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 - Air) 

) 

v. ) 

) 

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) 

PROTECTION AGENCY, ) 

) 

Respondent. ) 

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 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

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

Control Board the CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION and APPEARANCE of the 

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

DATED: July 30,2013 

1021 North Grand A venue 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 of Legal Counsel 

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED 

ON RECYCLED PAPER 1- ATTACHMENT ___ _ 
EIBctronic Filing- RBcivBd, CIBrk's OfficB: 07/3012013 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COUNTY OF SANGAMON 

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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 of Legal Counsel 
Electronic Filing - Recived. Clerk's Office: 07/3012013 

ATTACHMENT 1 
07/30/2013 

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OI.Y 24. 2013 
LIFET DAY 

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eeneiit for Jack Cunningh~ 

Saturday Evening Gospel Sing II) 

Saturday1 July 27th 4:00pm 

u•FOOD .. SINGING. FELLOWSHIP•** 

Flat Rock Park, il\ Flat Rock IL 

sponsored by South Union Church 'rl.otLo""Ch!ts (lo.caso tl n.",.,. .. t wll•• )tiel at Soot~ Unloo t;tmUJ 

Straight Road: 4:00pm 

Highland Avenue Baptist Church 

::;:::.:., Praise Team: s:OOpm ~~ 

•::.:= FDltfuringth• ..._ 

Angela Lilly Trio: Spm Jrtl< ~ .. ff<pl/flu• tt,v.noJ,.;u "'"'"'· rAil Nutrl.l r.ur,.A:II .. ~<J,l""~ 

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& 

recently attended a 

Paul Mitchell 

Inspiration Workshop 

in Mt. Vernon, IL to 

expano· their 

knowledge in special 

oGcasion up·slylfng. 

007 \/;( tv'~iicrd 

Rc.ti~l, II... 

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<."rd" ~r;li•ilit<roc.:lu:lt nilh 

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'Aeon:. lho Duu!~ul~ (.a· 

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tho "C'cr-..rno.n~ 1<1 S:...rt l'our 

E::l~~· l'l'mm.!~r (orf~ns:... .ur.tilflr.hl'rallrmnn:irnt. 

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• 4 

Chll!icoth~ rmrrnm cali.;Cd 

accident while under 

inDucncc or bath salts 

41'\AIIAAIJI"'r.,;....u: c-.c~•"'r" 

Robbery suspect acts as own la-vvyer 

Champaign man accused 

or Muy 2012 heist a! 

Cenllilllllmois ennk 

El Pasu man dies after 

being shot in bead ilPI.SI'-A:lEIJ".r,o 

;run sh~; 1:1 th11 bt>.'l:l S:r.ur- dormom!."l!;"rlic<l W""-n"-" lb.'' a: O.~F SJ.!ntf'rn11cb 

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W..:Jnwr..by nl~t ""'~~1.1.>.1 

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CQ'~III}' Coronur ,JWnn:l 

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flf lk~Jlldl! uo bc!nc i;:l.•~ 

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Oel::c Ill'!' !!:>>lSt:tatin:: 

Deer Creek man gets 

9~ l"" for b"~"l P!CI~-1\z::!·\~N'l]d 

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ru!!:llrJn;bry tO:'ll~c:lens 

\':El" dke>.JS.~d durin~ 

:ho•"":encn.:;:~•l~ 

J[t:"~:tdUpiOlifl':tn; in pt1.w.1 \l;l.dora Un:!t .'il': L"'l 

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VI:IS ll..f).! \"lll ·~:~:('.· .1S)1l· :h~:k:cht..,!k.lL 

POLICE, FIRE -\\!ll COURTS 

ShBt fired as Peori~n 

flees from anud rnhber P!ORl.I.-AMFnr..,ld 

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nmn iniD h!rllOIIIC b..'auoe sMIU.tnott:lm\'.b:rn.sm 

the:>~:th~hrsu-dus:"-"'· 

rJIG!, ~nd :hl!n::m o.lh'<'d orr th~l'tli""..!l. 

