Illinois EPA Open up Permit Approval Process to Public Comment

After intense lobbying from Sustainable Godfrey and residents, the Illinois EPA has changed their mind and is allowing public comment on their process on whether to approve Wal-Mart’s 401 Permit.

This is a huge opportunity for all residents opposed to the building of a SuperCenter on Godfrey Rd. to tell the IEPA that we are concerned about Wal-Mart’s poor plan to pipe up sections of free flowing waterways that drain into the Piasa and Mississippi, and will effect our environment and the fragile biosphere. This “discharge” of oily run-off, trash, and sediment, will irreparably effect not only our community, but all those down stream. Wal-Mart’s current plans to mitigate these effects are sorely lacking, determined by several studies by noted regional experts.

The approval of the 401 Water Certification to Discharge into Waters of the State Permit is one of the last things Wal-Mart needs before being able to start building, and the IEPA, by granting this comment period, has given residents a last chance to have our say.

So let’s let them hear it—NO MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION BY LARGE CORPORATIONS!!

You can have your voice heard; effect the IEPA’s decision; protect our environment and Stop Wal-Mart by sending a letter or email to Alyson Grady at:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Water
Facility Evaluation Unit
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
E: alyson.grady@illinois.gov

RE: IEPA Log No. C-150-07