Re: Upcoming actions regarding Veolia Environmental Services Upcoming actions regarding Veolia Environmental Services

Andrea Morgan to: Kathy Andria, David Bender, Kat Logan

Smith, Samantha Ballard, Amy Funk

, Verena Owen, david.klarich, 07/30/2012 03:58 PM

Cc: David Ogulei, Genevieve Damico, Jane Woolums, Alan Walts

, Lara Lasky

Kathy: Thank you for your comments and suggested contacts.

Everyone:

We would like to move forward and begin to develop a public participation plan . The goal of this plan is to determine what strategies and approaches make the most sense to ensure that we are able to provide opportunities for community members and interested parties to having meaningful involvement in the permitting process. Such suggestions can include the most suitable methods of communication to inform community members of public hearings, the types of informational materials that would be most beneficial to community members as well as the best methods of making such materials available . While we may not be able to act on all of the suggestions, they will all be taken into consideration. We would like to schedule a call for either Thursday August 2, or Monday August 6 to discuss suggestions for the public participation plan. If you are interested in participating please send me your availability for Thursday August 2 and Monday August 6 by the end of the day Tuesday, and we will provide the information for the call no later than Wednesday.

This meeting is just a first step- more opportunities to participate will be forthcoming and discussed at the call. If you are unable to attend the call, but have suggestions for the public participation plan that you would like to share please send them to me no later than Wednesday and they will be shared with the group.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to your suggestions.

Andrea

Andrea Morgan Environmental Engineer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 | Air & Radiation Division Phone: (312) 353-6058 | Fax: (312) 692-2920

Kathy Andria 07/27/2012 02:10:11 PM > >

From: Kathy Andria <kathyandria@gmail.com> To: Andrea Morgan /R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Cc: David Bender <bender@mwbattorneys.com>, David Ogulei/R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Genevieve

Damico/R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Jane Woolums/R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Alan Walts/R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Kat Logan Smith <klogansmith@moenviron.org>, Samantha Ballard <breaking.reality@gmail.com>, Amy Funk <amyfunk@illinois.edu>, Verena Owen <baumling@aol.com> Date: 07/27/2012 02:10 PMSubject: Re: Upcoming actions regarding Veolia Environmental Services

**Andrea : I'm sorry for the delay in answering. Thank you for your efforts at outreach.** 

**There are a number of folks who are interested in participating in the public process for any proposed changes to the Veolia emission limits , including people in East St.**  **Louis and St. Louis who are interested in the environmental justice issue as well as air pollution. Indeed,**  **we are alarmed that you are considering such changes , since the**  **issues remain the same: subsistence fishing at Frank Holten State Park (even more so, given the current economy) and the location of the hazardous waste incinerator in**  **the middle between the cities of East St. Louis and St. Louis.**

We are compiling a list and think that Sierra Club (both Illinois and Missouri), Missouri Coalition for the Environment, theMetro East Community Air Project, and a number of community and church-affiliated groups are interested.

Thank you for the email.

Kathy

Kathy Andria President, American Bottom Conservancy Conservation Chair, Sierra Club Kaskaskia Group

**Kathy, Maxine, and Doug, EPA will soon be providing public notice of its proposed actions regarding a request**  **by Veolia Environmental Services ( Veolia**  **), located at 7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, St Clair County Illinois to revise their Clean Air Act Title V.**  **As the American Bottom Conservancy and Washington University Law Clinic have been involved in previous**  **issues regarding this facility EPA would like to inform you of the proposed action and request suggestions to improve public participation in the permitting process .** 

**As directed by EPA**

**, Veolia requested a revision to its Title V operating permit to**  **incorporate feedrate limits for heavy metals based on testing performed in 2008. In the proposed action EPA intends to revise Veolia's Title V operating permit, through**  **the significant modification process, by incorporating into the Title V permit feedrate limits for heavy metals. EPA proposes to establish feedrate limits for mercury ,** 

**semivolatile metals and low volatile metals.**

**EPA would like to invite you to provide suggestions on how you would like to see the permitting process run. Such suggestions can include the most suitable methods of**  **communication to inform community members of public hearings , the types of informational materials that would be most beneficial to community members as well**  **as the best methods of making such materials available . While we may not be able to act on all of the suggestions, they will all be taken into consideration. We would like**  **to invite you to participate in a call with EPA staff as well as a representative from Veolia**  **, Doug Harris, to discuss suggestions. If you would be interested in participating, please provide us with times during the week of either July 16 or July 23**  **that you would be available to participate.**

**Thank you,**

**Andrea Morgan Environmental Engineer**  **U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 |**  **Air**

**& Radiation Division Phone:**  **( 312**  **) 353-6058**  **| Fax: (**  **312 )**  **692-2920**