ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 17, 1994
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION: AMENDMENTS
)
R93-27
TO GROUNDWATER QUALITY STANDARDS
)
(Rulemaking)
(35 ILL. ADM. CODE 620)
)
Proposed Rule.
First Notice.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by R.C.
Flemal):
This matter comes before the Board upon a proposal filed by
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency) to amend
portions of the Board’s regulations for Groundwater Quality found
at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.
The proposal comes to the Board under
the general rulemaking provisions of Sections
27 and 28 of the
Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
(415 ILCS 5/27-28).
The Agency proposes
(1)
adding Class
I and Class II
groundwater quality standards for sixteen chemicals for which
standards have not previously been promulgated,
(2) amending
certain provisions of the preventive notification and response
provisions,
including listing of nine of the new sixteen
chemicals there, and
(3) making various amendments of a
conforming nature.
The Board today additionally offers several non-substantive
amendments to the existing regulations, including punctuation and
spelling corrections and revision of outdated citations.
The Board is charged under the Act
to “determine, define and
implement the environmental control standards applicable in the
State of Illinois”
(Act at Section 5(b)).
More generally,
the
Board’s rulemaking charge is based on the system of checks and
balances integral to Illinois environmental governance: the Board
bears responsibility for the rulemaking and principal
adjudicatory functions, whereas the Agency is responsible for
carrying out the principal administrative duties, including the
administration of any regulations that may arise from the instant
action.
By today’s action the Board adopts the Agency’s proposal for
first notice.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The Agency filed its initial proposal on October 18,
1993.
On January 19, 1994 the Agency filed an addendum to the initial
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petition in which it proposes to add three additional chemicals’
to the list of constituents for which it recommends new
standards.
Hearings were held on February 10,
1994 in Chicago and on
February 8,
1994 and February 23,
19942
in Springfield before
hearing officer Michelle C. Dresdow.
Testimony in support of the
amendments was presented by Richard
P.
Cobb, Manager of the
Agency’s Groundwater Section of the Division of Public Water
Supplies in the Bureau of Water and Dr. Thomas Hornshaw of the
Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety.
GROUNDWATER STANDARDS
Basis for Selection of Constituents
National Primary Drinking Water Standards were at the
foundation of many of the groundwater standards set when Part 620
was initially adopted3.
The basic premise was then, and remains,
that groundwater that is naturally potable should not be made
nonpotable because of pollution.
The maximum contaminant levels
(MCLs) that constitute the National Primary Drinking Water
Standards accordingly were used to set the standards that would
define the potability of groundwater.
The potability standards
are the Class
I groundwater standards.
At the time of its promulgation of the original list of
groundwater standards, the Board observed that USEPA was then
evaluating additional constituents for possible addition to the
list of National Primary Drinking Water Standards.
The Board
accordingly observed that updates of the groundwater standards
would be in order as the new MCLs were promulgated.
New MCLs were promulgated by USEPA on July 17,
1992
(57 Fed.
Reg.
31776).
These are known as the “Phase V” drinking water
standards.
The Phase V standards constituted the “first—cut” of
constituents to be considered for new groundwater standards.
The Agency has shortened the “first-cut” list by eliminating
those constituents that have not been found in Illinois
groundwater.
This procedure allowed the list of twenty—three
Endothall,
ethylene dibromide,
and 1,2—dibromo-3-
chioropropane.
2
The February 8 hearing, originally scheduled to conclude
on February 8, was continued to February 23 due to inclement
weather.
~ In the Matter of: Groundwater Quality Standards
(35 Ill.
Adm. Code 620), R89—14 (B), 127 PCB 53, November 7,
1991.
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Phase V constituents to be reduced to fourteen.
The same review,
however, revealed the presence in Illinois groundwater of two
additional constituents for which MCLs had been promulgated in
the earlier Phase ii~rulemaking, but for which no groundwater
standards have yet been adopted.
These two, ethylene dibromide
and 1,2—dibromo—3—chloropropane, along with the fourteen Phase V
constituents, comprise the constituents of interest in the
instant rulemaking.
Class I Standards
The numeric values of the new groundwater standards proposed
today are,
as is the case with the existing standards, dependent
upon the classification of the groundwater.
For Class I
groundwater, which includes all of the State’s “Potable Resource
Groundwater”, the proposed new groundwater standards are equal to
the MCLs as adopted by the USEPA, as listed in Table I.
Table I: PROPOSED
NEW
GROUNDWATER STANDARDS
Class
I
Class II
Constituent
(malL)
(malL)
Antimony
0.006
0.024
Beryllium
0.004
0.5
Thallium
0.002
0.02
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.0002
0.002
Dalapon
0.2
2.0
Dichloromethane
0.005
0.05
Di (2—ethylhexyl)phthalate
0.006
0.06
Dinoseb
0.007
0.07
Endothall
0.1
0.1
Ethylene Dibromide
0.00005
0.0005
Hexachiorocyclopentadiene
0.05
0
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5
l,2—Dibromo--3-Chloropropane
0.0002
0.002
Piclorain
0.5
5.0
Simazine
0.004
0.04
l,2,4—Trichlorobenzene
0.07
0.7
1,1,2—Trichloroethane
0.005
0.05
The Board will not here restate the justification for the
numeric values of the individual standards.