Th~man~llw:lr~<:<'d. 

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Garage d•ilojed bJ fire PLGRIA- ,\!=~'""SO'-""'~ 

ch-s:ro;..,..lbsar.r>::ll.uir 

\\'ffi.:n><d.:~rmt :Q!O \\:C::u- dcnst. 

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ns tlw roo:· nnd walls t<>l· 

Llprot T!w=a....:.cr :1w !lren:r-.ains unk:!cr.,tll.~ 

th~ ~"l~<5t!t.11hll a,.,unu~ 

Men hospitalized after 

fire at Peoria ap.1rUmmt P[CitlA-At>1·)-'"-2r-uU 

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as • ct'" plea~s gui\IJ WT n. LOUfl CAl'!- A 3:-l'i':u--cldlit!llth""!:>teru 

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Managaincillrgol•illi 

im~ersonatiog oft iter Cl!V.GDIAPI-JI.~t­

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r.::-:m.1tffi.orp.-u-dc!p3:.-'d 

!n ~:ortl~n: t~! Ml~I><Xl•· 

Hovercraft valuable for rescues 

Slimdard FilC Ot!partrncnt 

1\usca!l:!d ou\1\\it:e \asl 

w~.end !o aid llootecsDT~L.!O<nH 

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!nt: r;::xam o\11 at tho: buat rm:\111N U:I~)'UI 

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Men alleged~ supplied 

women 11ilh druJ!.i in 

separate June incilfcnts 

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Thursday, July 25, 2013- 7E 
Electronic Filing- Recived, Clerk's Office: 07/3012013 

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 behalf of the 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. 

DATED: July30, 2013 

1 021 North Grand A venue 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 of Legal Counsel 
Electronic Filing- Recived, Clerk's Office: 07/3012013 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COUNTY OF SAN GAM ON 

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) 

) 

) 

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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 

Schiff Hardin 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 of Legal Counsel 
f • 

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 of the 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 of the 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 __ 
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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" of Dynegy, Inc., and Ameren 

Corporation, AER's parent company, have entered into an agreement that will "change 

ownership of the 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 of the 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 a joint 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) 

of the 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 

of Energy 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 5/3 7( a) 

(2010); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.214. The Agency is also required to file its recommendation on 

the variance with the Board within 45 days after the filing of the petition, or at least 30 days prior 

to a scheduled hearing, whichever is earlier. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.216. Petitioners' petition 

was filed on July 22, 2013. Therefore, newspaper notice was required by Monday, August 5, 

2013. The Agency filed a certification of publication 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. 

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The Agency recommendation is currently due Thursday, September 5, 2013, which is the 

45th day after the filing of the petition. Within 14 days after service of the 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 of this decision deadline case to proceed expeditiously, the Board 

accepts petitioners' petition for variance but makes no determination on the informational 

sufficiency or merits of the 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 of its 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) if the 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) if the Board, in its discretion, concludes that a hearing would be advisable. 415 

ILCS 5/37(a) (2010); 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.224, 104.234. 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 of this matter through whatever status calls and hearing officer orders she determines 

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

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

by waiver (see 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.308). If the 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. See 
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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 of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board 

adopted the above order on August 8, 2013, by a vote of 4-0. 

John Therriault, Clerk 

Illinois Pollution Control Board 
ILLiNOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

August 8, 2013 

ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) 

AMERENENERGYivfEDlNA VALLEY ) 

COGEN, LLC, ) 

RECEIVED 

CLERf<'S Of'FIC!l! 

- 8 2013 

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.gov 
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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.gov 
PCB 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, rr. 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. M=ing 

Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP 

205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700 

P.O. Box 2459 

Springfield, rr. 62705-2459 

PCB 2014-010 

Amy Antoniolli 

Schiff Hardin, LLP 

6600 Willis Tower 

233 S. Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60606-6473 

ILLINOIS 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. 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

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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 

ATTACHMENT---
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2 

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.gov 
PCB 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 

Schiff Hardin, 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 

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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 

Schiff Hardin, 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 
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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 of the 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 the variance. 

