ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 19, 1973

IN THE MATTER OF

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WATER POLLUTION REGULATION AMENDMENTS

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ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle):

The following new Rule 409 Delays In Upgrading is enacted;

Because of inadequacies in funding o~the federal construction

grant program and the lack of any reasonable assurance that

additional federal funds will be made available on a timely

basis, the application of deadline dates in this Chapter to

any discharger 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. 1251 et seq.) is

modified as follows:

(a) All effluent standards required to be met on December

31, 1973 are extended to December 31, 1974 for any

discharger to the waters of the State who is or will

be eligible for a construction grant as described

above.

(i) 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 tending to cause water pollution.

(ii) 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

of this Rule, said Project Completion Schedule

will be automatically adjusted to reflect the

time extension.

The present Rule 602 (c) (3) shall be deleted and a new Rule

602(c) (3) enacted as follows;

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602(c) (3) To the extent necessary to prevent accumulations of

sludge deposits or depression of oxygen levels,

flows in excess of those described under paragraph

(c) (2) above shall be treated by retention and return

to the treatment works or otherwise. When the Agency

finds it necessary, part or all of such excess flows

shall be treated to substantially remove floating

debris and solids.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

Board, certify that th~above Order was adopted by the Board on

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