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MR. TOM KROLL: South Holland, Illinois, representing Cremation Systems. We have multiple human and <br />animal cremation chambers installed throughout the State of Indiana. And I can address at your request the <br />technical issues and Mark has some other location issues that he can look at as it relates to mercury, and I <br />have handouts that I can supply to the Board. It is something that has been looked at and addressed for many <br />years. The facts state that your likelihood of having mercury from a cremation chamber is dramatically <br />reduced versus coal fired power plants, ready mix plants and other type of industrial locations and that the <br />use of amalgam mercury type fillings in the teeth is on a dramatic decline. Obviously it's not being used any <br />longer. I also got that I can hand to the Board the chemical components of cremated remains. And it does <br />state here testing, quantification done by the TEI Analytical Inc., Niles, Illinois, where mercury on a number <br />of cremations was at nearly imperceptible percentage levels of the cremated remains. As stated by the Board <br />this is a use not even covered by Title 5 or the Federal government in the State of Indiana as you stated. It is <br />up to the owners of the crematory whether they even want to file and have State of Indiana permitting. We <br />always help the people do the State of Indiana permitting because we have third party testing on three <br />cremations that were performed and we analyze the gases that come off the stack. The important things as <br />you stated, particulate matter. It's only 5 /100ths of a pound per hour and again on carbon monoxide its' .20 <br />pounds per hour. So addressing damage to the surrounding neighborhood or even the environment is <br />extremely minimal. We have installations in Elkhart, Logansport, Dyer, Indiana, Gary, Kokomo, Akron, <br />Indiana all within both residential areas and commercial areas that are already in place. <br />MR. URBANSKI: Thank you very much sir. Petitioner if you wish to answer the other questions. I guess <br />before you come up I have a question. I noticed that the building has an overhead door on the end of it. <br />MR. GENDEL: That is correct. <br />MR. URBANSKI: Is that intended that the hearse brings or whatever, van brings the body in is backed into <br />the building and unloaded? <br />MR. GENDEL: The property will be modified and that door will most likely be closed off and just an <br />entrance door. As far as children and the viewing of the property, ultimately from the entrance on Franklin <br />Street you would have to drive in through a gate into the building to see what was even back there. So <br />ultimately if I pulled my vehicle in you would almost have to stop, pull in the gate to see the vehicles that <br />would be parked in front of the existing building. From the rear where residential homes are there is no view <br />to the property basically at all other than a concrete block wall. So the use of the property nobody would <br />know what it was even being used for. There would be no way to identify what is in the property. The other <br />item when we say "crematory", you're basically have a small flue that comes through the roof, so there's <br />nothing on the property that anyone would even know what was being done there. I think, Tom what size is <br />that ...? <br />MR. TOM KROLL: It's 24" diameter. <br />MR. HAWLEY: How high does it go in the air? <br />MR. KROLL: It's 21 1/2' above the concrete floor where it's installed. <br />MR. URBANSKI: So it's possible only 10' above or less above the building? <br />MR. GENDEL: The ceiling of that building, I believe, is 10' inside so we're probably 12 to 14 to the roof <br />base. <br />MR. URBANSKI: So are you saying then if the letter had not been sent out to the residents within 300' to <br />get this variance, most people would never know what is going on in the building? <br />