Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRON~ENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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PCB 12-126 

(Variance-Air) 

NOTICE 

TO: John Therriault, Assistant Clerk 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 

James R. Thompson Center 

100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 

Chicago, IL 6060 1 

Amy Antoniol!i 

Renee Cipriano 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office of the Pollution 

Control Board the CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION and APPEARANCE of the 

lllinois Enviromnental Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. 

DATED: May 22,2012 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

217.782.5544 . . 

217.782.9143 (TDD) 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY 

By:~~- Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED 

ON RECYCLED PAPER 

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Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COUNTY OF SANGAMON 

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CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION 

I, the undersigned, an attorney state that I caused the attached notices to be 

published in the Newton Press-Mentor on May 10, 2012; the Canton Daily Ledger on 

May 11, 2012; the Jacksonville Journal-Courier on May 11, 2012; the Robinson Daily 

News on May 11, 2012; the Peoria Journal Star on May 11, 2012; the Hillsboro JournalNews on May 14, 2012; and the Metropolis Planet on May 16, 2012 (Attachment 1). 

Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

ATTACHMENT 1 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

Tf!URSPA'f,Mayl.0.20l2.11 Newlcm P!e~~-M.,n(or 1!1. www,Pt<J!.!OMenlor.~om 

~JFE T DAY Send wedding, birth.~nniversary, engagement and_ 

· · birtl!day iltl.n'o(mq.emen\s.to,:> .·: ?:i · newtoripr:es~me~:~~or@pbsnewt~n.com:.Q:r. -· -~--~.::.· 

:::> 7¢"0 W::y\'fl-Shiri'gtorl,_NeWto.n .. :· :;..,y-- ,·/ .:=/( 

Pickens Wins Top Scholarship Awru·d 

\inhart - Frolming 

.clly M~h;lxnt ofCatm1. Illillo:~ismld Jol;nt!l;~.!'> Frog of Jngrih:m1, iiiir;oi~ ~re·tlrmu:! l.IJ o.nnounc" Lh.,jr' 

;tgernmn mvl upcumin.~; mu~ri::ge. 

nr~nl!; oflhe ):ride IU'i!lUcl<:nnciNnocy Meinh:1.rt of, 

~l!le:-, lL. 

rtrl!l\ls oJ'\he groom 11r~ Mi~h;l.i!l 'lJld Co lULie Fwl:nof lngrnJmm, IL 

:elly gradu1ll:~d [,·om En;~rn lllinois lb.Jivcroity with 

,S. in Dllsiness-Finarr!:t!.Sha is emplll:l'--ed bytl1e Fir.:t 

inba.lll;>.:Jk of CJ.rmi in C.:.mti, JL 

lfil\tbnn !;J'~.ii-:Jaled from: the Uuive~il:y ofE'r.l.n5>illc 

h ll. B.S. inAtlJcllili~:Trninit~?; nnd Do~:! or c.fPhysicnl 

:r.tpy. He G: !'nlploycd by .r.rn:ncllnb L1 E\!ll:m'ill~ ill. 

·he rnut:~k! ttplnnning 11n nJuue 2.:!, 201::! ;yeddin~rin 

Jo~ph Cal.holicChurch in l~lnuil Grove, IL 

R'I'HS 

Levi )'lay~e Gler· 

~Wtun. 

~te..""'l.al g:m.ndpo.ren~ ttre Lur;rnn d Conllic: Ro~e uf .~'lghrun. 

m·G' ll.nd Nlclt-21Lnc;n1l1!1. 

In Memory cfOur D:!M !llld Gr.Jro.clp;L's:Hirtbcll:!y$ 

We Lhousl1L obou~}'!JU with )Ol'l! tnday, 

bu~ tlnttis nothillg 111.'\V 

W~ tJmnglil.nbc!It)'OU[!Stllrd~;y 

Md t];~ dn)'S bdo.re tho.l too 

Wr..i.hinko-fyau \11 sil~TI<:!l 

~.nd often S!lenkyour nikll')e 

·~1 '1.\'e 1-.o.Vl! nre mentorie; 

a:nu )'Om· pkturc m o framn I 

Yonr m~\utyi~ 11ur· k~psnk.l' 

with which 1\le. will rrtwerpurt. 

Got! h:~& YOLl in Hi& ket.>ping 

We hitve:y~<L1 in "'ur hu;~.rl~. 

I!.min!. U.ttm.& '"" VI!XIt::Ue. 

Thankl'bu ,. 

'J'h~ ftr.1·nily oC lt.J.Iam O~h:; '>~-~lild lik!!. tu el:pl'= cur 

:lmuks to fimdly, frieruh: u.nd ncijl"llOOts IilrtReir 

1Up~ortduring Allen's i1111c~ aad d~!lth. ThaiJ\<5: tc 

;a:,dy, G!tndn, Holly uudst~ffa.t Southe.1Stern 

llinais Husp!m Fr.Ahm. mu.o;itirn;s, si!:TVersiLild 

iuliesnfthe pf!risb :,nd Blal•~·Buehnnnn funeml 

IDD:lefor ll1e b;o_;)utiful ~r.niccu..-ro mcn1. 

The fu!lll1y cf .4llen. Ocb 

'I"'w:iitYou 

Thanh for nU tliepl'il)'t:."!;,phouectills, food, g,as 

tnoncy & Sllpport. lt'li ~lmo~t11Veowhelming ta re:Jlz~ how m:my r.itn.ds &t1milym:hnve thlltlov~ us 

ond Wllnt to hdpi 1'1~ lm!llJ thLl prnyers wming. 

\on's pain i!: undet t~1mtrol Emt ];e bll!! n long rorullo 

ll11vel. Thill. trial h~ l:clped IJ.l; npprl.'t1ilil:c'IWI:l')' Jno· 

nt!!.tlt.. Godil}eg 1:\'e!'yone r;Uyoa;t 

Rnn and Dlili Slime 

The I'lp::liner5 Vo!unt:lry FUnd S~holar.:hip 

I'<Cib'T'lm (l.m:nl79JJ. Gr 'l\tls:~., OK) is plr.-1.~ed l.ll 

lll!.ll<l!lll~e Lhdr .~ciloln;­

,.o;!Jip win net-s. 11lt!!lc ooG.rcll!nl~ :;ucc,;;sfulk rJlln· 

pleted thes"h~l.;,'1>1Tip proL,'Tlml rcqui~e111enL~ 

m1d wett selco;:t~d ~.s tlH! 

highcsl-u.nl\ing ;;pp!iCJ . .ilL~. 11'1c rrocipl~nts w~·r. 

cho~"1. hy ;m imbp~ndtmt 

ei•::['I'IIJ..lOrihat~l:orr.d l.he 

~ppHt:~ntsc nc~ord!ng to 

(!ld.OrS ~1.H!h :l.li lho;,ir !9'aci<'. 

po_inl n.vr:ru:z:~. :tlw. dii?ir.Jilly 1!:..-el orth~ir aclldr.mie 

!H''Ogtunl. UIU ~t'ronglh of 

Lluoir.-ecmmaend;~.ticm let· 

l~o:~, IJnd lh!! OWr:!.\l ,;. 

~es::\esml!lll of ;:heir i!SS;;)'. 

tlu\tou I'ickcn~ \1';1.0 Llu~ 

HnTi}' F'::mrett Willll'!r, il 

lop scll~litrshi}llmnor.Hc 

gr.:lrinai~il fi"om N~wton 

Communil:Y J:l.i~;l1 S~.--b.,ol 

2S th~ oalcdir:Luria;l or tile 

Cln.'lo ol'201}. \:Vliiir. in 

;1i~b ~d•.-,o! h,'l \l';lo n 

. rn~~'llher ofrhe. Ikla Club 

and Nntioual Honor~ Socie\y, ns well a.~ numeroll'i 

uliH•:rdub:;, H:.:l~nownl· 

lending!lo~L'-Hulmnu Institute orred~nologyin 

T~rrc H!l\ll.!=.-IN tJ.lld h:!!: 

be<?:n n mc.rnbe'rof the 

Dean'.s Li.sL in l1i':. ptt!lliou~ 

twOt~mu;, 

Picln:nsil'l~nds to pndtl~'le"-ith n Drtd1r.lor'.~ De~ 

gr~ iri Cbenik,;] EhgincL\Iing.A.'l&- !;l"llilllntion. 

hl' hDpl':o La be employed 

in tlie li"IL)..; l"l'hl<!rl l'.ir.hBr 

Lo pct-rol"'lTm or n~l:.:k('Lr 

cn~rgy. ·· 

J'ldmns U; tl;~;;;on Llf 

'lhe.\)\1 und n_t;,-.; ~jcltt'.M of 
Electronic Filing 

; Ob 71)(} 

-Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

J: 

Community livi~-'-·-------­ Mason District IIospital 

to hold annual meeting 

~u.llnmmces 

engagement 

H~v.ana, JL- In boner 

. of 1l!1m w!HI heljied 

1nill:~: 10Il-Wil ~ su,-

cc:;s, the Mnson H()Spitnl 

Au:d\inry invil~5 .tmn· 

rrr"llnil'i' rncm!lerrr lo 

. aileJld lhc- 54th Anmml 

Me~.ting Vo!UD!fer 

Appt~chulou ~nd Aw:rrd!i 

Luncltcon oil Frid~y, 

Moy l8rl1, iol::., <~t 

'.Gmml,Pn'> Re!Hr.urrmt· in 

'Havann.· The t~"cnl -will 

be~n ~~- l\:00 \l.m n_e 

M.'~!lcl~ Wil[ i~dlltiC 

· _hiiu:.h unri n pro::sel\!r.lloll 

·· bY Mm-.i' La>~eli~s. 

·M.llsen tiislrini Ht1Jpiml 

. R~cJidogfc TeCl;!\Uiogi;(, 

ln :~ddi!lon ca ~ cer.:mony cclebr:;.tin~: '!\w srenl 

nccomoTi~llm::n(s 

. ncbi~ved.by our wlnnl~erli llmmgii!'>Ut llt~ 

'2l'.li\t '}1!\\0. 

"\'k ;:;:r: ;,r.• ;;\;lld.li 

fonJJ of am v(.]iunl<=er5;· 

COl-~lTII.!O!Cd Sh~rifj'"!l 

Hnllm<cll, Vo\lln!cer nml 

D c. v r. I tl p m c 11 1 

Coordii'>!IIOt fn; Mnsru\ 

Di!;Lricr Hospital. 

"Coll~c!ivdy !bey h!!.Vr. 

~omp)elf:d thoust~ods 

borm of. re.n·i~:c {in 

101 1~.2012] and lmve 

vrovcn ~ tru~ ~ense of dcdic.1tinn !o 1.:L.unrl 

!Jiotr"ic! ll~piln~ nur 

!TiiSSicn, lli~ putieni.~ W!l 

serve, m:d our cntlli"lluni· 

ty:. ns n "1"-'hnle. The. time, 

cucrgy :md cx}l:!r!ise. 

donr.!ed by 11ll ofou; vol~ · !l!lteer5 iluv~ mat;e om 

\Ill'.n"illill~ ii!ir;~cr !'on our 

5U(~cess, 6:d Prove ill be 

o t<!!JI \m~Zt ;o rJu; en~i re 

r;ornml~ni,I:'J. \Vo ~·e r.a 

.~pg;::r;!:t!'<~ llrd c~n;w; 

1h:wk. d1~11 enougb~' 

Luncheoa tkJ;ets nrc 

JJ~J.ilnl•le i6r "f'Urch~~~. 

.A..!J prm:e~ds will bl-nen: 

t.!!e }/Jason Bo~~i\:tl 

Au:dlii!.I)''s j)]tl.rlg_e :CJ 

Ollpl'l~rl ~~~~ p;!rr.h;,s~ of 

!)[gil;;] M;;mmDg:J~phy 

~LjllipJT1~ill for Mn.son 

Pistrid. 1-ioslli:Ul. Ta 

,i!clrc- your rc~er"\-·ztiOil ot 

kum bow to become 11 

\!QlU!.itCcr, pliMse vi~il !l:~ 

Mason Dislril?' HospiLul 

Gift Shop or ccr.fucl 

Sl1aril.tn Hol!m:m (309)-

5~3~85[)~. 

RSVP requin::d oii or 

before Wcdn~sihy, Mny 

lli, 2[)]2., 

Fund; to B~cfit lh~ 

Purclum of Digi!nl 

Mummogrop!1y 

Equiyllncor. 

Dig:iwl mcmmogruphy il a dmp:c procedure lbi\t gmerntcs ilD Xrlll.' of :1 womn11 '10 br~<~r.L 

li.Lis digil;;.f raw;-,;::55 di f"-

fcnt from r.L:.tnrJnni m.1!~1-

mogrnpby in !hnt it dean· 

n 't l;roduc>:: tin~ X -Jo!v 

bnnics orJ nc.lunl fi!n;, hut rmi1er .:ar,ttm~s tl1e1n 

w a c:ompu\!!1" mani"::oo. 

Digilfl[ murnmogmphy :s ur[Jized ltJ 1iea:~1 

bre:;sl c;!.necr i.u \''O!l.1C!.l. 

Bv !imli.lll~ b.'-!:,;;; e<uJr.ct· 

e;dy, :i~:~cli\1": ·,villlwv" ~ 

b~~r r]JIUICr: l'f !CrtiOY• 

i:1g i! b~rO<c jl :spr!!~tlo., 

Dic:it;;l ll'<!lnlffiDgm~ 

phy b.~l!5 iillowed docton: 

lo hllv~ .Delli" lnslonl 

rc;ulrs. Wilb. thl~ digilnl 

:ccllllology, Lloelor;: con 

s~e the b!1!115t imnges less 

lhon o roinme af\cr tl1e 

m:tun! scrnl. allowir.g 

tl1em lo ·quickly l~ke 

ncLion if nu:e~suy, Also, 

bet<~!llic these lmnges arc 

digitu!, Iiley ~an be 

W..ltiipulnletl 10 glvc the 

dot:tar,o;: n bcller view nf 

the; brC.liSl tis:;-J-::, o]Jow• 

ing tlJenl to po:s3i"bly 

llE!I~l Ll\ill£5 they ll"l:ly 

na( ha1'e olhcrwi~c 

lwlicr.d. The digi•al 

imnl!.c~ ~1;n mrd=:c i!. L':I.S!-

~r ~lo tcep Jm~dk11l 

i~(:Dnh ,1:;!.! ~l'ZliilfilC 

pr,l_l:!nl 1\\otoric~ Ill looi: 

for p~:tems tlinl li"l"ly 

e;a~rge.. 

·nc J;u;t thnl the clii!i· 

:~1 s}'~1etlls r<fn m::~ch 

']Hio.l:::o~ MH.! mare tllny·eu!cr.l irH:rt!u~~;: ci:~ i; 

::!!t"~';r, rt:g:~rdk~~ of the 

J11"i~l!. 

The r~~~ ndV<!ni~GDo 

lhlli bas be('ll e:;ltlb]isherl 

is tl1c fuel lhnr Uigilal 

m1•rnmt:J~rapby ,pmvides 

\!lW~rdos!:S. ofrndinlion. 

Jenn Hnadrc of Lewis-tuw1: :md Cltristtipl1er 

Jodcisd1 or Lewiuown, r..-,nrterly of Hnvnrm, are 

~ognt;ect REUNION NOTES 

Sj1c is the tlnoghtcr of Ke~1.eth H<J.~dtL'. of 

LeWiJ:town nml Knrcn Iio~elct ofCnnton.Shi! ,gJ."'"~du- .Canton High Schoo] ~let] from Lt.·wislolvn Hir..h Sdtool oud is employed Class of J 945 1~ OSF Soil!! Fr:anci.s Mi:!lfco.l Cent"r it I PeoTia. . · .. · The C:mtOI\ High Sel.iool Cla~s of 1945 will hold 

He i.! the ~ou of Pnu! Jr. m,.d D~bb.tc JQc.l::isch of ils u:~r.tbl,y noon !tmclu:.ou Tucsd~y. Mnry \5, al the 

H<vnn<>. He gra.dom:d from H~Vilnll Hij,\b Schon! imd ··new Fiflh Avenue !Jiner, fomit'rly Mold Rite. is employed t~t the US Emb!I.SOY Kubu\ Afghmli!.Tlnn .. 111.c ~uple [.!l~ns to he n"ll!nicd Oc-r,J3, 2012,: nt Canton· High School 

(..cwisroWIJ. . 1 Class of 1963 

Cum, 

CLIPBOARD L~ngu~ ci' 

DumocrOJ.ti!: Women 

Th.e L!:l!.gut! o("Democro.tic: Women willllo)tllhcir 

cgul!lr ffir!~lingnl 12:3(Jp.m. on Mond~y,Mo_1•H, ill 

llz:z;~Hnt. . 

Memben l!Ie illVSli:d to cot lnndt before tin! n1cr.t~ 

og, 

Roy Miller 6-ll\ 

Fukviaw Ameri.c..:~.t1 Leglon artd Auntliary 

Fullon Couc:ty Council of lhe A~rienu Legion 

~ill b.:w.e suppe:rm 6:3[) p.m. iJDii 0 riJeeting r>t 7 p.m. 

Any l2 Pl t!1e. Tpova LiJglon Po.~:t. 

l'~irview Amru:iciln L~gion Aur.ilimy will meet at 

· p.m fnrstljlpe-rWedn~sdiJy, M!!y 16, rat Be."tladoUt. 

ll7~ i~ !br all m~mbcn;. 

Flll!on Scbuylr:r County Couueil will meet ot J ~30 

~uy 17 nt A~!od:a. 

A.t-15 p.m.Mny 1740 et II will meet otlhe Foirvicw 

.egion Po.~t.. 

Roy Miller 64!1 Ame!ie~n LtgiM will hold iu 

lm11nl supp~ meeting nt 6 :p.m. M~IY 21 ll1 t~c 

oirviuw Lcg'ion PosL. 

Me;ue>riol nnices will be held r.t Wiley uml 

airview on Mny 28.. 

:QIRTHDAY NOTE An Op~:n Hcil~e ID c~lebr;~lc· the 90tll bir1hd11y or 

cl/1 Quick Blll'riek will be giveu by \u:r fomily from 

lo . .S p.m. Sunday, MDy 20, nl the Clnlreh of !lie 

uwrene Fetlowship Bttll, 609 S. Tlliro, Cnb;:r. 

Gifu: ore T.tot ncccss;rry, but Bnrriel;, Wl1osc binh-

!.l:o is M~y 24, "WQ[I]d npprcei~re cetUs. Those uol 

llt to u~cml may ~end enn:ls to it'U' ru 73-1 N. Flrsl 

:,, Cuba, IT. 6!42:7. 

i11c C.'iolon High School CI\.ISs of l !Jt:iJ. will ha\'C: · 

a c:[ru,'!; lum::\!eml ot liQOD Fridny, Mny a, DL !he 

L>.nding, · 

White Chapel UMC 

to hold Mothet~ 

Daughter Banquet 

\\'bill:' Clmllt\llJniietl Mclhodlso Churcll will be 

holding n Moiher-Dnugll!~r Bunquct ul 6 p.m. Moy 

n. The -mclll. WiJ! he a pollutk, uud thoso n!I~Dlii;lg 

liTe !Ci bdllg D. CCI'o"Ct~:d di~h. 

