# Electronic Filing

- Recived, Clerk's Office: 07/30/2013 BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY ) COGEN, LLC; ) ) Petitioners, ) ) AMEREN ENERGY ) RESOURCES, LLC ) ) PCB 14-10 Co-Petitioner, ) (Variance

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### NOTICE TO: John Therriault, Assistant Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 Chicago, IL 60601 Claire A. Manning William D. Ingersoll Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP 205 S. Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Springfield, IL 62705-2459 Renee Cipriano Amy Antoniolli SchiffHardin LLP 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600 Chicago, IL 60606

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office ofthe Pollution Control Board the CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION and APPEARANCE ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.

DATED: July 30,2013 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 217.782.5544 217.782.9143 (TOO) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY By:

# cjk~ Gina Roccaforte Assistant Counsel Division ofLegal Counsel



### THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 

# 1- ATTACHMENT

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CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION I, the undersigned, an attomey state that I caused the attached notices to be published in the Metropolis Planet on July 24, 2013, and the Newton Press-Mentor, the Canton Daily Ledger, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, the Robinson Daily News, the Peoria Journal Star, and the Hillsboro Journal-News on July 25, 2013. (Attachment 1).

Gina Roccaforte Assistant Counsel Division ofLegal Counsel

# Electronic Filing

- Recived. Clerk's Office: 07/3012013



# ATTACHMENT 1

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY ) COGEN,LLC; ) ) Petitioners, ) ) AMEREN ENERGY ) RESOURCES, LLC ) ) PCB 14-10 Co-Petitioner, ) (Variance

- Air) ) v. ) ) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEARANCE The undersigned hereby enters her appearance as an attorney on behalfofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

DATED: July30, 2013 1

021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 217/782-5544 217.782.9143 (TDD) Respectfully submitted, ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

By:

# ~~-- Gina Roccaforte Assistant Counsel Division ofLegal Counsel

# Electronic Filing- Recived, Clerk's Office: 07/3012013

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF SANGAMON ) ) ) ) ) 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, an attorney, state that I have served electronically the attached CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION and APPEARANCE upon the following person:Jolm Therriault, Assistant Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 Chicago, IL 60601 and electronically and by mailing them by first-class mail from Springfield, I!linois, with sufficient postage affixed to the foiiowing persons: Renee Cipriano Amy Antonio IIi SchiffHardin LLP 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600 Chicago, IL 60606

DATED: July 30, 2013 1021 North Grand Avenue East P 

### .0. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 217.782.5544 217.782.9143 (TDD) Claire A. Manning William D. Ingerso II Brown, Hay & Stephens, 

### LLP 205 S. Fifth Street, Suite 700 P 

### .0. Box 2459 Springfield, IL 62705-2459

ILLINIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

# ~~-- Gina Roccaforte Assistant Counsel Division ofLegal Counself •

ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD August 8, 2013 ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY ) COGEN, LLC, ) ) Petitioners, ) ) AMEREN ENERGY ) RESOURCES, LLC, ) ) Co-Petitioner, ) ) V. ) ) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. )

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.D. O'Leary): PCB 14-10 (Variance

- Air)

On July 22, 2013, Illinois Power Holdings, LLC (IPH), AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen (Medina Valley), and Ameren Energy Resources, LLC (AER) (collectively, petitioners) filed a petition for variance from the sulfur dioxide (S02) emission rate provisions ofthe multipollutant standard (MPS) applicable to the Ameren MPS Group. The Ameren MPS Group includes the following electric generating coal-fired power plants located in downstate Illinois: the Coffeen Energy Center located in Montgomery County, the Duck Creek Energy Center located in Fulton County, the E.D. Edwards Energy Center located in Peoria County, the Joppa Energy Center located in Massac County, the Hutsonville Energy Center located in Crawford County, the Meredosia Energy Center located in Morgan County, and the Newton Energy Center located in Jasper County. Pet. at 2. In this order, the Board first describes the petition and relevant prior history. Next, the Board discusses the newspaper notice of the petition and the deadline for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) to file its recommendation on the petition. Finally, the Board accepts the petition for variance and grants petitioners' request to hold any hearing in this matter in Springfield. THE PETITION AND PRIOR HISTORY These are the same facilities for which the Board, in Ameren Energy Resources, LLC v. IEPA, PCB 12-126 (Sept. 20, 2012), granted AER's petition for a variance from the 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioxide emission rate provisions ofthe MPS set forth in Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv), respectively. Pet. at 2. The variance from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) applies for five years, beginning January I, 2015 and ending December 31,



### ATTACHMENT_3

__2 2019, and the variance from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) applies for four years, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2020. !d. at 2-3. In PCB 12-126, the Board adopted a compliance plan that requires AER to meet mitigation S02 annual emission rates during the variance term. !d. at 3. While the petition in this case involves additional petitioners IPH and Medina Valley, it nonetheless "involves the same facilities, the same regulations, and the same requested relief' as the petition in PCB 12-126. !d. at 2. According to the petition, IPH, an "indirect subsidiary" ofDynegy, Inc., and Ameren Corporation, AER's parent company, have entered into an agreement that will "change ownership ofthe MPS Group and secure the variance relief and concomitant compliance obligations" imposed by the Board in PCB 12-126. Pet. at 4. Through the transaction, IPH will ultimately acquire the active generating facilities ofthe MPS Group (Coffeen, Duck Creek, E.D. Edwards, Joppa, Newton), while the facilities the Board ordered to "remain shuttered" in PCB 12-126, Meredosia and Hutsonville, will be acquired by Medina Valley. !d. On May 2, 2013, IPH and AER filed ajoint motion to reopen PCB 12-126 to substitute parties. The Board denied the motion, but noted that IPH could file a variance petition consistent with Section 104.202(a) ofthe Board's procedural rules. !d. at 4-5, quoting Ameren Energy Resources v. IEPA, PCB 12- 126 (June 6, 2013). Petitioners seek additional time to comply with the 2015 and 2017 S02 emission rates because "market prices for power cannot support the necessary capital expenditures to complete the Newton FGD [flue gas desulfurization] project in time to meet the MPS 2015 and 2017 emission rates." Pet. at 29-30. The petition adds that given "depressed power prices," compliance with the MPS 2015 and 2017 emission rates is "not achievable without the shutdown ofEnergy Centers, in this case the E.D. Edwards and Joppa Energy Centers." !d. at 31. According to the petition, "Ameren has no reason to believe that any other potential buyer would be willing to acquire the Energy Centers without the variance, unless such buyer intended to close one or more plants." !d. IEPA RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF PETITION AND RECOMMENDATION The Environmental Protection Act requires the Agency to provide public notice of a variance petition, including notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the facility is located within 14 days after the petition is filed. 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2010); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.214. The Agency is also required to file its recommendation on the variance with the Board within 45 days after the filing ofthe petition, or at least 30 days prior to a scheduled hearing, whichever is earlier. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216. Petitioners' petition was filed on July 22, 2013. Therefore, newspaper notice was required by Monday, August 5, 2013. The Agency filed a certification ofpublication on July 30,2013. As indicated by the Agency, newspaper notice was provided in the Metropolis Planet on July 24,2013 (Massac County); the Newton Press-Mentor on July 25, 2013 (Jasper County); the Canton Daily Ledger on July 25, 2013 (Fulton County); the Jacksonville Journal-Courier on July 25, 2013 (Morgan County); the Robinson Daily News on July 25, 2013 (Crawford County); the Peoria Journal Star on July 25, 2013 (Pemia County); and the Hillsboro Journal-News on July 25, 2013 (Montgomery County).v. 3

The Agency recommendation is currently due Thursday, September 5, 2013, which is the 45th day after the filing ofthe petition. Within 14 days after service ofthe Agency's recommendation, petitioners may file a response to the Agency recommendation or an amended petition. 35 Ill. Adm. Code I 04.220. PETITION ACCEPTED FOR HEARING IN SPRINGFIELD To allow processing ofthis decision deadline case to proceed expeditiously, the Board accepts petitioners' petition for variance but makes no determination on the informational sufficiency or merits ofthe petition. See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.204, 104.208, 104.210. To ensure proper case management, the Board will assign a hearing officer to this proceeding. The Board, through orders ofits own or its hearing officer, may direct petitioners to provide additional information concerning their petition. Generally, the Board will hold a hearing on a variance petition (I) ifthe petitioner requests a hearing, (2) ifthe Agency or any other person files a written objection to the variance within 21 days after the newspaper notice publication, together with a written request for hearing, or (3) ifthe 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. Petitioners do not explicitly request a hearing (Pet. at 68), and the Board has yet to receive any hearing requests in response to the Agency's newspaper notices. But, based on the filings received, and the history in the prior PCB 12-126 variance, the Board concludes that a hearing is advisable in this case. Petitioners ask that, "[s]hould the Board decide to hold a hearing in this matter

... any hearing take place in Springfield, Illinois, due to its proximate location to the affected facilities, as soon as practicable." Pet. at 68. Again, based on prior experience in PCB 12-126, the Board grants this request and directs the hearing officer to schedule a hearing in Springfield. The assigned hearing officer is responsible for guiding the parties toward prompt resolution ofthis matter through whatever status calls and hearing officer orders she determines are necessary and appropriate. Hearings will be scheduled and completed in a timely manner, consistent with the decision deadline (see 415 ILCS 5/38(a)), which only petitioners may extend by waiver (see 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.308). Ifthe Board fails to take final action by the decision deadline, petitioners may deem the requested variance granted for a period not to exceed one year. See 415 ILCS 5/38(a) (2010). Currently, the decision deadline is November 19,2013. See4

35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.232. The Board meeting immediately before the decision deadline is scheduled for November 7, 2013. IT IS SO ORDERED. I, John Therriault, Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board adopted the above order on August 8, 2013, by a vote of4-0.

John Therriault, Clerk Illinois Pollution Control BoardILLiNOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD August 8, 2013 ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) AMERENENERGYivfEDlNA VALLEY ) COGEN, LLC, ) 

### RECEIVED CLERf<'S Of'FIC!l!



## - 82013 STATE Of IlliNOIS 

### Pollution Control Board

) Petitioners, ) ) 

# D ORIGINAL AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, ) ) Co-Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) PCB 2014-010 (Variance- Air) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) NOTICE OF HEARING A hearing in tl1e above-captioned matter is scheduled and will be held in accordance with the following schedule: DATE: TIME: PLACE: Tuesday September 17, 2013 

### 9:00a.m. lllinois Environmental Protection Agency, Sangamon Room 1021 North Grand Avenue East, North Entrance Springfield, lllinois The hearing is open to the public. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Carol Webb Hearing Officer Illinois Pollution Control Board 

### 1021 Notth Grand Avenue East 

### P.O. Box 19274 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274 Carol.webb@illinois.gov2 

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE It. is hereby cettified that true copies of the foregoing order were mailed, first class, on August 8, 2013, to each of the persons on the attached service list. 

### It is hereby cettified that a true copy of the foregoing order was hand delivered to the following on August 8, 2013: John T. Therriault Illinois Pollution Control Board James R. Thompson Center 100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500 Chicago, Illinois 60601

Carol Webb Hearing Officer Illinois Pollution Control Board 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19274 Springfield, TIIinois 62794-9274 217/524-8509 Caroi.Webb@illinois.govPCB 2014-010 William D. Ingersoll Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP 205 South Fifth Streer, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Springfield, IL 62705-2459

PCB 2014-010 Renee Cipriano Schiff Hardin, LLP 6600 Willis Tower 233 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, 

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PCB 2014-010 Gina 

### Roccaforte IEPA 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 3

PCB 2014-010 Claire A. M=ing Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP 205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. 

