BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
)
REVISIONS TO WATER QUALITY
)
STANDARDS FOR TOTAL DISSOLVED
)
R06-24
SOLIDS
IN THE LOWER DES PLANES RIVER
)
(Site Specific Rule
-
Water)
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION
)
PROPOSED 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 303.445
)
NOTICE OF FILING
Dorothy M. Gunn
Anand Rao
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street
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Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
John Knittle
Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
2125 South First Street
Champaign,
IL 6 1820
Dennis
L. Duffield
Director of Public Works and Utilities
City of Joliet
Department of Public Works
&
Utilities
921 E. Washington Street
Joliet, IL 6043 1
Susan M. Franzetti
Franzetti Law Firm, P.C.
1 0 S. LaSalle Street
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Suite 3600
Chicago,
IL 60603
Thomas Andryk
Division of Legal Counsel
Illinois EPA
102
1 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794
-9276
Matthew J. Dunn
Division of Chief of Environmental Enforcement
Office of the Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street,
12'~ lo or
Chicano.
IL
60601
William Richardson
Chief Legal Counsel
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One Natural Resource Way
Springfield,
IL 62702
Please take notice that on May 31, 2006, we filed with the Office of the Clerk of the
Illinois Pollution Control Board via electronic mail
EXXONMOBIL'S
RESPONgE TO
BOARD'S QUESTIONS,
a copy of which is served upon you.
By:
Jeffrey
C. Fort
Letissa Carver Reid
Elizabeth A. Leifel
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
-6404
ELECTRONIC FILING, RECEIVED, CLERK'S OFFICE, MAY 31, 2006
BEFORE THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF:
1
)
)
REVISIONS TO WATER QUALITY
)
STANDARDS FOR TOTAL DISSOLVED
)
R06-24
SOLIDS
IN THE LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER
)
(Site Specific Rule
-
Water)
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION
)
PROPOSED 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 303.445
)
EXXONMOBIL'S RESPONSE TO BOARD'S QUESTIONS
In its March 2, 2006 Order (at p. 3), the Illinois Pollution Control Board (the "Board")
directed ExxonMobil to address the following questions:
1.
. . .
a review of the proposal reveals that ExxonMobil did not address the applicability oJ
or provide the information requested in, the "published study or report" requirement of Section
102.210(c). 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.21 O(c).
RESPONSE:
We understand that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (the
"Agency") will address
this issue and will provide additional information in support of the appropriateness of revising
the total dissolved solids (TDS) standard in the Lower Des Plaines River Segment. However,
see
-
James E. Huff Testimony at p.7 et seq. (filed on May 31, 2006) and Site
-Specific Rule
Petition Exhibits 7 and 8.
2.
. . .
the Board.
.
.directs ExxonMobil to address the effect of the proposed site-speclJic
rule on the variance granted by the Board on April 21, 2005 in CITGO Petroleum Corporation
and PDV Midwest Refining, LLC v. IEPA, PCB 05
-85 (April 21, 2005).
RESPONSE:
See generally, James E.
Huff Testimony at pp. 4-9 (filed on May 3 1,2006).
Respectfully submitted,
EXXONMOBA OIL CORPORATION
By:
One
Jeffrey C. Fort
Letissa Carver Reid
Elizabeth A. Leifel
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
-6404
ELECTRONIC FILING, RECEIVED, CLERK'S OFFICE, MAY 31, 2006
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned, an attorney, certify that I have served upon the individuals named on
the attached Notice of Filing true and correct copies of the EXXONMOBIL'S RESPONSE TO
BOARD'S QUESTIONS, via electronic mail and First Class Mail, postage prepaid on
May
3 1,2006.
ELECTRONIC FILING, RECEIVED, CLERK'S OFFICE, MAY 31, 2006