These are in each
case the same as the justification for the MCLs.
The interested
person is directed to the January 30,
1991 and July 17,
1992
issues of the Federal Register and to Exhibit #3 of the instant
~ Phase II standards were promulgated in January 1991
(56
Fed. Reg.
3528).
The Phase
II MCLs were considered by the Board
during the Board’s promulgation of the State’s original
groundwater standards in November 1991.
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record for a constituent—by—constituent analysis of the values at
which USEPA has set the MCLs.
Class
II Standards
The standards for Class II groundwaters are in most cases
based on the capabilities of treatment technologies.
Here,
as in
the original set of Class II groundwater standards, the most cost
effective best available treatment
(BAT)
technologies are
generally capable of removal of 90
of the contaminant.
Thus,
most of the proposed Class II standards are ten times the Class
I
standard.
Three exceptions to the 90-BAT
derivation of the proposed
Class
II standards are the two inorganic chemicals, antimony and
beryllium,
and the pesticide endothall.
For antimony the Agency proposes a standard based on a most
cost effective BAT efficiency of 75.
USEPA has determined that
coagulation/filtration
(C/F)
and reverse osmosis are BATS for
antimony.
(57 Fed.
Reg.
31809, July 17,
1992.)
C/F, which is
the most cost effective of these, has a 75
removal efficiency
for antimony.
(Attachment II to R. Cobb Testimony.)
For beryllium the Agency proposes a Class II standard that
is based on use as irrigation water.
The Agency observes that
beryllium is toxic to plants and hence a more stringent beryllium
standard is necessary to protect this use of groundwater.
The Class II standard for endothall is based on the
manufacturer’s label restriction that indicates that dosages
greater than 0.3 mg/L will kill fish.
Since groundwater often
discharges into surface waters, the Agency believes, and the
Board agrees, that protection of fish populations requires a more
stringent Class II standard for endothall than would follow from
simply applying a BAT-based multiplier to the Class II standard.
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
Incorporation by Reference: Section 620.125 and 620.605
Today’s proposal incorporates the Federal Register reference
to the Phase V final rule.
Citation to the incorporated
reference is also added to the Health Advisory provisions at
Section 620.605.
These amendments conform use of the Phase V
final rule to the structure used for the Phase II final rule.
The Board notes that the amendment to Section 620.605 is
added to today’s action by the Board.
Typographical Error:
Section 620.210
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The definition of potable resource (Class
I) groundwater as
adopted in November 1991 contains at Section 620.120(a) (3)
a
reference to fractured carbonate that is “15 feet ~
more in
thickness”.
The Agency observes, and the Board agrees, that this
reference should read “15 feet ~
more in thickness”.
Today’s
proposal would correct the error.
Cross Reference/Statute Citation at Section 620.260
As originally adopted, Section 620.260(a)
contains a cross
reference to 620.240(b).
The Agency observes, and the Board
agrees, that this cross reference makes sense and is consistent
with the other cross references at 620.260(a)
only if the
reference is to the whole of Section 620.240, rather than just
620.240(b).
It
is accordingly proposed that the cross reference
be amended by deleting the “(b)”.
Preventive Notice and Response: Sections 620.310 and 620.410
In the R89-14(B) regulatory proceeding, the Agency proposed
and the Board established certain preventive notice and
preventive response levels for toxic heavy metals, the common
organic and petrochemical contaminants, and contaminants
identified as carcinogens at Section 620.410(b).
As adopted, the
application of the preventive notice and preventive response
regulation is limited to those persons who conduct groundwater
monitoring pursuant to some other State or federal regulatory
program.
In addition, preventive notice and preventive response
is associated only with the high-quality, high-use groundwater,
Class I and Class III groundwater.
At the time that the Agency proposed, and the Board adopted,
these preventive notification provisions, those owners and
operators of facilities that were conducting groundwater
monitoring pursuant to a federal or State judicial or
administrative order were not explicitly included in the
provisions.
The Agency now believes that facilities conducting
groundwater monitoring under the supervision of a judicial or
administrative order should be subject to the preventive
notification and preventive response provisions.
The Agency also proposes that the Board amend its existing
preventive notification and preventive response levels of
Subsection 620.310(a) (3) (A) to include those constituents under
consideration today that would require early alert upon detection
and response considerations under Subpart C of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
620.
The Agency recommends that the following are appropriate
constituents for listing at Subsection 620.310(a) (3) (A):
beryllium, thallium, dalapon,
dinoseb, endothall, picloram,
siinazine,
dichloroiuethane,
1,2,4—trichlorobenzene, 1,1,2-
trichioroethane, benzo(a)pyrene, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, and
hexachlorocyclopentadiene.
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Spelling Corrections: Sections 620.310.