### Box 2459 Springfield, 

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PCB 2014-010 Amy Antoniolli Schiff Hardin, LLP 6600 Willis Tower 233 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-6473ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD August 14, 2013 ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY COGEN,LLC, Petitioners, AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, Co-Petitioner,



### v. ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PCB 2014-010 (Variance -Air)

HEARING OFFICER ORDER 

### RECEIVED CLERJ<'S OFFICE



## AUG 14· 2013 STATE OF ILLINOIS 

### Pollution Control**~oard**



### This matter 

### is set

### for hearing on September 17,2013. 

### In response to 

### the questions provided in Attachment A, the parties are directed to prefile testimony 

### by September 5, 2013. 

### IT IS SO ORDERED.

Carol Webb 

### Hearing 0 fficer Illinois Pollution Control Board 1021 Nmth Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19274 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274 217/524-8509 Carol.Webb@illinois.gov



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE It 

### is hereby certified that true copies of the foregoing order were mailed, 

### first class, on August 14, 2013, to each of the persons on the attached service list. It is hereby cettified that a true copy of the foregoing order was hand delivered to the following on August 

### 14, 2013: 

### John T. Therriault Illinois Pollution Control Board 

### James R. Thompson Center 100 W. Randolph St., Ste. 11-500 Chicago, Illinois 60601

Carol Webb Hearing Officer Illinois Pollution Control Board 1021 No!th Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19274 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9274 217/524-8509 Carol.Webb@ illinois.govPCB 2014-010 William D. Ingersoll Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP 205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Springfield, 

### IL 62705-2459

PCB 2014-010 Renee Cipriano 

### SchiffHardin, LLP 6600 Willis Tower 233 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-6473

PCB 2014-010 Gina Roccaforte 

### IEPA 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 3

PCB 2014-010 Claire A. Manning Brown, 

### Hay & Stephens LLP 205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Splingfield, 

### IL 62705-2459

PCB 2014-010 

### Amy Antoniolli 

### SchiffHardin, LLP 6600 Willis Tower 233 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, 

### IL 60606-6473

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Attachment A



### PCB 14-10 QUESTIONS FOR PETITIONERS 

### Proposed Variance Conditions 1. To demonstrate a "net benefiC of7,778 tons SOz from 2013 through 2020, petitioners present a table accounting for "Variance SO! Tons," "SOz Reduced Tons," and "Cumulative Reductions in S02 Variance Tons." Pet at 3, Exh. 10, Table 2. Although the proposed variance includes limits on the S02 annual emission rates consistent with Table 2, petitioners did not propose a cap on annual SOz mass emissions in tons that would also be consistent with Table 2 to ensure that the proposed "net benefit" is realized. The Board included conditions capping the annual system-wide S02 mass emissions, and requiring the petitioner to report annually to the Agency its system-wide mass 

### SO? emissions, in granting the variance in PCB 13- 24. Midwest Generation v. IEPA, PCB 13-24, slip op. at 82 (Apr. 4, 2013). (a) Please comment on revising the proposed conditions in the variance request as follows: lf at any time. Illinois Power Holdings, LLC (IPH) acquires ownership or control of the five operating power stations in the Ameren MPS Group, IPH must assure compliance with Condition 2 of this Order and must comply with an overall S02 annual emission rate of0.35lb/mmBtu through December31, 2019, and beginning January 1, 2020, must comply with an overall S02 annual emission rate of0.231b/mmBtu. In addition, through December 31, 2016, IPH must limit system-wide 

## so, emissions to no more than 5L289 tons: and from Januarv 1, 2017 throu!!h December 31. 2019. IPH must limit svstem-wide 

## so, emissions to no more 51.879 tons. For the purposes of this variance. "system-wide" and "the five operating power stations in the Ameren MPS Group" entail: Coffeen, Duck Creek, E.D. Edwards. Joppa. and Newton Energy Centers. IPH must also report to the Agency its system-wide mass 

## so, emissions each year of the variance with its Annual Emissions Report. (b) Please comment on including a condition of ti1e variance that would cap SOz rna% emissions on an annual basis from the E.D. Edwards station at 2012 levels of 11,803 tons until Unit 1 is permanently retired. Pet. Exh. 6. (e) Please comment on including a condition after Unit 1 is permanently retired that would cap annual 

### SOz mass emissions from the E.D. Edwards station at a lower level to reflect the operation of only Units 2 and 3. New PM '. 5 National Ambient Air Qualitv 

### Standard (NAAQS) 2. Please provide a copy of the memorandum referenced in footnote 33 on page 66 of the petition: "USEPA Memorandum, From; Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, To: Regional Administrators, Regions 1-10, Subject: Initial Area

### 3 Designations for the 2012 Revised Primary Annual Fine Particulate National Ambient Air Quality Sl!mdard (Aprill6, 2013)." QTJESTIONS FOR THE ILLTh"OIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY New 2010 1-hour**SO~** NAAQS 3. In the Board's September 20,2012 order inAmerenEnergy Resources v.lEPA, PCB 12- 126, the Board stated that the Agency noted, "[t]he MPS was not designed to address the new 2010 1-hour S02 [NAAQS], which**wa~** not proposed at the time the MPS was being negotiated." Agency Resp. at 22. The Board notes that the new 1-hour S02 NAAQS addresses short term exposure and sets into motion a requirement for the states to assess attainment. 77 Fed. Reg. 46295 (Aug. 3, 2012). Based on the record at this time, the Board does not have enough information to determine 

### if AER's variance will interfere with the State's ability to attain or maintain the new 1-hour S02 NAAQS or the proposed PM NAAQS because the MPS and current Illinois SlP do not yet address these standards. However, the Board finds 

### t11at granting AER's petition for variance with the conditions in the order below would be within the State's current obligation under the lllinois SlP to attain and maintain compliance with the NAAQS. Ameren Eners;y Resources v. 1EPA, PCB 12-126, slip op. at 56 (Sept. 20, 2012). Since the petition was filed on July 22, 2013, US EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, signed notice of the Final Rule for the initial one-hour 502 air quality designations on July 25, 2013, and is submitting it for publication in the Federal Register. 

### See http://www.epa.gov/so'Jdesignations/regs.html The E.D. Edwards Station is located in one of the designated nonattainment areas for the new 1-hour SOz NAAQS. USEPA stated that SlPs "would need to provide for attairunent and maintenance of the new 1-hour S02 NAAQS as expeditiously as practicable, which we expect to be no later than five years after initial designation

... in all areas of the State

...." 75 Fed. Reg. 35553 (June 22, 2010). Five years later would be July 25, 2018, approximately 17 months before tl1e end ofthe requested variance. (a) Please address whether the Agency believes granting the variance will jeopardize the State's ctment obligations under the Illinois SIP or to attain and maintain the NAAQS. (b) Please address whether the State's current obligations to attain and maintain the NAAQS will be satisfied by the net environmental benefit claimed by petitioners over the term of thevariance. (c) Please comment preliminarily on how, if the Agency proposes and the Board adopts new mles to address SlP obligations for the new !-hour S02 NAAQS, that4

action would affect (1) the requested variance, (2) the facilities covered by the requested variance, and (3} the E.D. Edwards station in particular. 

### 4. Please submit the following documents for inclusion in the record for this variance request: (a) The signed notice submitted for publication in the Federal Register. See imp://www.epa.gov/so2designations/pdfs/20!30725fr.pdf (b) 

### The USEPA report entitled "Responses to Significant Comments on the State and Tribal Designation Recommendations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide 1\ational Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)", USEPA, July 2013. See http://www.epa.gov/so2desi 2nations/pdfsi20 130725rtc.pdf (c) "Technical Support Document (TSD), Illinois Area Designations for the 2010 S02 Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard", USEPA. See http://www.cpa.gov/so2desi!!nations/tsd/05 IL tsd.pdf SIP Revision 5. In PCB 12-126, the Agency stated that after preliminary discussions with USEPA Region 5 regarding pending variance request, no adverse issues were identified. Ameren Ener!!v Resources, PCB 12-126, slip op. at 55 (Sept 20, 2012). Has the Agency discmsed the instant variance request with USEPA? 

### If so, please elaborate on USEPA's response. QUESTION FOR PETITIOl'lERS AND THE AGENCY Effect on PCB 12-126 Variance 6.**Pl~ase** address the ongoing legal effect, 

### if any, of the variance granted in Ameren Energy Resources, PCB 12-126 (Sept. 20, 2012), ifthe requested vatiance in the instant case is granted and the transaction by which IPH would acquire AER's active coal-fired power plants goes forward.

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY COGEN,LLC, Petitioners, AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC Co-Petitioner,

v. ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PCB 2014-010 (Variance

- Air)

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING To: Attached Service List PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 15,2013, I electronically filed with the Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board ofthe State ofIllinois an OBJECTION on behalf ofthe Environmental Law and Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory Health Association, and Sierra Club, a copy ofwhich is attached hereto and herewith served upon you.

Dated: August 15,2013 Respectfully submitted,

Faith Bugel Andrew Armstrong Environmental Law and Policy Center 3 5 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 6060 I 312-795-3708 FBugel@elpc.org AArmstrong@elpc.org



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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC, and AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY COGEN,LLC, Petitioners, AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, Co-Petitioner,

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

### OBJECTION PCB 2014-010 (Variance- Air)

Pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.224(b), Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory Health Association, and Sierra Club (collectively, "Citizens Groups") hereby object to the Petition for Variance ("the Petition") filed by Illinois Power Holdings, LLC ("IPH"), AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen, LLC ("Medina Valley"), and Ameren Energy Resources, LLC ("AER") with the Illinois Pollution Control Board ("Board") on July 22, 2013. The Board should deny the Petition as legally insufficient for several reasons:

• Petitioners IPH and Medina Valley cannot be granted variances from the Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS") because they do not own plants regulated by theMPS;

• Any potential hardship alleged by IPH in complying with the MPS will have been self-imposed through IPH's voluntary purchase ofAER's facilities, under terms negotiated by IPH; and

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• IPH has failed to accurately set out the environmental harm ofthe proposed variance, because it has not provided an analysis specific to the five AER facilities that it proposes to operate. Because neither IPH nor Medina Valley is "subject to" the MPS, the Board should dismiss the Petition pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.230. Should the Board not deny the Petition outright, Citizens Groups will submit further comments elaborating on the above points and other issues with the proposed variance following the September 17, 2013 public hearing. I. IPH and Medina Valley Cannot Be Granted Variances Because They Do Not Own Plants Regulated By the MPS. Just two months ago, the Board rejected ajoint request by IPH and AER to "transfer" AER's variance from the MPS, granted in 2012, to IPH. Ameren Energy Resources, LLC v. !EPA, PCB 12-126 (June 6, 2013). Now, IPH and AER seek functionally the same reliefas they

were earlier denied, but under a slightly different guise: "new" variances for IPH and Ameren subsidiary Medina Valley under the exact same terms as the 2012 AER variance that the Board held could not be transferred. Their request again must be denied. IPH still does not own any plants regulated by the MPS and, as discussed below, Medina Valley would not own any plants regulated by the MPS even pursuant to the transactions proposed by Petitioners. Under Board precedent and regulations, an entity cannot be granted a variance before it legally owns the facilities subject to regulation. IPH and Medina Valley's current requests for variance relief disregard the language from The Ensign-Bickford Co. v. !EPA, PCB 02-159 (Apr. 3, 2003) ("Ensign-Bickford'') that the Board cited in its June 6, 2013 order denying the variance transfer. In Ensign-Bickford, the Board denied a proposed variance transfer between EnsignBickford, the owner of a facility, and Dyno Nobel, instead providing that Dyno Nobel could seek

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its own variance relief, but only after it had taken legal ownership ofthe facility. 