There is no thiL'if for !he event. 

St!mf 1~t ,I'OUr Jlrtlttl plwttl,\" 

WI 11m Ft~/fDil Cmml}' promgo~>rs dreJ;i 11p for rlurr 

;rpl!dal pccruiDII, fpt.~ ofplw1or ~~m bu tcke11. 

TIJJ! Dt~i1)' Lt'lig~r 1'111rile.t' rr::adcr~ rc trelliiiLt (1WJr. 

p/1t1/U$ to ~I! ~/mmi with !11~ ctJlJJDUW:IfJ~ 

Uo& t1•i!f nm SDrJW .mbwi.u·Ums in tl1~ tJt!II'SPflPI!l' 

and alf !1/tllttll em/in~ pt: 

r:mrfoll!laHJifol!lfg;:r.eom 

Semi fDIIr pllli/M to tbe DniiJ' L!lfger lit: 

camrmmilylh.omg@ta!Jtpnilll'lyf~,fvr.evm 

/l:falli>ttbrrri.rsirms 10 us nt P.O. BaN 5·1r!.f Camrm, 

Rl. 6J5?JJ 

Ddi11u Jfurin to thl!. offir:tt 11t SJ m Elm St. ilf 

Canfm;, 

Pli!n~>t l"c/Juf"' a 1TaJ'fin1~ rcleplluiH:: 1111111ber ~Filii 

.J!DIIr !mbnris.fiM in c~~I!Wd h111'i! IJII~rion:~~. 

l~Jilr phatus ;$Ir 11/!·o be submitted dir~cfiJ' Jo am· 

Lot•tJ[l.Dap >f'i!b)lilfJ'.! u.f; 

caultmlo.ilrTcdger.unll1ot::t:iiJoop 

Subnlil"!iu~~S wl!T br.ocr:fJ!(r.lt 11ou• tlrl"of1g/!ltiuy 12, 

,. ~ 

Herrick-Grubb The Herrick nnd Grllbb filmily reunion will be 

held frorilllo~::~n lo 3:30p.m. S"undcy, Jnne 17, r.t tbc 

Don.rtld.n.ll. Ccn!er lll Wall nee Park, Conlon, 

Tho~c at!ending = In briug lablc se.rvi~e ll.nd o 

t!i~h 10 drare, Drinln- wiii be .Pl'GVidod. 

l"ollntinn'i'."lrl.:l.nce Amo,c .Energy R<•<r.rrceswit!uOIU'::u ]pg.Lo:d In 

Momg .. m~ry Q>\1111;)', 1"11lmn CclllLly, "PeDrl~ ~Lilli}'. 

Ma. .. a.-Ccwny, C...n>!orcl CoL:l:!ry·.Mo,""]'B COlliiiJ,>nd 

?>pr:rCm.1:ruy hu nt~d·w;d, 1),.\llmck l'Pil~<t!an ChcL,..,I 

B~ml ("!lomi") ~ pciil!on fun...-iun.-c~ma...-Thl~ IX uflh~ 

Er.vlrcnm<:r.flll Prc<cttinnAa {"An1 J41S llCS S:/JS-Jnj, TI1~ llc:LI"d h.u L!tcul~r!r.yplll"-""'l~ll.Jo StdiCIL lS r>rli1o Aq (4/Sllt:S~O~]wd 35 tll.IILl:n, Co<le IIJ..IIc gnnL• 

vori..,te.. ''"'""".., l<n=rgy [1"'-"'"~ ~'!"""\.>~ -J>U~oe 

Fm1:1 bod11~~ 2QIS .,.u ~~ 17 anin:-tl:coidc ~1cioicnnte 

pl""<biml:. ch~ J:llr.cio Mllld-FclJ;n..,tS~d.ml, 3S 1!1. 

~=~::::!·J::~rt::::~!:,:"i(...-ollwoid~ 

2J.S."l~l(c)(l-}(C){il::) :md (iv). Am""= ~rgr n.,.~r.r= 

~~d./, tvl!d'&.un So:ctLLID 22S.13l{e.)(3")(C}(lli) [arli"" ~l'.tb"'!:in<ilngj>J>I:L:II}' 1, 2015, ~nd o:ndlng C!=•bor 31, 

2019,nnd rr!\ld'from Soo:llun 22S.ll3(t)(3)(Cj(i"l fw feu: 

l""'"'~·l~gbmlagj:.nuuy l, to r7. ond t::LdiDg_IA:=ubor 31. J~O. A ~pyoflhiJ l":>.ti;mao Jl"ll!kw..m.lJ b~ alol.n:r,~!l 

~trt>ttglL t110: C:ld:.'o Ott"~<:e~llhe Ilor.d. TheBo:.rlf~ offiOI!I ;,J"dn:J., 11 11\in()i,; J'cllmion ConTrol flaanl, J•me• R.. 

The1npm~:~ Cel.tto:r, lOO\Vc•\ nnodc!pJ, Sm~,S.Lrlt<:c: J. 

.S:Utl,Cbl.-.gc,. n!moi' 60601 {lo:!<qllLoue.: 3li./81-l-~610). 

Thcllllllllls :En.....,nmont-::ll'r<>~1;'1]~,1,~'1 (lllin<>L! 

Er.'\ j ml!d~ llLt l'i"'"' of po!nun• wba '""'i' be ~lit.<o:Lod !ry 

!Lc l"lll'bl\~ Add,.:.il ~ll)' conam<:DI' or b1quin:o IC: Oinl 

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r ldppi!!li -anynLore,~Nilh 

'I've ridd~~t ll thre2 <;w fowtimt'll. Ud~~ends 

Oil- the C\'eJ:iliiJJ: eill'i ?»hn! fll'i IY~Qling, J lik~ lo :rid a ft. nide sailine: sh!! f;:lid while NJjoyingllllJdt · witll frimuis: i~ !he :P~:rnl.h!lr Pntio, th~ outm~u 

dinln[ lite!! !cllkd til Mruty',l; thrDe ye<lr.'l' nlfD". 

"l think _people resp~L t!Jc Pnnlhez mnr~ 

tlwo do)'li, ~hi! 5nid. The Pmthcr ~howcd it.! mortnlity ~ 111S6 whEn n lrnru~ J>~dd!!i:il ilnttcned !.he otiglnnl e~m.~~t cn!ited version oflli~ llll'llirrwrk. 'I'ho.iproaueed one orllle ob'nn~5t rmnllrl:!: 1!\'et lllfcred 

"lWlil.p~l~t Lb~Po.ntl:u~r"~m hibcf1l.lltfur. 

blltit'U he bm outside a-uon; Kin1urlrd. Ellid, 

. in Mm1ia, 1-\lnrroinl-iiuld. 

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rl'"UW l:llm"e ntt-mtinn M lhi! ~01"111]1." whue rustam.~ 

c~s &il ~ehind ~e~~r plnsti~ illl'id~ by tlw int~l'­ Afultmlrn~?: ct~~·. Grny nn(] Et:tl1.1' M'mtin ~ccti.on.iu.st west of Eastern's ~lllDpus . ur B,w,ubCIM.!li:s-1 ~1>1..9!!T 'Mia~ Ptm\Mr l'idu~ Ct>r.• 

vinccd ilidr frlood Si!m_ Qw:n l.Q tnkc 11~r nrsl: Ponthcr rid~. 

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boJr~d brunz~mrl~!:!!, Quao ~t inln th~ groavo:- wi!:h the r.oo]fst cnt tm i!llmpua. Sh~ WllJI u~~l~d 

by v-el~run ri.li.:l" ~ll}\ 01nd 1ri'nrtin lilok pholrr-

· "S~ill!!. su:vCyllrs frmn Buulh~m lllina!s were in tDwn helpln~; w.ilJJ the willeci.'lg Qfn dl:y ~;trc~L ADd tme !:im~. they tMlle in t~:ud ani II, 

'\"Ye'rc son:y but wej~l ron ~vrrr yonr'pan!:hct!'" 'l'h~t Jed to !.he ras->l"mciivu ~r t.he Prmthcr ot Mnr' .. )~S ¥•ilh lhi! helll of~~,"iJdlif~ ~m1plor Jim F.I~IDor, wha is n:Jc-odcL1d '>7iU:o Dndr.~ Un1inrib'd.. a~ er;;:.ut.:d lodny'~ bmnza pnnlbM ~\2\Uo f~dllg 

b \h_~o_ Mrl~1cost. . 

N~ dnubLeoroc off.be more nd~eatllre.:io:JM 

Mw:ty's pntnms, whether sl.ud!!11W err thcir P<«- cll!3 cr ev-!'.1llitl'.ndpm:1Jt!l, popJi'l!r Wllrtt it wmr.h! li~: lik2 lo ;;r,ihll~ tip onlht~ bncl• or tbo Pnnthe:-. Anil n~IV ~linolcrzy b!Ul .'lJln:'ild lhe l"l!$>.l!.!r 

thr.Ju~h cybompllce.11cr o ricl.c going nowh~r~ 

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b_y Mruty's in 1£173, hu.; !!ndlln!d guocl-llllrurnl 

:pmnb Fcrrnnny y~li-'11, it!~cdwd n tll!n ~11nt of J:Tee!l puin1en Sl Pat.r.itk'~ Dr.y. 'r&..-1~ wru~ n1;o 

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~1\cd:y ~&rorify ll!~mhe.r::, 

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Murty'~ h~L.nol ~bu Pn.nU1cr,' 

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. hnn!lhy aml!Mng-h.1 bu.lnn~ec.lt ucn bl!' ll. 

biL ~r ~ dn;llenge, SdunWgnl.l r.oid. "''ne morn ym: cl.o it, 01!! ~r<'- )'Oi.' 

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lh~ cr:mplu filWriisd LD Pekin lll be n<"llr; 

~orrl\l.S Ill] the rwf!!bl fw- e b_ytlrop;~o.b.-1... 

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hydropor.icey<;lilms. "But I UUnk !h~ ]Jest ll.llll ill DWC- dim!' wu.la- -.:cltw"~. I l:..'llrll< it'~ UJ.e E#Sit:St,• he said. 

I!r.allking it down tor dlllti!Olea, ~Yw 

l!W.nliyaced o: plnst:ie mtll.D..iner, !I..D.Ilir Jlllmp und DlHLir WJna," II ptJflltl3.:rtH:k the.~ 

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nlr pwn~edinto wuler io. the conttd:uet ll:l.l..o Sllli.U bribbl!!!l, hi! sni"d. 'limt p;al'iiles o:q- illll rortbe roo~ ofp!WJI!; tliat dongle in thl! Vo'llfu from hllldiJ::Jg wntnh;ero plntOd oLove tht! W.[ll:a-. 

''Witballt lliot (air-), yPUrpiW wiU hari- ~lly drowtr. bJ::~ll.!!e. it's :~~ot g~t:tms ~my 

nxygen, Scluuit!gtUI mt.ld. "'Whim• i:l ytjur anil, .\'llllr m~ail!ttl" rar trnnsfaz:rillg wtwt 11 phm~ !lee~ la its- • ruot!J, lie Ho.iri "All YP111!l!l.ld to SU!lP!yis-

.uj'gen to the watur- nnd ll!.inm-hls. Tb.nt gtii!S Witlmut 11ayi_ng.• 

Bchmillgnll truked of"mcrn~ nul..-i'I!Jm 

;fs~:Idlu!= pnOIIIIiium, nitrogen. Yt;~~-

W'n!!re th!:;n.-tcotnes in~ knaHillg-~w 

much nf enlih !ll11.dll for {Uw con-utl hnJ.. llli~IUid\lhezt. 

-~c~~·;y~ a"~;;; r-Jn-d by;· --~[Jm"lTL l!r.Sl~~;~~';;];';~; CnU>ul.Jt:htc~Jk."\l,"t<l~lwork. . idr,aln~~m! f!ll1":t, wi~b llultf,.rl~ 

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1\'hB \niB born H bby h11t W!i!J 'J'lm Girl 8:-.J;Jill:'le!ltimr.t~. 

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~n;nphiiltll tl10t !Ju\'n h~!!D U111illll would Ji;:. n ~.low cil'"~ 

d'l!Dic:d by lilB Oirl Seout.~'hN~-11 ;hut t:Jeillbrmrili!l alri!!ldJ is. nffire ~ptw.tcdly nnd m~gori• dol'.-"!l i.."trm a pc~k nfmore !llil.n 

c~illr.It Gl!Jil i~ bli.S M pur!.:acr· .'i tnillion Ei!i'<lrol d!!l:llcl~o ll~f· 

ehip wiJh PlunnOOFarentbDO!l, Tb..:! illquicy cuint1dc:o Wil:n emu dtil!.!.lmt lnk~ pll:rlti~ns a bmod"r clibr'.hJ' tho trl!!bops M l!lltialily, bkth c~ntrol or.d lc f:nlllp.l! clmrcl! ti~:.~ wiLh 

t!hortio!l. ouU::ith. JF!lDJ!S, Rhr.nd<>.'l' rom- In ~thor in61..unte~, tho mil:tr;c pl.i:w.a tn:~:oll.'JUit 1Yi1h smuts _lmve. mntlifu:!d mnted· Girl Scouts lund~ m:~d. with 

nh Lbo.t: dri!W com:plnill!.s- for the Nnt!onnl F~!!rll.t:ioD lor eJ:wnpk, dmppi;nlfSOOJe ~er- Co!holie .. Youtb Minisb."}j which et"ll:C.!I Uqiln.~t.Jilllclina lua b111m. llrdsil"IY wil.h L:!!! Lopez bi!WI.Se. ~nnnflier plD:)'!I, &wts fur iwo yenrg l!bml~ 'llllri• 'Sm~p!y Marin," I'.IDJ! vi~wotllly ow comp!Jric.t.;~. 

:Pollution Variance 

Am~r"u Ec~ l!.osuurccs WHh !t>nre..s. l~~:~ml L'!. 

t:~~~::mc~r~°C:wr::ftC~w7;~~7~r;!"~OS:un~:.~!J J!lllJICf CDiiiiiY h~s flied with 1.hc lllinois PallmimJ Cuouni ""llal!nl {' D11~rd."l k Jl~lith?n for vrdll.!lcc uodor Title. IX or th: Bnviromzu:nllll!illl~"lic>R AeL ("Ac:l'") [415 iLCS 5/lS- JB}. Th~ Bnn:r!l hoc tb= ~ll"lhllnty p~rsllUIU Ill Secil.llO 35 nf 

lh~ Act {41!i lLCS S135J ond.l.S lJl. Adm. Code 1!14 ~o ~rU;tl 

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from \lol"it tUc ':!!HS a~Pl.ll:il7 su)rur r.llo:r.ill~ cmi;siun rule prnvllilonrr nflllt Dli~mi~ Multi·I'ollvlllllt SLocdnr~. JSlll. A!l.m. Cod~ !lS.::.U. opr;ci.Jically a.., suJrur dlm:H., 

Cltlt~dmt ii'Uidll.rd~ ~~1 forth in Sec;tlon 225.2:>3{~){3){C)(iiil i\tld {\11), A.O:!cru> Encrl<)' :Rcwl!ll:c~ 

t;tl!ks rcb~r frOill Scaion 2~.2l3{~X3l{C)[i!!} for r.v~~; 

ylm11' bc:gb:m.Jng !~~~tuary I, 2Ql5, 11nd end[JIG i)tu.l!lb!!l" 31, 

::l.UI!J, ud rcUcffrom Soctioul2.S,233(.e)(J)(C)(Iv} rnr fma 

)'~om, b~gilllilng Snmm·y 1, :21<17. nc.d cndin.g D~c:=nlbJ:r 31, :W:ZO.. A cupy of lhls ~.o.rlnnc; petition mo.y bc aldulned J)l~au~;li !fie Clcrl.:'s OJli~ nt the Boill:d. Tho BonJ:d'~ 

~fficc ~lldr~s~ l$llll~ni.o Pollution Control Board, lnm<!liL. Tllompmn !&nta-, \QD W~t fumdo\ph St..:d, Sufte II<SU!l, 

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(kllllno.is EPA") solh:iU !be vkw,_ or pcrso11! who :IIIIJ' be ~rrc;;l~d by l.b~ '1-~ri~:.~c, . A<i.ko:l:~ nuy c-llmm~~ "r 

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the ad~~ JP~-.:md nhove. The rcct~rd 1~ o;YPil~hlec Dllbc 

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by !ha ~nbUc. · A hearing c:~ny be bcld llf!cr lhe [i!in.s c>f the r=e.QmTMIIililtin21. ll"owo:Vo:t"; lC 11. writ!en abjcclioo tc the vnrlllJI~C and 11. rcqucri Cor llenrin& arc nc~ivcd. by th;;; Bn~i11 offi~c. no (Ale- \Jt11U )We~t)'•ODC {li) <l~:r& from tl1~ 

pllblicQ\illn ot this Noli~. the 1Jo11rd mw.l D~llrlur.l ll h.olll"liiiiiiD lho petitiiJD.. 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

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liquor license raises questions Police identifY 

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bea~.u.sa .(;Cme bcll!:ml 1hn 

