### 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. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### ) ) ) 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 ) ) ) ) )

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

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

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# Community**livi~-'-·-------­** 

# Mason District IIospital to hold annual meeting**~u.llnmmces** 

# engagement**H~v.ana,** JL- In boner

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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

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RSVP requin::d oii or before**Wcdn~sihy,** Mny lli, 2[)]2.,

Fund; to**B~cfit lh~**  Purclum of Digi!nl Mummogrop!1y Equiyllncor.

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## 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

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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.

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

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES,

Petitioner,



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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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 ) ) ) ) ) 

# ss

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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## Filing- Received, Clerk's Office, 05/31/2012-PC #6

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES,

Petitioner,

v.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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, S0 2 , 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 ("S0 2 ") 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2

. 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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, S0 2 , 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 S0 2 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

S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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~en US&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/Quarterly**Report/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, S0 2 , 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, S0 2 , 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 S0 2 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, S0 2 , 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, S0 2 , 

### 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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

S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 athttp://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 S0 2 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,

v.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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, 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

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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,

v.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

I. Introduction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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 ("S0 2 ") 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 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 S0 2 . 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 S0 2 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, S0 2 , 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 S0 2 emissions standards until2020 and 2021, respectively. As noted above, the

agreement underpinning the MPS hinged on the commitment ofEGU owners to meet the S0 2 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 S0 2 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

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES,

Petitioner,

v.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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

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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,

v.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PCB 12

- 126 ( Variance

- Air)

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

On May 3 , 2012
, Ameren Energy Resources ( Ameren ) filed a pet ition for a variance (Petition) from the sulfur dioxide (SO 2 

### ) emission rate provisions of the multi

- pollutant standard (MPS) applicable to the Ameren MPS Group. The Ameren MPS Group includes the followi ng 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 SO 2 

### 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 SO 2 

### emission rates bec ause,
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 P roject) 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

### 2

return to the marketplace th ereby 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

ne wspaper 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 Boa rd 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. Amere n’s petition was filed on May 3 , 2012. Therefore, n ewspaper notice was required by T hur sday, 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 Metrop olis Plan on May 16, 2012 (Massac County) . T he 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 recommendati on, 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 Illino is B est A vailable R etrofit T echnology (BART) /S tate I mplementation P lan (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. Genera lly, t he 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 writt en 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 th is 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 s he determines are necessary and appropriate. Hearings will be scheduled and com pleted 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 request e d variance granted for a period not to exceed one year. See 415 ILCS 5/38(a) (20 10 ). 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 , 201 2 , by a vote of 5