### !d., slip op. at 2. Specifically, the Board stated: If in fact the

... closing occurs, consistent with Section 104.202(a), Dyno Nobel may file a variance petition or other appropriate filing conceming this facility.

The Board's citation to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.202(a) in 

### Ensign-Bickford was exactly on point. That regulation demonstrates why an entity cannot be granted a variance before it legally

owns a facility subject to regulation. Section 104.202(a) provides that: Any person seeking a variance from any rule or regulation, requirement or order of the Board 

### that would otherwise be applicable to that person may file a variance petition. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.202(a) (emphasis added). Under the regulation's plain language, there
must be a "rule or regulation, requirement or order ofthe Board" that would be "applicable" to the petitioner ifvariance relief is not granted. In other words, the only entities that can seek a variance from a Board regulation like the MPS are the entities that actually are subject to that

1 Petitioners claim that the Ensign-Bickford order was only an "interim" order. See Petition at PDF page 17. Petitioners are incorrect. As shown by the Board's docket, the Apri13, 2003 order was a final order, even though Ensign-Bickford and Dyno Nobel later moved to reopen the docket. See http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/Cool/Extemal/CaseView .aspx?referePresults&case= 14407. Petitioners also argue that the Board's holding in Ensign-Bic/..ford regarding the appropriate timing of variance relief was dicta, and should not be followed by the Board. Again, Petitioners are incorrect. First, in any case, the Board's holding that Dyno Nobel could seek variance reliefonly after it owned the subject plant was, and is, the correct result under the Board's regulations. Regardless ofEnsign-BicA.ford's precedential status, the Board should reach the same conclusion here. Second, the holding was not dicta, because the Board was deciding a "pertinent question" presented by the case: An adjudication on any point within the issues presented by a case is not dictum. This rule applies as to all pertinent questions, although they might be only incidentally involved, which are presented and decided in the regular course of the consideration of the case, and lead to the final conclusion, and to any statement in the opinion as to a matter on which the decision is predicated. Exelon Corp. v. Dep't of Revenue, 234 Ill. 2d 266. 288-89 (2009) (Thomas, J., concurring) (quoting 21 C.J.S. Cow1s § 229, at 227 (2006)). In Ensign-Bicl.ford, the Board began and ended its analysis with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.202. The Board's holding that Ensign-Bickford could not seek to transfer its variance to Dyno Nobel was predicated on its reading ofthat regulation: that only a petitioner to whom a regulation is applicable may seek variance relief. The Board made clear that no regulations were applicable to Dyuo Nobel because it did not own a regulated facility, and therefore it could seek its own variance relief"[i]fin the fact the ... closing occurs, consistent with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.202." Ensign-Bicl

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regulation. Section I04.230 ("Dismissal of Petition") confirms this interpretation by providing that a variance petition "is subject to dismissal ifthe Board determines that

... (d) [t}he petitioner is not subject to the rule or regulation, requirement, or order of the Board at issue." 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.230(d) (emphasis added). The rule that variances are granted only to entities that actually own regulated facilities reflects good policy. Throughout its history, the Board has been careful to avoid issuing advisory opinions on hypothetical questions. See, e.g., Granite City Steel Co. v. !EPA, PCB 72- 34 (Feb. 7, 1972) (dismissing variance petition as premature and as calling for an improper advisory opinion). In 1996, the Board considered (but ultimately did not adopt) procedural rules for the Board's issuance ofdeclaratory rulings. See In the Matter ofRevision of the Board's Procedural Rules: 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101-130, PCB 97-8 (Oct. 3, 1996). The Board noted that it had traditionally eschewed such orders: "The Board continues to be in the business of settling

cases or controversies, and does not intend to get into the business of answering merely hypothetical questions." !d., slip op. at 142 In this case, the issue presented by Petitioners is explicitly hypothetical: if a number of other conditions precedent are satisfied and the proposed transactions between IPH, Medina Valley, and AER actually occur, would IPH and Medina Valley then be entitled to variance relief? 3 Under Petitioners' interpretation ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Act

2 Petitioners cite a single case in support oftheir argument: Allied Chemical Cmp. & Inverness Mining Co. v. !EPA, PCB 80-92, Order (May I, 1980); Opinion and Order (June 12, 1980). However, the orders in that case do not reflect that the Board granted any variance reliefto the purchaser ofthe subject facility before the transaction had closed. Citizens Groups attempted to review the remainder ofthe pleadings in the docket for PCB 80-92, but they were unavailable in the Board's archives. 3 Aside from the Board's approval ofvariance relieffrom the MPS, there are a number ofother conditions that must be met for the proposed transactions to close, including approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). Ameren and Dynegy's application for FERC approval, including at PDF page 153 the relevant contractual provision setting out conditions to the completion ofthe transfer ofthe MPS plants, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. FERC has not yet approved the transfer.

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("Act") and the Board's regulations, any entity interested in purchasing a facility would have the right to come before the Board and seek a binding order on potential variance reliefthat may or may not ultimately be necessary, based on the petitioner's representation ofwhat conditions are likely to be present at the time ofthe transaction. This interpretation ofthe Act and regulations puts an unnecessary burden on both the Board and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency"), which is required to respond to variance petitions. It is bad policy, and as discussed above, it is inconsistent with the Board's regulations and precedent. Moreover, even under the proposed transactions, Medina Valley would not be subject to the MPS, and therefore has no need or eligibility for a variance. The only coal plants that Medina Valley would take ownership of are Meredosia and Hutsonville, which were shut down by AER almost two years ago, in December 20 II. Because they are shut down, these plants are

no longer subject to the MPS. This conclusion is apparent from the plain language ofthe MPS and is supported by Agency testimony during the underlying MPS rulemaking. The MPS sets out "overall S02 annual emission rate[s]" that are applicable to "the EGUs in the Ameren MPS Group." 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(c)(iii). For purposes ofthe MPS,

an "EGU" is defined as "a fossil fuel-fired stationary boiler

... that serves a generator that has a nameplate capacity greater than 25 MW andproduces electricity for sale." 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.130 (emphasis added). Here, Meredosia and Hutsonville no longer produce electricity for sale; they therefore are no longer EGUs subject to regulation under the MPS. This interpretation is confirmed by the same Agency testimony in In the Matter ofProposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225 Control ofEmissionsfi'om Large Combustion Sources, R06-25 (Tr. Aug. 15,2006, a.m.) cited by Petitioners at PDF pages 14-16 ofthe Petition. Petitioners cited to Agency testimony

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regarding the effect ofthe sale of a plant regulated by the MPS. They did not, however, cite to the subsequent testimony regarding the effect ofthe shutdown of an MPS plant: MS. BASSI: And what if Ameren sold another plant to Company Y and Ameren sold another one-it's got 21 plants or units or whatever-and it sold them all over the place and Ameren went out of existence? Although it would have a lot ofmoney then. MR. MENNE: Not necessarily. MR. ROMAINE: As the rule is currently drafted, the MPS group would still be in existence and there would be a system-wide rate that would be applicable to those units. MS. BASSI: What ifone ofthose plants were shut down? MR. ROMAINE: 

### Well, then thatpa11icularplant would no longer have to worry about the complexities of this. MS. BASSI: Would they get to average zero? MR. ROMAINE: There wouldn't be an average of zero because there would be neither emissions nor heat input. They would not be contributing to the systemwide average once shut down. MS. BASSI: What ifit started up after ten years? MR. ROMAINE: 

### Another speculative contingency we haven't addressed. I don't believe that powerplants usually shut down for ten years and stm1 back up. !d. 

### at tr. 

### 350-51 (emphasis added). Under the proposed transaction, Medina Valley's purchase of shut down plants would not subject it to MPS requirements. Medina Valley therefore does not require any variance relief. Neither the Board nor the Agency should be required to expend resources to answer hypothetical questions. That result is foreclosed by the Board's regulations, which make clear that only those entities that are subj eel to a regulation may seek relief from it. As in 

### EnsignBickford, IPH should seek variance reliefonly ifthe proposed transactions actually occur.

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II. Any Potential Hardship Alleged by IPH in Complying With the MPS Will Have Been Self-Imposed Through IPH's Willing Purchase of AER's facilities. Petitioners also are not entitled to variance reliefbecause any hardship would be selfimposed. 

### In evaluating whether the proposed variances are necessary to avoid an "arbitrary or unreasonable hardship," 415 ILCS 5/35, the Board must balance individual hardship against environmental impact. Monsanto Co. v. !PCB, 67 Ill. 2d 276, 292 (1977). The Board should discount "hardships" that have been imposed by the petitioner's own business decisions. See, e.g., Ekco Glaco v. !EPA, PCB 87-41 (Dec. 17, 1987), at 6. 

### In this case, any hardship claimed by IPH would be self-imposed because IPH is voluntarily entering into an agreement to purchase AER's plants knowing ofthe requirements ofthe MPS and ofthe financial obligations that would result from this business decision. See, e.g., Bravo-Ernst v. !EPA, PCB 81-62 (Dec. 3, 1981), slip op. at 2; Skyway Realty v. !EPA, PCB 75-249 (Sept. 18, 1975), slip op. at 2; cf Copley Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. City of Aurora, 99 Ill. App. 3d 217, 222 (2d Dist. 1981) (holding that a hardship was self-imposed when the petitioner "bought the property knowing the restrictions"). Petitioners acknowledge this precedent, but attempt to distinguish it by claiming that, by seeking a variance pre-closing, IPH is acting responsibly by not expending resources before it

can be certain that variance reliefwill be available. (Petition at PDF page 53.) But whether IPH seeks reliefbefore or after a transfer, its claimed hardship ultimately has the same cause: !PH's purchase offacilities without the fmancial wherewithal to ensure they can comply with Illinois law. What Petitioners never acknowledge is that variance reliefwould be unnecessary if !PH's speculative venture were properly capitalized in the first place. As discussed in the Citizens Groups' comments on IPH and AER's earlier motion to transfer variance relief, under the

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proposed transaction, IPH would voluntarily take on a staggering amount ofAmeren debt, the obligation consisting of approximately $825 million in notes. See Exhibit B, Dynegy, Inc. Form 8-K (March 14, 2013), at Exhibit 99.2 (PDF page 17). The cause of any IPH hardship ultimately is a lack of sufficient capital to simultaneously service this debt, operate the MPS plants, and make the capital investments necessary to comply with illinois law. 4 IPH'sjustification for the variance-that it will be unable to comply with the MPS because ofthe terms ofthe deal that it negotiated-ignores precedent holding that outcomes from business decisions are self-imposed hardships that do not qualifY for a variance. See, e.g., Ekco Glaco, slip op. at 6 (concluding that "any hardship in complying with the

... regulations is largely self-imposed, in that it results from prior business decisions."). IPH is not compelled to purchase the plants for any specific negotiated tenns. Since this is a business decision and a voluntary acquisition ofthe plants, any hardship from complying with the MPS is self-imposed. Petitioners argue here for a rule that regulated entities must be allowed to "contract for, and achieve through the Board's processes, a variance relief for the same exact facilities, pursuant to the same exact regulatory provisions, that the current owner had achieved under virtually the same circumstances." (Petition at PDF page 53). Petitioners' rule turns wisdom on its head. Regulated entities cannot "contract for" relieffrom State law, just because the preceding owner ofthe facility had been granted that same relief. To the contrary, it is reasonable for regulators to assume that regulated entities will comply with State law, and will
not voluntarily enter into business transactions under terms that would hobble them from complying. There is no argument here that compliance is physically or technically impossible. Rather, it is a question offinancial resources. Under this transaction, IPH would willingly enter

4 As discussed in Section I, above, Medina Valley would not be subject to any MPS requirements; it therefore faces no hardship and, again, has no need for a variance from MPS requirements.