.Fil!!rer5 top\= r::l•lll ill= 

mlr;ht soon a_p_p>'JU" on ihe C!l!.ll1ty'!;l'1!!l't:lllllo{1 !"ilda.l: T:JI!. t!lllJ!tY Wtli.llg C~J!II• 

t'.:iltlee 001 T."\lt.'l!idny d~­

~~~~ wt:ent r.11ws repOiis 

!nd!eai1n& thll nt?.w· villa~ 

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!o i~J.~llR' a 4 rr~m. lillll!r li~r!l'lSilo LD flW bll.Si.JlB. 

wh.ir.II cpsm.~ =lrJst il 

ill~ry ~r <:(lil.IJOc·~r~J 1u ~dHn'h:mn. 

rf'll'l 

!;~uspectin armed mbber1 

,: · · bonked into j•n 

Drl11er treated at !mspit~! 

lllier noul.fr a ac~idant 

m-~\lln ou<.J!El l!l"no;./11-'"--...."~ 

; I'EDYIA- .:.. A fully landl\d i -:::J~lbad row L'l'llt'lr l;)runmal 

' lut-.; t.'l,e renr af an uno~· Cllpletl siule hil:lrWilY tnuk ~ Tb.w·sdnt aflnrncoll In ~ 

· canstn:rabn 2one on lJll, 

'nolsii.mneG, 

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:for Joe's '1\Jwi!lc, t:~'at of 

ponl ill whl~h. lhn vill~c.e enlulainmeni ~;.1bl1l''!!L" 

tvnuld grant u IL."em~ 1.11 'IJartl)' aS "nn cslnbli3h· rorurn for R ;J,IlOO :.nnu.ll 'n11!nt l'!hicll is lk:mse~ ro Jhe l!nll n $1 }\c~d ~ llD ell ~erVIl fotldonrl/or ~ko!:J.clfc 

Pll(!lll\', bHI!r.lS~s."i'luiTcrJi• 'DYOE 

Th~ Vlllnge Board oouli!: ,;L"tt.uo:, which ilo~s llQI voto !ln L.'lnl as f;(JOR as Ju~ol~c a lic~n!ir:, ~klrl.ad 

r.~t rnontl!. Acting M<~yor tlHI{. llob Lodrllllrl !'<lid lit iliat .nul ir 1lc~Jsbg m~do 

jlllnol'$l!llr!Stm~eti!\J.! tf.t!! onlinnm~ oppllcublc, And ticm: could cl:iilr!~l< !hnll F'll:lil!l'.s wou](l h;f\11! 

tl11j' cLUb's ~tatus IL,der .to r~IJ.Ile.!il a tUnillg ~ba:igc 

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:.r.:mi~lfllllilim: Silo::!.! · :~e nm1ca. 'l'hat worncr en !;ill o Sp~r'l~nll., to';ll;rtlttmr morn· _public he<ll"lb.g bclorl! illi! hm'l;snill.. ZliA van~ th~L Campion "lr U bsc~es\l~rc;l!J!, 1 cbnirs, imd 6l£o i'l vole b~ 

Qr!JJic it r;Iiro~ n quostio11," tlt~ Coun!l' Bc-o~rd. 

!iitid eoutmi.ltee fl'l\!filber S]Jo'\l";m\f\ ¥101agQ CJnrk 

Bill Cuml-•);:".fl, l'lltll iili;u l!: Mm-~~a~l MurQii wilD ulsn 

~hair.::omr (1f ~lHo r.\:mtf;- i_b:es w!U1 Lr,,·k)'~-'-'·· :;;,i;) 

COURTS 

Susp"t arrested day 

after meth rnid at hnuse . ~.Ei\r:s-JUWJI-ASt.D~.-;.""ld · r.llln II'Mill'te-"l~dMWra 

·in!?lliJl,1.\pMrar.d:rc t11iil al !;lsrasWt'nco W~drl~d~:F: 

· ·'- · ,John.D:~sL<y, ~D. or ~0:1 

·· RliilrondSl.r~oiul.ite!l ill, '. U1e F-.ilton Cl!imty Ja!I on·· 

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!(:mo.Vl! intn tbi!-prms!ng Jane. VhlrMomnrl~l Ddv!! fnl~n:hDt~g~~, 

!!· Thl! nec:ldrmt lJ;:ippertEd 

"]befure 1 Jl.lll• 0:1 ROUII!- ~ 

,!SllUth of llle War Mumort~l ; ;DrlvB iiJtQrcll:mge. i · 'l'hll tow tL"Uillt, wblch :, WliS l~cllnB"Mri.lprsvloasW ;i wrat:ke!l Vl!.h!d;!s,_ t;mS)\e(l 

,"'i:il!:i lila Mto.nllntor behind 

· l;lill h!ghw.cy vehkl!!, fore. . IIlB tha on.rn:o IDQ'J' trod! 

o!T !hi! -ronci b~rutu 1\S~ 

~~lr.g!nJotMrl!tt;J. 

Slovan .!Ue~~r..!ion, !H. ot Cfi!>"l! Ccear hail" tu ~o Gr· 

lcicntn!'l u-mn !be wre::ltil~t 

b)' ~1c pe=nnel wllh lho Femia Fire PnlJ!U"l· mont. He ~s -transported, 

by CIJI.bul:mce to },juiJlDdisl 

Mcflleal Cuntnr, whcJ-e be wns- trealm:l 11nd n!l~nsed 

]ll\Cf 1n t)ll! a.ftl!rl\DOil. 

The lrnpa~trlppcl1o£r U1~ 

bnrnpa-- or ~~~~ attcnmr.Lor, wllil:Il is d!!Sl!;I!L1d ip le!i~en 

tho lttipr:et of 11 l::rll!ih and stow diiWl'tnny uppro~chirtg 

vtJhl!!lu tc ~llt !l .from 

;;.ha Jmd di.!ot'll!'lJI!d UJ!! mntter \lllth him lll\~r lel!!- phonC" :uui om<Ul :inqtlil.illll !nuu ])]!! Jm1rnu! Slar on Tiun<Sdi!J' Shll J:.-..ld elltiJll;r o!l'idals had nol r.ontacl~ 

thu Vill•il"" ~bottt il!l.\' is!i\11! 

r~laterllo FloiTm:~. · 'This is n~l'i'n lEI us," 

M:uny s~kl ~w" ci!T!nL"'lly 

tlou'L tmow 11'h~tt! Lhe county mnjng c:tm:uU\cc 

iscorniugfrom orwhRlt! It's 

g~inB' on ill\~." 

Collllnill~l! r.wmhm- und Connly Dcard Vi~o Ch!!.il.'· rua:J Gory ICro~dum a:~ret:l 

o:ouhnl' arl;nlni~t;;;Lm· li:~ 

1'-.ndrcwS- to p,el ,tn o~lr:lun 

from Sfr<(n'r. At~m".l' l'ilTil B~oor on !mw ilw c~Ul)!y 

r,hould pl"O~r!irll. 

"None of us sllUng hen:~ 

Ghampilign man wouldn't 

,give ~fficlals his name 

liiWil'! OllEDR "'~~=<;;I.ILCIAn 

Sod~~ my frl~na. Gi,·e ml! 

all tim loose bWs "r avcnr· !Jor:1y !li~::.·• 

'11le llt!ilJ]CJIIIB Wllfrhlng 

tile 5!~1lnt!nn lulu told ]JQJ\c& .sl1c co\.l\i! loll from :he Jo~koll UU! tell!lt'sfnte llial 

u robberY wos trnnsp1rbg,. 

~hn trl>!ffl!re~ U;e 5ilenl 

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TheJo~nal-News 

-------------~~ MonarWiHBe 

i:l st.arf enjoyHl a 1un·till~d week of 

rtive. Llvlr.~ W~e-11, loci<Jdll19 a f..-1e:d~ 

hF.! lell, <:lm n:;::~ptlon)$t \<elf Mitchell, 

1l servh::o1 ~CJartilnat,lr Sall'f McGcy, ng and rosldcot M~ Williom;;. 

lcmll Residents 

rtive Living ·week 

lrJic;JH~ 

tty Sheriffs Of:fice is 

fox N an~aw Band U pM 

riff's O.ffic~ radios, To 

.t for pToposal. and a 

~cificatiori.S contact the 

1i;y Caorilinator 1s Of77. All proposals must 

[onday, May 2tal, 2012 

Ooordinatcrrts Off1ce on 

Histo-li.c· Courthouse. 

fcation Process 

l Easy Steps: 

stfrancls-lltchfie I d .erg 

Employment 

· C.i:!;rer=r Se.m:-ch 

!atory Smgsry Unit 

•dic:s.i Surgieal Unit 

nl.tv 

fve Care Unit 

r1ologlst (2.} 

:iati:st 

apist 

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t.Frands 

~spita.i 

lit~J::hfleld.or@. 

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lle i.:~ ~"llrr<l:l.lly runn!r-~;t Jot ~h~; 

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~nd will be nVllilchl<l toll t..i~cm;~ 

hi~ 'puif.onn rmd ra~('lund 1-o qu~slions l"e(jii.rdfng·retl.re~ :Hli! 

senior l.$\llla, .JUs~ ~clledukd to sp~nk l11 

Wendy Whit~..JI.mhr f1"ml.r St. 

Joh!;'s Hospli..nl, w Jm will ~dd ... w.~ 

bllOll:h i!!GUC~ r&l!l.t~il. LllS!l~\)r.n;. 

Dn·;id Spinn~r, 11rr>I<idcnt !)[ 

APSe-ME Sub-Chnpll:l' 87; will 

olen d.isr:ess ~l.Jrtivll plr.ns ~1>r :l. 

rr.l!.y L'hc.t'i"sJiln!l.l'letlio·; Ule B.tl;:·u 

Copilol on W~clnesd~>Y, Mny 15. 

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IN .THE·c;:RClriT COURT·': "'. ~;, ·:th£>rlc2·'s!:iuth "o.'(ll;,grE 

FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ..• 1"(1111!-JI.ESWe!l: 9 d\s;tarr .. MONTGOMERY COUNTY,·.. ;-: 1'i2:Hm fE;et; L~rsm:e E: 

IL!oiNOIS Gi tlegrar;;:s 4;;!: mlnlrtes 

FIRST CbLUNSVILLE BANK, a dist<ln(:o of 483.00 · ~= · PlaPlllff, · · :l"!tOr;ce Souilt 05 th:.or Hillsboro Fixe Departnlentwill .. . v. . '11 mloct~W·~·d<i ... Ca~;e Nc>l2·CH-;?;;>. of151,GO;'e~;lhe.r.~~l 

be fi.Q"' n •.esfui·g J. ·h' ydr"UtS a st•>rt- a LEE LEF-SORENSON, G. SORENSON MARY ,;1</o 0 a ''"'"" dislam:s of&~IMO mrnvt~ 

C. SOP.ENSON 1.1/k/il Ml<.AY . thence North !\9 t!et ingMay 11 un1il.' May· 25. SORENSON, Unknown o-.vnern . 51 qllnUle:> East .a dlsi and Nonrocotd Claimants, ' oi4US.oo faet;thenc:e f 

A 1.. • f Oslendants. 0 degTee 25 mlnul~s Ut.u:OJ1ty 0 I'1QJ]g: OtlQBECl0Sl113f. a dlstanoe ol 4a2..0D PAD[jEEDJNG l.hBnce·'N6ftl1 B9 det Joe l 1

ye.rla., Fire Chief NOTICE ls harsby given tc 55mJnutaoEastadisi UNKNOWN OWNERS and ·ffi7B".Oij{llBI.'.a\l'lepc. 

J::::::::::;;~;:::;;::::;;::;:~:::::::::::::::~ NONRECOFIO ClAIMANTS o"f beginning, containing-· r ihe reat,ss.late...cl~cribed..below, - . :.,ere:;, rnore or lw.s... Pollution Variance DefendantS In t.l-Je a.bc.ve-enlitJEo · SituBtect trrthe-CC es:se, pwswm~ ta th.~a provisions of M!lfltnomery Sta Am!Men Energy Resource..<;. wiUl srm!'!!e:> located in Montgom• of735 JLCS51.2·.20G, 2.w207, 2...:113 llliilol9 •. - , ·. '· . 

el)' Cour">ly, Fulton County, Peorla Counfy, Masssc County, Craw· '·and 15-1502, that the above- Permanen\Parcel Nr 

ford County, Morgan Counl}', and .J_aspe-r County has fi!edwilh lhe- entitled mortgage foroolosure 19·:!lOG-OGT 

Rllnols Pol!uUon Control Board (~Board") a petiUr~n fM ver(anea .!.iUit·ls. new prmdl119 In said D'JUrl E, The r.omm:m edr 

under TIII:i IX of u1e Environmental Prole!:lllon Act ("Acn [415 and_Hte day on crafter v.rhlch a or descriplio.'l ol the Icc;: 

ILCS 5135-:;BJ. The Board has tn5! s~!hority pursuant to SecUon ~.',',""o"afm•n'X-~ •, 1M, :~,,g,?alnst of the real esiate tilat I. 

f '" L d t ... ""'' subject ol the Com!llr;.lr 3!J o .ll'a Mf !415 I CS 5/35] anq.::rs Ill. A m. Code 104 lo gran The Plelntlff has certlned For~lcsuTe is 

s vanance. Amerer. l;:nergy Re.sour~s req~tes~ a variance from th 0 foi!Dw!ng regarding 132 Prang~ Avenue, 

blllh lh& 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioXide emission rate provisiol:ls of :laid foreclo-sure action fHod , Wal131"nlllfo,.JL 62091 . 

the lllinols Mulff·Pollutnnl Sl!lru:!artl, 35 Ill. Adm. Coda 225.233, Aprll23, 2.012.. F. An ldentlficatio 

specifically Lhe sulfur dio:r.ide emission standards sal for1h In A. Plaintiff Is FIRST the Mortgage sough\1 

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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PCB 12-126 

(Variance-Air) 

APPEARANCE 

The nndersigned hereby enters her appearance as an attorney on behalf of the 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. 

DATED: May 22, 20I2 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

217/782-5544 

2I7.782.9143 (TDD) 

Respectfully submitted, 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY 

By:--'-:::;-:r!J;_,-----~~-------;:---"---­ Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 
Electronic Piling- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/22/2012 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COUNTY OF SANGAMON 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, an attorney, state that I have served electronically the 

attached CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION and APPEARANCE upon the following 

person: 

John Therriault, Assistant Clerk 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 

James R. Thompson Center 

100 West Randolph St, Suite 11-500 

Chicago, IL 6060 I 

and electronically and by mailing them by first-class mail from Springfield, Illinois, with 

sufficient postage affixed to the following persons: 

Amy Antoniolli 

Renee Cipriano 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

DATED: May 22, 2012 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, IL 62794-9276 

217.782.5544 

217.782.9143 (TDD) 

ILLINIOS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

~-~~ Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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OBJECTION 

PCB 12-126 

(Variance- Air) 

Pursuant to 3 5 Ill. Adrn. Code I 04.224(b ), Envirorunental Illinois, the Envirorunental Law & 

Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan 

Chicago, and Sierra Club (collectively, "Citizens Groups") hereby OBJECT to the Petition for 

Variance ("the Petition") filed by Ameren Energy Resources ("Ameren" or "the Company") with the 

Pollution Control Board ("Board") on May 3, 2012. As discussed below, the Board should deny the 

Petition for several reasons: 

• The Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS") Ameren now seeks to avoid reflects a settlement 

among multiple parties, including the Illinois Envirorunental Protection Agency 

("Illinois EPA") and Citizens Groups, that Ameren proposed, agreed to, opted into, and 

benefitted from. Ameren must be held to that agreement. 

• In arguing that the variance is necessary to avoid an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship, 

Ameren failed to explore all options available to it for complying with the MPS. 

• Granting the variance would undermine the.MPS and Combined Pollutant Standard 

("CPS") and threaten the State's progress in control of mercury, S02, and NOx. 

• Ameren presents no basis to conclude that it will comply with the schedule it proposes 

under the variance. 

• The variance will harm air quality, not create any net air quality benefits as Ameren 

claims. 

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Citizens Groups do not request a hearing pmsuant to 35 lll. Adm. Code 104.224(c), but will file 

comments further elaborating on the issues addressed in these objections, as well as other concerns 

about the proposed variance, dming the public comment petiod in this proceeding. 

I. The Board Should Require Ameren to Comply With the Agreed Standards It 

Negotiated, Opted Into, and Benefitted From. 

The Board should deny Ameren's request for a variance because it agreed to, opted into, and 

benefitted from the standards it now seeks to undermine. Ameren requests a variance from 2015 and 

2017 sulfur dioxide ("S02 ") emission lintits required by the MPS, codified at 35 lll. Adm. Code 

225.233. The MPS, originally promulgated in 2006, 1 allows owners of Electric Generating Units 

("EGUs") to meet mercury lintits less stringent than would otherwise be required as long as they meet 

certain emission standards and technology requirements for S02 and nitrogen oxides (''NOx''). See 35 

lll. Adm. Code 225.233. Specifically, the MPS gave EGU owners a tinte-limited ability to "opt in" to 

meeting MPS requirements for S02 and NOx, 2 and, in exchange, the right to delay compliance with 

numeric or input-based mercury limits until at least 2015, or, in the case of certain smaller EGUs, the 

option to determine to meet a carbon injection requirement instead of an emission litnit. 3 See 35 ill. 

Adm. Code 225.233(c) and (d). Both MPS mercury control options are less stringent than the 

1 In the Matter of Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury), 

R06-25 (Dec. 21, 2006). As discussed hereiu, the MPS was amended in 2009 to, among other things, require Ameren to 

meet the very standards at issue in this variance proceeding- i.e., a fleet-wide S02 standard of0.25 lb/million Btu by 2015 

and a fleet-wide standard of0.23 lb/million Btu by 2017. See In the Matter of Amendments to 35 fll. Adm. Code 225: 

Control of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury Monitoring), R09-l 0 (June 18, 2009). 2 See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 .233( e)(3 )( c )(iii) and (iv). The MPS includes several requirements for S02 and NO, control. 

For larger EGUs that fire bituminous coal, by no later than December 31, 2009, the EGU was required to install a Selective 

Catalytic Reduction ("SCR") system for control of NO, and a scrubber for control of S02. 35 ill. Adm. Code 

225.233(c)(l)(A). EGU owners must also meet fleet-wide annual and ozone season NO, emission limits, which for 

Ameren is 0.11lb/million Btu beginning in 2012, and fleet-wide annual S02 emission limits, which for Ameren decline as 

follows: 0.50 lb/million Btu from 2010-2013, 0.43 lb/million Btu in 2014; 0.25 lb/million Btu in 2015; and 0.23 lb/million 

Btu in 2017. 35 ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3). 3 Under the MPS, the owners of certain smaller EGUs-those with less than 90 gross MW in capacity, and those with less 

than 115 MW in capacity and which do not exceed 4% of the total gross MW capacity of the MPS Group-have the option 

of committing to comply with numeric emission limits or to continue under a carbon injection requirement. 35 Ill. Adm. 

Code 225.223(c)(1)(B). 

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requirements of the Illinois Mercury Rule,' which applies to EGU owners that do not opt in to the MPS 

or the similar CPS, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.291-99. Thus, using the MPS relieves EGU owners from 

compliance with more onerous mercury requirements in the Illinois Mercury Rule provided they 

comply with the S02 and NOx components of the rule. 

As Ameren acknowledges in its Petition, the MPS was a result of negotiations in which 

Ameren took a lead role. 5 Not only did Ameren just acknowledge this, but it extolled this agreement at 

the time. Ameren' s then-Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Gary L. Rainwater stated: 

"We appreciate Governor Blagojevich's support and that of the Illinois EPA in working with us to 

come up with an approach that provides reductions of multiple pollutants and offers flexibility, while 

reaching the goal of significantly reducing air emissions .... We believe this constructive approach 

will significantly benefit the state's air quality." 6 The lengthy record of the MPS rulemaking reveals 

that numerous parties, including other EGU owners, the Illinois EPA, and citizens' organizations 

including Environmentallllinois, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Respiratory Health 

Association of Metropolitan Chicago, and Sierra Club, all took part in the formulation of the MPS. 7 

The final2006 MPS thus represented a laboriously-negotiated agreement among diverse parties who 

4 The lllinois Mercury Rule required EGUs to meet the same numeric or input-based mercury standards as the MPS in 

2009, six years earlier than required by the 11FS, without the compliance option of injecting activated carbon at a particular 

rate for smaller EGUs. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.230. 5 Indeed, as Ameren admits, it proposed the regulatory compromise reflected in the MPS. Petition at 12. 6 See http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum~5128 (last accessed May 31, 2012). 7 See generally In the Matter of Proposed New 35 lll. Admin. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large Combustion 

Sources (Mercury), R06-25, available at 

http://www .ipcb.state.il.us/COOL/external/Case View.aspx?refereFTesults&cas~l2992) (last visited May 31, 2012). 

The Citizens Groups were key players in the negotiations leading to the regulatory compromise of the MPS; lllinois EPA 

specifically sought the Citizen Groups' approval and sign-off on the agreement codified in the standards. The Citizen 

Groups' participation is reflected in an August 2, 2006 press release from the Office of the Governor that anoounced the 

"agreement" underlying the MPS and included statements from the Citizen Groups. See 

htto://www.illinois.oov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum~5128 (last accessed May 31, 2012). 

Id. 
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identified a mutually-acceptable path to address the problems of mercury, S02, and NOx pollution from 

illinois' electric generators. Arneren opted in to the MPS in 2007. 8 

Since Arneren negotiated, opted into, and benefitted from the MPS, the Board must not now 

permit the Company to undermine that crucial2006 agreement by relieving it of its obligations to meet 

the 2015 and 2017 S02 emissions standards until2020 and 2021, respectively. As noted above, the 

agreement underpinning the MPS hinged on the commitment of EGU owners to meet the standard's 

S02 and NOx limits, and, in return, to be subject to less stringent mercury standards: it was a package 

deal. Arneren now wants to have its cake and eat it, too; it reaped the benefit of less stringent mercury 

standards for years but wants that benefit without meeting the prescribed so2 limits. Allowing 

Arneren to do so would breach the agreement that underlies the MPS, undermine the settlement 

process, and betray the public tJ.ust. Therefore, because Arneren's commitments to reduce so2 were 

part of a larger agreement which Arneren agreed to, opted into, and benefitted from, the Board must 

deny Arneren's Petition. 

II. Ameren Failed to Explore All Available Options for Complying with the MPS. 

In arguing that the variance is necessary to avoid an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship, 

Ameren does not adequately address at least two other strategies for complying with the MPS: 

reducing capacity at its plants with higher S02 emission rates and seeking financing from its parent 

company to complete installation of scrubbers at its Newton plant. 

Based on the current record, it is not clear that Ameren needs to add scrubbers at its Newton 

plant in order to comply with the S02 provisions from which it now seeks a variance. Rather than add 

8 Ameren'sDecember 27, 2007letter opting into the MPS is attached as Exhibit B to its October 10, 2008 Petition for 

Variance filed inAmeren Energy Generating Co. eta!. v. Ill. Envt'l Prot. Agency, PCB 09-21. Dynegy also opted in to the 

:MPS. Midwest Generation ("Midwest Gen") similarly agreed to meet certain S02 and NOx emission limits and control 

equipment requirements in exchange for meeting less stringent mercury limits; however, the standards applicable to 

Midwest Gen's plants were codified separately as the CPS, 35lll. Adm. Code 225.239. 
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scrubbers, Ameren could comply with the MPS by running its unscrubbed plants less (at a lower 

capacity factor). While that option could create certain costs for Ameren in terms of lost energy sales, 

the strategy is within the power of Ameren to implement, and Ameren has not presented any evidence 

that it is infeasible. 9 

Neither has Ameren shown that it cannot obtain the funding it claims it needs to comply with 

the MPS from its parent company, Ameren Corporation ("Ameren Corp"). Despite Ameren's claims 

that funding from Ameren Corp "is not a viable option," Petition at 22-23, Ameren has not shown that 

Ameren Corp is prohibited from providing such funding. To the contrary, Ameren Corp has promised 

to provide a guaranteed $100 million to Ameren upon the sale of three natural gas plants Ameren 

owns, which total may grow when the plants are sold on the open market. 10 Ameren failed to mention 

this funding mechanism in its Petition, and it has failed to meet its heavy burden of showing that the 

variance is necessary to avoid an unacceptable hardship. 11 The Board should deny Ameren' s Petition. 

9 Indeed, Ameren made reference to this strategy dnring an earnings call. See Ameien Q4 2011 Earnings Call Transcript 

