In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Pollution Control Board regulations of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.109(a)(2)(A), the attached National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Public Notice is sent to a municipality in the vicinity of the applicant. The Agency understands that the applicant may not be associated with the municipality to which it is sent.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has made a tentative determination to issue a NPDES permit to discharge into the waters of the state and has prepared a draft permit and associated fact sheet for Midwest Generation, LLC. The Public Notice period ends August 5th; the last day comments will be received will be on that date unless a commentor demonstrating the need for additional time requests an extension to this comment period and the request is grated by the IEPA. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the draft permit to the IEPA at:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Water
Division of Water Pollution Control
Permit Section
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217/782/0610