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___________________________________ John Therriault, As sistant Clerk Illinois Pollution Control BoardRECEIVEDCLERK’SOFFICEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDJUN132012June13,2012STATEOFILLINOISPollutionControlBoardAMERENENERGYRESOURCES,)Petitioner,)v.))PCB12-126‘ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL)(Variance-Air)PROTECTIONAGENCY,))Respondent.)NOTICEOFHEARINGAhearingintheabove-captionedmatterisscheduledandwillbeheldinaccordancewiththefollowingschedule:DATE:Wednesday August1,2012TIME:10:00 a.m.PLACE:IllinoisPollutionControlBoardHearing Room1021NorthGrandAve.East, NorthEntranceSpringfield,IllinoisThehearingisopentothepublic.ITISSOORDERED.CMo4LcktrrCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinois PollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.us1nrfl1)1leniihtheAreiiean1h)iahi(iies;iandotherapplicahiefederaiandStatelaws,theheadna,willhecccsIdetoinduidualswithdisahlitie.Personsrequitincauaecisandsal\icehaIdntactJohnThuniauh.As6aanl(lark01theBoard.at11(1WeoRatdilphStSuite‘5(5).(‘hiesocI,IllinoishOOt.0W0siewmber32/5I4—6031.OcsnumherSI2/Si4—3660.orTDI)numlier31A’S4-61132.yedaysnrioftodiehasrina.2CERTIFICATEOFSERVICEItishereby certifiedthattrue copiesoftheforegoingorderweremailed, firstclass,onJune13,2012,toeachofthepersonsontheservicelistbelow.Itishereby certifiedthatatruecopyoftheforegoingorderwashanddeliveredto thefollowingonJune13,2012:JohnT.TherriaultIllinois PollutionControlBoardJamesR.ThompsonCenter100W.RandolphSt., Ste.11-500Chicago,Illinois60601CMoUdMrCarolWebbHearing OfficerIllinois PollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.usSERVICELISTPCB2012-126PCB2012-126GinaRoccaforteReneeCipnanoJEPASchiffHardin,LLP1021NorthGrand AvenueEast6600 WillisTowerP.O.Box19276233S.WackerDriveSpringfield,IL62794-9276Chicago,IL60606-6473PCB2012-126AmyAntoniolli.SchiffHardin,LLP6600WillisTower233S.WackerDriveChicago,IL60606-6473RECEIVEDCLERKSOFFICEJUNI32012ILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDJune132012STATEOFIWNOISPollutionControlBoardAMERENENERGYRESOURCES,))Petitioner,))v.)PCB12-126)(Variance-Air)..ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL)PROTECTIONAGENCY)i)Respondent.)i..HEARINGOFFICERORDERThe partiesareadvisedthatthismatterhasbeenassignedtothehearingofficeridentifiedbelow.Fromthis dateforward,anypleadingfiledwith theClerkoftheBoardinthismattermustalsobeservedindividuallyonthehearingofficer.OnJune7,2012,thepartiesparticipatedinatelephonestatusconferencewiththehearingofficer. Theparties agree thatrespondent’srecommendationisdue byJuly23,2012.AhearingwassetforAugust1,2012,andpetitioneragreedtofileadeadlinewaivertoSeptember20,2012.The partiesaredirectedtoparticipateinatelephonestatusconferencewiththe hearingofficerat1:30p.m.onJuly11,2012.Thestatusconferenceshallbeinitiatedbythepetitioner.ThedecisiondeadlineiscurrentlyAugust23,2012.ITISSOORDERED.CMo4UJdrrCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021North GrandAvenue EastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.us2CERTWICATEOFSERVICEItisherebycertifiedthattruecopiesoftheforegoingorderwere mailed, firstclass,onJune13,2012,toeachofthepersonsontheservicelistbelow.Itisherebycertified thatatruecopyoftheforegoingorderwashanddeliveredtothefollowingonJune13,2012:JohnT.TherriaultIllinoisPollutionControlBoardJamesR.ThompsonCenter100W.RandolphSt., Ste.11-500Chicago,Illinois60601CarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenue EastP.O.Box19274Springfield, Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.usSERVICELISTPCB2012-126GinaRoccaforteIEPA1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O. Box19276Springfield,IL62794-9276PCB2012-126AmyAntoniolli.SchiffHardin,LLP6600WillisTower2335.WackerDriveChicago,IL60606-6473PCB2012-126ReneeCiprianoSchiffHardin,LLP6600WillisTower2335.WackerDriveChicago,IL60606-6473