(Feb. 23, 2012), available at http://www.morningstar.comlearnings/36055260-ameren-coro-q4-2011.aspx (dnring questionand-answer period, Ameren mentioned "ratchet[ing] down" generation from uncontrolled generating plants as a compliance 

orion should it not install scrubbers at Newton). 1 See Ameren Q1 2012 Earnings Call Transcript (May 4, 2012), available at 

http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/earnings-call-transcript.aspx?t~AEE®ion~USA&cultnr~enUS&pindex~9&qinde~3 (last visited May 31, 2012) (addressed dnring question-and-answer period); see also Ameren 

SEC Form 10-Q (May 10, 2012) at 56, available at http://quote.morningstar.comlstock-filing/QuarterlyReport/2012/3/31/t.aspx?FXNYS:AEE&fF10-Q&d~14ae4cee1502b73321b22lf4469d3e6c (last visited May 31, 2012). 11 Ameren's arguments for a variance are even more insufficient when viewed-through the lens of Illinois law on 

agreements. Under illinois law, the affirmative defense of impossibility of performance does not apply when "it lies within 

the power of the promisor to remove the obstacle to performance." YPI 180 N LaSalle Owner. LLC. v. 180 N LaSalle II, 

LLC, 403 lll. App. 3d I, 8 (lll. App. Ct. 1" Dist. 2010) (citing Fe/hinger & Co. v. Traiforos, 76 lll. App. 3d 725, 733 

(1979)). Here, it is clearly within Ameren's power to meet its responsibilities under the agreed terms codified under the 

MPS-whether through ceasing or curtailing operations at its plants, or seeking fmancing from its parent company. 

Moreover, Ameren's claimed financial distress resulting from poor market conditions brought about by, among other 

things, low natural gas prices, should not excuse its non-performance, because changing market conditions are foreseeable. 

See, e.g., Northern Ill. Gas Co. v. Energy Coop .• Inc.,"l22lll. App. 3d 940, 952-53, 461 N.E.2d 1049 (Ill. App. Ct. 3d Dist. 

1984) (commercial frustration doctrine does not apply to financial distress resulting from changed natural gas prices). 
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III. Granting the Variance Would Undermine the MPS and CPS and Undo the State's 

Important Gains in Control of Mercury, S02, and NO,. 

A Board decision to grant the variance to Ameren would threaten future compliance with the 

MPS and CPS by the remaining EGUs in the State. Approving Ameren's variance sets a precedent for 

other EGU owners in the State to seek additional variances from Illinois' mercury, S02, and NOx 

standards. It would thereby begin unraveling the negotiations and agreements that led to those 

standards, and roll back the crucial regulations that Illinois has put in place to protect its citizens from 

toxic pollutants. As noted above, Ameren was not the only EGU owner to opt in to the MPS; Dynegy 

also did so, and Midwest Generation agreed to a similar regulatory compromise in the CPS. The 

reasons Ameren cites as justifying a variance-i.e., financial distress due to low power demand, higher 

natural gas supplies, and inability to recuperate costs via rate recovery, as well as supposed regulatory 

uncertainty-are also true for all owners of coal-fired EGUs in Illinois, not just Ameren. 12 Moreover, 

Midwest Generation, like Ameren, has not yet installed expensive S02 and NOx controls on a number 

of its EGUs. 13 In short, Ameren's competitors are in the same boat as Ameren. 14 If the variance is 

granted, there is no reason why those companies would not go to the Board seeking similar variances 

from the MPS and CPS for the exact same reasons Ameren invokes. This would put the Board in the 

position of having to pick winners and losers in the electricity market and could completely undo the 

MPS and CPS, undercutting the difficult-to-obtain agreements that led to those standards, and 

12 See Crain's Chicago Business, "Tepid power auction raises chances for a Midwest Gen bankruptcy," (May 21, 2012) 

available at http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120521!NEWS11/120519778/tepid-power-auction-raises-chances· 

for-a-midwestgen-baukruptcy (last visited May 31, 2012); Dynegy Form 10-Q (May 10; 2012), available at 

htto://dynegy.com/investor relations/sec filings.asp (last visited May 31, 2012). 13 See EPA, "Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Tilinois; Regional Haze," 77 Fed. Reg. 

3966, 3972 (Jan. 26, 2012). 14 Although Dynegy has already installed, or is in the process of installing, equipment to control mercury, S02, and NO, 

emissions from its EGUs, there is some indication that Dynegy is having difficulty meeting mercury limits under the MPS 

at its Wood River EGU. See Dynegy Investor Relations, Dynegy 2011 Annual and 4th Quarter Results (Mar. 11, 2012), 

available at http://dvnegy.com/investor relations/presentations.asp (last visited May 31, 2012). Thus, Dynegy may also 

have some mercury control equipment it may need to install, but could attempt to forestall via a variance. 
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exposing Illinois citizens to significantly greater quantities of harmful mercury, S02, and NO, 

pollution. 

Granting the variance also would harm the State in another critical manner. As noted above, 

the MPS and CPS were the result of large-scale negotiations involving multiple, diverse parties, 

including EGU owners, government agencies, and citizens groups. If one regulated entity can override 

standards codifying a complex agreement among such diverse parties whenever the economy goes 

sour, many of the parties at the negotiating table have no reason to come back. Public health and 

environmental groups like those involved in the drafting of the MPS and CPS have no incentive to 

dedicate precious resources to hammering out a compromise with industry and government if such 

agreements are simply disregarded in bad times. ·But including such groups at the negotiating table is 

good for Illinois, because it brings diverse constituencies together to craft more durable, balanced rules 

for our state. In order to ensure that one negotiating party-in this case, a single regulated entitydoes not thwart opportunities to craft stronger, widely-supported regulations in the futme, the Board 

should deny the variance. 

IV. Ameren Presents No Basis to Conclude That It Will Comply With the Schedule It 

Proposes Under the Variance. 

A petitioner for a variance must include a "detailed description" of a compliance plan, 

including a "time schedule for implementation of all phases of the control program from initiation of 

design to program completion." 35 TIL Adm. Code 104.204(£). See also Ecko Glaco Corp. v. Ill. 

Envt'l Prot. Agency, 186 lll. App. 3d 141, 150-51 (lst Dist. 1989) (upholding Board's decision to deny 

extension of a variance where petitioner lacked definite compliance plan). 

In this case, if the Board grants the variance, there is no reason to believe that Ameren would 

not request another variance from the MPS in the futme. In 2008, Ameren first requested a variance 
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from the S02 requirements of the MPS, arguing, just like it does here, that regulatory uncertainty 

rendered compliance with the standards an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship. 15 In 2009, Ameren 

obtained the amendments it sought for the MPS S02 standards 16-including the 2015 and 2017 

standards it now seeks to push back-yet, not even four years later, Ameren is back again before the 

Board. requesting relief from the very standards it now negotiated twice. 

In its current Petition, Ameren argues that power prices must improve before the investments in 

S02 control equipment required by the MPS will be economically feasible, 17 but acknowledges that 

such an improvement in power prices may never occur. 

18 Indeed, Ameren' s supporting evidence 

demonstrates that, if Ameren's compliance plan is premised entirely on an increase in power prices, it 

likely will never come to fruition. One of Ameren's affiants states that power prices "have continued 

to fall, and are not expected to improve in the near to inunediate term." Petition, Ex. 7, Martin Aff. at 

'l[l2. As the Standard and Poor's report excerpted in his affidavit indicates, Ameren's decision to stop 

spending money on legally required environmental controls "suggests management's lack of 

confidence in the longer-term economic sustainability of [Ameren's] business model." Id. at 'lfl2. 

As such, just as Ameren claims it now cannot comply with the standards it requested in 2008, it 

is far from certain that Ameren will genuinely conunit to the revised standards it requests here. It very 

well may seek yet another variance in several years' time. The Board should only grant a variance if it 

15 See Ameren Energy Generating Co. eta/. v. fll. Envt'/ Prot. Agency, PCB 09-21 (Oct. 1, 2008) (Petition for Variance) at 

1, 8-21. 16 The changes to the S02 standards which Ameren sought in its 2008 Petition for Variance were adopted as amendments to 

the MPS, rather than as a variance. See In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225: Control of 

Emissions From Large Combustion Sources (Mercury Monitoring), R09-10 (June 18, 2009). 17 See, e.g., Petition at 2 ("The additional time AER seeks due to hardship will provide the needed time to allow recovery of 

the power market. ... "); Petition at 7 ("AER seeks the variance ... because eroding financial conditions make compliance 

with those requirements untenable"). 18 See, e.g., Petition at 9 ("Assuming power prices rebound ... "); Petition at 21-22 ("unless and until power price market 

conditions improve ... ") (emphasis added). 
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truly constitutes a temporary reprieve from requirements, rather than a mechanism for indefinitely 

propping up a failed business model. The Board should deny Ameren's Petition. 

V. The Variance Will Worsen Air Quality, Not Create Any Net Air Quality Benefits. 

Rather than create net air quality benefits, the requested variance would in fact worsen air 

quality. Ameren claims that the variance will result in "overall greater S02 reductions ... than 

anticipated under current MPS requirements." Petition at 25. In making that claim, Ameren relies, in 

part, on "emission reductions" resulting from the closure of the Meredosia and Hutsonville plants, and 

apparently representing the difference between emissions allowed under the MPS and Ameren's actual 

emissions in 2010 and 2011. I d. at 26. The inclusion of both of these sets of"emissions reductions" in 

Ameren's calculation of the air quality benefits of the variance is facially absurd. First, the closure of 

the Meredosia and Hutsonville plants-and the consequent decrease in emissions from Ameren's coal 

fleet -would occur regardless of whether the variance is granted. Ameren announced last October 

that it would close Meredosia and Hutsonville by the end of the year, 19 and as far back as 2009, 

Ameren planned to significantly cut operations at those plants. 20 It is simply absurd for Ameren to 

ascribe reductions in emissions resulting from plant closures it planned years ago to the variance it now 

proposes. The same is true of the "emissions reductions" representing the difference between 

emissions allowed under the MPS and Ameren's actual emissions in 2010 and 2011: those 

"reductions" far predate the variance and are entirely independent of it. As Citizen Groups will further 

explain in our comments, if the air quality impact of the variance is properly evaluated, excluding 

those two sets of farfetched "emission reductions," it is clear that the variance will in fact significantly 

19 See St. Louis Business Journal, "Ameren to close 2 plants, affecting 90 workers," (Oct. 4, 2011), available at 

http:/ /v.~vw. bizj ournals.com/st]ouis/news/20 11 /1 0/04/ameren-to-close-2-plants-lay-off-90 .htrnl ?pag<rall&date~20 11-10-04 

(last visited May 31, 2012). 

:w See PR Newswire, "Ameren Energy Resources Announces Staff Reductions at Three Illinois Power Plants in Response 

to Changes in Power Markets, Tough Economy" (Aug. 12, 2009), available at 

http://wwv..'.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ameren-energy-resources-announces-staff-reductions-at-three-illinois-powerplants-in-response-to-changes-in-power-markets-tough-economy-62215822.html (last visited May 31, 20 12). 
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increase harmful S02 pollution and thereby worsen air quality. For this reason alone, the Board should 

deny the variance. 

VI. Conclusion. 

For the reasons addressed in this Objection, as well as additional reasons that Citizens Groups 

will provide in comments we will submit later in this proceeding, the Board should deny Ameren' s 

Petition for Variance. 

DATED: May 31,2012 

Respectfully submitted, 

Faith Bugel 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

3 5 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, lilinois 60601 
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AIVIEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

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NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING 

To: Attached Service List 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 31,2012, I electronically filed with the Clerk of 

the Pollution Control Board of the State of Illinois an OBJECTION on behalf of Environment 

Illinois, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory 

Health Association Of Metropolitan Chicago, and Sierra Club, a copy of which is attached hereto 

and herewith served upon you. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Faith Bugel 

Senior Attorney 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, IL 60601 

312-795-3708 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/31/2012-PC'#6 · 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, Faith Bugel, hereby certifY that I have filed the attached OBJECTION on behalf of 

Environment Illinois, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, 

Respiratory Health Association Of Metropolitan Chicago, And Sierra Club in PCB 12-126 upon 

the attached service list by depositing said documents in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, 

in Chicago, illinois on May 31, 2012. 

Respectfully submitted, 

FaithBugel 

Senior Attorney 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, IL 60601 

312-795-3708 
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Gina Roccafmte 

illinois EPA 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, IL 62794 

SERVICE LIST 

May 31,2012 

Amy Antoniolli 

Renee Cipriano 

Schiff Hardin, LLP 

6600 Willis Tower 

233 South Wacker Dr 

Chicago, IL 60606 

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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OBJECTION 

PCB 12-126 

(Variance - Air) 

Pursuant to 35 ill. Adm. Code 1 04.224(b ), Environment lllinois, the Environmental Law & 

Policy Center, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, and Sierra Club, 

(collectively, "Citizens Groups") hereby OBJECT to the Petition for Variance ("the Petition") ftled by 

Ameren Energy Resources ("Ameren" or "the Company") with the Pollution Control Board ("Board") 

on May 3, 2012. 1 As discussed below, the Board should deny the Petition because the Multi-Pollutant 

Standard ("MPS") Ameren now seeks to avoid reflects a settlement among multiple parties, including 

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") and Citizens Groups, which Ameren 

proposed, agreed to, opted into, and benefitted from. The Board must hold Ameren to that agreement. 

II. Argument 

The Board must deny Ameren's request for a variance because Ameren proposed, agreed to, 

opted into, and benefitted from the standards it now seeks to undermine. Ameren requests a variance 

from 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioxide ("S02") emission limits required by the MPS, codified at 35 Ill. 

1 Citizens Groups do not request a hearing pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.224(c), but will file comments further 

elaborating on the issues addressed in these objections, as well as other concerns about the proposed variance, later during 

the public comment period in this proceeding. 

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Adm. Code 225.233. The MPS, originally promulgated in 2006, 2 allows owners of Electric Generating 

Units ("EGU s") to meet mercury limits less stringent than would otherwise be required as long as they 

meet certain emission standards and technology requirements for S02 and nitrogen oxides ("NOx''). 

See 35 ill. Adm. Code 225.233. Specifically, the MPS gave EGU owners a time-limited ability to "opt 

in" to meeting MPS requirements for S02 and NOx. 3 and, in exchange, the right to delay compliance 

with numeric or input-based mercury limits until at least 2015, or, in the case of certain smaller EGUs, 

the option to meet a carbon injection requirement instead of an emission limit. 4 See 3 5 Ill. Adm. Code 

225.233(c) and (d). Both MPS mercury control options are less stringent than the requirements ofthe 

Illinois Mercury Rule, 5 which applies to EGU owners that do not opt in to the MPS or the similar 

Combined Pollutant Standard ("CPS"), 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.291-99. Thus, using the MPS relieves 

EGU owners from compliance with more onerous mercury requirements in the Illinois Mercury Rule 

provided they comply with the S02 and NOx components of the rule. 

As Ameren acknowledges in its Petition, the MPS was a result of negotiations in which 

Ameren took a lead role. 6 Not only did Amerenjust acknowledge this, but it extolled this agreement at 

2 In the Matter of Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 Conn·ol of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury), 

R06-25 (Dec. 21, 2006). The MPS was amended in 2009 to, among other things, require Ameren to meet the very 

standards at issue in this variance proceeding -i.e., a fleet-wide S02 standard of 0.25lb/million Btu by 2015 and a fleetwide standard of 0.23 lb/million Btu by 2017. See In the Matter of Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225: Control of 

Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury Monit01ing), R09-1 0 (June 18, 2009). 3 See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). The MPS includes several requirements for S02 and NO, control. 

For larger EGUs that fire bituminous coal, by no later than December 31, 2009, the EGU was required to install a Selective 

Catalytic Reduction ("SCR") system for control of NO, and a scrubber for control of S02 . 3 5 Ill. Adm. Code 

225.233(c)(1)(A). EGU owners must also meet fleet-wide annual and ozone season NO, emission limits, which for 

Ameren is O.lllb/million Btu beginning in 2012, and fleet-wide annual S02 emission limits, which for Ameren decline as 

follows: 0.50 lb/million Btu from 2010-2013, 0.43 lb/million Btu in 2014; 0.25lb/million Btu in 2015; and 0.23 lb/million 

Btu in 2017. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3). 4 Under the MPS, the owners of certain smaller EGUs-those with less than 90 gross MW in capacity, and those with less 

than 115 MW in capacity and which do not exceed 4% of the total gross MW capacity of the MPS Group-have the option 

of committing to comply with numeric emission limits or to continue under a carbon injection requirement. 35 lll. Adm. 

Code 225.233(c)(1)(B). 5 The illinois Mercury Rule required EGUs to meet the same numeric or input-based mercury standards as in the MPS in 

2009, six years earlier than required by the MPS, without the compliance option of injecting activated carbon at a particular 

rate for smaller EGUs. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.230. 6 Indeed, as Ameren admits, it proposed the regulatory compromise reflected in the MPS. Petition at 12 . 

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the time. Ameren's then-Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Gary L. Rainwater stated: 

"We appreciate Governor Blagojevich's support and that of the lllinois EPA in working with us to 

come up with an approach that provides reductions of multiple pollutants and offers flexibility, while 

reaching the goal of significantly reducing air emissions .... We believe this constructive approach 

will significantly benefit the state's air quality."7 The lengthy record of the MPS rulemaking reveals 

that numerous parties, including other EGU owners, the lllinois EPA, and Citizens Groups including 

Environment Illinois, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Respiratory Health Association of 

Metropolitan Chicago, and Sierra Club, all took part in the formulation of the MPS. 8 The fmal2006 

MPS represented a laboriously-negotiated agreement among multiple diverse parties who identified a 

mutually-acceptable path to address the problems of mercury, S02, and NOx pollution from Illinois' 

electric generators. Ameren opted in to the MPS in 2007. 9 

Since Ameren negotiated, opted into, and benefitted from the MPS, the Board must not now 

permit the Company to undermine that crucial 2006 agreement by relieving it of its obligations to meet 

the 2015 and 2017 S02 emissions standards until2020 and 2021, respectively. As noted above, the 

agreement underpinning the MPS hinged on the commitment ofEGU owners to meet the S02 and NOx 

limits included in the standard, and, in return, to be subject to less stringent mercury standards: it was a 

package deal. Ameren now wants to have its cake and eat it, too; it reaped the benefit of being subject 

to the less stringent mercury standards for years but wants to receive that benefit without meeting the 