620.410. and 620.420
The Agency observes that the chemical name for the pesticide
Lindane,
gainma—hexachlorocyclohexane, is misspelled (second “o”
is missing)
in its use throughout Part 620.
The Agency further
observes that decachloro—biphenyl is misspelled
(“h” and “e”
reversed) at Section 620.410(b).
The Agency recommends,
and the
Board today proposes, correction of these misspellings.
Class
I Standard for ~olychlorinated biphenyls: Section 620.410
The Agency observes that the MCL for polychorinated
biphenyls (PCBs)
is 0.0005 mg/L, but that the Class
I groundwater
standard for PCBs at Section 620.410 is listed at 0.005 mg/L.
The Agency contends, and the Board agrees, the 0.005 mg/L is a
typographical error undetected at the time of adoption of the PCB
groundwater standard.
Today’s proposal would correct that error.
Citations to Statutory Provisions: Authority Note and Sections
620.260 and 620.420
The Authority Note and two sections that the Agency proposes
for amendment contain references to the Illinois Statutes.
In
each case the existing citation is to the old Revised Statutes.
The Board proposes today to update these citations by adding the
Illinois Compiled Statutes citation.
ORDER
The Board hereby adopts for first notice the following
amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.
The Clerk of the Board is
directed to file this proposal with the Secretary of State for
publication in the Illinois Register.
TITLE 35:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE F: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES
CHAPTER
I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 620
GROUNDWATER
QUALITY
SUBPART
A: GENERAL
Section
620.105
Purpose
620.110
Definitions
620
•
115
Prohibition
620.125
Incorporations by Reference
620.130
Exemption from General Use Standards and Public and
Food Processing Water Supply Standards
620.135
Exclusion for Underground Water in Certain Man-Made
Conduits
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SUBPART
B: GROUNDWATER CLASSIFICATION
Groundwater Designations
Class
I: Potable Resource Groundwater
Class II: General Resource Groundwater
Class III: Special Resource Groundwater
Class IV: Other Groundwater
Groundwater Management Zone
Reclassification of Groundwater by Adjusted Standard
SUBPART C: NONDEGRADATION PROVISIONS FOR
APPROPRIATE GROUNDWATERS
Section
620.301
General Prohibition Against Use Impairment of Resource
Groundwater
620.302
Applicability of Preventive Notification and Preventive
Response Activities
620.305
Preventive Notification Procedures
620.310
Preventive Response Activities
SUBPART
D:
GROUNDWATER
QUALITY
STANDARDS
Section
620. 401
620. 405
SUBPART
E:
GROUNDWATER
MONITORING
AND
ANALYTICAL
PROCEDURES
Compliance
Determination
Monitoring and Analytical Requirements
SUBPART F: HEALTH
ADVISORIES
Purpose of a Health Advisory
Issuance of a Health Advisory
Publishing Health Advisories
Additional Health Advice for Mixtures of Similar-Acting
Section
620.201
620.210
620.220
620.230
620.240
620.250
620.260
620.430
620. 440
620.450
Applicability
General Prohibitions Against Violations of Groundwater
Quality Standards
620.410
Groundwater Quality Standards for Class
Resource Groundwater
620.420
Groundwater Quality Standards for Class
Resource Groundwater
Groundwater Quality Standards for Class
Resource
Groundwater
Groundwater
Quality
Standards
for
Class
Groundwater
Alternative Groundwater Quality Standards
I:
Potable
II:
General
III:
Special
IV:
Other
Section
620.505
620.510
Section
620.601
620.605
620.610
620. 615
Substances
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620.AppendiX A Procedures for Determining Human Threshold
Toxicant Advisory Concentration for Class
I:
Potable Resource Groundwater
620.Appendix B Procedures for Determining Hazard Indices for
Class I: Potable Resource Groundwater for Mixtures
of Similar-Acting Substances
620.Appendix C Guidelines for Determining When Dose Addition of
Similar-Acting Substances in Class
I:
Potable
Resource Groundwaters is Appropriate
620.Appendix D Confirmation of an Adequate Corrective Action
Pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.250
(a) (2).
AUTHORITY:
Implementing and authorized by Section 8 of the
Illinois Groundwater Protection Act and Section 27 of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Act
(Ill. Rev.
Stat.
1991,
ch.
111 1/2, par. 7458 and 1027).
415
ILCS 55/8 and 5/273
SOURCE:
Adopted in R89—14(B) at 15 Ill. Reg.
17614, effective
November 25,
1991; amended in R89—14(C) at 16 Ill.
Reg.
14667,
effective September 11,
1992; amended in R93—27 at 18
Ill. Reg.
_______,
effective
____________________
NOTE:
Capitalization denotes statutory language.
SUBPART A:
GENERAL
Section 620.125
Incorporations by Reference
a)
The Board incorporates the following material by
reference:
ASTN.
American Society for Testing and Materials,
1976 Race Street, Philadelphia,
Pa.
19103
(215)
299—5585
“Standard Practice for Description and
Identification
of
Soils
(Visual
Manual
Procedure)” D2488-84
GPO.
