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Attachment A <br /> INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT <br /> REGARDING THE CLINTON LANDFILL PERMIT-APPLICATION TO ACCEPT <br /> POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS <br /> WHEREAS, Clinton Landfill#3 is currently permitted as a landfill authorized to accept <br /> municipal solid waste; and <br /> WHEREAS,Clinton Landfill Incorporated,a subsidiary of Area Disposal Service,Inc., <br /> Operates Clinton Landfill#3,and has applied to the United States Environmental Protection <br /> Agency,(US EPA)pursuant to Section 6(e)(1)of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976(15 <br /> USC 2605(e)(1))to permit the acceptance of Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB's)at such site; and <br /> WHEREAS,the regulations pertaining to chemical waste landfills,40 CFR§ 761.75 <br /> require landfills used for its disposal (PCB's)to be approved by the Regional Administrator for <br /> the United State Environmental Protection Agency(US EPA);and <br /> WHEREAS, Clinton Landfill Incorporated has already been granted approval of its <br /> request for permission to accept PCB's at Clinton Landfill#3 by the Illinois Environmental <br /> Protection Agency(IEPA);and <br /> WHEREAS,the Clinton Landfill is located directly over the Mahomet Aquifer which <br /> serves as a source of drinking water for numerous municipalities and hundreds of thousands of <br /> residents in a wide area of Central Illinois;and <br /> WHEREAS,PCB's are a known carcinogen, and pose a substantial threat to human <br /> health if they are ingested or otherwise introduced into the human body; and. <br /> WHEREAS,the parties to this agreement believe that the citing of a landfill with PCB's <br /> poses an unauceptable risk of PCB contamination of the Mahomet Aquifer;and <br />