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into ownership ofthe MPS plants and voluntarily take on stagge1ing debt without the sufficient capital to comply with State law. This is, by definition, a self-imposed hardship, and it should be disregarded by the Board. Again, Petitioners' proposed variances must be denied. III. Petitioners Have Failed to Accurately Set Out the Proposed Variances' Negative Environmental Impact. The proposed variances also must be rejected because Petitioners have grossly understated their environmental impact. In considering whether to allow a variance, the Board's duty is to consider the "injury to the public or the environment fi'om a grant of the variance." Marathon Oil Co. v.IEPA, 242 Ill. App. 3d 200,206 (5th Dist. 1993) (emphasis added). See also 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.204(g)(1) (requiring the comparison of emissions "ifthe variance is granted

... to that which would result ifimmediate compliance is required"). Petitioners should acknowledge the basic fact that State air quality will be better if IPH is required to install pollution controls by 2015, instead ofby 2020. Operating an unscrubbed coal plant for five more years will result in tens ofthousands of excess tons ofsulfur dioxide emissions over the course ofthe variance. See Petition Ex. 5 (identifYing 2012 S02 emissions of 16,520 tons for Newton, as well as 16,991 tons for Joppa and 11,803 tons for E.D. Edwards). The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") demonstrated last month that these emissions have significant public health consequences for the communities neighboring these plants. On July 25, 2013, USEPA designated Hollis Township in Peoria County, Illinois, the location ofE.D. Edwards, as being in nonattainment with the one-hour S02 National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS"). See http://www.epa.gov/so2designations/pdfs/20130725fr.pdf at 31-32. This designation was based

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nonattainment will be made using computer modeling and additional monitoring for areas that cu!Tently lack air quality monitors, such as Newton and Joppa. See USEPA, Next Steps for Area Designations and Implementation of the Sulfur Dioxide NationalAmbientAir Quality Standard (Feb. 7, 2013), available at http://www.epa.gov/so2designations/pdfs/20130725fr.pdf. Petitioners' claim that the variances would provide an environmental benefit is based on irrelevant factors, including AER's emissions this year and a supposed benefit from the shutdown ofMeredosia and Hutsonville almost two years ago. The Board already has held that these pre-variance emissions are not relevant when assessing a proposed variance's environmental impact. Ameren Energy Resources, LLC v. !EPA, PCB 12-126 ("AER") (Sept. 20, 2012), slip op. at 57. In this case, IPH and AER do not expect to complete the proposed transaction until the end of2013. See Petition at PDF page 37 ("Assuming the transaction closes, IPH and Ameren anticipate closing on the transaction in the fourth quarter of2013."). The starting point for addressing the environmental impacts ofiPH's proposed variance, therefore, should be calendar year 2014. Neither should any "benefits" from the closure ofthe Meredosia and Hutsonville plants by AER two years ago be considered in assessing IPH's proposed variance. As discussed in Section I, above, those plants are no longer subject to the MPS. Medina Valley does not require a variance for these plants. Instead, the environmental impact ofIPH's proposed variance must be assessed on its own merits, based on the five plants that IPH would operate. This would be consistent with the Board's June 6, 2013 order stating that any variance request related to the five plants IPH proposes to purchase would require "a

new analysis specifically related to the five facilities in the requested variance." AER (June 6, 2013), slip op. at II. Because IPH has failed to provide an adequate demonstration ofthe environmental impact ofits proposed variance, the variance must be denied.

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IV. Conclusion. For the reasons addressed in this Objection, the Board should deny the Petition for Variance. Ifthe Board does not deny the Petition outright, Citizen Groups will provide additional comments following the September 17, 2013 public hearing.

DATED: August 15,2013 Respectfully submitted,

Faith Bugel Andrew Armstrong Environmental Law and Policy Center 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60601 312-795-3708 FBugel@elpc.org AArmstrong(ciJ,elpc.org

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Andrew Armstrong, hereby certify that I have filed the attached OBJECTION on behalfofthe Environmental Law and Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratmy Health Association, and Sierra Club in PCB 2014-010. The aforementioned documents have been served upon the attached service list by depositing said documents in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, in Chicago, Illinois on August 15, 2013.

Respectfully submitted,

Andrew Armstrong StaffAttorney Environmental Law & Policy Center 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 Chicago, Illinois 6060 I 312-795-3738 aarmstrong@elpc.org

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SERVICE LIST August I 5, 2013 Gina Roccaforte, Assistant Counsel Illinois EPA 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276

Claire A. Manning William D. Ingersoll Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP 205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Springfield, Illinois 62705-2459 Renee Cipriano Amy Antoniolli SchiffHardin, LLP 6600 Willis Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 John Therriault, Assistant Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center Suite 11-500 100 West Randolph Chicago, Illinois 6060 I

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CO:\'TROL BOARD ILLINOIS POWER HOLD!:-JGS, LLC and ) AMERENEKERGY MEDINA VALLEY )**roG~.u~** 

## ) ) Petitioners, ) ) AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, ) ) Co-Petitioner, ) )**~** 

### ) ) ILLINOIS ENVIRON:\1ENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) PCB 14-10 (Variance

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NOTICE TO: John Therriault, Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 Chicago, IL 60601 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that 1 have today filed with the Office ofthe Pollution Control Board the RECOJ\1l\1ENDATION ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon you.

DATED: September 5, 2013 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 217.782.5544 217.782.9143 (TDD) ILLINOIS ENVJROl\ l\1ENTAL PROTECTION AGEKCY By: 

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THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER ATTACHMENT

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY ) COGEN, LLC, ) ) Petitioners, ) ) AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, ) ) Co-Petitioner, ) ) 

### v. ) ) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) PCB 14-10 (Variance- Air)

RECOMMENDATION NOW COMES the illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("illinois EPA") by its attorney, Gina Roccaforte, in response to the Petition for Variance ofiLLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC ("IPH") and AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY COGEN, LLC ("Medina Valley") (collectively, "Petitioners") and, along withAMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC ("AER"), ("Co-Petitioner''), from both the 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioxide ("S02 ") emission rate provisions ofthe Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS"), 35 III. Adm. Code 225.233; specifically, the S02emission standards set forth in Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). Petitioners seek relieffrom 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 three years, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31,2019. Pursuant to Section 37(a) ofthe Illinois Environmental Protection Act ("Act") [415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2012)] and 35 III. Adm. Code I04.216, the Illinois EPA neither supports nor objects to the Illinois Pollution Control Board ("Board") granting the Petition subject to the terms and conditions contained



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herein. This position takes into consideration the net environmental benefit that the Petitioners and Co-Petitioner have described in their Petition and is consistent with the Illinois EPA's previously-stated position when presented with the same set ofenvironmental circumstances. In support ofits recommendation, the Illinois EPA states as follows: I. INTRODUCTION 1. On July 22, 2013, Petitioners and Co-Petitioner filed a Petition for Variance requesting that the Board grant a variance from both the 2015 and 2017 sulfur dioxide emission
rate provisions ofthe Illinois MPS, specifically the SQz standards set forth 

### in Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). Petitioners seek relieffrom 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 three years, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2019. 2. Petitioners specifically seek a variance from the requirement that the seven affected facilities under the MPS ("MPS Group") comply with Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii), which is a system-wide S02 annual emission rate of0.25 pound per million British thermal units ("lb/mmBtu") for calendar years 2015 and 2016, and Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv), which is a system-wide SOz annual emission rate of0.23 lb/mmBtu for calendar year 2017 and each calendar year thereafter. 3. Petitioners and Co-Petitioner have filed this Petition in order to allow for what they characterize as a "seamless regulatory transition" in concert with a planned change in ownership ofthe MPS Group from the current owner, Co-Petitioner AER, to the new owners, Petitioners !PH and Medina Valley. As will be discussed in further detail 

### infi"a, Petitioners seek
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must provide public notice of any petition for variance within 14 days after filing ofthe 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) (2012). Section 104.214(b) requires the lllinois EPA to serve written notice of a petition on the County State's Attorney, the Chairman ofthe County Board, each member ofthe General Assembly from the legislative district affected, and any person in the county who has in writing requested notice ofvariance petitions. The lllinois EPA published the required notice in the Metropolis Planet on July 24, 2013, and the Newton Press-Mentor, the Canton Daily Ledger, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, the Robinson Daily News, the Peoria Journal Star, and the Hillsboro Journal-News on July 25, 2013. Also, consistent with Section 104.214(b), the Illinois EPA mailed notices ofthe Petition for Variance on July 23, 2013. 5. To date, the Illinois EPA has received one written comment, but no requests for hearing. See, Exhibit 1, attached. 6. Pursuant to the Board's procedural rules, "[w]ithin 21 days after the publication ofnotice, the Agency must file with the Board a certification ofpublication that states the date

on which the notice was published and must attach a copy ofthe published notice." See, 35 Ill. Adm. Code I04.214(£). The Illinois EPA has filed a certification ofpublication within this time frame. 7. 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 offiling ofthe petition or any 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.

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II. BACKGROUND · 8. On May 3, 2012, Co-Petitioner AER filed a Petition for Variance, and on September 20, 2012, the Board granted AER relieffor the electrical generating units in AER's MPS Group from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for three years, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2019. Ameren Energy Resources v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 

### PCB 12-126 (September 20, 2012) ("PCB 12-126" or "Variance Opinion"). 9. The MPS Group includes 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 2) The Illinois EPA agrees with this statement and notes that the composition ofthe MPS Group will not change ifthe variance request is granted. As ofthe filing ofthis Petition, electricity continues to be generated at five ofthese facilities, since AER committed in PCB 12-126 to cease operation ofthe electric generating units at Meredosia and Hutsonville during the term ofthe granted variance. (Pet. at 17) Currently, all ofthese counties are designated attainment for all pollutants. 1 

### 10. The PCB 12-126 variance involved alternative emission rates for SO, from those promulgated in Sections 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv) ofthe Board's rules. (Pet. at 2) Without

1 As to the 2010 primary S02 National Ambient Air Quality Standard, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") established the air quality designations for the State, effective October 4, 2013. 78 Fed. Reg. 47191 (August 5, 2013). The USEPA designated as nonattainment the Lemont, IL designated area, which includes Cook County (partial-Lemont Township) and Will County (partial-DuPage Township and Lockport Township), and the Pekin, IL designated area, which includes Tazewell County (partial-Cincinnati Township and Pekin Township) and Peoria County (partial-Hollis Township). 78 Fed. Reg. 47199 (August 5, 2013). 4

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such relief, the plants were required to achieve a system wide (all seven plants) annual SO, emission limit of 0.25 lb/mmBtu beginning in 2015 and 0.23 lb/mmBtu beginning in 2017. (Pet.
at 3) In accordance with Section 35(a) ofthe Act, the Board found that immediate compliance with the 2015 and 2017 SO, annual emission rates would have posed an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship. (Pet. at 3) 11. In its compliance plan in PCB 12-126, AER voluntarily committed to make earlier SO, emission reductions than otherwise required during the years 2012 through 2014. (Pet. at 3) Subsequent to discussions with the TI!inois EPA, AER committed to, and the Board's Order imposed, mitigation SO, annual emission rates to be met during the variance term. (Pet. at 3) The Board-ordered compliance plan also required AER not to operate the generating units at two ofthe plants [Meredosia and Hutsonville] from 2012 through 2020, and set certain milestones and reporting dates related to the construction ofthe flue gas desulfurization ("FGD") project at the Newton Energy Center ("Newton FGD project"). (Pet. at 3) 12. The Board found that AER had demonstrated that requiring compliance with the MPS overall SO, annual emission rates by 2015 and 2017 would impose an unreasonable hardship on AER and granted the requested relie£ (Pet. at 3) In granting the relief, the Board also determined that the earlier, more stringent SO, annual emission rates provided for in the compliance plan would result in a net benefit to Illinois air quality. (Pet. at 3) 13. Petitioners state that subsequent to the Variance Opinion and due to the continued volatility ofthe merchant generating business, historically low power prices and a bleak financial outlook, Ameren Corporation ("Ameren"), AER's parent company, made a fundamental business decision to exit the merchant generating business. (Pet. at 4) Thereafter, Ameren entered into a Transaction Agreement ("Agreement") with IPH, an indirect subsidiary ofDynegy