Superintendent of Documents,
U.S.
Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20401,
(202)
783—3238)-:
Maximum Contaminant Level Goals and National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead
and Copper; Final Rule,
56 Fed.
Reg. 26460-
26564
(June
7,
1991).
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National Primary Drinking Water Regulations,
Final
Rule,
56
Fed.
Reg.
3526—3597
(January
30,
1991).
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
Final
Rule.
57
Fed.
Req. 31776—31849
(July
17.
1992).
USEPA Guidelines for Carcinogenic Risk
Assessment,
51
Fed.
Reg.
33992—34003
(September
24,
1986).
NCRP.
National
Council on Radiation Protection,
7910
Woodmont
Ave.,
Bethesda, MD
(301)
657—6252
“Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum
Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides
in Air and in Water for Occupational
Exposure”,
NCRP
Report
Number
22, June 5,
1959.
NTIS.
National Technical Information Service,
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161
(703)
487—4600.
“Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes,” EPA Publication No. EPA—600/4—79—
020,
(March
1983),
Doc.
No.
PB
84—128677
“Methods for the Determination of Organic
Compounds in Drinking Water”, EPA,
ENSL,
EPA-
600/4—88/039
(Dec.
1988),
Doc.
No.
PB
89—
220461
“Practical Guide for Ground—Water Sampling”,
EPA
Publication
No.
EPA/600/2—85/104
(September
1985),
Doc.
No.
PB
86—137304
“Test
Methods
for
Evaluating
Solid
Wastes,
Physical/Chemical
Methods”,
EPA
Publication
No.
SW—846
(Third
Edition,
1986,
as amended
by
Revision
I
(December 1987), Doc.
No. PB
89—148076
USGS.
United
States
Geological
Survey,
1961 Stout
St.,
Denver,
CO
80294
(303)
844—4169
“Techniques
of
Water Resources Investigations
of
the
United
States
Geological
Survey,
Guidelines
for
Collection
and
Field
Analysis
of
Ground-Water
Samples
for
Selected
Unstable
Constituents”,
Book
I,
Chapter
D2
(1981).
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b)
This
Section
incorporates
no
later
editions
or
amendments.
(Source:
Amended
at
18
Ill.
Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
SUBPART
B:
GROUNDWATER
CLASSIFICATION
Section
620.210
Class
I:
Potable Resource Groundwater
Except
as
provided
in
Sections
620.230,
620.240,
or
620.250,
Potable
Resource
Groundwater
is:
a)
Groundwater
located
10
feet
or
more below the land
surface and within:
1)
The minimum setback zone of a well which serves as
a potable water supply and to the bottom of such
well;
2)
Unconsolidated sand, gravel or sand and gravel
which is 5 feet or more in thickness and that
contains
12
percent
or less of fines
(i.e.
fines
which pass through a No. 200 sieve tested
according
to
ASTM
Standard
Practice D2488-84,
incorporated by reference at Section 620.125);
3)
Sandstone which is 10 feet or more in thickness or
fractured carbonate which is
15 feet e#or~more in
thickness; or
4)
Any geologic material which is capable of a:
A)
Sustained groundwater yield,
from up to a
12
inch borehole, of 150 gallons per day or more
from a thickness of 15 feet or less; or
B)
Hydraulic conductivity of
1 x 10~cm/sec or
greater using one of the following test
methods or its equivalent:
i)
Permeameter;
ii)
Slug test; or
iii)
Pump test.
b)
Any
groundwater which is determined by the Board
pursuant to petition procedures set forth in Section
620.260, to be capable of potable use.
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(Board Note:
Any
portion of the thickness associated
with the geologic materials as described in subsections
620.210 (a) (2),
(a) (3)
or
(a) (4)
should be designated as
Class
I: Potable Resource Groundwater if located 10
feet or more below the land surface.)
(Source:
Amended at 18 Ill. Reg.
____,
effective
_____________)
Section 620.260
Reclassification of Groundwater by Adjusted
Standard
Any person may petition the Board to reclassify a groundwater in
accordance with the procedures for adjusted standards specified
in Section 28.1 of the Act and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 106, Subpart G.
In any proceeding to reclassify specific groundwater by adjusted
standard,
in addition to the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
106, Subpart G, and Section 28.1(c)
of the Act, the petition
shall, at a minimum, contain information to allow the Board to
determine:
a)
The specific groundwater for which reclassification is
requested,
including but not limited to geographical
extent of any aquifers, depth of groundwater, and rate
and direction of groundwater flow and that the specific
groundwater exhibits the characteristics of
tb
requested class as set forth in Sections 620.2~O(b),
620.220(b), 620.230,
or 620.240(-~)-;
b)
Whether the proposed change or use restriction is
necessary for economic or social development, by
providing information including, but not limited to,
the impacts of the standards on the regional economy,
social benefits such as loss of jobs or closing of
facilities,
and economic analysis contrasting the
health and environmental benefits with costs likely to
be incurred in meeting the standards would be
beneficial or necessary;
c)
Existing and anticipated uses of the specific
groundwater;
d)
Existing and anticipated quality of the specific
groundwater;
e)
Existing and anticipated contamination,
if any,
of the
specific groundwater;
f)
Technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of
eliminating or reducing contamination of the specific
groundwater or of maintaining existing water quality;
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g)
The anticipated time period over which contaminants
will continue to affect the specific groundwater;
h)
Existing and anticipated impact on any potable water
supplies due to contamination;
1)
Availability and cost of alternate water sources or of
treatment for those users adversely affected;
j)
Negative or positive effect on property values; and
k)
For
special
resource
groundwater,
negative
or
positive
effect on:
1)
The quality of surface waters; and
2)