7 See http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNwn-5128 (last accessed May 31, 2012). 8 See generally In the Matter of Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large Combustion 

Sources (Mercury), R06-25, available at 

http://v,ww.ipcb.state.il.usiCOOUexternal/CaseView.aspx?referePresults&case=o12992l (last visited May 31, 2012). The 

Citizens Groups were key players in the negotiations leading to the regulatory compromise of the :MPS; illinois EPA 

specifically sought the Citizen Groups' approval and sign-off on the agreement codified in the standards. The Citizen 

Groups' participation is reflected in an August 2, 2006 press release from the Office of the Governor that announced the 

"agreement" underlying the :MPS and included statements from the Citizen Groups. See 

http://www .illinois.gov/PressReleases;PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum-5128 (last accessed May 31, 2012). 

9 Ameren's December 27, 2007 letter opting into the MPS is attached as Exhibit B to its October 10,2008 Petition for 

Variance filed in Ameren Energy Generating Co. eta/. v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PCB 09-21. 
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prescribed S02 limits. Allowing Ameren to do so would breach the agreement that underlies the MPS, 

undermine the settlement process, and betray the public trust. 

III. Conclusion 

The MPS reflects an agreement among multiple parties, including Illinois EPA and the Citizens 

Groups, which Ameren proposed, agreed to, opted into, and benefitted from. The Board should not 

permit Ameren to undermine the public trust and public health by circumventing the very emission 

limits it proposed. The Board must deny Ameren's request for a variance. 

DATED: May31,2012 

Respectfully submitted, 

Faith Bugel 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, Illinois 60601 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/31/2012 -PC #7 

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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PCB 12-126 

(Variance - Air) 

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING 

To: Attached Service List 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 31,2012, I electronically filed with the Clerk of 

the Pollution Control Board of the State of Illinois an OBJECTION on behalf of Environment 

Illinois, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan 

Chicago, and Sierra Club, a copy of which is attached hereto and herewith served upon you. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Faith Bugel 

Senior Attorney 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, IL 60601 

312-795-3708 
Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 05/31/2012 -PC #7 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, Faith Bugel, hereby certifY that I have filed the attached OBJECTION on behalf of 

Environment lllinois, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Respiratory Health Association Of 

Metropolitan Chicago and Sierra Club in PCB 12-126 upon the attached service list by 

depositing said documents in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, in Chicago, lllinois on 

May31,2012. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Faith Bugel 

Senior Attorney 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 

Chicago, IL 60601 

312-795-3708 
Electronic Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/31/2012 -PC #7 

Gina Roccaforte 

Illinois EPA 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, IL 62794 

SERVICE LIST 

May 31,2012 

Amy Antoniolli 

Renee Cipriano 

Schiff Hardin, LLP 

6600 Willis Tower 

233 South Wacker Dr 

Chicago, IL 60606 
ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 7, 2012

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES,

Petitioner,

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

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 PCB 12-126

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ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.A. Burke):

On May 3, 2012, Ameren Energy Resources (Ameren) filed a petition for a variance

(Petition) from the sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission rate provisions of the multi-pollutant standard

(MPS) applicable to the Ameren MPS Group. The Ameren MPS Group includes the following

electric generating coal-fired power plants located in downstate Illinois: the Coffeen Energy 

Center located in Montgomery County, the Duck Creek Energy Center located in Fulton County, 

the E.D. Edwards Energy Center located in Peoria County, the Joppa Energy Center located in 

Massac County, the Hutsonville Energy Center located in Crawford County, the Meredosia 

Energy Center located in Morgan County, and the Newton Energy Center located in Jasper 

County. Pet. at 4-5. Ameren states that, as of January 2012, it generates electricity at five of 

these facilities, having ceased operation of the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers. Id. at 

5. Ameren requests a variance

from both the 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioxide emission rate provisions of the 

Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS), 35 Ill. Adm. Code § 225.233, 

specifically the SO2 emissions standards set forth in Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) 

and (iv). Pet. at 1.

Ameren seeks relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January 1, 2015, 

and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for four years, 

beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2020. Pet. at 1.

Ameren seeks additional time to comply with the 2015 and 2017 SO2 emission rates

because,

among other things, declining power market prices have resulted in an insufficient 

cash flow necessary to finance and maintain the construction completion schedule 

of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment at the Newton Energy Center 

(Newton FGD Project) in time to meet those rates. By seeking relief now, which 

is critical from a timing standpoint, [Ameren] will conserve cash flow and stave 

off draconian operational measures with the hope that stability will eventually 
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return to the marketplace thereby allowing the completion of the Newton FGD 

project. Pet. at 1-2.

The Environmental Protection Act requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

(Agency) to provide public notice of a variance petition, including notice by publication in a 

newspaper of general circulation in the county where the facility is located within 14 days after 

the petition is filed. 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2010); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.214. The Agency is also 

required to file its recommendation on the variance with the Board within 45 days after the filing 

of the petition, or at least 30 days prior to a scheduled hearing, whichever is earlier. 35 Ill. Adm. 

Code 104.216. Ameren’s petition was filed on May 3, 2012. Therefore, newspaper notice was 

required by Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Agency filed a certification of publication on May 22, 

2012. As indicated by the Agency, newspaper notice was provided in the Newton Press-Mentor

(Jasper County) on May 10, 2012; the Canton Daily Ledger on May 11, 2012 (Fulton County); 

the Jacksonville Journal-Courier on May 11, 2012 (Morgan County); the Robinson Daily News

on May 11, 2012 (Crawford County); the Peoria Journal Star on May 11, 2012 (Peoria County); 

the Hillsboro Journal-News on May 14, 2012 (Montgomery County); and the Metropolis Plan

on May 16, 2012 (Massac County). The Agency recommendation is currently due Monday, June 

18, 2012, which is the first business day following the 45th day after the filing of the petition. 

Within 14 days after service of the Agency’s recommendation, Ameren may file a response to 

the Agency recommendation or an amended petition. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.220.

Ameren does not request a hearing because “a hearing is not necessary at this time.” Pet. 

at 32. Ameren states, however, that once the Illinois Best Available Retrofit Technology 

(BART)/State Implementation Plan (SIP) is adopted as final, Illinois “must seek revisions to the 

SIP reflecting the terms of the variance” and that the “SIP revision process will require a public 

hearing.” Id. Generally, the Board will hold a hearing on a variance petition (1) if the petitioner 

requests a hearing, (2) if the Agency or any other person files a written objection to the variance 

within 21 days after the newspaper notice publication, together with a written request for 

hearing, or (3) if the Board, in its discretion, concludes that a hearing would be advisable. 415 

ILCS 5/37(a) (2010); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.224, 104.234. Based on the filings received, the 

Board concludes that a hearing is advisable in this case.

The assigned hearing officer is responsible for guiding the parties toward prompt 

resolution of this matter through whatever status calls and hearing officer orders she determines 

are necessary and appropriate. Hearings will be scheduled and completed in a timely manner, 

consistent with the decision deadline (see 415 ILCS 5/38(a)), which only Ameren may extend by 

waiver (see 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.308). If the Board fails to take final action by the decision 

deadline, Ameren may deem the requested variance granted for a period not to exceed one year.

See 415 ILCS 5/38(a) (2010). Currently, the decision deadline is August 31, 2012. See 35 Ill. 

Adm. Code 104.232. The Board meeting immediately before the decision deadline is scheduled 

for August 23, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
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I, John Therriault, Assistant Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the 

Board adopted the above order on June 7, 2012, by a vote of 5-0.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

A hearing in the above-captioned matter is scheduled and will be held in accordance with

the following schedule:

DATE: Wednesday August 1, 2012TIME: 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Illinois Pollution Control Board Hearing Room

1021 North Grand Ave. East, North Entrance

Springfield, Illinois

The hearing is open to the public.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Carol Webb

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274

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Hearing OfficerIllinois Pollution Control Board

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P.O. Box 19276 233 S. Wacker Drive

Springfield, IL 62794-9276 Chicago, IL 60606-6473

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HEARING OFFICER ORDER

The parties are advised that this matter has been assigned to the hearing officer identified

below. From this date forward, any pleading filed with the Clerk of the Board in this matter

must also be served individually on the hearing officer.

On June 7, 2012, the parties participated in a telephone status conference with the hearing

officer. The parties agree that respondent’s recommendation is due by July 23, 2012. A hearing

was set for August 1, 2012, and petitioner agreed to file a deadline waiver to September 20,

2012.

The parties are directed to participate in a telephone status conference with the hearing

officer at 1:30 p.m. on July 11, 2012. The status conference shall be initiated by the petitioner.

The decision deadline is currently August 23, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Carol Webb

Hearing OfficerIllinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274217/524-8509webbc @ipcb.state.il.us
John T. TherriaultIllinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Carol Webb

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274

217/524-8509

webbc @ipcb.state.il.us

SERVICE LIST

PCB 2012-126

Gina Roccaforte

IEPA

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

PCB 2012-126

Amy Antoniolli.Schiff Hardin, LLP6600 Willis Tower233 5. Wacker DriveChicago, IL 60606-6473

PCB 2012-126

Renee Cipriano

Schiff Hardin, LLP6600 Willis Tower233 5. Wacker DriveChicago, IL 60606-6473
Electronic Filing -Received, Clerk's Office, 06/18/2012 

BEFORE THE I.LLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, ) 

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PCB12-126 

(Variance-Air) 

To: ALL PARTIES ON THE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat we have today, June 18, 2012, electronically filed with the 

Office ofthc Clerk ofthe lllinois Pollution Control Board a WAIVER OF STATUTORY 

DECISION DEADLINE, a copy ofwhlch is herewith served upon you. 

Dated: June 18,2012 

Amy Antoniolli 

Renee Cipriano 

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

312-258c5500 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

By:~·~~ ~ Amy Antonio!H 

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Electronic Filing -Received, Clerk's Office, 06/18/2012 

BEFORE TilE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECfiON AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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W AIVEROF ST A'fUTORYDECISION DEADLINE 

Pursuant to ti:te Hearing Officer Order filed in this matter on June 12, 2012, Ameren 

Energy Resources hereby waives ti:te statutory decision deadline in the above-captioned matter 

to, and including, September 20,2012. 

Dated: June 18,2012 

Amy Antonio Hi 

Rer;ee Cipriano 

SCHIFF .HARDIN UJ> 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

312-258-5500 

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AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

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Electronic Filing -Received, Clerk's Office, 06/18/2012 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, certif)• that on this I &th day of June, 2012, I have served electronically 

the attached WAIVER OF STATVTORY DECISION DEADLINE, upon the following 

persons: 

John Therriault, Assistant Clerk 

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Carol Webb, Hearing Officer 

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Illinois Po!Iution Control Board 

James R. Thompson Center 

Suite 11-500 

100 West Randolph 

Chicago, llllnois 6060 l 

and electronically and by first class mail, postage affixed, upon: 

Gina Roccafoite 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

1021 North Grand Avenue, East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, illinois 62794-9276 

gina.roccaforte@Jllinois.gov 

Amy Antonlolli 

Rrmee Cipriano 

SCI·IIFF HARDIN LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, Illinois 150606 

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HEARING OFFICER ORDER

A hearing in this matter remains set for August 1-2, 2012. On August 1, 2012, Ameren

will present its case, and witnesses will be present to address issues pertaining to general policy

and economic impact. On August 2, 2012, a witness will be present to address technical issues.

Public comment will be taken on both days.

While the Board may have additional questions at a later date, petitioner is directed to

respond the following questions. Written responses prior to hearing are strongly preferred, butpetitioner has advised the hearing officer that this may not be possible due to unavailability ofthe witness.

QUESTIONS FOR PETITIONER

104.204(d)

1. PC 6 suggests that Ameren Energy Resources (AER) could address two other compliance

alternatives: (1) reducing capacity at its plants with higher SO2emission rates and (2)seeking financing from its parent company to complete the Newton FGD Project. PC 6 at

4. PC 6 cites to Ameren’s Q4 2011 Earnings Call Transcript (February 23, 2012) where

Ameren mentioned “ratchet[ingj down” generation from uncontrolled generating plants

as a compliance option should it not install scrubbers at Newton. PC 6 at 5.

Please comment on the compliance alternatives of curtailing generation and seeking

alternative financing.

104.204(f)

2. Ameren’s petition on pages 8 to 10 contains the proposed variance compliance plan. In

part, Ameren proposes:

AER expects to maintain a continuous program of construction at the

Newton Energy Center so as to be in a position to have the Newton [Flue

Gas Desulfurization (FGD)] Project completed and operational to meet
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AER has incurred $237 million on the Newton FGD Project to date andintends to continue the various engineering and construction activities it

can fund so as be positioned to complete the FGD Project in time tocomply with the 2015 MPS S02 annual emission rate by January 1, 2020

and the 2017 rate by January 1, 2021. By the end of 2012, AER will have

spent over 50% of the project cost. (Pet at 19.)

Based on the proposed compliance deadlines of January 1,2020 and January 1, 2021,

please provide additional details in the compliance plan proposed on pages 8-10 of thepetition. Please provide an estimated timeline for phases of the compliance plan:engineering, site preparation, foundation work, duct work fabrication, field construction

activities, startup, and any other significant phases. Also, please include the estimated

costs for each phase.

104.204(2)

3. Pc 6 states, “[T]he closure of Meredosia and Hutsonville plants —and the consequent

decrease in emissions from Ameren’s coal fleet — would occur regardless ofwhether thevariance is granted.” PC 6 at 9, (emphasis in original). Ameren’s petition Exhibit 2 lists

the SO2emissions in rate and tons per year for each power station. Ameren’s petition on

page 9 notes that committing to the voluntary SO2emission rate of 0.38 lb/MMBtu

during the variance period will impose significant operational restrictions on AER.

Ameren’s petition on page 26 contains a table showing the projected SO2emissions

through 2021 if the variance were not granted, projected SO2emission under the

variance, and the cumulative SO2reduction under the variance if the cessation ofoperations at Hutsonville and Meredosia are considered.(a) Please state the overall annual SO2emission rate from the Ameren MPS Group prior

to, and after the closure of Meredosia and Huntsville plants. Comment on whetherreduction beyond what was achieved with closure of Meredosia and Huntsville planwould be needed to meet the proposed SO2emission rate of 0.38 lb/MMBtu.

(b) Please state the amount of SO2emissions if the requested variance is granted,

compared to that which would result if immediate compliance is required. Inparticular, please readdress Table 1 on page 26 of the petition to provide a specific

estimate of the net difference between the projected SO2emissions under the current

rule and under the proposed variance if Meredosia and Hutsonville are not consideredin the system-wide analysis.
The decision deadline is currently September 20, 2012.

iT IS SO ORDERED.

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Carol Webb

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274

217/524-8509

webbc @ipcb.state.il.us
John T. Therriault

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

CMohZ Lck&r

Carol Webb

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274

217/524-8509

webbc @ipcb.state.il.us

SERVICE LIST

PCB 2012-126 PCB 2012-126Gina Roccaforte Renee Cipriano

IEPA Schiff Hardin, LLP

1021 North Grand Avenue East 6600 Willis Tower

P.O. Box 19276 233 S. Wacker Drive

Springfield, IL 62794-9276 Chicago, IL 60606-6473

PCB 2012-126

Amy Antoniolli.

Schiff Hardin, LLP6600 Willis Tower

233 S. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606-6473
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HEARING OFFICER ORDER

On July 11, 2012, the parties participated in a telephone status conference with the

hearing officer. A hearing in this matter remains set for August 1, 2012. Originally, it appeared

that the hearing would need to be continued until August 2 to accommodate Ameren’s witness

on technical issues. However, Ameren plans to have a witness for technical issues present on

August 1, thus the second day may not be needed.

At hearing, Ameren will call two witnesses to present its case. Respondent and the Board

may have questions for each witness. The public will then be allowed to comment. If possible,

the hearing will be moved to a larger room located near the room currently scheduled, and anotice will be posted.

The decision deadline is currently September 20, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

C0h Wdrr

Carol Webb

Hearing OfficerIllinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274

217/524-8509

webbc@ipcb.state.il.us
John T. TherriaultIllinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

CMoh UJdrr

Carol Webb

Hearing Officer

Illinois Pollution Control Board

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19274

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274217/524-8509

webbc @ipcb.state.il.us

SERVICE LIST

PCB 2012-126 PCB 2012-126

Gina Roccaforte Renee Cipriano

IBPA Schiff Hardin, LLP

1021 North Grand Avenue East 6600 Willis Tower

P.O. Box 19276 233 5. Wacker Drive

Springfield, IL 62794-9276 Chicago, IL 60606-6473

PCB 2012-126

Amy Antoniolli.Schiff Hardin, LLP

6600 Willis Tower

233 5. Wacker DriveChicago, IL 60606-6473
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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PCB 12-126 

(V ariance-Air) 

NOTICE 

