CVED
LERK’S
OFFICE
ILUNOIS POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOARD
January
7, 2009
OF
IWNOIS
Control
Board
IN
THE
MATTER OF:
)
)
PROPOSED
SITE
SPECIFIC
RULE
FOR
)
R09-8
CITY
OF SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS,
)
(Site-Specific
Rulemaking -
Water)
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CITY
)
WATER, LIGHT
and POWER
and
)
SPRINGFIELD
METRO
SANITARY
)
DISTRICT
FROM 35 ILL.
ADM. CODE
)
302.208(g):
NEW 35 ILL.
ADM. CODE
)
303.446
)
HEARING
OFFICER
ORDER
On September
16, 2008,
the Board accepted
for
hearing
a site-specific
rulemaking filed
on
August
29,
2008, by the City
of Springfield
(City), Office
of Public Utilities,
City
Water,
Light and Power
(CWLP) and
Springfield Metro
Sanitary
District
(District), (collectively,
Springfield).
The proposal seeks
to
establish
an alternative
water quality
standard
for
boron
from the
discharge point at
the Spring Creek Sanitary
Treatment
Plant
(Spring
Creek STP)
to the
Sangamon
River to its confluence
with the
Illinois River
and 100 yards downstream
from the
confluence
in the Illinois River.
The
Board
granted a motion
to expedite the
rulemaking
consistent with the Board’s
available resources
and directed
that
a hearing
be set expeditiously.
The Board held
two hearings
in this proceeding,
the first on November
3, 2008,
and the
second on December
16, 2008. At the
close
of the second
hearing,
the participants agreed
to a
comment period
lasting
for 30 days
after the Board received
the transcript
from
the
December
16, 2008 hearing.
The Board received
the
transcript
from that
hearing
on December 30,
2008.
Therefore, the
period
during
which
comments
may
be filed for consideration
by
the
Board
before
proceeding
to second
notice
closes January
29,
2009.
Any requests
to extend the notice
period
must
be received prior
to January 29,
2009.
IT IS
SO
ORDERED.
arie E. Tipsord
Hearing
Officer
Illinois
Pollution
Control Board
100 West Randolph,
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois
60601
(312) 814-4925
tipsorm@ipcb.state.il.us