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    1,
    .iflOis
    Pollution
    Control
    Bd.
    Torn
    Edwards
    c’o
    Jon
    Therriault
    902.
    W.
    Moss
    Ave.
    100
    W.
    Randolph
    St.,
    Suite
    I
    l-50()
    Peoria,
    IL
    61605
    (Thicago,
    IL
    60601
    Jan.
    9,
    2009
    PDC
    Case
    AS
    08-
    I
    0
    --
    Postscript
    Comment
    I
    trust
    IPCB’s
    decision
    in
    Case
    AS
    08-1()
    will
    leave
    means
    to
    relieve
    the
    Peoria
    metro
    aia
    of
    the
    water
    air
    pollution
    of
    the
    privately
    owned
    and
    run
    “hazardous
    waste
    lndfill”
    of
    Peoria
    Disposal
    Co.
    Your
    decision
    is
    crucial
    to
    that
    end.
    A;
    has
    been
    testified,
    PDC’s
    landfill
    directly
    adlacent
    to
    the
    west
    side
    of
    the
    City
    I:):of.ia
    of
    and
    surrounding
    communities
    has
    a
    dense
    population
    of
    at
    least
    54,000
    within
    3
    miles
    of
    t1.e
    landfill
    dumping
    ground-—
    with
    many
    housing
    tracts
    abutting
    it.
    And
    as
    has
    also
    been
    testified,
    not
    oniy
    is
    Illinois
    one
    of
    just
    13
    states
    that
    still
    has
    an
    active
    toxic
    waste
    “landfill,”
    it
    is
    the
    oniy
    one
    with
    such
    a
    landfill
    that
    1)
    sits
    immediately
    upwind
    of
    the
    air
    a
    community
    must
    breathe
    as
    Peorians
    must
    --
    and
    2)
    sits
    directly
    over
    --
    within
    50
    feet
    --
    of
    tLe
    aquifer
    from
    most
    of
    this
    area’s
    water
    comes!
    :vt
    Illinois’
    regulations
    do
    even
    allow
    the
    IEPA
    to
    take
    location
    into
    aount
    in
    such
    siting
    decisions.
    And
    this
    mountain
    of
    toxics
    has
    become
    flii.s
    region’s
    highest
    “hill.”
    AtzonaIly
    it
    is
    us!
    being
    realized
    that
    air
    pollutIon
    is
    tlie
    priniarv
    culprit
    for
    the
    greater
    nber
    of
    debiittatmg
    health
    ajfltctions
    among
    citizens
    living
    near
    a
    toxic
    waste
    laiifill.
    s
    research
    at
    New
    York
    state’s
    Univ.
    of
    Albany
    has
    ascertained.
    (In
    the
    testimony
    this
    v,iter
    submitted
    for
    Case
    AS
    08-10.)
    .
    new
    is
    this
    that
    Illinois
    does
    not
    yet
    even
    concern
    itself
    with,
    let
    alone
    monitor
    for
    aping
    toxic
    gases
    from
    PDC’s
    hilltop
    burial
    site
    for
    highly
    toxic
    waste.
    accorclmg
    to
    L
    head
    or
    tie
    state’s
    air
    pollution
    nhonitorirw
    office
    here
    in
    Peoria!
    Yet
    the
    matter
    of
    this
    case,
    electric
    arc
    furnace
    (EAF)
    steel
    mill
    dust,
    is
    loaded
    with
    a
    ho;t
    of
    volatile
    toxics
    that
    float
    off
    into
    the
    air,
    as \vefl
    as
    non—volatile
    toxics.
    And
    PDC
    w
    nts
    to
    keel)
    trundling
    this
    into
    its
    Peoria
    landfill
    site
    to
    be
    given
    a
    secret
    treatment,h.t
    FL.:
    works,
    ou1d
    then
    allow
    its
    transfer
    elsewhere.
    This
    is
    highly
    specious
    at
    the
    least!
    :iat
    it
    will
    definitely
    do is
    add
    to
    toxic
    air
    Pollutants
    emanating
    into
    Peoria
    from
    PDC.
    Fcr
    the
    health
    of
    this
    region,
    PDC’s
    toxic
    waste
    site
    needs
    to
    be
    closed
    and
    sti
    ingently
    maintained
    for
    at
    the
    least
    the
    30-year
    period
    law
    now
    requires.
    iJl
    crc
    are
    other
    options
    for
    locations
    to
    apply
    this
    “secret”
    EAF
    treatment,
    sii
    :h
    as
    at
    the
    plants
    where
    the
    steel
    is
    procluced.Then
    it
    could
    go
    anywhere.
    (1
    ,/!
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