(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, that 
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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 US EPA 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), if the 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 

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AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC 

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NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING 

To: Attached Service List 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 15,2013, I electronically filed with the Clerk 

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

Environmental Law and Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Respiratory Health 

Association, and Sierra Club, a copy of which 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, 

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AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, 

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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 of AER's facilities, under terms 

negotiated by IPH; and 
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• IPH has failed to accurately set out the environmental harm of the 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 a joint 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 relief as 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 of the 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 of the Board" that would be "applicable" to 

the petitioner if variance 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/Case View .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 relief only after it owned the subject plant was, and is, the correct result under the Board's 

regulations. Regardless of Ensign-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 of that 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 .. ford, slip op. at 2. 
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regulation. Section I 04.230 ("Dismissal of Petition") confirms this interpretation by providing 

that a variance petition "is subject to dismissal if the 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 of declaratory rulings. See In the Matter of Revision 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 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act 

2 Petitioners cite a single case in support of their 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 relief to the purchaser of the 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 of variance relief from the MPS, there are a number of other 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 of the transfer of the 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 relief that may or 

may not ultimately be necessary, based on the petitioner's representation of what conditions are 

likely to be present at the time of the transaction. This interpretation of the 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 of the 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 of the 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 and produces 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 of Proposed 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 of the Petition. Petitioners cited to Agency testimony 
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regarding the effect of the sale of a plant regulated by the MPS. They did not, however, cite to 

the subsequent testimony regarding the effect of the 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 

of money 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 if one of those plants were shut down? 

MR. ROMAINE: Well, then that pa11icular plant 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 if it started up after ten years? 

MR. ROMAINE: Another speculative contingency we haven't addressed. I 

don't believe that power plants 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 relief only if the 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 relief because 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 of the requirements of the MPS and of the 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 relief will be available. (Petition at PDF page 53.) But whether IPH 

seeks relief before or after a transfer, its claimed hardship ultimately has the same cause: !PH's 

purchase of facilities without the fmancial wherewithal to ensure they can comply with Illinois 

law. What Petitioners never acknowledge is that variance relief would 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 of Ameren 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's justification for the variance-that it will be unable to comply with the MPS 

because of the terms of the 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 of the 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" relief from State law, just because the 

preceding owner of the 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 of financial 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 of the 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 1 04.204(g)(1) (requiring the comparison of emissions "if the variance is 

granted ... to that which would result if immediate 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 of by 2020. Operating an unscrubbed coal 

plant for five more years will result in tens of thousands of excess tons of sulfur dioxide 

emissions over the course of the 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 

on monitored violations of the NAAQS; USEPA intends that subsequent designations of 
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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 US EPA, Next Steps for Area 

Designations and Implementation of the Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air 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 of Meredosia 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 of the 

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 of IPH' 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 of the 

environmental impact of its 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. If the 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 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, Andrew Armstrong, hereby certify that I have filed the attached OBJECTION on behalf of the 

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 

Staff Attorney 

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 

Schiff Hardin, 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 ) 

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Respondent. ) 

PCB 14-10 

(Variance - Air) 

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 of the Pollution Control 

Board the RECOJ\1l\1ENDATION of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of 

which is herewith served upon you. 

DATED: September 5, 2013 

1 021 North Grand Avenue East 

P.O. Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

217.782.5544 

217.782.9143 (TDD) 

ILLINOIS ENVJROl\ l\1ENT AL 

PROTECTION AGEKCY 

By: c;il:._ ~/~----- Gina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED 

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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 

ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC and ) 

AMERENENERGY MEDINA VALLEY ) 

COGEN, LLC, ) 

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Petitioners, ) 

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AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, ) 

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Co-Petitioner, ) 

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v. ) 

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL ) 

PROTECTION AGENCY, ) 

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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 of the 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 relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning 

January 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) 

for three years, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending December 31,2019. Pursuant to Section 

37(a) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act ("Act") [415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2012)] and 35 III. 

