ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 15, 1975

IN THE MATTER OF

REVISION TO RULE 409 of WATER

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POLLUTION REGULATIONS, CHAPTER

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ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

The following revised Rule 409 of the Water Pollution

Regulations is proposed for final public comment.

The

public comment period shall extend until June 15,

1975.

Rule 409 Delays In Upgrading

(a)

All effluent standards required to be met on

December 31, 1973 or December 31, 1974 are

extended to July

1,

1977 for any discharger

to the waters of the State who is or will be

eligible for a construction grant under Section

201(g)

of the Federal Water Pollution Control

Act Amendments

of 1972

(33 U.S.C.

1951 et seq.)

and has filed an application for such grant on

or before December 31,

1975.

(b)

The above provision shall not be construed as

limiting the power of the Board to enter an

order directing immediate construction of

facilities necessary to abate pollution of

the waters of the State, when the Board has

found, as the result of an enforcement case

initiated under Sections 30-34 of the Act, that

the discharger

is causing or threatening to

cause water pollution.

(c)

Whenever a discharger subject to the provisions

of this Rule files or has filed the Project

Completion Schedule required by Rule 1002 and

receives a time extension through the application

ofthis

Rule,

said Project Completion Schedule

will be automatically adjusted to reflect the

time extension.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify the aL~oveOrder was adopted on the

f~1~

day

of May,

1975 by a vote of

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