TO: John Therriault, Assistant Clerk 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 

James R. Thompson Center 

100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Carol Webb 

Hearing Officer 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 

1021 N. Grand Ave. East 

P.O. Box 19274 

Springfield, IL 62794-9274 

Amy Antoniolli 

Renee Cipriano 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive 

Suite 6600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office of the Pollution 

Control Board the RECOMMENDATION ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. 

DATED: July 23 , 2012 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

217.782.5544 

217.782.9143 (TDD) 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY 

By: c;tk~ Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED 

ON RECYCLED PAPER 

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 07/23/2012
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, 

Respondent. 

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RECOMMENDATION 

NOW COMES the Illinois Enviromnental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") by its 

attorney, Gina Roccaforte, in response to the Petition for Variance of AMEREN ENERGY 

RESOURCES ("Arneren" or "Petitioner") from both the 20lS and 2017 sulfur dioxide ("SOn 

emission rate provisions ofthe Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS"), 3S Ill. Adm. Code 

22S.233; specifically, the S02 emission standards set forth in Section 22S.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and 

(iv). Arneren seeks relief from Section 22S.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January I, 

201S, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 22S.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for four 

years, beginning January I, 2017, and ending December 31, 2020. Pursuant to Section 37(a) of 

the Illinois Enviromnental Protection Act ("Act") [41S ILCS S/37(a) (2010)] and 3S Ill. Adm. 

Code 104.216, the Illinois EPA neither supports nor objects to the Illinois Pollution Control 

Board ("Board") granting the Petition subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. In 

support of its recommendation, the Illinois EPA states as follows: 

I. INTRODUCTION 

1. On May 3,2012, Petitioner filed a Petition for Variance requesting that the Board 

grant a variance from both the 201S and 2017 sulfur dioxide emission rate provisions of the 

Illinois MPS, specifically the S02 standards set forth in Section 22S.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). 

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 07/23/2012
Petitioner seeks relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January I, 

2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 225.233( e)(3)(C)(iv) forfour 

years, beginning January I, 2017, and ending December 31,2020. 

2. Petitioner specifically seeks a variance from the requirement that it comply with a 

system-wide S02 annual emission rate of 0.25 pound per million British thennal units 

("lb/mmBtu") for the period from January I, 2015, through December 31,2019, and from the 

requirement that it comply with a system-wide S02 annual emission rate of 0.23 Ib/mmBtu for 

the period from January I, 2017, through December 31, 2020. 

3. Petitioner requests additional time to comply with the 2015 and 2017 S02 

emission rates due to the fact that declining power market prices have resulted in an insufficient 

cash flow necessary to finance and maintain the construction completion schedule of flue gas 

desulfurization ("FGD") equipment at the Newton Energy Center ("Newton FGD Project") in 

time to meet those rates. 

4. Petitioner owns seven coal-fired power plants for the generation of electricity in 

several locations in downstate Illinois. These seven power plants include 21 individual electric 

generating units that comprise the Ameren MPS Group. The plants are the Coffeen Energy 

Center located in Montgomery County, the Duck Creek Energy Center located in Fulton County, 

the E.D. Edwards Energy Center located in Peoria County, the Joppa Energy Center located in 

Massac County, the Hutsonville Energy Center located in Crawford County, the Meredosia 

Energy Center located in Morgan County, and the Newton Energy Center located in Jasper 

County. As ofJanuary 2012, the Petitioner generates electricity at five ofthese facilities, having 

ceased operation of the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers. CuITently, all of these 

counties are designated attainment for all pollutants. 

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5. Pursuant to Section 104.214 of the Board's procedural rules, the Illinois EPA 

must provide public notice of any petition for variance within 14 days after filing of the petition. 

See, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.214. Section 104.214(a) provides that "the Agency must publish a 

single notice of such petition in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the 

facility or pollution source is located." See also, 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2010). Section 104.214(b) 

requires the Illinois EPA to serve written notice of a petition on the County State's Attorney, the 

Chairman ofthe County Board, each member of the General Assembly from the legislative 

district affected, and any person in the county who has in writing requested notice of variance 

petitions. The Illinois EPA published the required notice in the Newton Press-Mentor on May 

10,2012; the Canton Daily Ledger on May II, 2012; the Jacksonville Journal-Courier on May 

11,2012; the Robinson Daily News on May II, 2012; the Peoria Journal Star on May 11, 2012; 

the Hillsboro Journal-News on May 14, 2012; and the Metropolis Planet on May 16, 2012. 

Also, consistent with Section 104.214(b), the Illinois EPA mailed notices of the Petition for 

Variance on May 9, 2012. 

6. To date, the Illinois EPA has received two written comments, but no requests for 

hearing. See, Exhibits 1 and 2, attached. 

7. Pursuant to the Board's procedural rules, "[ wJithin 21 days after the publication 

of notice, the Agency must file with the Board a certification of publication that states the date 

on which the notice was published and must attach a copy of the published notice." See, 35 Ill. 

Adm. Code 104.214(f). The Illinois EPA has filed a certification of publication within this time 

frame. 

8. The Illinois EPA is required to make a recommendation to the Board on the 

disposition of a petition for variance within forty-five (45) days of filing of the petition or any 

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amendment thereto or thirty (30) days before a scheduled hearing, unless otherwise ordered by 

the hearing officer or the Board, pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216. 

9. Since the filing of the Petition for Variance, the Petitioner and the Illinois EPA 

have had discussions regarding a modification to the Petition relating to the S02 emission rate 

for the compliance period of2013 through 2019. The results ofthose discussions are more fully 

addressed infra. 

II. BACKGROUND 

10. As discussed, Petitioner owns seven coal-fired power plants, but currently 

generates electricity at only five of these facilities in several locations in downstate Illinois with 

principal emissions consisting ofS02, nitrogen oxides ("NOx"), and particulate matter ("PM"). 

Petitioner employs approximately 750 persons at the seven energy centers. 

II. Petitioner generally controls S02 emissions with pollution control equipment at 

several facilities as well as through the use oflow sulfur coal or blending low sulfur coal with 

Illinois coal containing higher levels of sulfur. (Pet. at 5) Three scrubbers (a.k.a. FGD units) are 

in service at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers. (Pet. at 5) Petitioner generally 

controls NOx emissions by burning various combinations oflow sulfur coal, low NOx burners, 

over-fired air, and selective catalytic reduction systems ("SCRs"). (Pet. at 5) PM is generally 

controlled through the use of flue gas conditioning and electrostatic precipitators ("ESPs"). (Pet. 

at 5) Petitioner controls mercury emissions through the use of scrubbers and sorbent injection 

technologies. (Pet. at 5) 

12. In May 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") 

promulgated regulations requiring reductions of emissions of S02 and NOx in the Clean Air 

Interstate Rule ("CAIR") to address ozone and fine particulate ("PM2.5") nonattainment areas, 70 

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Fed. Reg. 25162 (May 12, 2005), and of mercury emissions in the Clean Air Mercury Rule 

("CAMR"), 70 Fed. Reg. 28606 (May 18, 2005). 

13. Following promulgation of the CAIR and CAMR, the Board adopted the Illinois 

mercury rule and the Illinois CAIR. See, In the Matter of Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 

Control of Emissions fi'om Large Combustion Sources (Mercury), R06-25 (Dec. 21, 2006), and 

In the Matter of Proposed New Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) S02, NOx Annual and NOx 

Ozone Season Trading Programs, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225, Subparts A, C, D, E, and F, R06-26 

(Aug. 23, 2007). Petitioner approached the Illinois EPA with a multi-pollutant proposal to 

address, in a coordinated fashion, S02, NOx, and mercury. This proposal was reflected in the 

Illinois MPS and adopted by the Board as part of Illinois' mercury rule. As a result, Petitioner 

voluntarily opted into the MPS on December 27,2007. (Pet. at 12) Sections 

225.233(e)(3)(c)(iii) and (iv) were added to the MPS on June 18, 2009, and became effective 

July 15, 2009, as a result of Petitioner seeking revisions to the 2013 and 2014 S02 emission rates 

ofthe MPS during a rulemaking proposal before the Board and agreeing to additional and more 

stringent S02 and NOx emission limits. See, In the Matter of Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 

225: Control of Emissions fi'om Large Combustion Sources (Mercury Monitoring), R09-10 (June 

18, 2009). (Pet. at 6) 

14. In February 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

vacated the CAMR, and in July 2008, vacated the federal CAIR. See, State of New Jersey v. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 517 F.3d 574 (D.C. Cir. 2008), and North Carolina v. EPA, 

531 F.3d 896 (D.C. Cir. 2008). Subsequently, the court remanded the CAIR in its entirety 

without vacatur, ordering that the CAIR remain effective until the USEP A replaced it with a new 

rule. North Carolina v. EPA, 550 F.3d 1176 (D.C. Cir. 2008). 

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15. On May 3,2011, in response to the vacatur of the CAMR, the USEPA proposed 

mercury and air· toxics standards ("MATS") for coal and oil-fired electric generating units that 

set emission limits for mercury, PM, hydrogen chloride, and trace metals, in addition to 

establishing alternative numeric emissions limits. 76 Fed. Reg. 24876 (May 3,2011). The 

USEPA finalized these standards, effective April 16, 2012. 77 Fed. Reg. 9304 (February 16, 

2012). Petitioner intends to comply with the MATS at its facilities through the use ofa 

combination of existing FGD systems and sorbent injection technologies. (Pet. at 32) 

16. On July 6, 2011, the USEP A finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

("CSAPR") as a replacement to the CAlR. 76 Fed. Reg. 48208 (August 8, 2011). However, 

several parties challenged the CSAPR, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia has stayed the CSAPR and ordered USEP A to continue administering the CAlR 

pending resolution ofthe appeals. See, EME Homer City Generation, L.P. v. EPA, No. 11-1302 

(D.C. Cir. Dec. 30, 2011). 

17. Since 2006, Petitioner has spent over $1 billion on the installation of pollution 

control equipment across its five active coal plants. (Pet. at 18) Specifically with respect to the 

MPS, three scrubbers that control S02, mercury and hazardous gases have been installed at two 

plants. In addition, SCRs to control NOx have been installed at three facilities. (Pet. at 18) 

State-of-the-art landfills exist at four facilities and mercury controls are in place across the fleet. 

(Pet. at 18) Such state-of-the-art systems at its energy centers have resulted in a drop in S02 

emissions of79% since 1990 and 23% over the past four years. (Pet. at 4) 

18. Under Petitioner's current MPS compliance plan, the completion ofthe Newton 

FGD Project is the next step planned in order to comply with the 2015 and 2017 MPS S02 

annual emission rates. (Pet. at 4) Petitioner has incurred costs of$237 million on the Newton 

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FGD Project to date and intends to continue the various engineering and construction activities it 

can fund so as to be positioned to complete the Newton FGD Project in time to comply with the 

2015 MPS S02 annual emission rate by January 1, 2020, and the 2017 rate by January 1, 2021. 

(Pet. at 19) By the end of2012, Petitioner will have incurred costs that represent over 50% of 

the projected cost. (Pet. at 19) Petitioner anticipates that the Newton FGD Project can be 

completed by January 1, 2020, and the S02 annual emission rate will reduce to 0.25 Ib/mmBtu, 

and then to 0.23 IbhmnBtu by the end of2020. (Pet. at 27) 

19. Petitioner indicates that in 2011, the Ameren MPS Group achieved an overall 

NOx annual emission rate of 0.11 Ib/mmBtu and an overall S02 emission rate of 0.46 IbhmnBtu. 

(Pet. at 5) 

20. As discussed further irifra, recently, Petitioner has engaged in conversations with 

the Illinois EPA to discuss the subject of the Petition. As a result of those discussions, the parties 

have come to an understanding regarding S02 emission rates applicable to the Petitioner that 

would deviate from the MPS-established S02 emission rates, yet would still be acceptable to the 

Illinois EPA; however, the emission rates the parties came to an understanding on are not found 

or reflected in the Petition, but are set forth in Paragraph 61 of this Recommendation. 

21. There are no pending State enforcement actions against the Petitioner. 

III. RELIEF REQUESTED 

22. Petitioner is currently required to comply with the provisions of the MPS. 

Specifically, regarding S02 emissions standards, the Petitioner is required to comply with 

Section 225.233(e)(3)(C), which provides, in part, as follows: 

Section 217.233 Multi-Pollutant Standards (MPS) 

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e) Emission Standards for NOx and S02. 

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3) Ameren MPS Group Multi-Pollutant Standard 

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C) S02 Emission Standards 

i) Beginning in calendar year 2010 and continuing in 

each calendar year through 2013, for the EGUs in 

the Ameren MPS Group, the owner and operator of 

the EGUs must comply with an overall S02 annual 

emission rate of 0.50 Ib/million Btu. 

ii) In calendar year 2014, for the EGUs in the Ameren 

MPS Group, the owner and operator of the EGUs 

must comply with an overall S02 annual emission 

rate of 0.43 Ib/million Btu. 

iii) Beginning in calendar year 2015 and continuing in 

calendar year 2016, for the EGU s in the Ameren 

MPS Group, the owner and operator of the EGUs 

must comply with an overall S02 annual emission 

rate of 0.25 Ib/million Btu. 

iv) Beginning in calendar year 2017 and continuing in 

each calendar year thereafter, for the EGU s in the 

Ameren MPS Group, the owner and operator of the 

EGUs must comply with an overall S02 annual 

emission rate of 0.23 Ib /million Btu. 

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35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(C)(i-iv). 

23. Petitioner requests a variance from the S02 emission standards set forth in 35 Ill. 

Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). Petitioner specifically requests a variance from the 

requirement that it comply with a system-wide S02 annual emission rate of 0.25 Ib/mmBtu for 

the period from January 1, 2015, through December 31,2019, and from the requirement that it 

comply with a system-wide S02 annual emission rate of 0.23 Ib/mmBtu for the period from 

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January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2020. 

24. The Petitioner's primary basis for requesting additional time to comply with the 

2015 and 2017 S02 emission rates under the MPS is because inadequate cash flow and 

restrictions on additional borrowings preclude completion ofthe Newton FGD Project as 

scheduled. (Pet. at 7) Furthermore, Petitioner cites to poor economic conditions resulting in low 

demand for power, increased natural gas supplies combined with one of the mildest winters of 

record resulted in a "perfect storm" of events, where cash flows have dropped precipitously and 

fmancing is simply not currently available to complete the Newton FGD Project in time to meet 

the 2015 and 2017 system-wide rates. (Pet. at 2) Petitioner states that absent marketplace 

stability and the improvement of power prices, Petitioner will be left with no choice but to cease 

operations at additional energy centers as its only other viable compliance alternative. (Pet. at 2) 

25. In support of its request for relief, and as part of its variance compliance plan, 

Petitioner expects to continue various limited construction activities at the Newton Energy 

Center to the extent it can financially do so. (Pet. at 4) By continuing such limited construction 

activities, Petitioner will be in a position to respond quickly once power market prices and cash 

flows improve. (Pet. at 4) 

IV. FACTS PRESENTED IN THE PETITION 

26. As required by Section 104.216(a), the Illinois EPA has investigated the facts 

alleged in Petitioner's Petition for Variance. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216(a). To date, the Illinois 

EPA has received two written comments regarding the Petition. See, Exhibits 1 and 2, attached. 

27. For infonnational purposes, the Illinois EPA notes Petitioner filed appeals before 

the Board relating to Clean Air Act Permit Program ("CAAPP") permits for the Coffeen Energy 

Center in PCB 06-64, the Duck Creek Energy Center in PCB 06-66, the E.D. Edwards Energy 

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Center in PCB 06-67, the Joppa Energy Center in PCB 06-65, the Hutsonville Energy Center in 

PCB 06-70, the Meredosia Energy Center in PCB 06-69, and the Newton Energy Center in PCB 

06-68. Currently, these appeals are pending, but the Board has granted a stay of the entirety of 

these CAAPP permits. In addition, an appeal of a non-CAAPP permit is also currently pending 

before the Board for the E.D. Edwards Energy Center in PCB 06-126. 

V. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 

28. Pursuant to Section 104.2l6(b)(2), the Illinois EPA is required to state the 

location ofthe nearest air monitoring station, where applicable. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 

104.2l6(b)(2). Exhibit 1 ofthe Petition for Variance contains a copy ofthe map included in the 

Illinois EPA's Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2010. The locations of the air quality 

monitoring stations relative to Petitioner's facilities are delineated on page 34 ofthis report and 

contained in Petitioner's Exhibit 1. 

29. Petitioner states that despite delaying the effective date of the 2015 and 2017 

MPS S02 annual emission rates during the variance period, Petitioner has voluntarily offered to 

meet an earlier more stringent S02 emissions rate in mitigation resulting in total SOz mass 

emissions lower than the projected emissions under the current MPS S02 annual emission rates, 

and thus providing a net enviromnental benefit to the State. (Pet. at 26) Petitioner further states 

that by offering to meet this mitigation rate, the total projected S02 emissions from the Ameren 

MPS Group will be lower than anticipated under the current MPS from 2012 through 2021. (Pet. 

at 27)( emphasis in original) 

30. Petitioner specifically offers to meet an annual emission rate of 0.38 Ib/mmBtu 

S02 on a yearly system average from 2012 through 2019 (with a 0.55 Ib/mmBtu or less S02 coal 

on the non-scrubbed units) that is more stringent than the existing 2012 and 2013 S02 emission 

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rate of 0.50 Ib/mmBtu and the 2014 S02 emission rate of 0.43 IbltmnBtu. (Pet. at 27) 

3 I. Petitioner provides calculations that depict the level of S02 emissions expected to 

occur under the current MPS as compared to projected emissions calculated under the 

compliance plan. (Pet. at 26; Pet. Ex. 7) Petitioner states that based upon these calculations, by 

implementing a more stringent emission rate in 2012, there is a net reduction ofS02 tons as 

compared to projected emissions under the existing MPS resulting in an overall enviromnental 

benefit. (Pet. at 27; Pet. Ex. 7) Petitioner's calculations yield an overall S02 reduction of29,21 7 

tons for years 2010 through 2021, as compared to expected S02 emissions under the MPS. (Pet. 

at 26; Pet. Ex. 7) 

32. Based upon further discussions with Petitioner, the parties have discussed an 

alternative proposal that will result in a greater decrease in S02 emissions than contained under 

the MPS. Under the alternative proposal, Petitioner commits to meet an annual S02 emission 

rate of 0.35 Ib/mmBtu on a yearly system average from 2013 through 2019. The Illinois EPA 