Adm. Code I 04.216, 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 of environmental circumstances. In 

support of its 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 of the Illinois MPS, specifically the SQz standards set forth in Section 

225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) and (iv). Petitioners seek relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five 

years beginning January 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 

225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for 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 of 0.23 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 of the 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 

to secure the same relief previously granted by the Board to Co-Petitioner. 

4. Pursuant to Section 104.214 of the Board's procedural rules, the Illinois EPA 

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must provide public notice of any petition for variance within 14 days after filing of the petition. 

See, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.214. Section 104.214(a) provides that "the Agency must publish a 

single notice of such petition in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the 

facility or pollution source is located." See also, 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2012). Section 104.214(b) 

requires the lllinois EPA to serve written notice of a petition on the County State's Attorney, the 

Chairman of the County Board, each member of the General Assembly from the legislative 

district affected, and any person in the county who has in writing requested notice of variance 

petitions. The 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 of the 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 

of notice, the Agency must file with the Board a certification of publication that states the date 

on which the notice was published and must attach a copy of the published notice." See, 35 Ill. 

Adm. Code I 04.214(£). The Illinois EPA has filed a certification of publication 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 of filing of the 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 of the MPS Group will not 

change if the variance request is granted. As of the filing of this Petition, electricity continues to 

be generated at five of these facilities, since AER committed in PCB 12-126 to cease operation 

of the electric generating units at Meredosia and Hutsonville during the term of the granted 

variance. (Pet. at 17) Currently, all of these 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) of the 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). 

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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) of the 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 of the plants [Meredosia and Hutsonville] from 2012 through 2020, and set certain 

milestones and reporting dates related to the construction of the 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 of the 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 of Dynegy 

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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 of the 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 of the transaction, Ameren will 

initiate a reorganization of AER, which creates "New AER" for the acceptance of the active 

generating facilities of the 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 

of Ameren. (Pet. at 4) 

14. On May 2, 2013, in order to effectuate the transaction, IPH and AER filed a joint 

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) of the 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 of the 

Petition. As to whether or not Petitioners may properly seek the variance relief requested given the pendency of the 

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

owns the facilities. (Pet. at I 0) Furthermore, Petitioners state that the variance granted in PCB 

12-126 applies to the same MPS Group facilities that are the subject of this Petition and concerns 

the same specific regulatory framework relevant to that MPS Group. (Pet. at 13) Petitioners 

assert that such relief is an essential term of the transaction and is as relevant to IPH as it is to 

AER and the same arbitrary and unreasonable hardship results to IPH if the relief is 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 relief is granted, plant closures are inevitable. (Pet. at 30) 

17. The operating Energy Centers employ approximately 604 persons. (Pet. at 18) 

The Energy Centers are of significant 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 indirect jobs. (Pet. 

at 18) 

18. Principal emissions at the MPS power plants consist of S02, 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 of the Energy Centers in question, the Illinois EPA posits that any 

ruling by the Board be specifically limited to the unique facts of the situation presented. 

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levels of sulfur. (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 ("OF A"), and burning various combinations of low sulfur coal. (Pet. at 17) PM is 

generally controlled through the use of flue gas conditioning and electrostatic precipitators 

("ESPs"). (Pet. at 17-18) Mercury emissions are controlled through the use of scrubbers and 

sorbent injection technologies. (Pet. at 18) 

19. In May 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEP A") 

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 of Appeals for the District of Columbia 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 of the CAMR, the USEP A 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 of those standards are currently under reconsideration by USEP A. 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 of Appeals for the District of Columbia 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 USEP A replaced it 

with a new rule. North Carolina v. EPA, 550 F.3d 1176 (D.C. Cir. 2008). 

