ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
April 16, 2009
IN THE MATTER OF:
PETITION OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT 8,
BOWMAN AVENUE PUMP STATION AND
DEEP WELL SYSTEM, FOR AN
ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM 35 ILL.
ADM. CODE 302.208(g) (NPDES PERMIT
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AS 08-1
(Adjusted Standard – Water)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
On April 3, 2009, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) filed a motion to
voluntarily withdraw its adjusted standard petition (Mot.), attaching a status report. IDOT had
sought an adjusted standard from the Board’s general use water quality standards for sulfate and
total dissolved solids (TDS) in effect on July 27, 2007, the date on which IDOT filed the petition
(35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.208(g)). The petition concerns discharge from IDOT’s District 8
Bowman Avenue Pump Station in East St. Louis, St. Clair County. At IDOT’s request, this
proceeding was stayed by Board orders of December 20, 2007, and December 4, 2008.
In IDOT’s motion for voluntary withdrawal, IDOT states that in March 2009, the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued a letter to the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency approving Illinois’ revised water quality standards for sulfate and TDS. Mot.
at 1;
see also
Mot., Exhibit A (USEPA letter). According to the motion, IDOT’s adjusted
standard petition “is no longer necessary” because “[t]he revised criteria for sulfate and TDS
adopted by the Board
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
and later approved by the USEPA satisfies [IDOT’s] Petition for Adjusted
Standard for sulfate and TDS.” Mot. at 1. The Board terminates the stay of this adjusted
standard proceeding, grants IDOT’s motion, dismisses the case, and closes the docket.
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See
Triennial Review of Sulfate and Total Dissolved Solids Water Quality Standards:
Proposed Amendments To 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.102(b)(6), 302.102(b)(8), 302.102(b)(10),
302.208(g), 309.103(c)(3), 405.109(b)(2)(A), 409.109(b)(2)(B), 406.100(d); Repealer of 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 406.203 and Part 407; and Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.208(h), R07-9
(Sept. 4, 2008).
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I, John Therriault, Assistant Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the
Board adopted the above order on April 16, 2009, by a vote of 5-0.
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John Therriault, Assistant Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