Wetlands, natural areas, and the life contained
therein, including endangered or threatened
species of plant,
fish or wildlife listed pursuant
to the Endangered Species Act,
16 U.S.C.
1531 et
seq.,
or the Illinois Endangered Species
Protection Act
(Ill. Rev.
Stat. 19?~j,, ch.
8,
para. 331 et seq.).
f415 ILCS 10/1 et sea.1
(Source:
Amended at 18 Ill. Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
SUBPART C: NONDEGRADATION PROVISIONS FOR
APPROPRIATE GROUNDWATERS
Section 620.302
Applicability of Preventive Notification and
Preventive Response Activities
a)
Preventive notification and preventive response as
specified
in
Sections
620.305 through 620.310 applies
to:
1)
Class I groundwater under Section 620.210(a) (1),
(a) (2), or
(a) (3) which is monitored by the
persons listed in subsection
(b); or
2)
Class III groundwater which is monitored by the
persons listed in subsection
(b).
b)
For purposes of subsection
(a), the persons that
conduct groundwater monitoring are:
1)
An owner or operator of a regulated entity for
which groundwater quality monitoring must be
performed pursuant to State or Federal law or
regulation
(e.g.
Sections 106 and 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act,
(42 U.S.C.
9601,
et seq.);
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Sections 3004 and 3008 of the Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act,
(42
U.S.C.
6901,
et
seq.);
Sections
4(q),
4(v),
12(g),
21(d),
21(f),
22.2(f), 22.2(m)
and
22.18
of
the
Act;
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
724,
725,
730,
731,
750,
811
and
814.).j*I~
2)
An
owner
or
operator of a public water supply well
who
conducts
groundwater
quality
monitoring;
or
3)
A
state
agency which is authorized to conduct,
or
is
the
recipient
of,
groundwater
quality
monitoring data (e.g.,
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency, Department of Public Health,
Department of Conservation, Department of Mines
and Minerals, Department of Agriculture, Office of
State Fire Marshal~or Department of Energy and
Natural Resources).
j)..
An owner or operator of a facility that conducts
groundwater quality monitoring pursuant to State
or federal -ludicial or administrative order.
c)
If a contaminant exceeds a standard set forth in
Section 620.410 or Section 620.430, the appropriate
remedy is corrective action and Sections 620.305 and
620.310 do not apply.
(Source:
Amended at
18
Ill. Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
Section 620.310
Preventive Response Activities
a)
The following preventive assessment must be undertaken:
1)
If a preventive notification under Section
620.305(c)
is provided by a community water
supply:
A)
The Agency shall notify the owner or operator
of any identified potential primary source,
potential secondary source, potential route,
or community water supply well that is
located within 2,500 feet of the wellhead.
B)
The owner or operator notified under
subsection
(a) (1) (A)
shall, within 30 days of
the date of issuance of such notice, sample
each water well or monitoring well for the
contaminant identified in the notice if the
contaminant or material containing such
contaminant is or has been stored, disposed,
or otherwise handled at the site.
If a
contaminant identified under Section
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620.305(a)
is detected, then the well must be
resampled within 30 days of the date on which
the first sample analyses are received.
If a
contaminant identified under Section
620.305(a)
is detected by the resampling,
preventive notification must be given as set
forth in Section 620.305.
C)
If the Agency receives analytical results
under subsection
(a) (1) (B) that show a
contaminant
identified
under
Section
620.305(a)
has been detected, the Agency
shall:
i)
Conduct a well site survey pursuant to
Section 17.1(d)
of the Act,
if such a
survey has not been previously conducted
within the last 5 years; and
ii)
Identify those sites or activities which
represent
a
hazard
to the continued
availability
of
groundwaters
for
public
use unless a groundwater protection
needs assessment has been prepared
pursuant to Section 17.1 of the Act.
2)
If a preventive notification is provided under
Section 620.305(c)
by a non-community water supply
or for multiple private water supply wells,
the
Department of Public Health shall conduct
a
sanitary survey within 1,000 feet of the welihead
of a non-community water supply or within 500 feet
of the wellheads for multiple private water supply
wells.
