ILLINOiS

POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

September

4,

1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

THE JOINT PETITION OF THE CITY

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OF ~ATSEKA

AND THE ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FOR EXCEI-~TION

TO

Ti~ECO~1BINEL)

SEWER OVERFLOW REGULATIONS

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by

~J.D.

Dumelle):

This matter comes before the Board upon an August

31,

1967,

motion for modification

filed

by the City

of ~atseka

(Watseka).

Watseka requests modification of

the Board~s May 28,

1987, Order

granting exception

to the combined sewer

overflow regulations.

Specifically, Watseka requests

an extension of the Phase

I

schedule listed

in paragraph

No.

3

of

that Order.

In support

of

its position, Watseka submitted

a letter

from the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency) indicating agreement

with the proposed revision

and setting

forth

a revised

schedule.

The Boaro hereby grants Watseka’s motion and revises

the May

28,

1987, Order

to

read

in

its entirety as follows:

ORDER

1.

The city

of Watseka

(Watseka)

is hereby granted

an

exception from

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

3U6.305(a)

as such

provision relates to the first flush of storm flows

for

combined sewer overflows

to the Iroquois River from

the

Kay Street overflow.

2.

~atseka

is hereby granted

an exception from Ill.

Adm.

Code 306.305(b),

for

all combined sewer

overflows to

Sugar

Creek

and tne Iroquois River.

3.

~atseka

shall submit plans and specifications

to the

Agency by December

31,

1987,

for Phase

I

of

the

proposed CSO improvements,

as described

in the amended

Municipal Compliance Plan dated

June

30,

l9b6.

The

Phase

I improvements

shall be completed and operational

by

September

30,

1989.

4.

The Phase

II CSO improvements,

as described

in the

amenaed Municipal Compliance

Plan dated June

30,

1986,

must

be completed and operational

by June

30,

1994.

Watseka shall provide

a more detailed schedule of

implementation

for P~iase Ii

CSO improvements

by July

1,

1988.

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5.

No later

than December

31,

1990,

for Phase

I

improvements, and December

31?

1993,

for Phase

II

improvements, ~atseka

shall report

to

the Agency

on

performance

and effectiveness

of

improvement

including

extent of overflow reduction and

on follow—up stream

inspections

to ensure that there

are no observable

water quality violations attributable to the overflows.

6.

This grant

of exception does not preclude the Agency

from exercising

its authority

to require as

a permit

condition

a CSO monitoring program sufficient to assess

compliance

with this exception and any other Board

regulations and other

controls,

fi

needed,

for

compliance,

including compliance

with water quality

standards.

7.

This grant of exception

is not

to

be construed

as

affecting the enforceability

of any provisions

of

this

Environmental Protection Act.

IT

is

so

ORDERED.

I, Dorothy

M.

Gunn,

Clerk

of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify

that the above Order was adopted on

the

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day of

~

,

1987

by

a vote

of

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Dorothy

M.

G’~inn, Cleric

Illinois Pollution Control

Board

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