ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 11, 1974
    VALOISE
    S.
    FPMCETT,
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    1
    vs.
    )
    PCB 74-101
    ENVIRONIENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND
    ORDER
    OF
    THE
    BOARD
    (by
    Mr.
    Seaman):
    On Pbrch 20, 1974, Valoise S.
    Fawcett filed a Petition For Variance.
    Petitioner filed an Mended Petition on April
    25,
    1974.
    Petitioner seeks relief from an Agency imposed limitation on further
    sanitary sewer extension connections in an area tributary to the sewage
    treatment
    plant
    owned
    and
    operated
    by the Round Lake Sanitary District.
    This
    ban was imposed pursuant to Rule 921(a) of Chapter 3: Water Pollution
    Regulations of Illinois (Chapter 3).
    Petitioner seeks such relief in order
    to obtain a sewer connection permit for a proposed 11-unit apartment building
    to be constructed in Round Lake,
    Illinois.
    The
    proposed
    connection would
    be
    to
    an
    existing,
    lateral sewer, tributary
    to an 18—inch line, tributary to the 24-inch Bayview interceptor, tributary
    to the District’s sewage treatment plant.
    The
    treatment plant
    discharges
    to
    Squaw
    Creek, which
    provides
    a
    dilution
    ratio of less than one—to-one.
    Agency investigation has revealed that the
    Round Lake Sanitary District is presently producing an effluent with 800
    and suspended solids concentrations of less than 20 and 25 mg/l as currently
    required by Rules 404
    and
    409 of Chapter 3.
    The Agency believes that the
    plant will be unable to meet the 4 and 5 mg/l requirements of Rule 404(f)
    on Decenther 31, 1974, as required by Rule 409.
    The Agency notes that the
    plant is presently operating in apparent compliance with the requirements
    of
    Rule
    405
    of
    chapter
    3.
    Even thou~there is an absence of apparent effluent violations, the
    plant
    is
    subject
    to
    extreme hydraulic
    overloading.
    In
    fact,
    the
    Agency
    believes that
    hydraulic
    overload
    may
    enhance effluent quality
    by dilution.
    The
    design
    average
    flow
    of
    the
    plant is
    calculated
    to bel.6
    MCD.
    The
    plant
    consistently
    receives
    flows
    in
    excess of design
    average.
    Bypassing
    to
    the
    plant’s
    three—cell
    lagoon
    system
    occurs
    on
    a
    regular basis.
    There
    is
    no
    direct
    bypass
    to
    Squaw
    Creek.
    The precise
    amount of
    flow
    cannot
    presently
    be
    determined
    by
    the
    District or
    the
    Agency
    because of
    inadequate
    metering
    facilities
    for
    raw
    sewage
    intake.
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