CLINTON, Ill. (AP) — Communities that rely on a large central Illinois aquifer say Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision to block disposal of PCBs at the Clinton Landfill might not do enough to protect their drinking water.
Quinn’s office says the state Environmental Protection Agency will modify a permit to prohibit disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls because local landfill approval in 2002 didn’t include PCBs.
The landfill sits above the Mahomet aquifer, which provides water to 750,000 people in about a dozen counties. Many towns worried that PCBs could contaminate the aquifer.
But Normal City Manager Mark Peterson tells the (Decatur) Herald & Review that (http://bit.ly/1lXlAxE ) he also worries about manufactured gas plant waste.
PCBs were used in industrial and commercial products but banned in 1979 because they can cause cancer and other health problems.