21. On July 6, 2011, the US EPA 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 of Appeals 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 of a 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. EME Homer 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 USEP A 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 of over $813 million, installation of 

SCR systems to reduce N Ox emissions at three plants at a cost of over $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 of about $17 million for operation of the ACI 

systems. (Pet. at 24) 

24. Petitioners indicate that total costs of construction 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 half of the 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 of total estimated spending 

scheduled for 2018 and 2019 to complete construction of the Newton FGDs and achieve 

compliance at the end of the 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 

of producing approximately 4,200 MW of reliable, 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 of the 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 of air quality in the State. See, Exhibit 

2, attached. The specifics of the 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• 

* * * 

3) Ameren MPS Group Multi-Pollutant Standard 

* * * 

C) SOz Emission Standards 

i) Beginning in calendar year 2010 and continuing in 

each calendar year through 2013, for the EGUs in 

the Ameren MPS Group, the owner and operator of 

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the EGUs must comply with an overall S02 annual 

emission rate of 0.5 0 lb/million Btu. 

ii) In calendar year 2014, for the EGUs in the Arneren 

MPS Group, the owner and operator of the EGUs 

must comply with an overall S02 annual emission 

rate of 0.43 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 of the 

EGUs must comply with an overall S02 annual 

emission rate of 0.23 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 F ederallevel, 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 relief is granted, plant closures are inevitable. 

(Pet. at30) 

32. Petitioners state that consistent with Section 35(a) of the Act, the Board, in PCB 

12-126, found adequate proof that 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 of the filing of PCB 

12-126 on May 3, 2012. (Pet. at 15) 

33. In support of its request for relief, and as an integral part of the 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 of operations of the 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 will maintain a continuous 

program of construction 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 of the 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 of the nearest air monitoring station, where applicable. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 

104.216(b)(2). Exhibit 3 of the Petition for Variance contains a copy of the map included in the 

Illinois EPA's Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2011. The locations of the air quality 

monitoring stations relative to the facilities are delineated on page 34 of this report and contained 

in Petitioners' Exhibit 3. 

36. Petitioners state that despite delaying the effective date of the 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 of the 

variance to the new owners of the 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 of the 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 of these 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 relief includes 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) 

3 9. Petitioners assert that even if the Board were to look only at the years in the 

requested relief that IPH and Medina Valley are scheduled to take ownership of the MPS 

Group-the time period from 2013 through 2020-in analyzing the environmental impact of the 

variance, Petitioners demonstrate that the MPS Group will achieve a net environmental benefit of 

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7, 778 fewer tons of 802 if the 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 of the 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 of the 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 of the two FGDs and the fact 

that the FGDs will, in all likelihood, be installed in series (i.e., after FGD installation is 

completed on one unit, the second FGD would be installed on the second unit), meaning that one 

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of the FGDs will most likely be operating for a portion of calendar 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 of the 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 of the 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 of the 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 if this variance is granted since there will be no increase in the allowable 

emissions. However, the Illinois EPA believes that the imposition of certain conditions 

consistent with some of the 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 of the 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 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, and (iii) Dynegy Kendall, the owner and operator of the 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 of operations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers through December 31, 

2020, with the exception of the FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center, yield an 

additional net environmental benefit in the form of decreases in the intake of cooling water and 

service water from the Illinois River, the elimination of National 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 

of units and implementation of an 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 if required 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 of adequate proof, that compliance with any rule or regulation, requirement or order 

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of the Board would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship." !d. 

45. Also, Section 104.2 I 6(b )( 5) of the 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 of detail 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 of the deregulation of Illinois' 

energy markets in 1977, Illinois generators cannot recover the costs of capital 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 of federal 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 of the 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 if the 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 of Energy 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 of Energy 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 of the Newton 

FGDs at that time; in any event, even if the 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 of debt and 

equity in GENCO, or some combination thereof. (Pet. at 3!) Petitioners point out that under a 

restructuring scenario, control and operation of the 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 of the 

variance relief granted 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 of the 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 indirect jobs, 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 of shutting 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 of these 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 of the 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 of Illinois. 