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. - @?Y·Rl\ J**.>~**RICEIVEDCLERK’SOFFICEJUL52012ILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDJuly52012STATEOFILLINOISPollutionControlBoardAMERENENERGYRESOURCES,))Petitioner,))v.)PCB 12-126)(Variance-ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL).,4.PROTECTIONAGENCY,)‘-“)Respondent.)HEARINGOFFICERORDERAhearinginthismatterremainssetfor August1-2,2012.OnAugust1,2012,Amerenwillpresentitscase,andwitnesseswillbepresenttoaddressissuespertainingtogeneralpolicyandeconomic impact.OnAugust2,2012,awitnesswillbepresenttoaddresstechnicalissues.Publiccommentwillbetakenonbothdays.WhiletheBoardmay haveadditionalquestionsatalaterdate,petitionerisdirectedtorespondthefollowingquestions.Writtenresponsespriortohearingarestrongly preferred,butpetitionerhasadvisedthehearingofficer thatthismaynotbepossibleduetounavailabilityofthewitness.QUESTIONSFORPETITIONER104.204(d)1.PC6suggeststhatAmerenEnergy Resources(AER)couldaddress twoothercompliancealternatives:(1)reducingcapacityatitsplantswithhigherSO2emissionratesand(2)seekingfinancingfromitsparent companytocompletetheNewtonFGDProject.PC6at4.PC6citestoAmeren’sQ42011EarningsCallTranscript(February23,2012)whereAmerenmentioned“ratchet[ingjdown”generationfromuncontrolledgeneratingplantsasacomplianceoptionshoulditnotinstall scrubbersatNewton.PC6at5.Pleasecommentonthecompliancealternativesofcurtailing generationandseekingalternativefinancing.104.204(f)2.Ameren’s petitiononpages8to10containstheproposed variancecomplianceplan.Inpart,Amerenproposes:AER expectstomaintainacontinuousprogram ofconstructionattheNewton EnergyCentersoastobeinapositiontohavetheNewton[FlueGasDesulfurization(FGD)]Projectcompletedandoperationaltomeet2complianceobligations.AllmajorequipmentcomponentsrequiredtocompletetheNewtonFGDProjecthasbeenprocuredandwillbestoredonsiteduringthevarianceperiod.Sitepreparation,foundationworkandductworkfabricationwillallbeexpectedtocontinueoverthenextfewyears.Assumingpowerpricesrebound,field constructionactivitiesincludingthemobilizationofskilledcraft laborandtheprocurementofcommodityitemscouldtakeapproximately24monthstocompleteoncetheprojectrampsbackup.(Pet.at9.)AERhasincurred$237millionontheNewtonFGDProjecttodate andintendstocontinuethevariousengineeringandconstructionactivitiesitcanfundsoasbepositionedtocompletetheFGDProjectintimetocomplywiththe2015MPSS02annualemissionratebyJanuary1,2020andthe2017ratebyJanuary1,2021.Bytheendof2012,AERwillhavespentover50%oftheprojectcost.(Petat19.)BasedontheproposedcompliancedeadlinesofJanuary1,2020andJanuary1,2021,pleaseprovideadditionaldetailsinthecomplianceplanproposedonpages8-10ofthepetition.Pleaseprovideanestimatedtimelineforphases ofthecomplianceplan:engineering,sitepreparation,foundationwork, ductworkfabrication,fieldconstructionactivities,startup, andanyothersignificantphases.Also,pleaseincludetheestimatedcostsforeachphase.104.204(2)3.Pc6states,“[T]heclosureof MeredosiaandHutsonvilleplants—andtheconsequentdecreaseinemissionsfromAmeren’scoalfleet—wouldoccurregardlessofwhetherthevarianceisgranted.”PC6at9,(emphasisinoriginal).Ameren’s petitionExhibit2liststheSO2emissionsinrateandtonsperyear foreachpowerstation.Ameren’spetitiononpage9notesthatcommittingtothevoluntarySO2emissionrateof0.38lb/MMBtuduringthevarianceperiodwillimposesignificantoperationalrestrictionsonAER.Ameren’spetitiononpage26containsatableshowingtheprojectedSO2emissionsthrough2021ifthevariancewere notgranted,projectedSO2emissionunderthevariance,andthecumulativeSO2reductionunderthevarianceifthecessationofoperationsatHutsonvilleandMeredosiaareconsidered.(a)Pleasestate theoverallannualSO2emissionratefromtheAmerenMPSGrouppriorto, andafter theclosureofMeredosiaandHuntsvilleplants.Commentonwhetherreductionbeyondwhatwasachievedwith closureofMeredosiaandHuntsvilleplanwouldbeneededtomeettheproposedSO2emissionrateof0.38lb/MMBtu.(b)PleasestatetheamountofSO2emissionsiftherequestedvarianceisgranted,comparedtothatwhichwouldresultifimmediatecomplianceisrequired.Inparticular,pleasereaddressTable1onpage26ofthepetitiontoprovideaspecificestimateofthenetdifference betweentheprojectedSO2emissionsunderthecurrentruleandundertheproposedvarianceifMeredosiaandHutsonvillearenotconsideredinthesystem-wideanalysis.3104.204(I)4.Does Amerensuggestanyconditionstotherequestedvariance?Thepartiesareremindedtoparticipateinatelephonestatusconferencewiththehearingofficerat1:30p.m.onJuly11,2012.Thestatusconferenceshallbeinitiatedbythepetitioner.Thedecision deadlineiscurrentlySeptember20,2012.iTISSOORDERED.CMcWd&CarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.us4CERTIFICATEOFSERVICEItisherebycertifiedthattruecopiesoftheforegoingorderweremailed,firstclass,onJuly5,2012,toeachofthepersonsontheservicelistbelow.ItisherebycertifiedthatatruecopyoftheforegoingorderwashanddeliveredtothefollowingonJuly5,2012:JohnT.TherriaultIllinoisPollutionControlBoardJamesR.ThompsonCenter100W.RandolphSt.,Ste.11-500Chicago,Illinois60601CMohZLck&rCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021North GrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.usSERVICELISTPCB2012-126PCB2012-126GinaRoccaforteReneeCiprianoIEPASchiffHardin,LLP1021North GrandAvenueEast6600WillisTowerP.O.Box19276233S.WackerDriveSpringfield,IL62794-9276Chicago,IL60606-6473PCB2012-126AmyAntoniolli.SchiffHardin,LLP6600WillisTower233S.WackerDriveChicago,IL60606-6473RECEIVEDCLERK’SOFFICEJUL112012ILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDJuly112012STATEOFILLINOISPollutionControlBoardAMERENENERGYRESOURCES,))Petitioner,))v.)PCB 12-126)(Variance-Air)ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL)PROTECTIONAGENCY,)--.)L,:sO91Respondent.)HEARINGOFFICERORDEROnJuly11,2012,thepartiesparticipatedinatelephonestatusconferencewiththehearingofficer.AhearinginthismatterremainssetforAugust1,2012.Originally,itappearedthatthehearing wouldneedtobecontinueduntilAugust2toaccommodateAmeren’switnessontechnicalissues.However,AmerenplanstohaveawitnessfortechnicalissuespresentonAugust1,thustheseconddaymaynotbeneeded.Athearing,Amerenwillcalltwowitnessestopresentitscase.RespondentandtheBoardmay havequestions foreachwitness.The publicwillthenbeallowedtocomment.Ifpossible,thehearingwillbemovedtoalargerroomlocatedneartheroomcurrentlyscheduled,andanoticewillbeposted.ThedecisiondeadlineiscurrentlySeptember20,2012.ITISSOORDERED.C0hWdrrCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.us4CERTIFICATEOFSERVICEItisherebycertifiedthattruecopiesoftheforegoingorderweremailed,firstclass,onJuly11,2012,toeachofthepersonsontheservicelistbelow.Itishereby certifiedthatatruecopyoftheforegoingorderwashand deliveredto thefollowingonJuly11,2012:JohnT.TherriaultIllinoisPollutionControlBoardJamesR.ThompsonCenter100W.RandolphSt.,Ste.11-500Chicago,Illinois60601CMohUJdrrCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021North GrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc @ipcb.state.il.usSERVICELISTPCB2012-126PCB2012-126Gina RoccaforteReneeCiprianoIBPASchiffHardin,LLP1021NorthGrandAvenueEast6600WillisTowerP.O.Box19276233 5.WackerDriveSpringfield,IL62794-9276Chicago,IL60606-6473PCB2012-126AmyAntoniolli.SchiffHardin,LLP6600 WillisTower233 5.WackerDriveChicago,IL60606-6473

### BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

AMERE N E N ERGY RESOURCES
,

Petitioner
,

v.



### ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
,
Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### 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: Jul y 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

### BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES,

Petitioner,

v.



### ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### PCB 12-126 (V ariance- Air)



### 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).

### 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.

2

### 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

3

### 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 ofS0 2 , 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 NO x 

### emissions by burning various combinations oflow sulfur coal, low NO x 

### 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 NO x 

### in the Clean Air

Interstate Rule ("CAIR") to address ozone and fine particulate ("PM2.5") nonattainment areas, 70

4

### 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, NO x 

### Annual and NO x



### 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, NO x , 

### 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 NO x 

### 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 NO x 

### 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

NO x 

### 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)


# * * * e) Emission Standards for NO x 

### and S02.

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## * * *

3) Ameren MPS Group Multi-Pollutant Standard



## * * *

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.


# * * *

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 ofS0 2 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 ofS0 2 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 NO x 

### 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

NO x 

### 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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### AGENCY

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## MICHAEL UNES
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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
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## OFFICE OF THE DIREcTOR

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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
91 rt District

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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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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" DistrictOFFICE 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.



### EXHIBIT 2I. 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

2coincide 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 80 2 

### 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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### "'"

.... "" .. "" "-" ... ""."" .. """"_."" .. 

# \....... \ 40,000**\~,** 30,000 -f--------------"-

20,000 -f-----------"----

10,000 -f---------------- 

# ° - 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

4curtailments 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.



### 5Sincerely.



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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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, the undersigned
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attached RECOMMENDATION upon the following person:

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and electronically and by mailing it by frrst-c1ass mail from Springfield, Illinois, with sufficient postage affixed to the following persons:

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