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Inc. ("Dynegy"), dated March 14, 2013. (Pet. at 4) Petitioners indicate that the Agreement was negotiated and carefully crafted to change ownership ofthe MPS Group and secure the variance relief and concomitant compliance obligations deemed appropriate by the Board in PCB 12-126. (Pet. at 4) Petitioners state that in connection with the closing ofthe transaction, Ameren will initiate a reorganization of AER, which creates "New AER" for the acceptance ofthe active generating facilities ofthe MPS Group (Coffeen, Duck Creek, E.D. Edwards, Joppa, Newton) which will then be acquired by IPH. (Pet. at 4) IPH will then acquire New AER [including subsidiaries Ameren Energy Generating Company ("GENCO"), AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company ("AERG"), Ameren Energy Marketing Company ("Ameren Marketing"), Electric Energy, Inc., and Midwest Electric Power, Inc.] and the five active generating plants. (Pet. at 4 and 35, fn. 21) The facilities required to remain shuttered under PCB 12-126 (Meredosia and Hutsonville) will be acquired by Petitioner Medina Valley, an indirect subsidiary ofAmeren. (Pet. at 4) 14. On May 2, 2013, in order to effectuate the transaction, IPH and AER filed ajoint Motion to Reopen the Docket and Substitute Parties in PCB 12-126 ('Motion"). (Pet. at 4) On June 6, 2013, the Board issued an Order denying the Motion which nonetheless stated: IPH may file a variance petition consistent with Section 104.202(a) ofthe Board's regulations, or may make any other appropriate filing concerning the facilities consistent with this order. (Pet. at4) 15. Accordingly, Petitioners and Co-Petitioner have filed this Petition. 2 Petitioners
state that in considering any request for relief, the Board must include in its analysis all seven

2 On August 15,2013, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory Health Association, and Sierra Club filed an Objection to the Petition for Variance with the Board challenging the legal sufficiency ofthe Petition. This Reconunendation is focused on what disposition should be made ofthe Petition. As to whether or not Petitioners may properly seek the variance relief requested given the pendency ofthe 6

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facilities that comprise the MPS Group, as a whole, as it did in PCB 12-126, regardless ofwho

owns the facilities. (Pet. at 

### I0) Furthermore, Petitioners state that the variance granted in PCB 12-126 applies to the same MPS Group facilities that are the subject ofthis Petition and concerns the same specific regulatory framework relevant to that MPS Group. (Pet. at 13) Petitioners
assert that such reliefis an essential term ofthe transaction and is as relevant to IPH as it is to AER and the same arbitrary and unreasonable hardship results to IPH ifthe reliefis not granted. (Pet. at 13-14) 16. Petitioners request additional time to comply with the 2015 and 2017 S02 emission rates due to the fact that regulatory uncertainty still exists at the Federal level, Illinois power generators operate at an economic disadvantage compared to competitors in surrounding states, and power market prices cannot support the necessary capital expenditures to complete the Newton FGD project in time to meet those rates. (Pet. at 25-30) Petitioners state that unless the requested variance reliefis granted, plant closures are inevitable. (Pet. at 30) 17. The operating Energy Centers employ approximately 604 persons. (Pet. at 18) The Energy Centers are ofsignificant economic benefit to the State of Illinois and its workforce, and according to Petitioners, accounting for an estimated total economic impact on Illinois of approximately 

### $1.5 billion annually and approximately 

### 6,200 total direct and indirectjobs. (Pet.
at 18) 18. Principal emissions at the MPS power plants consist of S0 2, nitrogen oxides (''NOx"), and particulate matter ("PM"). (Pet. at 17) The MPS Group power plants generally control S02 emissions with pollution control equipment at several facilities as well as through the

use oflow sulfur coal, including blending low sulfur coal with Illinois coal containing higher

related transaction that would transfer ownership ofthe Energy Centers in question, the Illinois EPA posits that any ruling by the Board be specifically limited to the unique facts ofthe situation presented.

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levels ofsulfur. (Pet. at 17) In particular, three scrubbers (a.k.a. "FGD units") are in service at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers. (Pet. at 17) NOx emissions are generally controlled by selective catalytic reduction systems ("SCRs"), low NOx burners ("LNB"), overfired air ("OFA"), and burning various combinations oflow sulfur coal. (Pet. at 17) PM is generally controlled through the use offlue gas conditioning and electrostatic precipitators ("ESPs"). (Pet. at 17-18) Mercury emissions are controlled through the use ofscrubbers and sorbent injection technologies. (Pet. at 18) 19. In May 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") promulgated the Clean Air Mercury Rule ("CAMR") that established a cap on mercury emissions from coal-fired EGUs serving generators with nameplate capacity greater than 25 megawatts ("MW"). 70 Fed. Reg. 28606 (May 18, 2005). In February 2008, the United States Court ofAppeals for the District ofColumbia vacated the CAMR. State of New Jersey v. Environmental Protection Agency, 517 F.3d 574 (D.C. Cir. 2008). On May 3, 2011, in response to the vacatur ofthe CAMR, the USEPA proposed and finalized mercury and air taxies 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. 77 Fed. Reg. 9304 (February 16, 2012). While such standards are in effect for all sources, certain aspects ofthose standards are currently under reconsideration by USEPA. 77 Fed. Reg. 71323 (November 30, 2012) and 78 Fed. Reg. 38001 (June 25, 2013). 20. In May 2005, the USEPA also promulgated the Clean Air Interstate Rule ("CAIR'') requiring reductions of emissions of S02 and NOx to address interstate ozone and fine particulate ("PM2.5 ") pollution. 70 Fed. Reg. 25162 (May 12, 2005). However, in July 2008, the United States Court ofAppeals for the District ofColumbia vacated the CAIR. North Carolina

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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 USEPA replaced it with a new rule. North Carolina v. 

### EPA, 550 F.3d 1176 (D.C. Cir. 2008). 21. On July 6, 2011, the USEPA promulgated the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ("CSAPR") as a replacement to the CAIR. 76 Fed. Reg. 48208 (August 8, 2011). Several parties challenged the CSAPR, and the United States Court ofAppeals for the District of Columbia also vacated this rule on August 21,2012, concluding that the appropriate course is for USEPA to continue to administer the CAIR pending its development ofa valid replacement. 

### EME Homer City Generation, 

### L.P. v. 

### E.P.A., 696 F.3d 7 (D.C. Cir. 2012). However, on June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari. 

### E.P.A. 

### v. EMEHomer City Generation, 

### L.P., 133 S.Ct. 2857, cert. granted (June 24, 2013). 22. On June 25, 2013, President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan that directs USEPA to issue final carbon pollution reduction standards for existing power plants no later than June 1, 2015. See, 78 Fed. Reg. 39535 (July 1, 2013). 23. To date, Petitioners state that Co-Petitioner AER has spent over $1 billion in capital expenditures to comply with its MPS Group environmental obligations. (Pet. at 24) That includes installation of S02 scrubbers on three units at a cost ofover $813 million, installation of SCR systems to reduce N Ox emissions at three plants at a cost ofover $177 million, and installation of activated carbon injection ("ACI") technology on 12 units at a cost of over $20 million. (Pet. at 24) In addition, Petitioners further state that AER has spent over $7 million annually in operating costs for the SCRs and a total ofabout $17 million for operation ofthe ACI systems. (Pet. at 24) 24. Petitioners indicate that total costs ofconstruction for the two FGD units at the

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Newton Energy Center are estimated to be approximately $500 million. (Pet. at 24) Petitioners
state that approximately one halfofthe total costs have been spent to date. (Pet. at 25) In accordance with the construction milestones in the proposed variance order, IPH has budgeted $18 million in annual expenditures through 2017 with the remainder oftotal estimated spending scheduled for 2018 and 2019 to complete construction ofthe Newton FGDs and achieve compliance at the end ofthe variance period. (Pet. at 25) In addition, for the five Energy Centers, IPH estimates several million dollars in average annual Operations and Maintenance ("O&M") expenditures through2019 to comply with the MPS NO, and mercury emission limits. (Pet. at 25) 25. IPH's parent company, Dynegy, through its subsidiaries, Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC ("DMG") and Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC ("Dynegy Kendall"), owns and operates five coal and natural gas-fired power generation facilities in Illinois, with the capacity ofproducing approximately 4,200 MW ofreliable, low cost energy for wholesale consumers. (Pet. at 56) DMG's generating assets include four operating coal-fired electric generating stations located in Southern Illinois: the Baldwin Energy Complex (Randolph County), the Havana Power Station (Mason County), the Hennepin Power Station (Putnam County), and the Wood River Power Station (Madison County). (Pet. at 56) In November 2011, DMG permanently retired a fifth coal-fired power plant, the Vermilion Power Station (Vermilion County). (Pet. at 56) 26. Through its subsidiaries, Dynegy employs approximately 600 full-time employees in Illinois, employing approximately 550 persons at its lllinois power stations and approximately 50 persons at its corporate office located in O'Fallon, lllinois. (Pet. at 56) Petitioners indicate that the economic impact ofDynegy's operations in illinois and in the affected local Illinois

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communities is significant. (Pet. at 56) Petitioners state that in 2012 Dynegy's direct investments in Illinois (i.e., maintenance, capital, and taxes) totaled approximately $261 million. (Pet. at 56-57) 27. After further discussions subsequent to the filing ofthe Petition for Variance, Petitioner IPH, DMG, Dynegy Kendall, and the Illinois EPA entered into a Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") whereby Petitioner IPH, DMG, and Dynegy Kendall commit to additional steps and actions that will result in further improvement ofair quality in the State. 

