ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 7, 2002
     
    IN THE MATTER OF:
     
    SITE SPECIFIC RULE FOR CITY OF
    EFFINGHAM TREATMENT PLANT
    FLUORIDE DISCHARGE, 35 ILL. ADM.
    CODE 304.233
      
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    R03-11
    (Rulemaking – Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On October 22, 2002, the City of Effingham (City), Blue Beacon International, Inc.
    (BBI) and Truckomat Corporation (Truckomat) (referred to collectively as “petitioners”) filed a
    proposal for rulemaking under Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS
    5/27 (2000)), to change regulations governing fluoride found in the Board’s rules at 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 302.208(g). The petition was accompanied by a motion to waive the 200-signature
    requirement of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.202(f).
     
    BBI and Truckomat operate truck washes in Effingham, Effingham County. The
    wastewater from the truck washes contains fluoride resulting from the brighteners used in
    washing the trucks. Petitioners state that there are no alternative replacements for these
    brighteners, and discontinuing their use would cause a severe negative economic impact.
    Petitioners further state that the site specific fluoride level proposed will be protective of aquatic
    life, human health, and the environment as a whole.
     
    The wastewater discharges into an unnamed tributary of Salt Creek, which flows into the
    Little Wabash River, 37 miles upstream from the City of Flora. The City’s current daily fluoride
    effluent limit is 1.4 mg/l, the same as the 1.4 mg/l water quality standard. The City seeks an
    effluent limit of 4.5 mg/l subject to the averaging rule of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 304.104.
     
    The Board grants petitioners’ motion to waive the signature requirement, and accepts the
    proposal for hearing. The Board directs the hearing officer assigned to this matter to schedule
    hearings as required by Title VII of the Act.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the
    Board adopted the above order on November 7, 2002, by a vote of 6-0.
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
     
    Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board

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