ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September
    18, 1975
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 75—145
    CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN LODGE,
    INC.,
    an Illinois Corporation,
    Respondent.
    Mr. Marvin
    I.
    Medintz, Assistant Attorney General, appeared
    on behalf of the Complainant;
    ~r. John E. Golden, Attorney at Law, appeared on behalf of
    the Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Goodman):
    This matter comes before the Pollution Control Board
    (Board)
    upon the April
    2,
    1975,
    complaint of the Environmental
    Protection Agency
    (Agency).
    The Agency charges Chestnut
    Mountain Lodge,
    Inc.,
    (Chestnut),. an Illinois corporation,
    with violating Section
    12(a)
    of the Environmental Protection
    Act
    (Act)
    and Rules
    403 and 405 of the Water Pollution
    Regulations since
    r4ay
    7,
    1973, and Rule 404(e)
    of the Water
    Pollution Regulations since December
    31,
    1973.
    A hearing
    was held
    in Galena,
    Illinois,
    on July 22,
    1975, a~which
    time a stipulation ~as read into the record.
    Chestnut is
    a year round vacation resort located on 232
    acres
    (R.32)
    in Jo Daviess County,
    Illinois.
    It is situated
    on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River,
    surrounded by
    farm land.
    Chestnut
    is eight miles from Galena and eight
    miles
    from Hanover,
    Illinois
    (R.33).
    The maximum daily
    .
    flow of waste water from the guest
    rooms, public and staff restrooms,
    and restaurant and bar is
    approximately 18,000 gallons
    (R.16)
    .
    The waste water contains
    contaminants including debris,
    oil, odor,
    suspended solids
    and fecal coliform
    (Exs.
    1 through 16).
    The averages of
    certain contaminants from 1972 to 1974 were:
    BOD5
    190
    SS
    75
    I cca1
    coliform
    7,998,510
    NH3
    l5.2
    18
    536

    —2—
    The sewage treatment is accomplished through two septic
    tanks which discharge to an intermittent stream south of
    Lodge which flows southwest to an unnamed tributary of the
    Mississippi River
    (Ex.
    4)
    Rule 403
    is violated where effluent contains settleable
    solids,
    floating debris, visible oil, grease,
    scum or sludge
    solids.
    Color, odor and turbidity must be reduced below
    obvious
    levels.
    Rule 404(f) requires that no effluent whose dillution
    is
    less than one to one shall exceed
    4
    rng/l of BOD5 or
    5
    mg/l of
    SS.
    Rule 405 states that no effluent governed by Chapter
    3
    shall exceed 400 fecal coliforrns per 100 ml.
    Section
    12(a)
    of the Act
    is violated where discharge of
    contaminants
    is caused or threatened into the environment so
    as to cause water pollution in Illinois or so as
    to violate
    the regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
    The record adequately supports a finding that Section
    12(a)
    of the Act and Rules
    403 and 405 have been violated by
    Chestnut since May
    7,
    1973, and Rule 404(f)
    has been violated
    since December
    3.,
    1973.
    The Parties propose that Respondent build a three
    lagoon treatment system for its wastewater.
    Chestnut has
    applied to the Agency for a permit to build the system.
    In
    contemplation of obtaining the permit, Chestnut has stopped
    all discharges by constructing a dike
    in the area of the
    first cell of the proposed treatment system
    (R.lO).
    The treatment system would be constructed within 90 to
    120 days from the date the permit is issued.
    It would cost
    between $25,000 and $30,000
    (R.1l,
    25).
    The system, having
    a design flow of 20,000 gallons per day, would consist of
    three cells
    (R.15”.
    The system would use either
    a completely
    enclosed pipe system or drainage ditches to prevent surface
    water from entering the treatment facility
    (R.13).
    The
    first cell of the system would employ
    an aerator to add
    oxygen to the wastewater thereby reducing oxygen demand
    (R.l8).
    The second and third cells are non-aerated and
    would pick up free oxygen
    from the atmosphere and would have
    more area per pound of BOD5 than supplied by the first cell
    (R.l8).
    The wastewater would then flow through a rock filter designed
    to remove accumulated algae
    (R.l9)
    to
    a chlorination cell
    which would maintaL-1
    a one mg.
    per liter chlorination
    level
    (R.l9).
    The waste water would be retained 67 days
    in
    the
    first cell,
    45 days in the second and third cells, and
    2
    days in the chlorination cell
    (R.l9).

    —3—
    The stipulation requires Chestnut to cease and desist
    from discharging its wastewater until the system is com-
    pleted.
    Respondent stipulates to
    a penalty of S2500.00.
    The Board fines the treatment system as proposed to be
    adequate and accepts the stipulated penalty of $2500.00.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact
    and conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    It
    is the Order of the Board that:
    1)
    Respondent Chestnut Mountain Lodge is found to have
    violated Section 12(a)
    of the Act and Rules 403 and 405 of
    the Water Regulations from May
    7,
    1973,
    to April
    2,
    1975,
    and Rule 404(f)
    from December 31, 1973 to April
    2,
    1975;
    and
    2)
    Respondent Chestnut Mountain Lodge, Inc.,
    shall pay
    as a penalty the sum of $2500.00,
    payment to be made within
    35 days of the date of this Order, by certified check or
    money order to:
    State of Illinois
    Fiscal Services Division
    Environmental Protection Agency
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    and
    3)
    Respondent Chestnut Mountain Lodge,
    Inc.,
    shall,
    within 120 days of receiving a construction permit from the
    Environmental Protection Agency,
    construct
    a
    3 cell waste-
    water treatment facility
    as more fully set forth herein and
    in the stipulation entered into between the Agency and
    Respondent on or about July
    22,
    1975;
    and
    4.
    Respondent Chestnut Mountain Lodge,
    Inc.,
    shall
    cease and desist from discharging its wastewater until said
    treatment facility is completed.
    I, Christan
    L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board,
    hereby certify the above Opi ion and Order
    were adopted on the
    /x”’
    day of
    _________
    1975 by a
    vote of
    ~3—c~
    Christan L.
    Moffeilt
    erk
    Illinois Pollution
    o trol Board
    18— 538

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