### See, Exhibit 2, attached. The specifics ofthe MOA are set forth in detail infra. 28. There are no pending State enforcement actions against the Petitioners or CoPetitioner. ill. RELIEF REQUESTED 29. The MPS establishes control requirements and standards for emissions ofNO., S02 , and mercury as an alternative to compliance with the emission standards under Section 225.230(a). 35 ill. Adm. Code 225.233(a)(l). Specifically, regarding S02 emissions standards, Section 225.233(e)(3)(C) provides, in part, as follows: Section 217.233 Multi-Pollutant Standards (MPS) 

## * * * e) Emission Standards for NO, aod S02• 

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the EGUs must comply with an overall S02 

### annual emission rate of0.5 0 lb/million Btu. ii) In calendar year 2014, for the EGUs in the Arneren MPS Group, the owner and operator ofthe EGUs must comply with an overall S02 

### annual emission rate of0.43 lb/million Btu. iii) Beginning in calendar year 2015 and continuing in calendar year 2016, for the EGUs in the Arneren MPS Group, the owner and operator ofthe EGUs must comply with an overall SOz annual emission rate of0.25lb/million Btu. iv) Beginning in calendar year 2017 and continuing in each calendar year thereafter, for the EGUs in the Arneren MPS Group, the owner and operator ofthe EGUs must comply with an overall S02 

### annual emission rate of0.23 lb /million Btu. 

## * * * 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(C)(i-iv). 30. Petitioners request a variance from the S02 

### emission standards set forth in 35 lll. Adm. Code 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). Petitioners specifically request a variance from the requirement that the seven affected MPS Group facilities comply with a system-wide S02 

### annual emission rate of0.25lb/mmBtu for the period from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2019, and a system-wide SOz annual emission rate of0.23 lb/mmBtu for the period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019. 31. The Petitioners' bases for requesting additional time to comply with the 2015 and 2017 S02 

### emission rates under the MPS is due to the fact that regulatory uncertainty still exists
at the Federallevel, Illinois power generators operate at an economic disadvantage compared to competitors in surrounding states, and power market prices cannot support the necessary capital expenditures to complete the Newton FGD project in time to meet those rates. (Pet. at 25-30)

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Petitioners state that unless the requested variance reliefis granted, plant closures are inevitable. (Pet. at30) 32. Petitioners state that consistent with Section 35(a) ofthe Act, the Board, in PCB 12-126, found adequate proofthat compliance with the MPS would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship. (Pet. at 15) Petitioners further state that utilizing the framework the Board established in PCB 12-126, relative to the very same MPS Group relevant here, as well as the same relevant regulation, Petitioners seek the identical relief. (Pet. at 15) Petitioners indicate that the Petition does take into account current economic, market, and regulatory conditions,

even though those conditions are materially the same as existed at the time ofthe filing ofPCB 12-126 on May 3, 2012. (Pet. at 15) 33. In support ofits request for relief, and as an integral part ofthe variance compliance plan, Petitioners propose that the MPS Group will meet an overall S02 annual mitigation emission rate of0.35 lb/mmBtu through 2019, as opposed to the MPS requirement of 0.25 lb/mmBtu for calendar years 2015 and 2016 and 0.23 lb/mmBtu for calendar year 2017 and each calendar year thereafter. (Pet. at 20) The proposed rate will effectively conunit Petitioner IPH to (a) maximize FGD performance at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers, (b) continue to bum low sulfur coal (0.55 lbs sulfur/mmBtu) from the Powder River Basin at the E.D. Edwards, Joppa and Newton Energy Centers, and (c) manage generation as necessary to maintain compliance. (Pet. at 21) Further, Petitioner Medina Valley also will commit to the continued cessation ofoperations ofthe electrical generating units at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers through December 31,2020, with the exception ofthe FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center. (Pet. at 21) Petitioner IPH will maintain a continuous program ofconstruction at the Newton Energy Center, on the existing schedule set forth in the

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Variance Opinion, so as to be in a position to have the Newton FGD project completed and operational to meet compliance obligations. (Pet. at 21) Proceeding in this manner will position the Petitioners for compliance with the MPS' final overall S02 

### annual emission rate (0.23 lb/mmBtu) beginning in 2020, with the installation and operation ofthe Newton FGDs. (Pet. at 21) IV. FACTS PRESENTED IN THE PETITION 34. 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 one written comment regarding the Petition. 

### See, Exhibit 1, attached. V. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 35. Pursuant to Section 104.216(b)(2), the Illinois EPA is required to state the location ofthe nearest air monitoring station, where applicable. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216(b)(2). Exhibit 3 ofthe Petition for Variance contains a copy ofthe map included in the Illinois EPA's Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2011. The locations ofthe air quality monitoring stations relative to the facilities are delineated on page 34 ofthis report and contained in Petitioners' Exhibit 3. 36. Petitioners state that despite delaying the effective date ofthe 2015 and 2017 MPS S02 

### annual emission rates during the variance period, Petitioners have voluntarily offered
to meet an earlier more stringent S02 emissions rate in mitigation resulting in total S02 

### mass emissions lower than the projected emissions under the current MPS S02 

### annual emission rates, and thus providing a net environmental benefit to the State, (Pet. at 58) Petitioners further state that the environmental benefit under PCB 12-126 will continue with the extension ofthe variance to the new owners ofthe MPS Group, as the Petitioners here propose the same

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compliance plan. (Pet. at 58) 37. Petitioners state that they have demonstrated this net environmental benefit by both estimating the tons of SOz emissions reduced from 2010 through 2020 and from 2013 through 2020. (Pet. at 58-59) Petitioners' calculations demonstrate that over the relevant period, fewer tons of S02 will be emitted into the air by the end ofthe variance term than would be under the MPS. (Pet. at 59. 

### See, also, Petitioners' Exhibit 10.) 38. Petitioners demonstrate a net environmental benefit of74,303 fewer tons of S02 emitted for years 2010 through 2020. (Pet. at 59. 

### See, also, Petitioners' Exhibit 10, Table 1.) Petitioners further state that it is critical to view the overall reductions during the time period from 2010 through 2020. (Pet. at 59) Petitioners assert this time period illustrates what would have been allowed under the MPS and compares those emissions with those from the MPS Group factoring in: (1) actual emissions; (2) the mitigation rates from the 2012 variance (same as those in the requested relief); and (3) the shuttering of Hutsonville and Meredosia. (Pet. at 59) Petitioners point out that the actual tons of S02 emitted during 2012 were even less than projected 

### in PCB 12-126. (Pet. at 59) Petitioners state that all ofthese factors have resulted in benefits to human health and the environment not otherwise required under the MPS. (Pet. at 59) Further, Petitioners indicate that the requested reliefincludes a provision to not operate the electric generating units at Hutsonville and Meredosia through December 31, 2020, thereby providing a benefit through the end of2020. (Pet. at 59) 39. Petitioners assert that even ifthe Board were to look only at the years in the requested reliefthat IPH and Medina Valley are scheduled to take ownership ofthe MPS Group-the time period from 2013 through 2020-in analyzing the environmental impact ofthe variance, Petitioners demonstrate that the MPS Group will achieve a net environmental benefit of

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7,778 fewer tons of 802 ifthe variance is granted compared to current MPS requirements. (Pet.
at 59-60. 

### See, also, Petitioners' Exhibit 10, Table 2.) Petitioners state that under either scenario,

a net environmental benefit exists. (Pet. at 60) Petitioners point out that that no adverse environmental impact exists to outweigh the hardships associated with plant closures. (Pet. at 60) 40. Petitioners further assert other collateral environmental benefits to its compliance plan. Petitioners expect that the MPS Group will achieve even more 802 emissions reductions during the term ofthe requested variance period than the reductions identified in their calculations. (Pet. at 61-62) First, based on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator ("MISO") information currently available, Petitioner IPH expects that E.D. Edwards Unit I will be retired before the end ofthe requested variance term. (Pet. at 62) Petitioners' calculations do
not reflect the expected retirement ofE.D. Edwards Unit 1 given that the retirement date for the unit rests with MISO and is beyond !PH's control. (Pet. at 62) 41. Furthermore, Petitioner IPH anticipates that, in order to meet the 0.35 lb/mmBtu overall S02 annual mitigation emission rate, it may, at times, use even lower sulfur coal than included in AER's commitment for Newton, E.D. Edwards and Joppa. (Pet. at 62) Petitioners' calculations do not account for !PH's expectation that lower than 0.55lb/mmBtu sulfur coal may be used to some extent at these three Energy Centers, based on availability, performance risk, price, and MPS Group emission performance. (Pet. at 62) Moreover, such calculations do not reflect the expected reduction in S02 emissions that will occur in 2019 due to the extended unit outages at Newton that will be required to complete the installation ofthe two FGDs and the fact that the FGDs 

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ofthe FGDs will most likely be operating for a portion ofcalendar year 2019. (Pet. at 62) Petitioners point out that while these expected emission reductions cannot at this point be reasonably quantified, the Board should be aware that such will likely occur, especially in the later years ofthe variance. (Pet. at 62) 42. As stated 

### supra, Petitioners commit to meet an overall S02 annual mitigation emission rate of0.35lb/mmBtu from 2013 through 2019 and to the continued cessation of operations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers through December 31, 2020, with the exception ofthe FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center. (Pet. at 20-22) Beginning January 1, 2020, Petitioners commit to meet an overall S02 annual emission rate of 0.23lb/mmBtu, with the installation and operation ofthe Newton FGDs. (Pet. at 20-22) The lllinois EPA has evaluated the S02 emissions calculations and related information submitted by Petitioners and agrees that Petitioners' compliance plan as set forth in the Petition shows a net environmental benefit consistent with previous net environmental benefit determinations. Furthermore, this proposed variance does not allow any increase in S02 emissions above what is currently allowed pursuant to the PCB 12-126 variance. Therefore, there can be no environmental harm ifthis variance is granted since there will be no increase in the allowable emissions. However, the Illinois EPA believes that the imposition ofcertain conditions consistent with some ofthe terms in the compliance plan is also warranted. The Illinois EPA believes there would be a continued net environmental benefit if the Board were to grant the Petition for Variance as proposed with those conditions, which are more fully addressed infi'a. Accordingly, there would be no injury to the public if the variance were granted with conditions

as proposed. 43. Moreover, after further dialogue subsequent to the filing ofthe Petition for

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Variance, Petitioner !PH, DMG, Dynegy Kendall, and the Illinois EPA entered into an MOA whereby (i) Petitioner IPH commits to permanently retire E.D. Edwards Unit 1 as soon as the MISO allows E.D. Edwards Unit 1 to be retired (as early as 2017), 

### (ii) DMG, the owner and operator ofthe Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine facilities, commits to withdraw the air operating permits for both the Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine facilities by no later than December 31, 2014, and (iii) Dynegy Kendall, the owner and operator ofthe Kendall Power Station, commits to implement an Advanced Gas Path project on its four combustion turbines (as early as 2015). Such commitments, in conjunction with the pledge above to meet an S02 annual mitigation emission rate of0.35lb/mmBtu from 2013 through 2019 and to the continued cessation ofoperations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers through December 31, 2020, with the exception ofthe FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center, yield an additional net environmental benefit in the form of decreases in the intake ofcooling water and service water from the Illinois River, the elimination ofNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitted discharges (including thermal discharges), and multi-pollutant emission reductions (S02, NOx, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and PM) from the permanent retirement ofunits and implementation ofan Advanced Gas Path project. VI. ARBITRARY AND UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP 44. In considering whether to grant or deny a variance pursuant to Section 35(a) of the Act, the Board is required to determine whether the Petitioner has shown that it would suffer

an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship ifrequired to comply with the regulation or permit requirement at issue. 415 ILCS 5/35(a) (2012). The Act provides that "[t]he Board may grant individual variances beyond the limitations prescribed in this Act, whenever it is found, upon presentation ofadequate proof, that compliance with any rule or regulation, requirement or order

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ofthe Board would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship." 