3)
If a preventive notification under Section
620.305(b)
is provided by the owner or operator of
a regulated entity and the applicable standard in
Subpart D has not been exceeded:
A)
The appropriate regulatory agency shall
determine if any of the following occurs for
Class
I: Potable Resource Groundwater:
i)
The levels set forth below are exceeded
or are changed for Ph:
Constituent
Criterion
(mg/i)
para-Dichlorobenzene
0.005
ortho-Dichlorobenzene
0.01
—15—
Ethylbenzene
0.03
Phenols
0.001
Styrene
0.01
Toluene
0.04
Xylenes
0.02
ii)
A
statistically
significant
increase
occurs
above
background
(as
determined
pursuant to other regulatory procedures
(e.g.,
35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 616,
724, 725
or 811))
for arsenic, beryllium.
cadmium, chromium,
cyanide, lead or
mercury or thallium (except due to
natural causes); or for aldicarb,
atrazine, carbofuran,
dalapon. dinoseb.
endrin, endothall,
hexachlorocyclopentadiene.
lindane
(gamlna—hexachlorQcyclohexane),
2, 4—D,
1, 1-dichloroethylene, cis-1,2-dichloro-
ethylene, trans-i, 2-dichloroethylene,
methoxychior, monochlorobenzene,
picloram. 2,4,5—TP (Silvex), 1.2.4—
trichlorobenzene.
1
•
1.2—trichioroethane,
and 1, 1, l—trichloroethane.
iii)
For
a chemical constituent of gasoline,
diesel fuel,
or heating fuel, the
constituent exceeds the following:
Constituent
Criterion
(mg
/
L)
BETX
0.095
iv)
For Ph,
a statistically significant
change occurs from background.
(Board Note:
Constituents that are carcinogens
have
not
been
listed
in
subsection
(a)
(3)
(A)
because the standard is set at the PQL and any
exceedence thereof is a violation subject to
corrective
action.)
B)
The appropriate agency shall determine if,
for Class III: Special Resource Groundwater,
the levels as determined by the Board are
exceeded.
C)
The appropriate regulatory agency shall
consider whether the owner or operator
reasonably demonstrates that:
—16—
i)
The contamination is a result of
contaminants remaining in groundwater
from a prior release for which
appropriate action was taken in
accordance with laws and regulations in
existence at the time of the release;
ii)
The source of contamination is not due
to the on—site release of contaminants;
or
iii) The detection resulted from error in
sampling, analysis, or evaluation.
D)
The appropriate regulatory agency shall
consider actions necessary to minimize the
degree and extent of contamination.
b)
The appropriate regulatory agency shall determine
whether a preventative response must be undertaken
based on relevant factors including,
but not limited
to,
the
considerations
in
subsection
(a)
(3).
C)
After
completion
of
preventive
response
pursuant
to
authority of an appropriate regulatory agency, the
concentration of a contaminant listed in subsection
(a) (3) (A)
in groundwater may exceed 50 percent of the
applicable numerical standard in Subpart D only if the
following conditions are met:
1)
The exceedence has been minimized to the extent
practicable;
2)
Beneficial use,
as appropriate for the class of
groundwater, has been assured; and
3)
Any threat to public health or the environment has
been minimized.
d)
Nothing in this Section shall
in any way limit the
authority of the State or of the United States to
require or perform any corrective action process.
(Source:
Amended at 18
Ill. Reg.
____,
effective
____________
)
SUBPART D:
GROUNDWATER
QUALITY
STANDARDS
Section
620.410
Groundwater Quality Standards for Class
I:
Potable Resource Groundwater
a)
Inorganic Chemical Constituents
—17—
Except due to natural causes or as provided in Section
620.450, concentrations of the following chemical
constituents must not be exceeded in Class
I
groundwater:
Constituent
Units
Standard
Antimony
ma/L
0.006
Arsenic
mg/L
0.05
Barium
mg/L
2
Beryllium
ma/L
0.004
Boron
mg/L
2
Cadmium
mg/L
0.005
Chloride
mg/L
200
Chromium
mg/L
0.1
Cobalt
mg/L
1
Copper
mg/L
0.65
Cyanide
mg/L
0.2
Fluoride
mg/L
4.0
Iron
mg/L
5
Lead
mg/L
0.0075
Manganese
mg/L
0.15
Mercury
mg/L
0.002
Nickel
mg/L
0.1
Nitrate
as
N
mg/L
10
Radiuin-226
pCi/L
20
Radiuiu—228
pCi/L
20
Selenium
mg/L
0.05
Silver
mg/L
0.05
Sulfate
mg/L
400
Thallium
ma/L
0.002
Total Dissolved
Solids
(TDS)
mg/L
1,200
Zinc
mg/L
5
b)
Organic Chemical Constituents
Except due to natural causes or as provided in Section
620.450 or subsection
(c), concentrations of the
following organic chemical constituents must not be
exceeded in Class I groundwater:
Constituent
Standard
(mg/ L)
Alachlor*
0.002
Aldicarb
0.003
Atrazine
0.003
Benzene*
0.005
Benzo(a) pyrene*
0.0002
Carbofuran
0.04
Carbon Tetrachloride*
0.005
—18—
Chlordane*
Da1a~on
Dichloromethane*
Di(2-ethylhexvl)phthalate*
Dinoseb
Endothall
Endrin
Ethylene Dibromide*
Heptachlor*
Heptachlor Epoxide*
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Lindane (Gamma—HexachlorQ
cyclohexane)
2,4—D
ortho—Dichlorobenzene
para—Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane*
1,2-Dichloroethane*
1, 1-Dichloroethylene
cis-1,2-Dichioroethylene
trans-I, 2-Dichloroethylene
1, 2—Dichloropropane*
Ethylbenzene
Methoxychlor
Monochlorobenzene
Pentachlorophenol
*
Phenols
Picloram
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s)
(as decachloro-bipeh~nyl)
*
Simazine*
Styrene
2,4,5—TP
(Silvex)
Tetrachloroethylene*
Toluene
Toxaphene
*
1,1,
l—Trichloroethane
1,1,
2—Trichloroethane
1
•
2 4—Trichlorobenzene
Trichloroethylene*
Vinyl Chloride*
Xylenes
0.002
0.2
0. 005
0.006
0.007
0.1
0.002
0. 00005
0. 0004
0. 0002
0.05
0.0002
0.07
0.6
0.075
0. 0002
0.005
0
•
007
0.07
0.1
0.005
0.7
0.04
0.1
0.001
0.1
0.5
0 .Q005
0.004
0.1
0.05
0.005
1
0.003
0.2
0.005
0.07
0.005
0.002
10
*Denotes
a
carcinogen.
