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Ben:
Here are my answers to the Allegheny Questions below. Please confirm the details with Dave Kellermeyer where necessary. Question 1: Does the Lincoln facility have an air operating permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency? If so, please provide a copy. If not, please explain status. Answer: I believe that the application for the Title V Operating Permit for the Lincoln Energy Center was submitted to the IEPA in the Spring of 2000. Dave Kellermeyer can definitively answer whether this Operating Permit has been issued/received from the IEPA. Question 2: Were any wetlands impacted by the construction of the facility and, if so, what permits were obtained? Will any wetlands be impacted by future expansion plans? ENSR's conclusion on this issue seemed unclear, particularly with respect to the 30 acre parcel. See 02.03.09C. Answer: The ENSR Wetlands Delineation activities conducted during the period of December 1998 through February 1999 determined the following: 1. No wetlands existed on the 50 acre parcel upon which the Lincoln Energy Center was ultimately constructed. 2. An agricultural wetland area existed within the parcel of land adjacent to the western boundary of the Lincoln Energy Center 50 acre parcel. 3. After reviewing the ENSR wetland delineation information, the Will County NRCS confirmed the existence and boundary location of the agricultural wetland and concurred with the ENSR conclusion that the agricultural wetland boundary was completely contained within the parcel of land adjacent to the western boundary of the Lincoln Energy Center 50 acre parcel. With regard to wetlands impacted during construction of the Facility, the construction of the Facility's natural gas pipeline lateral was routed through several existing wetland areas. The potential impact of this lateral's construction on existing wetlands was mitigated through a directional drilling program implemented during the pipeline construction activity. The Site Development permits required for this pipeline construction activity were obtained from the Will County Land Use Department. With regard to future Facility expansion plans, no impact to wetlands is expected provided that such expansion occurs within the existing boundaries of the 50 acre Facility parcel. As a note to Question 2 above, I could not locate a reference to a 30 acre parcel within the ENSR Wetland Investigation Report described as 02.03.09C. Perhaps this is a typo and should be 50 acres. Call/see me to discuss this information. I will be in the office tomorrow (10/24) until 2 pm and then in Chicago on Wed-Thursday. I will access my email via laptop while I am out of the office. Fred Benjamin Rogers 10/23/2000 03:22 PM To: Fred Mitro/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: More Questions. Thanks! Ben
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