### !d. 45. Also, Section 104.2I 6(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). 46. Petitioners state that the very same hardship factors recognized by the Board in PCB 12-126 are also relevant here. (Pet. at 25) Petitioners state that given the uncertainty and lack ofdetail surrounding federal regulatory initiatives and structures, including the President's climate change mandate, planning for the future regulatory compliance is now even more complex for merchant generators, as such regulatory uncertainty complicates decision-making and negatively impacts markets and power prices. (Pet. at 27). 47. Furthermore, Petitioners state that as a result ofthe deregulation ofIllinois' energy markets in 1977, Illinois generators cannot recover the costs ofcapital projects, including those relating to environmental mandates, through captive consumer rates. (Pet. at 28)(emphasis in original) Rather, merchant power companies' investment decisions such as the installation of pollution control equipment are based on the ability to recoup such expenditures from expected future market prices for power. (Pet. at 28) 48. However, Petitioners acknowledge that the deregulated market does not alone
create the hardship that the MPS Group now faces. (Pet. at 29) Petitioners state that it is wellrecognized that in promulgating the MPS rule in 2006, lllinois adopted emission reduction requirements significantly more stringent than other states. (Pet. at 29) Those mandates, however, were adopted in anticipation offederal mandates that have been subsequently vacated, remanded or are currently on appeal. (Pet. at 29) Petitioners further state that meanwhile, Illinois' MPS regulations are now among the strictest in the nation; quite simply, other

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neighboring states have not adopted state air regulations in advance of a federal mandate. (Pet.
at 29) 49. Petitioners state that the MPS was premised on the expectation that the power market would continue to support the capital expenditures necessary to meet the proposed emission rates. (Pet. at 29) Petitioners assert that today, however, market prices for power cannot support the necessary capital expenditures to complete the Newton FGD project in time to
meet the MPS 2015 and 2017 S02 emission rates. (Pet. at 29-30) Petitioners state that market conditions and new technologies and policies that have come about since that time were not selfimposed and simply not foreseeable. (Pet. at 30) Petitioners claim that it is the convergence of these factors that amount to the arbitrary and umeasonable hardship that any owner ofthe MPS Group now faces. (Pet. at 30) 50. Petitioners state that generators in neighboring states who have not had to make such emission control equipment investments or are able to recover such costs through the

consumer rate base are able to offer their power into the marketplace, including the Illinois marketplace, without any such cost considerations. (Pet. at 30) Petitioners further state that also,

as Illinois proceeded towards deregulation, regional transmission organizations formed through which power generators were more easily and efficiently able to sell power across state lines. (Pet. at 30) As a result, AER now competes with generators in several nearby states that have neither deregulated their energy markets nor invested siguificant capital in environmental pollution control projects to address stringent state requirements. (Pet. at 30) 51. Petitioners state that unless they receive the requested variance relief, plant closures are inevitable. (Pet. at 30) Petitioners further state that ifthe Board does not allow the Petitioners the MPS variance relief it deemed appropriate as to AER, for the very same MPS

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Group, and Petitioner !PH nonetheless moves forward with the transaction, Petitioner !PH's only compliance option would be to shut down a combination ofEnergy Centers by January 1, 2015. (Pet. at 30-31) Furthermore, Petitioners state that given depressed power prices that have existed

over the past several years and which will continue for several more years, compliance with the MPS 2015 and 2017 overall S02 annual emission rates in Sections 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv) is not achievable without the shutdown ofEnergy Centers, in this case the E.D. Edwards and Joppa Energy Centers. (Pet. at 31) Assuming the transaction closes, Petitioner !PH and Ameren anticipate closing on the transaction in the fourth quarter of2013. (Pet. at 31) Petitioner !PH
states that it will not have the financial resources required to complete installation ofthe Newton FGDs at that time; in any event, even ifthe needed financial resources were available (which they are not), the Newton FGDs could not, absent the variance, now be completed in time to avoid shutting down the E.D. Edwards and Joppa Energy Centers. (Pet. at 31) 52. Petitioners state that should the !PH transaction not close, Ameren would continue
to explore exit possibilities, which could include the sale of assets, the restructuring ofdebt and equity in GENCO, or some combination thereof. (Pet. at 3!) Petitioners point out that under a restructuring scenario, control and operation ofthe merchant business would be dependent on negotiations with the GENCO bondholders and, ultimately, the result of such restructuring proceedings thereby creating uncertainty for employees, suppliers and local communities. (Pet.
at 31) Petitioners state that Ameren has no reason to believe that any other potential buyer would be willing to acquire the Energy Centers without the variance, unless such buyer intended
to close one or more plants. (Pet. at 31) Petitioners assert that !PH, with a continuation ofthe variance reliefgranted to AER, represents the best path forward for the continued operation of

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the Energy Centers and in a manner that achieves ultimate compliance with the MPS. (Pet. at 31) 53. Petitioners indicate that the shutdown ofthe E.D. Edwards and Joppa Energy Centers would, as previously considered by the Board in PCB 12-126, adversely affect 274 direct jobs, 1,374 indirectjobs, over $121 million per year in the local economies near the two plants, and over $338 million per year in the State's economy. (Pet. at 32) Petitioners assert that in short, the economic impact ofshutting down the E.D. Edwards and Joppa Energy Centers would devastate their local communities and materially undermine the State's struggling economy. (Pet. at 32) Petitioners further assert that the shuttering ofthese plants will create an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship on IPH, the local economies served by those facilities and, more generally, the State's economy and cite to the numerous public comments made by local and
state officials and others at the Board's hearing in PCB 12-126 about the E.D. Edwards, Joppa and Newton Energy Centers. (Pet. at 32-34) 54. Petitioners state that due to AER's limited financial resources caused by depressed power prices and poor economic conditions over the past several years and its inability
to obtain external financing, IPH will not be able to fund completion ofthe Newton FGDs in time to comply with either the 2015 or 2017 MPS S02 annual emission rates. (Pet. at 34) Petitioners point out that adequate funding is not available to implement any other feasible MPS compliance alternatives available to IPH. (Pet. at 34) Petitioners further state that these financial considerations lead to an inevitable conclusion that, without the variance, the plant closures will occur-causing a significant hardship to the Petitioners, employees who work at the Energy Centers, the local communities the Energy Centers support, and the State ofIllinois. (Pet. at 34) Moreover, Petitioners assert that the same financial considerations the Board

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addressed in PCB 12-126 as it relates to hardship continue to be equally relevant here. (Pet. at 34) 55. Petitioners maintain that the construction ofthe Newton FGD in time to meet the existing MPS is an impossibility both in terms ofconstruction timeframe and required financial

resources. (Pet. at 34) Because IPH will not acquire ownership ofthe Acquired Plants until late 2013 and because construction activities needed to install the Newton FGDs are expected to take up to 24 months, IPH could not complete construction ofthe Newton FGDs in time to comply with the MPS 2015 overall S02 annual emission rate, even ifiPH were financially able to ramp up construction immediately upon acquiring ownership, which it is not. (Pet. at 34-35) 56. Petitioners claim that IPH expects that, at closing, it will have sufficient liquidity
to meet anticipated operating obligations, including sufficient funds to (a) continue construction ofthe Newton FGDs in accordance with the requested Compliance Plan; (b) maximize the existing FGD systems at Duck Creek and Coffeen; and (c) utilize low sulfur coal at Newton, Edwards and Joppa. (Pet. at 39-40) Petitioners state that it is not feasible over the next several years to simultaneously have adequate liquidity necessary to continue operating the Energy Centers and also spend hundreds ofmillions on capital investments to accelerate installation of the Newton FGD project, install alternative air pollution controls or otherwise comply with the MPS without the requested variance relief. (Pet. at 40) 57. Petitioners point out that importantly, IPH does expect that the gradual recovery ofpower prices (anticipated to begin after April2015) will provide IPH with sufficient cash flow and liquidity to ramp up and complete construction ofthe Newton FGDs by year end 2019. (Pet.
at 40) Petitioners maintain that, as publicly stated, Dynegy expects IPH will not generate free cash flow until2015. (Pet. at 41)

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58. Petitioners point out that as Dynegy has publicly communicated to its investors, IPH and the Energy Centers must succeed on their own financially, without support for major capital projects coming from the ultimate parent or affiliated companies. (Pet. at 43) Petitioners
assert that this is no different than the situation presented to the Board by AER (and Ameren) in PCB 12-126. (Pet. at 43) 59. Petitioners state that as solely a merchant generation company without any regulated rate-based subsidiaries, Dynegy has had to face several years of economic challenges caused by depressed power pricing and a weakened national economy. (Pet. at 43-44) In fact, Dynegy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2012. (Pet. at 44) Petitioners state that while successfully emerging from bankruptcy in October 2012, Dynegy continues to face
near-term economic challenges posed by depressed power prices. (Pet. at 44) 60. Petitioners point out that, more importantly, Dynegy cannot integrate IPH into the Dynegy capital structure without severe adverse consequences that would imperil its financial future. (Pet. at 44) Petitioners state that as part ofits due diligence process prior to entering the Agreement, Dynegy contacted the credit rating agencies (Moody's and S&P) to understand the credit rating implications, ifany, ofthe transaction on Dynegy. (Pet. at 44) 61. Petitioners provide 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 Petitioners. 62. As stated 

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complete the Newton FGD project in time to meet those rates, while still providing a net environmental benefit. VII. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW 63. Pursuant to Section 35 ofthe Act [415 ILCS 5/35 (2012)] and 35 ill. Adm. Code 104.208(a), all petitions for variances must be consistent with federal law. Petitioners state that the requested variance is consistent with cutTent federal law. (Pet. at 64) 64. Petitioners state that USEPA approved relevant sections ofthe MPS and illinois Combined Pollutant Standards, and two permits, and incorporated them into the SIP [State Implementation Plan] as satisfying BART [Best Available Retrofit Technology] requirements for the affected Illinois power plants and refineries. (Pet. at 64) Moreover, Petitioners point out that USEPA noted in response to public comments that Illinois' plan would achieve greater reasonable progress (i.e., meaning greater emissions reductions) and greater visibility protection by the BART compliance deadline (in 2017) than the application ofBART on BART subject units. (Pet. at 64) 65. Petitioners assert that when compared to emissions reductions pursuant to the MPS, this variance will impart even greater emissions reductions by the BART compliance deadline in 2017. (Pet. at 64) Accordingly, Petitioners claim that a SIP amendment incorporating this variance would only serve to enhance Illinois' ability to comply with the Clean Air Act's regional haze rules. (Pet. at 64) 66. Petitioners state that while the CSAPR is not yet, and may never be, effective, it is
not as onerous as the MP S, because while the MPS imposes stringent emission rates, CSAPR is based on mass emissions. (Pet. at 65) Petitioners also point out that the CSAPR is a cap-andtrade program that would allow compliance to be achieved through the purchase ofemission

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# • allowances while the MPS does not. (Pet. at 65) Petitioners further state that the anticipated cost ofbuying allowances pursuant to the CSAPR is not expected to be as financially challenging to Petitioners as installing the pollution control technology in the current time frame required to meet current MPS emission rates. (Pet. at 65) 67. Furthermore, Petitioner IPH states that it will comply with the MATS at each of the five operating Energy Centers through the use of a combination of existing FGD systems, sorbent injection technologies and ESPs. (Pet. at 65) 68. On August 5, 2013, the USEPA established the air quality designations for the State for the 2010 primary S02 National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS''), effective October 4, 2013. 78 Fed. Reg. 47191 (August 5, 2013). The USEPA designated as nonattainment the Lemont, IL designated area, which includes Cook County (partial-Lemont Township) and Will County (partia1-DuPage Township and Lockport Township), and the Pekin, IL designated area, which includes Tazewell County (partial-Cincinnati Township and Pekin Township) and Peoria County (partial-Hollis Township). 78 Fed. Reg. 47199 (August 5, 2013). Petitioner IPH recognizes that the requested variance reliefwould not exempt E.D. Edwards from compliance with any federal Clean Air Act requirements adopted in the future, including Illinois regulations, if any, needed to implement SIP obligations concerning the onehour SO, NAAQS. (Pet. at 67) 69. Illinois is required to develop plans to attain and maintain the NAAQS. More importantly, Illinois must address its impact on downwind states pursuant to Section 110(a)(2)(D) ofthe Clean Air Act. 42 U.S.C § 7410(a)(2)(D). 70. The USEPA approved the revisions to the Illinois SIP addressing regional haze. 77 Fed. Reg. 39943 (July 6, 2012). On May 16,2013, the Illinois EPA submitted the PCB 12-

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126 variance to the USEPA for approval as a SIP revision. Accordingly, the Illinois EPA will submit this variance, ifgranted by the Board, for approval as a SIP revision. VID. COMPLIANCE PLAN 71. Pursuant to Section 1 04.204(f), the Petitioners are required to present a detailed compliance plan in the Petition for Variance. 