C)
Complex Organic
Chemical
Mixtures
Concentrations of the following chemical constituents
of gasoline, diesel fuel,
or heating fuel must not be
exceeded in Class
I groundwater:
Constituent
Standard
—19—
(mg
/
L)
Benzene*
0.005
BETX
11.705
*Denotes a carcinogen.
d)
Ph
Except due to natural causes,
a Ph range of 6.5
-
9.0
units must not be exceeded in Class
I groundwater.
e)
Beta Particle and Photon Radioactivity
1)
Except due to natural causes, the average annual
concentration
of
beta
particle and photon
radioactivity
from
man—made radionuclides shall
not exceed a dose equivalent to the total body
organ greater than 4 mrem/year in Class
I
groundwater.
If two or more radionuclides are
present, the
sum
of their dose equivalent to the
total body, or to any internal organ shall not
exceed 4 mrem/year in Class I groundwater except
due to natural causes.
2)
Except for the radionuclides listed in subsection
(e) (3), the concentration of man—made
radionuclides causing
4 mrem total body or organ
dose equivalent must be calculated on the basis of
a
2 liter per day drinking water intake using the
168—hour data in accordance with the procedure set
forth in NCRP Report Number 22,
incorporated by
reference at in Section 620.125(a).
3)
Except due to natural causes, the average annual
concentration assumed to produce a total body or
organ dose of
4 mrem/year of the following
chemical constituents shall not be exceeded in
Class
I groundwater:
Critical
Standard
Constituent
Organ
(Pci/i)
Tritium
Total body
20,000
Strontium—90
Bone marrow
8
(Source:
Amended at 18
Ill.
Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
Section 620.420
Groundwater Quality Standard for Class II:
General Resource Groundwater
a)
Inorganic Chemical Constituents
—20—
1)
Except
due
to
natural
causes
or
as
provided
in
Section
620.450
or
subsection
(a)(3)
or
(d),
concentrations of the following chemical
constituents must not be exceeded in Class II
groundwater:
Constituent
Standard
(mg/L)
Antimony
0.024
Arsenic
0.2
Barium
2
Beryllium
0.5
Cadmium
0.05
Chromium
1
Cobalt
1
Cyanide
0.6
Fluoride
4.0
Lead
0.1
Mercury
0.01
Nitrate as N
100
Thallium
0.02
2)
Except as provided in Section 620.450 or
subsection
(a)
(3)
or
(d),
concentrations
of
the
following chemical constituents must not be
exceeded in Class II groundwater:
Constituent
Standard
(mg
/
L)
Boron
2.0
Chloride
200
Copper
0.65
Iron
5
Manganese
10
Nickel
2
Selenium
0.05
Total
Dissolved
Solids
(TDS)
1,200
Sulfate
400
Zinc
10
3)
The standard for any inorganic chemical
constituent listed in subsection
(a) (2), for
barium, or for Ph does not apply to groundwater
within fill material or within the upper 10 feet
of parent material under such fill material on a
site not within the rural property class for
which:
—21—
A)
Prior to the effective date of this Part,
surficial characteristics have been altered
by the placement of such fill material so as
to impact the concentration of the parameters
listed in subsection
(a) (3), and any on-site
groundwater monitoring of such parameters
is
available for review by the Agency.
B)
On the effective date of this Part, surficial
characteristics are in the process of being
altered by the placement of such fill
material, which proceeds in reasonably
continuous manner to completion,
so as to
impact the concentration of the parameters
listed in subsection (a)(3), and any on—site
groundwater monitoring of such parameters
is
available for review by the Agency.
