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Central.
I1]inois
pub_l,ic
Snrrrice
Cornpany,
by
ibs attorney,
Tholnas
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Cochran,
and
movos
Lhat't.he
I{earing
in
the above-et)tiLleil
cause
be change<l
from
scptember
g,
I98l
to
a clate
ce):tain
on or a!:tcr
Oct-ober-
27,
I9Bl.
In
support,
of
Lhis nlotion
we atLach
heret.o
thc
affidavit
of
I'tark
s.
cochrarr,
supervisor
of EnvironmenLal
Programs
for
Centra?l' Illinoi,s
PubIic
Service
Company.
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subnrIt-l-ccl,
CENTRA.L
II,LINOIS
PIJBI,TC
SEP.VICE
COMPANY
its
Attorney
Thomas
L.
Cochran
Sorling
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Nor thrup,
llanna
,
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Cullen and
Cochran,
Ltcl.
800
Illinois
Builcling
Springfielcl, IIlj.nois
6270I
Telephone:
(2L7)
544-1144
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S. COCHRAN,
of
,Sprlngf
ield, IlIinois,
bcing f
lrst
duly
sworr},
upon
oath
states:
Pr,,bIic
Servlce
Conpany
(,'CIFS,')
;
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2.
On JuIy 1O,
l98l,:g1p5'
recelved thc
attached Ietter from the lllinois
Natural
History survey
("Survey")
inclicating
that
the
cornpleLe
final report
on the
Coffeen take environment,al
studies
would
not be available
before
the
week
of
August
17,
IgBl;
3-
CIPS and the
Illinois
EnvLronmental ProLection
Agency
are in agree-
nent
that it
will take
a minimum
of six
(6)
weeks following receipt
of the
Survey's final report
for
CIPS
to
review it- for the
Illinois
llatural Histor:y
Survey to make needed
revisions, for
the reviser3 r€port
to be
physic.rlly
re-
produced,
and' for the
Agency to-reVi*i,the
final-
puo$lct;
therefore,
.e
hearing
on
pcB
7L-22L should'nor..ueltll!r'!'
ior
to october
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Mark
S.
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Cochran
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SUBSCITIBED
this
30th
and SWORN
t.o
before
mC
day
of'JuIy,
1981.
Notar
li
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fifcr;
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stilule C
Stote
N,oturol
History
furvey Divisioa
7
July
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8r uc
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Central
Illinois Public
607
East Adams Street
',,
Springfleld,
lL 62701
Dear
Debbie:
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Serv i
ce
Co .
A draft
report of our final
results
on
the Coffeen Lake
environmental
studies
entitled
"Part.
I:, Environmental Studles
of
Coffeen
Lake-A Thermally
,
Altered Reservolr", and
"Part
II:
Investigations
of Shoal Creek*, h,as delivered
to
your
office on
30 June 1981.,
I
regret to inform
you'that
Chapter
4 regarding
'
[race
metal
analyses, one of l8 chapters in
Part I
and,a'critical section of the
'-
''total
report is
missing
and will
not
be available
for
another six
weeks.
,,
...S'bveral
maJor:.
breakdowns
of
sensitive analytical
equipment
Here
experienced
by
1;.5q9
t{ood,
our analytical
chemist.
In
addition,
the Illinois Geological
SurvpJ
''-'[hs'had
a
backlog
of
samples and
is
just
now
getting,to the
ana]yses of coal,
'
:s'1a9r
and,fly ash
we
submitted from
the
Coffeen Generating
Stat'ion. These
problems
have resulted:in
the
projected
six
weeks delay in delivering the trace
metal
chapter.
In:Part
II
of
the report, the benthic studies
chapter by Gary
llarren has not
been completed
due to
problems
in
identification
of,pligochaetes
but it will
be f,ihishiid within
two
weeks.
These two chapters'wiil
be
forwarded
to
you
as,soon
as they
are availab'le.
Ihe Illinois Natural
History Survey
regrets
the delay in delivering
a completed
reportbythedataagreedupon'especi,allysinceweunderstandyouneedthe
information
for
a
hearing in
Septenber
before
the Ill:ino'is
Pollution
Contro'l
Board. Thank
you
for
your patience
in this
matter.,,
-'
Sincere
iy,
(/
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John
A. Tranqui
4'h"^'rfuL
I I i
Associate
Aquatic Eiologist
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