(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 of the Newton FGD in time to meet the 

existing MPS is an impossibility both in terms of construction timeframe and required financial 

resources. (Pet. at 34) Because IPH will not acquire ownership of the 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 of the 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 

of the 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 of millions 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 

of power prices (anticipated to begin after April2015) will provide IPH with sufficient cash flow 

and liquidity to ramp up and complete construction of the 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 of its 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, if any, of the 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 supra, Petitioners request additional time to comply with the 2015 and 

2017 802 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 

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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 of the 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 of the 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 of BART 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 of emission 

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• allowances while the MPS does not. (Pet. at 65) Petitioners further state that the anticipated cost 

of buying 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 USEP A 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 relief would 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 USEP A 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 USEP A for approval as a SIP revision. Accordingly, the Illinois EPA will 

submit this variance, if granted 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 I 04.204(f). The Petitioners 

provided the following compliance plan in the Petition for Variance. 

72. As an integral part of the variance compliance plan and in mitigation of the 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 of the 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 of construction 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 of the 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 of the 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 of the 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 of the Petition for Variance resulted in 

the execution of the 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 of the compliance plan as to Petitioner IPH. 

IX. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 

77. Under Section 37(a) of the Act and Section 104.216(b)(ll) of the Board rules, the 

Illinois EPA is required to make a recommendation to the Board as to the disposition of the 

petition. See, 415 ILCS 5/37(a) (2012) and 35 ill. Adm. Code 104.216(b)(ll). The burden of 

proof in a variance proceeding is on the Petitioner to demonstrate that compliance with the rule 

or regulation would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship. See, 415 ILCS 5/35(a) (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 of operations at the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers 

through December 31, 2020, with the exception of the FutureGen project at the Meredosia 

Energy Center. The Illinois EPA's position is that this emission rate, in conjunction with the 

continued cessation of operations 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 if the Board were to grant the requested relief subject 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 

set forth in the Petition, the following conditions be in effect during the term of the variance 

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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 of the Energy 

Centers is essential to the citizens of the 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 

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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY 

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Assistant Counsel 

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Memorandum of Agreement 

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 of the 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 factor these initiatives 

into its air quality plans for the State of Illinois. 

A. Permanent Retirement of E.D. Edwards Power Station 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 of this 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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E. D. Edwards Unit 1 Representative Emi£sions (tons) 

so. I NOx co co, PM 

2009 2,070 1,060 608 943,696 865 

2010 2,115 991 606 920,997 862 

2:011 2,148 928 686 I 963,770 958 

2:012 1,974 806 653 I 781,082 887 

Average 2,061 946 638 I 902,386 893 

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 

before the 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 of Advanced 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 of the 

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 of the 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 of four natural gas-fired simple cycle 

combustion turbines located In Madison County. The Oglesby Combustion Turbine facility 

consists of four 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 of the 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) 

so, NOx co I C02 PM 

2005 <1 11 3 3,896 <1 

2006 <1 10 3 I 3,770 <1 

2007 <1 3 1 1,145 <1 

Average <1 8 2 2,937 <1 

Oglesby Units 1-4 Representative Emissions {tons) 

so, NOx co C02 I PM 

2005 <l 10 2 3,515 <l 

2006 <1 10 3 3,774 <1 

2007 <l 19 5 6,822 <l 

Average <l 13 3 4,704 <l 

D. Miscellaneous 

l. The commitments and obligations under this MOA do not constitute a fine or penalty. 

Z. The terms of this MOA may be amended or modified in writing by mutual agreement of the 

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 of the 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. 

AGREED: 

FOR THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: 

BY: (;pcz_ .l&9JMW\t 

Lisa 8 on nett \;>l ~ 

Director, Illinois EPA 

DATE: ---Lq_,__/ £\-'-/L.....L.:)'~::::..____ 

FOR ILLINOIS POWER HOLDINGS, LLC, DYNEGV MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC, AND DYNEGV 

KENDALL ENERGY, LLC: 

BY: &ucl/#QRobert C. Flexon 

President and Chi€f Executive Officer 

DATE: 

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STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COUNTY OF SANGAl\iON 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

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

RECOMMEND A TIOl\ 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, 

\\ 1/ . )"1 '7:'f-..,. / L-~Yv---:/LGina Roccaforte 

Assistant Counsel 

Division of Legal Counsel 
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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 

Schiff Hardin 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