Re: Upcoming actions regarding Veolia Environmental Services Upcoming actions regarding Veolia Environmental Services Kathy Andria Kathy Andria to: Andrea Morgan 07/27/2012 02:10 PM

Cc: David Bender, David Ogulei, Genevieve Damico, Jane Woolums,
Alan Walts , Kat Logan Smith, Samantha Ballard, Amy Funk

, Verena Owen

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

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

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

Thank you for the email.

Kathy

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

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

**, Veolia requested a revision to its Title V operating permit to** 

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

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

**Thank you,**

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

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