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