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CERTIFIED MAIL #7010 1870000365266732 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Paul Pike Amercn Services One Ameren Plaza 190 I Chouteau Ave. St. Louis, MO 63166 RE: Preliminary Site Investigation of Proposed Solid-Waste Disposal Site, Ameren Missouri - Meramec Energy Center - Utility Waste Landfill, SW lit of Section 3, Township 42 North, Range 6 East, Oakville 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, St. Louis County, Missouri

Dear Mr. Pike: The Geological Survey Program (GSP) has completed the Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) for a proposed 32-acre utility-waste landfill for the Meramec Energy Center facility. Please find enclosed PSI report ID#FO1412 that summarizes the geologic and hydrologic evaluation of the site. The site is approved to proceed to the next phase of the geologic investigation, the Detailed Site Investigation (DSI). Please find enclosed a copy of Appendix I Guidance for Conducting and Reporting Detailed Geologic and Hydrologic Investigations at a Proposed Solid- Waste Disposal Area. Within this document are elements and format of a Detailed Site Investigation Work Plan. We encourage you and your consultant to meet with GSP staff prior to finalizing a work plan for the DSI to discuss elements to be included. Please contact Ms. Sherri Stoner at 573-368-2129 or email atsherri.stoner(a}dnr.mo.gov to schedule this work plan meeting. Current procedures call for an applicant receiving PSI approval to participate in public involvement activities as part of the solid waste disposal area permit application process. Within 30 days after receipt of this approval, the applicant must notify, by certified mail, the governing body of the county or city, and the solid waste management district in which the
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proposed disposal area is to be located. Also, within 90 days after receipt of PSI approval, the department will conduct a public awareness session in the county of the proposed disposal facility. For further infoffi1ation concerning these public involvement requirements, please contact the Solid Waste Management Program at (573) 751-5401. If you any further questions, pleas.e do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sherri Stoner at 573-3682129 or email atsherri.stoner<mdnr.mo.gov Sincerely, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND LAND SURVEY'

Carey Bridges, R.G. Director Geological Survey Program CB:sas Enclosure cc: Charlene Fitch, SWMP Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. w/enc!osure Region L - S1. Louis-Jefferson SWMD SLRO

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51. Louis

Project Name Location

Ameren-Meramec Energy Center UWL Section 3

Quadrangle Township 42N

OAKVILLE Range 6E

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Additional Location Inforamtion Latitude 38 Deg 24 Min 2 Sec North Longitude 90 Deg 20 Min 34 Sec West

IQijVrler:! Ameren Missouri

One Ameren Plaza, 1901 Chouteau Ave St. Louis, MO 63166

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On May 3, 2012, representatives from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (department) Geological ;Survey Program (GSP) performed a preliminary site investigation for the Ameren Missouri (Ameren) Meramec :Energy Center proposed 32-acre utility-waste landfill (UWL). The site is located in the SW '/. of Section 3, :Township 42 North, Range 6 East, St. Louis County, Missouri. Also, the site is located within the floodplain, [west of the Mississippi River and north of the Meramec River at their confluence.
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[Ameren has proposed siting a UWL on top of existing lined and unlined ash ponds located on the southwest side [ofthe power plant. After final review of "Feasibility Study, Landfill on a Pond" submitted by Ameren dated :February 2012, the department's SWMP fi~ds the concept of siting a UWL on top of existing ash ponds at the :Meramec Energy Center a feasible approach. However, characterization of the in-place ash and underlying I ' ~native geologic materials will be necessary during a detailed site investigation. iThe 495 in disposal area is in of southwest corner of the Ash plant property iPon Jroposed the northern portion the the site, and HOPE linedpower Pond 489 located and the southern portion of in includes unlined Ash Jthe site. The south and western side of the proposed disposai area is elevated by an earthen berm or levee, while :the north and eastern side are roughly the same elevation as the power plant property. The approximate 'elevation at the top of the berm and along the periphery of the north and east side of the site is 418 feet above !mean sea level (a~sl). The elevation of ash in the two ponds averaged apPfoximately 420 feet amsl. The native ;ground surface elevation underlying the site is approximately 383 feet amsl. Thus, the proposed disposal area is !elevated approximately 37 feet above the floodplain of the Meramec and Mississippi rivers.
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!S1xtest borings transecti!'g the length of the ash ponds were drilled during !he feasibility study referenced labove. The maximum ash depth was determined to be 37 feet below ground surface (bgs). The ground ielevations of the test horings range between 420-428 feet amsl.
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Results of Preliminary Investigation

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Report Date
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Report By

Sherri Stoner

CC SWMP - Charlene Fitch; Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc; Region L - SWMD; SLRO