4)
For purposes of subsection
(a) (3), the term “fill
material” means clean earthen materials,
slag,
ash, clean demolition debris, or other similar
materials.
b)
Organic Chemical Constituents
1)
Except due to natural causes or as provided in
Section 620.450 or subsection
(b)(2)
or
(d),
concentrations of the following organic chemical
constituents must not be exceeded in Class II
groundwater:
Constituent
Standard
(mg
/
L)
Alachlor*
0.010
Aldicarb
0.015
Atrazine
0.015
Benzene*
0.025
Benzo(a)pyrene*
0.002
Carbofuran
0.2
Carbon Tetrachloride*
0.025
Chlordane*
0.01
Dalapon
2~Q
Dichloromethane*
0.05
Dichloromethane
0.05
Di(2_ethylhexyl)phthalate*
0.06
Dinoseb
0.07
Endothall
Q.J~
Endrin
0.01
Ethylene Dibromide*
0.0005
Heptachlor*
0.002
Heptachlor Epoxide*
0.001
—22—
Hexachlorocvclopentadiene
Lindane
(Gamma-HexachlorQ
cyclohexane)
2,
4—D
ortho—Dichlorobenzene
para—Dichlorobenzene
1. 2—Dibromo-3-Chloropropane*
1, 2—Dichloroethane*
1, l-Dichloroethylene
cis—1, 2-Dichioroethylene
I
2-Dichloroethylene
1, 2-Dichloropropane*
Ethylbenzene
Methoxychbr
Monochlorobenzene
Pentachiorophenol
*
Phenols
Picloram
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s)
(as decachloro-biphenyl)
*
Simazine*
Styrene
2,4,5—TP
Tetrachloroethylene*
Toluene
Toxaphene*
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1.2.4-Trichlorobenzene
1
•
1.
2-Trichloroethane
____
Trichloroethylene*
Vinyl Chloride*
Xylenes
*Denotes a carcinogen.
2)
The standards for pesticide chemical constituents
listed in subsection
(b) (1) do not apply to
groundwater within 10 feet of the land surface,
provided that the concentrations of such
constituents result from the application of
pesticides in a manner consistent with the
requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act
(7 U.S.C.
136 et seq.)
and the
Illinois Pesticide Act
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 19&9~9~,
ch.
5, pars.
801 et seq.)
415
ILCS 60/1 et seg.1.
c)
Complex Organic Chemical Mixtures
Concentrations of the following organic chemical
constituents of gasoline, diesel fuel,
or heating fuel
must not be exceeded in Class II groundwater:
0.5
0.001
0.35
1.5
0.375
0.002
0.025
0.035
0.2
0.5
0.025
1.0
0.2
0.5
0
•
005
0.1
5.0
0.0025
0.04
0.5
0.25
0.025
2.5
0.015
1.0
0.7
0.05
0.025
0.01
10
—23—
Constituent
Standard
(mg/ L)
Benzene*
0.025
BETX
13.525
*Denotes a carcinogen.
d)
Ph
Except due to natural causes,
a Ph range of 6.5
—
9.0
units must not be exceeded in Class II groundwater
that is within
5 feet of the land surface.
(Source:
Amended at 18 Ill.
Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
Section 620.605
Issuance of a Health Advisory
a)
The Agency shall issue a Health Advisory for a
chemical substance if all of the following conditions
are
met:
1)
A community water supply well is sampled and a
substance is detected and confirmed by resampling;
2)
There
is no standard under Section 620.410 for
such chemical substance; and
3)
The chemical substance is toxic or harmful to
human health according to the procedures of
Appendix A,
B, or
C.
b)
The Health Advisory must contain a general description
of the characteristics of the chemical substance, the
potential adverse health effects, and a guidance level
to be determined as follows:
1)
If disease or functional impairment is caused due
to a physiological mechanism for which there is a
threshold dose below which no damage occurs, the
guidance level for any such substance is the
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
(“MCLG”), adopted
by USEPA for such substance,
56 Fed. Reg.
26460-
26564, and 56 Fed. Reg. 3526—3597, and 57 Fed.
Req.
31776-31849, incorporated by reference at
Section 620.125.
If there is no MCLG for the
substance, the guidance level
is the Human
Threshold Toxicant Advisory Concentration for such
substance as determined in accordance with
Appendix A, unless the concentration for such
substance
is
less
than
the
lowest
appropriate
PQL
specified
in
“Test
Methods
for
Evaluating
Solid
—24—
Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods”, EPA
Publication No. SW-846
(SW-846), incorporated by
reference at Section 620.125 for the substance.
If the concentration
for such substance is less
than the lowest appropriate PQL for the substance
specified in SW-846, incorporated by reference at
Section 620.125, the guidance level is the lowest
appropriate PQL.
(Source:
Amended at 18 Ill. Reg.
____,
effective
____________)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
hereby certify that the above opinion and order was
adopted on the
/
7Z7~J
day of
,~)-i
~—~-c/--”
,
1994, by
avoteof
~-~‘‘
~
~
Dorothy M. inn,
Clerk
Illinois Pc~lutionControl Board