has evaluated the S02 emissions calculations and related information submitted by Petitioner and 

agrees that Petitioner's compliance alternative will result in a greater net enviromnental benefit. 

Committing to this emission rate yields an overall S02 reduction of64,964 tons for years 2010 

through 2021 by Petitioner, as compared to expected S02 emissions under the MPS.l 

Accordingly, in conjunction with the ceasing of operation of the Meredosia and Hutsonville 

Energy Centers, the Illinois EPA does not believe that any enviromnental harm will result if the 

Board were to grant the Petition for Variance subject to the provisions ofthis alternative 

proposal. 

I Based upon 2009 heat input and SO, emission reductions from the ceasing of operation of the Meredosia 

and Hutsonville Energy Centers, projected SO, emissions under the MPS are 694,510 tons for years 2010 

through 2021, and under the alternative proposal, projected SO, emissions are 629,547 tons for years 

2010 through 2021; thereby, resulting in an overall S02 reduction of 64,964 tons for such years. 

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VI. ARBITRARY AND UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP 

33. In considering whether to grant or deny a variance pursuant to Section 35(a) of 

the Act, the Board is required to detennine whether the Petitioner has shown that it would suffer 

an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship if required to comply with the regulation or pennit 

requirement at issue. 415 ILCS 5/35(a) (2010). The Act provides that "[t]he Board may grant 

individual variances beyond the limitations prescribed in this Act, whenever it is found, upon 

presentation of adequate proof, that compliance with any rule or regulation, requirement or order 

of the Board would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship." ld. 

34. Also, Section 104.216(b)(5) ofthe Board rules requires the Illinois EPA to 

estimate the cost that compliance would impose on the Petitioner and on others. 35 Ill. Adm. 

Code 104.216(b)(5). 

35. Petitioner states "inadequate cash flow and restrictions on additional borrowings 

preclude the completion of the Newton FGD Project as scheduled." (Pet. at 7) Petitioner asserts, 

"Since the timing of the construction and installation of the two Newton FGDs was coordinated 

so as to allow the Ameren MPS Group to meet both the 2015 and 2017 S02 annual elnission 

rates," it "will not under current market conditions be able to meet either compliance date." (Pet. 

at 7)( emphasis in original) Petitioner claims that if relief is not granted, it "will need to mothball 

mUltiple units" across its coal fleet, "which may include E.D. Edwards, Joppa, and/or Newton 

units, so as to comply with the MPS S02 annual emission rates until such time as market prices 

recover to the level that the Newton FGD Project is financially viable and installation can be 

completed." (Pet. at 8) 

36. Petitioner asserts that the sharp decline in power prices is due to lower demand 

because ofthe recession, the exceptionally mild weather this winter, and an increased supply of 

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natural gas from shale gas that has contributed to very low natural gas prices. (Pet. at 19-20) 

Petitioner further states that given these conditions, its financial health and access to capital have 

both been severely impaired. (Pet. at 20) 

37. Petitioner explains that in 2006 and 2007, the purchase price per megawatt hour 

("Mwh") was in the $60 range. (Pet. at 20) In February 2012, the purchase price per Mwh 

electricity was in the range of$29.50 to $33.60 Mwh for June 2013 through May 2014. (Pet. at 

20) Petitioner states that based upon available information, and analyst predictions, power prices 

over the next three years are not expected to improve to the level to support the installation ofthe 

Newton FGD Project by either 2015 or 2017. (Pet. at 20) 

38. Petitioner is a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation and consists of merchant 

generating operations including Ameren Energy Generating Company ("AEG"), Petitioner's 

only publicly registered and rated company, and Ameren Energy Resources Generating 

Company ("AERG"). (Pet. at 4, fu. 6; Pet. Ex. 6, at 2) Petitioner states that Illinois has adopted 

significantly more stringent emission reduction requirements than most other states for coal-fired 

power plants, thus Illinois merchant generators are at a competitive disadvantage. (Pet. at 10) 

Such merchant generators must install pollution control equipment not required in sun-ounding 

states based upon market revenue, without the benefit of a regulated rate regime that allows 

recovery of costs through captive customer rates. (Pet. at 10) Rather, Illinois merchant 

generators are entirely dependent upon the power price market for their revenue stream. With 

the price of power at or near the cost of power production, there is no excess revenue to fund 

capital projects such as the Newton FGD Project or any similar project. (Pet. at 10-11) 

39. Petitioner also cites to regulatory uncertainty from the vacatur of the CAMR, the 

remand of the CAIR, and the appeal of the CSAPR, in conjunction with eroding market 

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conditions, and substantial and certain costs of compliance with the MPS as the basis of the 

arbitrary and unreasonable hardship. (Pet. at 11-23) 

40. As stated above, since 2006, Petitioner states that it has spent over $1 billion on 

the installation of pollution control equipment across its five active coal plants and incurred costs 

of$237 million on the Newton FGD Project to date. (Pet. at 18-19) By the end of2012, 

Petitioner will have spent over 50% of the project cost. (Pet. at 19) 

41. Petitioner states that to fund its business operations, including the $1 billion in 

environmental compliance capital projects, AEG issued an $825 million secured debt held by 

bondholders. (Pet. at 21) Petitioner asserts that as conditions of various loan agreements for the 

secured debt issued between 2002 and 2008, AEG agreed to operate the business in particular 

manner to provide additional assurances to bondholders that they would be repaid. (Pet. at 21) 

In order to be eligible for additional borrowings, AEG must maintain specified interest-coverage 

and debt-to-capital ratios. (Pet. at 21) Petitioner further states that AEG's operating cash flow 

has been adversely affected by the decreasing market price for power over the last few years. 

(Pet. at 21) In fact, despite a number of steps taken to reduce cash flows and capital 

expenditures, including cessation of operations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers 

and decelerating construction of the Newton FGD Project, AEG's interest rate ratio is expected 

to fall below the required minimum contained in the debt covenants by 2013. (Pet. at 21) 

Petitioner states that unless and until power price market conditions improve, AEG will not be 

able to borrow additional funds to finance any project of the magnitude of the FGD Project. 

(Pet. at 21-22) 

42. Petitioner further asserts that AEG's bond maturities also require AEG to preserve 

cash until market prices recover. (Pet. at 22) Petitioner states that approximately $300 million 

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of AEG's $825 million in long-tenn public bonds matures in 2018, and approximately $250 

million of this debt matures in 2020. (Pet. at 22) Generally, AEG would plan to refinance these 

bonds in the public market and extend the maturity ofthe debt. (Pet. at 22) However, Petitioner 

states that if AEG's interest coverage ratios do not improve materially by 2018, indenture 

borrowing restrictions will prohibit refinancing the 2018 maturity, and the $300 million will have 

to be repaid to bondholders. (Pet. at 22) Petitioner stresses that an inability to repay the bonds 

when due would constitute an event of default under the AEG bond indenture, which would 

likely lead to an AEG bankruptcy. The same is true for the 2020 maturity. (Pet. at 22) 

Petitioner further stresses that given these pending maturities, a weak financial forecast, and 

covenant provisions that are expected to restrict AEG's access to debt capital market, it is vitally 

important that AEG preserve cash until market prices recover, operating results and cash flows 

improve, and borrowing capacity is restored. (Pet. at 22) Petitioner declares that failure to do so 

could threaten the long-term viability of the business and result in substantial losses for all 

Petitioner's stakeholders, including both investors and those in the communities in which 

Petitioner operates. (pet. at 22) 

43. Petitioner also states that funding from Ameren Corporation is also not a viable 

option because merchant business segment must be self-funding and its expenditures must be 

supported by its operating revenues. (Pet. at 22) Petitioner further states that Ameren 

Corporation must balance the credit and lending needs of all of its businesses, and similar to 

third party lenders, it cannot assume additional unsecured debt on behalf of Petitioner where 

there is not a secure revenue stream to support such an obligation. (Pet. at 22) Petitioner further 

asserts that credit rating agencies have been very clear that if Alneren Corporation were to lend 

additional monies to Petitioner such a capital injection would have adverse financial 

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consequences on the ratings of the parent corporation. (Pet. at 22) Accordingly, Petitioner states 

that the financial distress of Petitioner and its subsidiaries cannot extend to the parent company. 

(Pet. at 22) 

44. Petitioner states that with power prices at depressed levels and restrictions of 

additional borrowings, there is no viable funding mechanism for completion of the Newton FGD 

Project by 2015 or 2017. (Pet. at 23) Without relief from the Board, and in the absence of the 

Newton FGD, Petitioner states that its only other compliance alternative has severe 

consequences. (Pet. at 23) 

45. Petitioner asserts that at this time and under existing conditions, retiring at least 

two plants across its fleet such as, for example Joppa, E.D. Edwards, and/or Newton, would be 

necessary in order to maintain compliance in absence of completing the Newton FGD Project. 

(Pet. at 23) Such action would substantially impact Petitioner's employees, the surrounding 

community, and consumers. (Pet. at 23) 

46. Petitioner provides the results of an independent analysis that reveals that taking 

into account direct economic impacts (capital expenditures, non-payroll operations, and salaries) 

and indirect economic impacts (multiplier effect of wages and expenditures), Petitioner puts 

$44.4 million into the local economy surrounding the E.D. Edwards Energy Center, including 

Peoria, Fulton, Mason, and Tazwell counties, and $76.7 million into the local economy 

surrounding Joppa Energy Center, including Johnson, Pulaski, and Massac counties. (Pet. at 24; 

Pet. Exhibit 10) Based upon these results, the E.D. Edwards Energy Center has a $124,071,000 

impact on the State's economy and the Joppa Energy Center has a $214,221,000 impact on the 

State's economy annually. (Pet. at 24) Petitioner provides that together, the energy centers 

provide 274 paying positions and contribute to an additional 1,209 positions held by Illinois 

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residents. (Pet. at 24) Accordingly, Petitioner asserts that ceasing operations at these facilities 

would cause dramatic impacts to the regional and state-wide market economies. (Pet. at 24-25) 

47. Petitioner provides cost factors, but did not include itemized calculations or 

supporting data as to those cost factors; therefore, the Illinois EPA is not able to estimate the 

costs that compliance would impose on the Petitioner. However, in relation to the compliance 

plan, the Board has requested estimated costs from Petitioner for each phase of the Newton FGD 

Project. See, Hearing Officer Order, July 5,2012. 

48. As stated supra, Petitioner requests additional time to comply with the 2015 and 

2017 S02 emission rates due to the fact that declining power market prices have resulted in an 

insufficient cash flow necessary to finance and maintain the construction completion schedule of 

the Newton FGD Project in time to meet those rates. Furthermore, Petitioner is requesting this 

temporary relief from the MPS requirements due to regulatory uncertainty, State mandates that 

impose capital costs that cannot be financed through the rate base, unique market conditions, and 

severely depressed power prices, while still providing greater S02 emissions reductions than as 

agreed to under the MPS. 

VII. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW 

49. Pursuant to Section 35 ofthe Act [415 ILCS 5/35 (2010)] and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 

104.208(a), all petitions for variances must be consistent with federal law. Petitioner states, "The 

requested variance is consistent with current federal law." (Pet. at 29) 

50. Petitioner asserts that the tenns ofthe requested variance are consistent with 

federal Best Available Retrofit Technology ("BART") and Regional Haze requirements. (Pet. at 

30) On June 24,2011, the Illinois EPA submitted portions of the MPS to USEPA for inclusion 

in the Illinois SIP [State Implementation Plan] addressing BART and regional haze. (Pet. at 29) 

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Also, as noted above, the CSAPR has been stayed pending the outcome of current litigation 

regarding the rule. (Pet. at 29) 

51. For coal-fired EGUs, BART guidelines provide presumptive emission limits for 

various boiler type and coal type combinations. (Pet. at 30) The Illinois EPA compared 

presumptive BART to Illinois' "on the books" emission reduction requirements in Illinois and 

determined that Illinois' approach will "yield much larger reductions of NO x and S02 than will 

implementation of BART controls on just subject to BART emission units." (Pet. at 30) 

52. Petitioner states that despite the delay in complying with the 2015 S02 annual 

emission rate, the variance will be consistent with federal BART requirements. (Pet. at 30) 

Moreover, Petitioner points out that according to USEPA, "[tJhe MPS and CPS provide emission 

reduction well in excess of simply implementing BART on the subject units." (Pet. at 30-31) 

Petitioner states that its system-wide emissions under the proposed variance will provide even 

greater reductions compared to presumptive BART by 2015. (Pet. at 31) Petitioner further 

states that given the voluntary compliance with a lower emission rate of 0.38 Ib/mmBtu 

beginning in 2012 (as opposed to 0.50 Ib/mmBtu through 2013 and 0.43 Ib/mmBtu during 2014) 

through 2019, the variance will result in mass emissions ofS02 by 2015 even lower than Illinois' 

estimates under current MPS requirements. (Pet. at 31) Petitioner asserts that the net reduction 

in S02 emissions continues to 2020 and beyond and, thus, does not impact the State's BART 

determinations. (Pet. at 31) 

53. As to the CSAPR, which is not yet effective, Petitioner asserts that once effective, 

the Ameren MPS Group will comply with the CSAPR. (Pet. at 31) Furthermore, Petitioner 

intends to comply with the MATS at its facilities through the use of a combination of existing 

FGD systems and sorbent injection technologies. (Pet. at 32) 

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54. Petitioner is correct that there is currently no authority that precludes granting the 

instant variance request. However, Illinois must still develop plans to attain and maintain the 

ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards. More importantly, Illinois must 

address its impact on downwind states pursuant to Section II 0(a)(2)(D) ofthe CAA. 42 U.S.C § 

7410(a)(2)(D). 

55. The USEPA approved the revisions to the Illinois SIP addressing regional haze. 

77 Fed. Reg. 39943 (July 6, 2012). Accordingly, the Illinois EPA will submit the variance order, 

if granted by the Board, for approval as a SIP revision. 

VIII. COMPLIANCE PLAN 

56. Pursuant to Section 104.204(f), the Petitioner is required to present a detailed 

compliance plan in the Petition for Variance. See, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.204(f). The Petitioner 

provided the following compliance plan in its Petition for Variance. 

57. The Petitioner provides that as an integral part of its compliance plan 

accompanying the variance request, and in mitigation of the relief requested, Petitioner first 

voluntarily offers that the Ameren MPS Group will meet an overall S02 annual emission rate in 

2012 through 2019 of 0.38 Ib/mmBtu. (Pet. at 8-9) Such proposed voluntary rate will 

effectively commit Petitioner to the cessation of operations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia 

Energy Centers while maximizing FGD performance at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy 

Centers. (Pet. at 9) Petitioner agrees to voluntarily meet this compliance plan rate in spite of the 

associated constraints and operating requirements to mitigate any potential negative 

environmental impacts resulting from the variance. (Pet. at 9) Petitioner will also continue to 

burn low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin and manage operations as necessary to 

maintain compliance. (Pet. at 9) 

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58. Consistent with cash flows, Petitioner expects to maintain a continuous program 

of construction at the Newton Energy Center so as to be in a position to have the Newton FGD 

Project completed and operational to meet compliance obligations. (Pet. at 9) Petitioner states 

that proceeding in this manner will position Petitioner for compliance with the 2015 S02 annual 

emission rate by January 1, 2020, with the installation of the Newton FGDs. (Pet. at 9) 

59. Petitioner states that it anticipates the Newton FGD Project can be completed by 

January 1, 2020, and the Ameren MPS Group S02 annual emission rate will reduce to 0.25 

Ib/mmBtu, and then to 0.23 Ib/mmBtu by the end of2020. (Pet. at 27) 

60. Petitioner has worked diligently to comply with all other components of the MPS 

and will continue to comply with NOx and mercury control annual emission standards under the 

MPS. (Pet. at 28) 

61. However, discussions between Petitioner and the Illinois EPA that post date the 

filing ofthe Petition resulted in Petitioner further proposing that it would commit to a systemwide annual average S02 emission rate of 0.35 Ib/mmBtu (as opposed to 0.38 Ib/mmBtu as set 

forth in Paragraph 57, above) from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2019. 

IX. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 

62. Under Section 37(a) of the Act and Section 104.216(b)(11) of the Board rules, the 

Illinois EPA is required to make a reconnnendation to the Board as to the disposition ofthe 

petition. See, 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2010) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216(b)(1I). The burden of 

proof in a variance proceeding is on the Petitioner to demonstrate that compliance with the rule 

or regulation would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship. See, 415 ILCS 5/35(a) (2010) 

and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.238. 

63. Petitioner engaged in dialogue with the Illinois EPA regarding its requested relief 

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and did improve the conditions of its alternative compliance proposal to the satisfaction ofthe 

Illinois EPA. Petitioner proposes to cOlmnit to a system-wide annual average S02 emission rate 

of 0.35 Ib/mmBtu, as opposed to 0.38Ib/mmBtu as set forth in the Petition, from January 1, 

2013, through December 31, 2019. The Illinois EPA's position is that inclusion of this emission 

rate, as opposed to the 0.38 IblImnBtu elnission rate proposed in the Petition, in conjunction with 

the ceasing of operation of the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers, would result in a net 

enviromnental benefit through 2021 greater than initially proposed in the Petition. Currently, 

there is no regulatory requirement for Meredosia or Hutsonville to remain shut down. The 

granting of this variance will serve to ensure that these two facilities remain shut down 

throughout the term of the variance. 

64. In regard to concerns about whether emission reductions due to shutdowns should 

be allowed to "offset" potential delays in emission decreases and/or emission increases, it is 

important to note that providing credit for actions (e.g., unit shutdowns) that result in emission 

reductions is an acceptable part of the established regulatory process. As an enviromnental 

regulator, the Illinois EPA is accustomed to recognizing and allowing such reductions to offset 

potential emission increases under the New Source Review and Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration permitting regulations. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 203; 40 C.F.R. § 52.21. The Illinois 

EPA believes that if the requested relief is granted under the terms and conditions contained 

herein, the elnission reduction offsets that Petitioner is seeking to rely on are creditable and 

allowable. 

65. Furthermore, the MPS was created and designed to achieve significant S02 and 

NOx reductions in exchange for mercury control flexibility in the Illinois Mercury Rule. The 

