ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
January 5, 1989
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
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R87-6
PHOSPHORUS EFFLUENT STANDARD,
35 ILL. ADM. CODE 304.123
PROPOSED RULE.
SECOND
NOTICE.
CORRECTION OF PROPOSED ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Anderson):
Because of a drafting error in the Board’s Order of December 15, 1988,
dischargers to lakes with a retention time of 18 days or less (Lake Decatur
and Lake Charleston) were not fully exempted from the phosphorus effluent
limits, as intended (see accompanying Opinion of December 15, 1988, page 11,
third paragraph). The Order proposed below amends the December 15, 1988 Order
only insofar as it repeats in Section 304.1233(b) the language contained in
Section 304.123(c)(1). Also, because of the error, the comment period is
extended to February 13, 1989.
The proposed Second Notice Order is hereby amended as follows.
ORDER
The Board hereby proposes the following corrected proposed amendment for
Second Notice, which is to be filed with the Joint Comittee on Administrative
Rules.
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 304
EFFLUENT STANDARDS
SUBPART A: GENERAL EFFLUENT STANDARDS
Section
304.101
Preamble
304.102
Dilution
304.103
Background Concentrations
304.104
Averaging
304.105
Violation of Water Quality Standards
304.106
Offensive Discharges
304.120
Deoxygenating Wastes
304.121
Bacteria
304.122
Nitrogen (STORET number 00610)
304.123
Phosphorus (STORET number 00665)
304.124
Additional Contaminants
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pH
Mercury
Delays in Upgrading
NPDES Effluent Standards
New Source Performance Standards (repealed)
SUBPART B: SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Calumet Treatment Plant Cyanide Discharges
Chlor—alkali Mercury Discharges in St. Clair County
Copper Discharges by Olin Corporation
Schoenberger Creek: Groundwater Discharges
John Deere Foundry Discharges
Alton Water Company Treatment Plant Discharges
Galesburg Sanitary District Deoxygenating Wastes
City of Lockport Treatment Plant Discharges
Wood River Station Total Suspended Solids Discharges
Sanitary District of Decatur Discharges
Union Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
Mobil Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
SUBPART C: TEMPORARY EFFLUENT STANDARDS
Secti on
304.301
Exception for Ammonia Nitrogen Water Quality Violations
Appendix A References to Previous Rules
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Section 27 of the
Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111—1/2, pars 1013 and
1027)
SOURCE: Filed with the Secretary of State January 1, 1978; amended at 2 Ill.
Reg. 30, p. 343, effective July 27, 1978; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 151,
effective November 2, 1978; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 20 p. 95, effective May 17,
1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 25 p. 190, effective June 21, 1979; amended at 4
Ill. Reg. 20, p. 53, effective May 7, 1980; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 563,
effective December 24, 1981; codified at 6 Ill. Reg. 7818, amended at 6 111.
Reg. 11161, effective September 7, 1982; amended at 6 Iii. Reg. 13750
effective October 26, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 3020, effective March 4,
1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 8111, effective June 23, 1983; amended at 7 Ill.
Reg. 14515, effective October 14, 1983; amended at 7 Ill
.
Reg. 14910,
effective November 14, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 1600, effective January
18, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 3687, effective March 14, 1984; amended at 8
Ill. Reg. 8237, effective June 8, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 1379, effective
January 21, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 4510, effective March 22, 1985;
peremptory amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 456, effective December 23, 1985; amended
at 11 Ill. Reg. 3117, effective January 28, 1987; amended in R84—13 at 11 Ill.
304. 125
304. 126
304. 140
304. 141
304.142
Secti on
304. 201
304. 202
304.203
304. 204
304.205
304. 206
304. 207
304. 208
304. 209
304. 212
304.2 13
304.2 14
Discharges
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Reg. 7291, effective April 3, 1987; amended in R86-17(A) at 11 Ill. Reg.
14748, effective August 24, 1987; amended in R84-16 at 12 Ill. Reg. 2445,
effective January 15, 1988; amended in R87-6 at
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Ill. Reg.
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effective
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Section 304.123 Phosphorus (STORET number 00665)
a) No effluent discharge within the Lake Michigan Basin shall contain
more than 1.0 mg/i of phosphorus as P.
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b) No effluent from any source which discharges to a lake or reservoir
with a surface area of 8.1 hectares (20 acres) or more, or to any
tributary of such a lake or reservoir within 10.25 kilometers (25
miles) of the point wilire the tributary enters the lake or reservoir,
whose untreated waste load is 2500 or more populationi~iTTv~Thnts,
and which does not utilize a third-stage lagoon treatment system as
specified in Sections 304.120(a) and (c), shall exceed 1.0 mg/i of
phosphorus as P; however, this subsection (b) shall not apply where
the lake or reservoir on an annual basis exhibits a mean hydraulic
retention time of 0.05 years (18 days) or less.
C)
No effluent from any source which discharges to a lake or reservoir
with a surface area of 8.1 hectares (20 acres) or more, or to any
tributary of such a lake or reservoir beyond 10.25 kilometers (25
miles) of the point where the tributary enters the lake or reservoir,
whose untreated waste load is 2500 or more population equivalents,
and which does not utilize a third-stage lagoon treatment system as
specified in Sections 304.120(a) and (c), shall exceed 1.0 mg/i of
phosphorus as P.; however, this subsection (c) shall not apply:
1) Where the lake or reservoir on an annual basis exhibits a mean
hydraulic retention time of 0.05 years (18 days) or less; or
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~ Where effluent, if untreated for removal of phosphorus, would
contribute less than 3 of the phosphorus loading of all
tributaries to such lake or reservoir, including non—point
sources.
d) For the purpose of this Section the term “lake or reservoir” shall
not include low level pools constructed in free flowing streams or
any body of water which is an integral part of an operation which
includes the application of sludge on land.
f~ Ge~p14aReewith
the
~tat~-eRsef pa~ag~a~h~ shafl. be aeh~evedby
the
fel4ewing dates+
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Pe~4at+eRTaRd
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~eee~be~~4. 4985~e~s~ehethe~date as ~eq~i~edby NP~~~e~#~t3e~
as e~dere4by the Beard w~deFT4t1.e ~ e~ 4t4.e X ef the Aet~
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Compliance with the limitations of paragraph (b) shall be achieved by
the followfng dates:
1) Sources with the present capability to comply shall do so on the
effective date of this regulation
2) All other sources shall comply as required by NPDES permit.
(SOURCE: Amended at
Ill. Reg.
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,
effective
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
B. Forcade dissented.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby
certify that the abov Corrected Second Notice Order was adopted on
the 5~~dayof ________________________, 1989, by a vote of
C/.
Illinois Pollu i n Control Board
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