The City of Bloomington and the Town of Normal are sponsoring an emergency public meeting:

Mahomet Aquifer Summit
Saturday, Feb. 22,  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Uptown Station (4^th floor), 11 Uptown Circle in Normal

PLEASE ATTEND!

Briefly, a local disposal company is seeking approval to operate a chemical waste storage facility near the Clinton, Ill., Landfill site, a short distance from Bloomington/Normal. If approved, large quantities of the banned toxic chemical Polychlorinated Biphenyls, commonly referred to as PCBs, will be moved to the Clinton site. One of many concerns is that this facility would sit directly over the Mahomet Aquifer which provides drinking water for over 1,000,000 people in Central Illinois. Please consider attending for any or all of the meeting. The agenda:

McLean County Mahomet Aquifer Summit

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Uptown Station

4^th Floor

11 Uptown Circle

Normal, IL   61761

 

Moderator – Steve Carter, retired City Manager, Champaign

 

 

9:00 a.m.       Registration

9:30                Overview of the Mahomet Aquifer and Sole Source Designation Application

• Allen Wehrman, Project Engineer, Layne Hydro

 

10:15              Legal Challenges

• Joe Hooker, Assistant City Attorney, Champaign, IL

10:45              Why Do We Need to Protect Our Aquifer?

• Remarks by Selected Local, State and Federal Elected Officials

 

12:00 p.m.       Lunch (provided by the Town of Normal)

12:45              Citizen Advocacy Panel…

“Next Steps?  What Can We Do?” 

• John Marlin, Prairie Rivers Network
• Steve Bridges, Mahomet Aquifer Alliance    
• Angelo Capparella, John Wesley Powell Audubon Society

 

2:00                Closing Comments –

• Mark Peterson, City Manager, Normal