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Illinois landfill to appeal ban on PCBs, gas waste
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/energy/article/Illinois-landfill-to-appeal-ban-on-PCBs-gas-waste-5678742.phpIllinois landfill to appeal ban on PCBs, gas waste
August 9, 2014 : Updated: August 9, 2014 2:31pm
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) — The owners of a central Illinois landfill that sits over a major drinking water aquifer are planning to appeal a ban on the disposal of certain types of waste at the site, saying the facility poses no health or safety threat.
Municipal officials around central Illinois have fought plans to bury PCBs at the Clinton Landfill over concerns that the Mahomet Aquifer could be contaminated, endangering a source of drinking water for more than 750,000 people in about a dozen counties.
Following Gov. Pat Quinn's intervention, state environmental officials last month blocked the plan and also forced the facility to stop accepting waste from manufactured gas plants. Both types of waste contain carcinogenic chemicals. Landfill officials maintain the facility can safely hold the chemicals.
Peoria Disposal Co. said in an email this week to The (Champaign) News-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1sIgITd ) that it will appeal the decision to the Illinois Pollution Control Board before Sept. 4.