### See, 35 Ill. Adm. Code I04.204(f). The Petitioners provided the following compliance plan in the Petition for Variance. 72. As an integral part ofthe variance compliance plan and in mitigation ofthe relief requested, the Petitioners propose that the MPS Group will meet an overall S02 annual mitigation emission rate of0.35lb/mmBtu through 2019. (Pet. at 20) The proposed rate will effectively commit Petitioner IPH to (a) maximize FGD performance at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers, 

### (b) continue to bum low sulfur coal (0.55 lbs sulfur/mmBtu) from the Powder River Basin at the E.D. Edwards, Joppa and Newton Energy Centers, and (c) manage generation as necessary to maintain compliance. (Pet. at 21) Further, Petitioner Medina Valley also will commit to the continued cessation of operations ofthe electrical generating units at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers through December 31, 2020, with the exception of the FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center. (Pet. at 21) Petitioner IPH wiii maintain

a continuous program ofconstruction at the Newton Energy Center, on the existing schedule set forth in the Variance Opinion, so as to be in a position to have the Newton FGD project completed and operational to meet compliance obligations. (Pet. at 21) Petitioners indicate that proceeding in this manner will position the Petitioners for compliance with the MPS' final overall S02 annual emission rate (0.23 lb/mmBtu) beginning in 2020, with the installation and operation ofthe Newton FGDs. (Pet. at 21)

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73. Furthermore, in order to meet the requested variance's 0.35 lb/mmBtu S02 annual mitigation rate, Petitioner IPH anticipates the potential to purchase even lower sulfur coal than included in AER's commitment for Newton, E.D. Edwards and Joppa. (Pet. at 23) Based on DMG's coal purchasing experience, Petitioner IPH understands that 0.50 lb/mmBtu sulfur Powder River Basin coal is available from one supplier. (Pet. at 23) While Petitioner IPH is committed to the 0.55 lb/mmBtu low sulfur coal contracts entered by AER for 2013-2017 as well as to using 0.55 lb/mmBtu low sulfur coal at Newton, E.D. Edwards and Joppa during the
term ofthe variance, Petitioner IPH anticipates potentially purchasing certain quantities of even lower sulfur coal, consistent with availability, performance risk, price, and the MPS Group's emission performance. (Pet. at 23) 74. Petitioner IPH also will operate the existing FGD systems at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers at a 98-99 percent SOz removal rate. (Pet. at 23) While achieving and maintaining 98-99 percent S02 removal is challenging, Petitioner IPH is confident that it can operate the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers at those removal efficiencies. (Pet. at 23- 24) 75. Petitioner IPH has analyzed all ofthe commitments made by Co-Petitioner AER in PCB 12-126 and has agreed to assume each and every commitment. (Pet. at 22) 76. Furthermore, discussions after the filing ofthe Petition for Variance resulted in the execution ofthe MOA between Petitioner IPH, DMG, Dynegy Kendall, and the Illinois EPA that (i) commits Petitioner IPH to permanently retire E.D. Edwards Unit 1 as soon as the MISO allows E.D. Edwards Unit I to be retired (as early as 201 7), (ii) commits DMG to withdraw the air operating permits for both the Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine facilities by no later than December 31, 2014, and (iii) commits Dynegy Kendall to implement an Advanced Gas

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Path project on its four combustion turbines (as early as 2015). The Illinois EPA requests that the commitment to permanently retire E.D. Edwards Unit 1 as described above should be considered by the Board to be included as a part ofthe compliance plan as to Petitioner IPH. IX. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 77. Under Section 37(a) ofthe Act and Section 104.216(b)(ll) ofthe Board rules, the Illinois EPA is required to make a recommendation to the Board as to the disposition ofthe petition. 

### See, 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2012) and 35 ill. Adm. Code 104.216(b)(ll). The burden of proofin 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) (2012) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.238. 78. Petitioners propose to commit to a system-wide annual average S02 emission rate of0.35lb/mmBtu, as set forth in the Petition, from January 1, 2013, through December 31,2019, and the continued cessation ofoperations at the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers through December 31, 2020, with the exception ofthe FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center. The Illinois EPA's position is that this emission rate, in conjunction with the continued cessation ofoperations at the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers, would result in a net environmental benefit through 2020. 79. The Illinois EPA agrees with Petitioners that there will be a continued net environmental benefit ifthe Board were to grant the requested reliefsubject to the terms and conditions contained in the Petition. The Illinois EPA also does not believe that any environmental harm would result there from. To ensure and enhance this net environmental benefit, the illinois EPA requests that in addition to the proposed variance order and conditions
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requested:

1. Petitioner IPH must operate the existing FGD systems at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers at an S02 removal rate of at least 98 percent;

11. Petitioner !PH must continue to burn low sulfur coal (no more than 0.55 lb sulfur/mmBtu) from the Powder River Basin at the E.D. Edwards, Joppa and Newton Energy Centers; and iii. Petitioner !PH must permanently retire E.D. Edwards Unit l as soon as the MlSO allows E.D. Edwards Cnit 1 to be retired (as early as 2017). 80. The Illinois EPA also recognizes that the economic viability ofthe Energy Centers is essential to the citizens ofthe local communities, school districts, and units oflocal government and acknowledges the adverse impact that plant closures would have upon the local communities, the local economies, and the State's economy. 81. TI1erefore, as presented, the Illinois EPA neither supports nor objects to the Board granting the Petition subject to the tenus and conditions contained herein. WHEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, the lllinois EPA neither supports nor objects to the Board granting the Petition subject to the tem1s and conditions contained herein.

DATED: September 5, 2013 1021 Nmih Grand Avenue East P. 0. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 2171782-5544

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Memorandum ofAgreement Between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Power Holdings, LLC, Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC, and Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC

This Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA" or "Agreement") is entered Into by and between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") and Illinois Power Holdings, LLC, Dynegy Midwest**Generation~** LLC and Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC (collectively, "Dynegy'') and is dated and effective as ofthe last date of signature in the signature block. Illinois EPA and Dynegy are each referred to herein as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." This Agreement reflects Dynegy's ongoing commitment to help improve air quality in the State of Illinois. The Parties have <>ntered into this Agreement in order to document Oynegy's commitments so that the Illinois EPA is aware of and can appropriately factorthese initiatives into its air quality plans for the State of Illinois. A. Permanent Retirement of E.D. Edwards PowerStation Unit 1 E. D. Edwards f>ower Station is located in Hollis Township in Peoria County. E.D. Edwards Unit 1, which was placed into service in 1960, has a maximum generation capability ofl43 megawatts and currently fires low sulfur coal and utilizes an electrostatic precipitator to control particulate matter (PM) emissions. The U.S., Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) recently designated Hollis Township In Peoria County as nonattainment for the 1-hour sulfur dioxide (SOz) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). As the result ofthis designation, the Illinois EPA is required by the Clean Air Act to develop a State Implementation Plan that provides for attainment ofthe 1-hour S02 NAAQS as expeditiously as possible, including steps to show reasonable further progress toward attaining the standard. The permanent retirement of E. D. Edwards Unit 1 would reduce S02 emissions and also provide reductions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO,), PM, mercury, and other hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. E. D. Edwards Unit 1's annual emissions and most recent four-year average annual emissions are identified below as determined by continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) data reported to the US EPA Clean Air Markets Division and Annual Emissions reports submitted to the Illinois EPA,

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In addition to air quality benefits, the retirement of E. D. Edwards Unit 1 would decrease the E. D. Edwards Power Station's intake of cooling water and service waterfrom the Illinois River and eliminate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)-permitted discharges to the Illinois River associated with Unit 1, including thermal discharges. Illinois Power Holdings, LLC (I PH) is currently a petitioner in a variance retition proceeding beforethe Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board), lllinois Power Holdings, LLC, eta/. v.IEPA, PCB 14-10. IPH commits to propose to the Board in PCB 14-10 as a condition of its requested variance relief a requirement that IPH permanently retire E. D. Edwards Unit 1 as soon as the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) allows E.D. Edwards Unit 1 to be retired. IPH understands that the MISO currently expects that E. D. Edwards Unit 1 will be needed to continue to operate as a System Support Resource unit for reliability purposes until required transmission system reinforcements are completed in December 2016. B. Implementation ofAdvanced Gas Path Technology at Kendall Power Station Kendall Power Station is located in Kendall County and consists offour natural gas-fired combined cycle gas turbines. Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC, the owner and operator ofthe Kendall Power Station, commits to implement an Advanced Gas Path (AGP) project on its four combustion turbines. The AGP project will reduce unit heat rate (i.e., Btu's of heat input required per unit power output) approximately 2.7% by improving overall efficiency of the combustion turbines through installation of hardware and use of control algorithms. As such, the AGP project is consistent with the intent of Illinois law to develop energy efficiency projects, 20 ILCS 3501/825·65 and 20 ILCS 3855/1·10 (as amended by Public Act 98-0090, effective July 15, 2013). Because Kendall Power Statton Is a load-following Intermediate generating facility (i.e., its units do not continuously operate at maximum power output), this improvement in unit heat rate is expected to yield corresponding reductions in combustion-related emissions of air pollutants. Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC anticipates completing implementation ofthe AGP project on all four units at the Kendall Power Station by April30, 2015, subject to timely receipt of any needed permit or regulatory approvals and no project interruptions. C. Permanent Retirement ofthe Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine Facilities

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The Stallings Combustion Turbine facility consists offour natural gas-fired simple cycle combustion turbines located In Madison County. The Oglesby Combustion Turbine facility consists offour natural gas-fired simple cycle combustion turbines located in Putnam County. Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC, the owner and operator of the Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine facilities, commits to withdraw the air operating permits for both the Stallings and Oglesby Combustion Turbine facilities by no later than December 31, 2014. The withdrawal ofthe air operating permits for these facilities will result in annual emission reductions identified below as determined by representative fuel consumption data and appropriate emission factors. Stallings Units 1-4 Representative Emissions (tons) 

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D. Miscellaneous l. The commitments and obligations under this MOA do not constitute a fine or penalty. Z. The terms ofthis MOA may be amended or modified in writing by mutual agreement ofthe Parties. 3. The commitments and obligations under this MOA by Dynegy Kendall Energy, LLC are subject to and conditioned upon receipt of any needed permit or regulatory approvals for implementation of the AGP project at Kendall Power Station. 4. The commitments and obligations under this MOA by Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC are subject to and conditioned upon closing ofthe Transaction Agreement dated March 14, 2013 by and between Ameren Corporation and !PH.

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5. Nothing in this MOA shall be interpreted to prohibit or restrict the ability of Dynegy to sell trade or transfN any emission allowances of any vintage owned by or allocated to E. D. Ed words Station Unit 1, the Kendall Power Station, the Stallings Combustion Turbine facility, and the Oglesby Stallings Combustion Turbine facility. 6. This MOA is for the sole benefit of the Parties and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, claim, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this MOA against any Party, the State of Illinois, or any officers, agents or employees of any of the Parties.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, an attorney, state that I have served electronically the attached RECOMMENDATIOl\ upon the f()llowing person: John Therriault, Clerk Illinois Pollution Control Board James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph St., Suite 11-500 Chicago, IL 60601 and electronically and by mailing it by frrst-class mail from Springfield, Jllinois, with sufficient postage affixed to the following persons: SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST

DATED: September 5, 2013 1021 North Grand Avenue East P .0. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 217.782.5544 217.782.9143 (TDD) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,



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# Electronic Filing- Recived, Clerk's Office : 09/05/2013 SERVICE LIST Carol Webb, Hearing Officer Illinois Pollution Control Board I 021 N. Grand Ave. East P.O. Box 19274 Springfield, IL 62794-9274 Claire A. Manning William D. Ingersoll Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP 205 S. Fifth Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 2459 Springfield, IL 62705-2459 Renee Cipriano Amy Antonio IIi SchiffHardin LLP 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600 Chicago, IL 60606 Faith Bugel Andrew Armstrong Environmental Law and Policy Center 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60601