego, IL 60543
Kennetl~ W. Liss
Andrews Environmental Engineering
3300 Ginger Creek Drive
Springfield, IL 627 1 1
Albert Ettinger
Jessica Dexter
Environmental Law
&
Policy Center
35 E. Waclcer
Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 6060 1
Viclcy McKinley
Evanston Environmental Board
223 Grey Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202
Marc Miller
Jamie S.
Caston
Office
of Lt. Governor Pat Quinn
Room 41 4 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
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