timing of the MPS reductions was negotiated and the result ofthe consideration of many 

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variables, including Petitioner's ability to install pollution control equipment in a timely manner 

and a desire to achieve the greatest amount of reductions within a reasonable amount of time. 

The MPS was not designed to address the new 2010 I-hour S02 National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard, which was not proposed at the time the MPS was being negotiated. Moreover, it was 

agreed to that the MPS reductions could be used in Illinois SIPs, as needed. The Illinois EPA's 

analysis ofthe Petition indicates that if such relief is granted under the terms and conditions 

contained herein, there will be no detrimental impact in the ability to rely on the new varianceadjusted MPS emission reductions in the Illinois SIPs, as needed. 

66. The Illinois EPA agrees with Petitioner that there will be a net environmental 

benefit if the Board were to grant the requested relief subject to the terms and conditions 

contained herein. The Illinois EPA also does not believe that any environmental harm would 

result therefrom. 

67. Therefore, as presented, the Illinois EPA neither supports nor objects to the Board 

granting the Petition subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. 

WHEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, the Illinois EPA neither supports nor 

objects to the Board granting the Petition subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. 

DATED: July 23,2012 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

P. O. Box 19276 

Springfield, IL 62794-9276 

217/782-5544 

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Respectfully submitted, 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTE1~~ON AGENCY 

BY: Gina ~~ Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 07/23/2012
DISTRICT OFFICE: 

19 S. CAPITOL ST. 

PEKIN, ILLINOIS 61554 

309-620·8631 

FAX: 309-349·3046 

repunes@gmail.com 

SPRINGFIELD OFFICE: 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 240A-W STRATTCN BUILDING 

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706 

217-762-11152 MICHAEL UNES 

FAX: 217-762-1275 

May 29,2012 

John Kim 

Acting Director 

STATE REPRESENTATIVE. 91s1 DISTRICT 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

1000 Converse Avenue, Floor 2 

Springfield, IL 62794 

Dear Acting Director Kim, 

COMMITTEES: 

CITIES & VILLAGES 

TRANSPORTATION: VEHICLEs,: 

8. SAFETY • 

INSURANCE 

SMALL BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT 

8. WORKFORCE DEVELOP"~­

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ' 

& COMMERCE 

TOURISM & CONVENTIONS 

AGING 

RECEIVED IN THE 

OFFICE OF THE DIREcTOR 

MAY 30 l012 

I am writing to ask for your agency's support of a petition for variance that has been filed by 

Ameren Energy Resources with the Pollution Control Board (PCB). The attached letter, which I shared 

with the PCB, outlines the situation and the company's request. As I understand it, the EPA can weigh in 

on these matters, and I strongly encourage you to do so in favor of the company's petition. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely, 

/,/f;4~ Michael Unes 

State Representative 

91rt District 

RECYCLED PAPER· SOYBEAN INKS 

EXHIBIT 1 

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 07/23/2012
DISTRICT OFFICE: 

19 S. CAPITOL ST. 

PEKIN. ILLINOIS 61554 

309-620-8631 

W~: 10M4g·304B repunes@gmall.com 

SPRINGFIELO OFACE: 

240A-W STRATTON BUILOING 

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706 

217·782·8152 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

MICHAEL UNES 

FAX: 217·182·1275 STATE REPRESENTATIVE· 9101 DISTRICT 

Mr. John Therriault, Clerk 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 

James R. Thompson Center 

Suite 11-500 

100 West Randolph Street 

Chicago, minois 60601 

COMMITTEES: 

CITIES & VILLAGES 

TRANSPORTATION: VEHICLES 

& SAFETY 

INSURANCE 

SMALL BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT 

& WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

& COMMERCE 

TOURISM & CONVENTIONS 

AGING 

May 21, 2012 

RE: Public Comment in Support of the Granting of Ameren Energy Resources' 

Petition for Variance, Docket Number 2012-126 (Air-Variance) 

Dear Honorable Members of the Illinois Pollution Control Board: 

Please consider this my leiter of support tor Ameren Energy Resources' (AER) Petition 

for Variance currently pending before the Illinois Pollution Control Board. 'me 

seriousness of the request, and possible extreme consequences should relief not be 

granted, compels me to share my views and ask you to grant AER the temporary relief 

requested. 

I currently serve as State Representative of the 91" District and the Edwards Energy 

Center in Bartonville and the Duck Creek Energy Center in Canton are located within my 

District. These two plants employ dozens of my constituents and without this variance 

request, tho!;e jobs will be in jeopardy. This would be very harmful to our economic 

climate in Central Illinois and the Spoon River Valley. 

At the time of adoption. I recognize there was an interest in stepping out in front amI 

putting in place environmental regulations to control pewer plant emissions in lIiinois. I 

also recognize, however, that there was a strong understanding that our state rules would 

have been followed shortly by similar federal rules. The federal rules would have applied 

throughout most of the nation requiring other power plants located outside Illinois 10 

install the very costly pellution control equipment at issue in this case. As of today, those 

federal rules are still not in place and as far as I can teIl. predicting what may happen at 

the lederal level is anyone's guess. In the meantime, the people and communities in 

lllinois could sutler even more economic hardship should AER be toreed to take drastic 

action and shutter anyone of the energy centers if the requested rcliefis not granted. 

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TherriaulUohn 

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AER is not asking this Board to relieve it of its obligation to install the required pollution 

control equipment. Instead, it asks lor more time to allow the financial conditions to 

improve and the federal regulatory uncertainty to be addressed. As I also understand it, 

AER has also recognized its obligation to reduce its impact to the environment and has 

taken a voluntary lower emission limit that will apply during the time it needs to get back 

on its reet and manage this crisis. I believe AER is trying its best to meet its 

cllvironmental obligations under the very trying circumstances it faces. 

I ask the Board to please give carcful thought to the devastating impact the closure of the 

Edwards Energy Center and Duck Creek Energy Center, will have on our already 

troubled State economy and, particularly with respect to these two energy centers, on my 

constituents. We just cannot afford to lose the good paying jobs and the critical support 

of our local schools, emergency response organizations, and functions of city government 

across dozens of communities made possible by the operations oflhese Energy Centers. 

Thanks for your thoughtfill consideration of this matter. 

Sincerely, 

State 

~~ Representative, 91" District 

Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, 07/23/2012
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

Lisa Madigan 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL 

Gina Roccaforte 

July 19, 2012 

Assistant Counsel, Division of Legal Counsel 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

Springfield, Illinois 62794 

gina.roccaforte@illinois.gov 

Re: Ameren Energy Resources Petition for Variance, PCB 2012-126 

Dear Ms. Roccaforte: 

On behalf of the Office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, I am writing in regards to the 

petition for variance filed by Ameren Energy Resources ("Ameren") with the Illinois Pollution Control 

Board (the "Board"). Pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/37(a), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (the 

"Agency") shall consider the views of "persons who might be adversely affected by the grant of a 

variance" in developing its recommendation on the petition for the Board. The Attorney General 

represents the People ofthe State of Illinois, many of whom will be or could be adversely affected by 

the variance. 

The purpose of this letter is twofold. The first is to provide our input to the Agency as it finalizes its 

recommendation to the Board. Even though the deadline to submit the recommendation is only a few 

days away, we expect and request that the Agency will give as much consideration as possible to these 

comments as allowed under the circumstances. The second purpose of this letter is to alert the Agency 

to our office's views prior to filing a formal comment in the docket before the Board, which we plan to 

do early next week. 

We believe the Agency should recommend denial of the petition or, in the alternative, granting of it 

only with conditions that would minimize the amount of excess pollution allowed in the years 2015 

through 2019. As discussed in more detail below, Ameren has failed to satisfy its burden of showing 

that the hardship of compliance with the regulations in question would outweigh the harm to the 

environment and public health that the variance would allow. 

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I. Background 

A. Legal Requirements for a Variance 

Under the lllinois Enviromnental Protection Act, the Board is authorized to grant variances from 

regulations when it finds that compliance would impose an "arbitrary or unreasonable hardship" on the 

petitioner. 415 ILCS 5/35(a). "When deciding whether to grant or deny a variance request, the Board 

is required to balance the hardship of continued compliance on the business against the adverse impact 

the variance will have on the environment." Marathon Oil Co. v. EPA, 242 Ill.App.3d 200, 206 (5th 

Dist. 1993) (citing Monsanto Co. v. PCB, 67 Ill.2d 276,293 (1977)). In addition, "[t]he party 

requesting the variance has the burden of establishing that the hardship resulting from a denial of the 

variance outweighs any injury to the public or the environment from a grant of the variance." Id. This 

burden has been described as "heavy." Willowbrook Motel v. PCB, 135 Ill. App. 3d 343, 349 (1st Dist. 

1985). Indeed, "if the one requesting the variance demonstrates only that compliance will be difficult, 

that proof alone is an insufficient basis upon which to grant the variance. The petitioner must go 

further and show that the hardship it will encounter from the denial of the variance will outweigh any 

injury to the public or environment from the grant of the variance." Marathon, 242 IlI.App.3d at 206. 

B. Relief Requested by Ameren 

Under the Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standards ("MPS"), Ameren is required to reduce the annual average 

sulfur dioxide ("S02") emissions from its coal plant fleet according to the following schedule set forth 

in 35 Ill. Adm. Code § 225.233(e)(3)(C): 

Year S02 Emission Rate 

Jan. 1, 20lO-Dec. 31,2013 0.50 Ib/mmBtu 

Jan. 1,2014 - Dec. 31,2014 0.43 Ib/mmBtu 

Jan. 1,2015 - Dec. 31, 2016 0.25 Ib/mmBtu 

Jan. 1 2017 - [ongoing] 0.23 Ib/mmBtu 

Here, Ameren is requesting relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv), which are the 2015 and 2017 

standards (.025 and .023 Ib/mmBtu, respectively). Ameren seeks to be excused from meeting the 0.25 

standard for five years and the 0.23 standard for four years. In other words, Ameren would not have to 

meet the 0.25 standard untilJ an. 1, 2020 and the 0.23 standard until Jan. I, 2021. The reason for 

making this request is that the company states that it is unable to secure the financing necessary to 

complete flue gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment (i.e., scrubbers) at the two units located at 

Ameren's Newton facility. 

C. Ameren's Alternative Compliance Plan 

In exchange for the variance on the 2015 (0.25 Ib/mmBtu) and 2017 (0.23 Ib/mmBtu) standards, 

Ameren proposes an alternative compliance plan whereby Ameren would commit to meeting a 0.38 

Ib/mmBtu yearly system average from 2012 through 2019. Petition at 8-9. Ameren states that it will 

meet the 0.38 Ib/mmBtu by maintaining the closures of the Hutsonville and Meredosia stations, by 

maximizing scrubber performance at the Duck Creek and Coffeen facilities, by burning low-sulfur 

Powder River Basin (PRB) coal, and by "manag[ing] operations as necessary to maintain compliance." 

Id. at 9. Starting on Jan. 1,2020, Ameren hopes to have one of the Newton scrubbers completed to 

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coincide with the end of the variance on the 0.25 Ib/mmBtu standard. ld. Ameren expects to have the 

second Newton scmbber completed in 2020 to allow it to comply with the expiration of the valiance 

on the 0.23lb/mmBtu standard on Jan. 1,2021. Id. at 9-10. 

II. The Variance Would Allow Excess Emissions in 2015 through 2019. 

According to Ameren' s own figures (Petition at 26), the proposed variance and alternative compliance 

plan would result in sulfur dioxide (S02) emission levels significantly higher than what the MultiPollutant Standards would allow in the years 2015 through 2019. The following chart shows the 

comparison and excess emissions in tons between the MPS and the proposed variance: 

Year Variance S02 Tons MP8 802 Tons Increase 

2015 56,986 42,556 + 14,430 

2016 56,986 42,556 +14,430 

2017 56,986 39,151 +17,835 

2018 56,986 39,151 +17,835 

2019 56,986 39,151 +17,835 

Ameren attempts to gloss over this pollution increase by framing its alternative compliance plan in 

terms of the cumulative, or overall, number of tons that will be emitted from 2010-2021 as compared 

to what is anticipated under the MPS. Ameren believes it should be able to "offset" the additional 

tonnage shown above by claiming credit for emissions that have been (or projected to be) lower than 

expected in the years 2010-2014, plus some lower emissions in the last two years (2020-2021). 

The problem with this framework is that the MPS was not intended to be a 12-year averaging period of 

pollution reduction. Rather, it was designed to ratchet down emissions of S02 and other pollutants 

over a period of time by triggering incremental clean ups of Ameren' s coal fleet. Moreover, the lower 

emission levels and projections for 2010-2014 have come about not from any commitments Ameren 

has made (or promises to make) as part of the variance request but rather from having its coal plants 

dispatched less and less and also from previous business decisions made by Ameren to mothball 

uneconomic units (Hutsonville and Meredosia). Through the variance request, Ameren is seeking to 

use these events, which led or will lead to emission levels lower than what it intended, to essentially 

impose a large plateau in the middle of its MPS compliance schedule, as depicted in the following 

chart created using the emission figures in the Petition (page 26): 

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::::j---~<~-:,,,,.\" 50,000 +-------\------'c---

"'" .... "" .. "" "-" ... ""."" .. """"_."" .. \....... \ 40,000 

\~, 30,000 -f--------------"-

20,000 -f-----------"----

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- MP5 Baseline 502 

Tons 

----Variance S02 Tons 

Sulfur dioxide is not a pollutant that should be subjected to a long-tenn averaging analysis because its 

primary public health impacts occur relatively quickly after being released, such as short-tenn 

respiratory exposure to the gas itself, fonnation ofpaliiculate matter in the atmosphere that returns to 

ground level, and acid deposition that damages lakes and vegetation. Sulfur dioxide is a not a 

persistent and cumulative pollutant in the atmosphere like greenhouse gases nor does it bioaccumulate 

in the environment like mercury for which early reductions are just as valuable as later emissions. A 

ton of S02 avoided in 2010 does not help an asthmatic or other sensitive individual exposed to 

emissions in 2018 or to the lake that receives acid rain pollution in that later year. 

In short, Ameren's proposal will allow increased pollution for the years 2015 through 2019 in 

significant excess from what the MPS would permit and would cause hann that cannot be undone or 

offset through earlier or later reductions. Accordingly, the Agency and the Board must analyze 

whether this environmental harm is outweighed by the hardship claimed by Arneren. 

III. Ameren Fails to Analyze Other Options Besides the Newton Scrubber Project. 

Most of Arneren's petition is spent on establishing why it cannot get the financing it needs to construct 

the Newton scrubbers on time because of the difficult economic forces and the shifting regulatory 

landscape it faces. Even if one concedes all of this to be true (which we do not necessarily do at this 

time), those factors are not the hardship Arneren would confront by complying with the MPS. The 

hardship is the alternative measures Arneren would have to take assuming its preferred compliance 

plan (scrubbers at Newton) is unavailable. Arneren pays very little attention to this in its petition or 

supporting documents. Indeed, the petition seems to assume that the only alternative to the Newtown 

scrubbers is to "cease operations at additional energy centers as its only other viable compliance 

alternative" and that it would have to retire "at least two plants across AER's fleet such as, for 

example, Joppa, E.D. Edwards, andlor Newton." Petition at 2, 23. 

The affidavits submitted with the petition do not suppOli these statements about having to retire two or 

more plants as the only option. For example, according to Ryan J. Martin of Arneren Services 

Company, without the Newton scrubber Ameren "would need to resort to extreme operational 

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curtailments to comply with existing standards, likely including, but not limited to, the mothballing of 

units at the Joppa, Edwards, and/or Newton energy centers." Martin Affidavit, Par. 12 (emphasis 

added). Note that likely is not the same as must and units are not the same as plants (E.D. Edwards has 

three units, Joppa has six, and Newton has two). Another affiant, Steven C. Whitworth, states only 

that compliance with the MPS has become "a significant economic hardship." Whitworth Aff., Par. 2. 

Thus, in developing its recommendation, the Agency should closely scrutinize other options available 

to Ameren besides completing the Newton scrubber because the company has failed to do this in its 

petition. Given the conflicting statements and lack of clarity in Ameren's petition and supporting 

affidavits, it is certainly possible and perhaps even likely that there are measures short of closing two 

entire plants that could bring Ameren into compliance or at least closer to it-even if those options are 

not as financially preferable to the company as the installation of scrubbers at Newton would be. 

For example, Ameren has already pointed out that it plans to take certain operational and technical 

steps to reduce emissions (i.e., maximizing scrubber performance at the Duck Creek and Coffeen 

facilities, buming low-sulfur PRB coal, and implementing other unspecified operational management 

measures). Petition at 9. Could scrubbers at Ameren's plants be further optimized to reduce emissions 

or are there less expensive pollution control technologies that could assist? Could Ameren run certain 

units less or temporarily power down a unit at each facility? What are these other operational 

management measures and could more of them be pursued to reduce emissions? All of these are 

potential options other than Ameren' s unsupported claim that two entire facilities would have to be 

closed down in order to comply. Unfortunately, the company fails to examine the options in its 

petition. IEPA and the Board should require Ameren to prove that it has fully explored alternative 

compliance measures before granting any variance. 

Accordingly, the Agency should recommend denial of Ameren's request for a variance on the grounds 

that the company has failed to properly articulate and support the hardship it would suffer from 

complying with the MPS (i.e., what the real options are aside from the Newton scrubber project). In 

the alternative, if there are other steps that can be taken, the Agency could consider recommending the 

granting of the variance with conditions incorporated into Ameren's compliance plan to minimize the 

amount of excess emissions a variance would produce. If there is more the company could do to 

reduce the proposed 0.38 Ib/mmBtu limit closer to the intended rate of 0.25 Ib/mmBtu, then it should 

be required. Such an approach would provide more of a balance between giving credit to Ameren for 

earlier reductions (even if they were unwanted and unintended) and the goal of continuing to step 

down emissions over the course of the MPS. 

Thank you for your consideration of these comments. 

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Sincerely. 

c 

James P. Gignac 

Environmental and Energy Counsel 

Illinois Attomey General's Office 

69 W. Washington St., 18th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 814-0660 

jgignac@atg.state.il.us 

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