ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
May 7,
1992
IN THE MATTER OF:
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PETITION OF JEFFERSON
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AS 92-3
SMURFIT CORPORATION FOR AN
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(Adjusted Standard)
ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM
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ILL. ADM.
CODE
304.105
AND
302.208
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by R.C.
Flemal):
This petition for adjusted standard was filed on April
22,
1992.
A review of this petition pursuant to Section 28.1 of the
Act and 35
Iii. Adm. Code 106.Subpart G indicates the following
deficiencies:
1.
Smurfit has not provided a map indicating the location
of the facility, the discharge points,
the North Ditch,
and the receiving streams.
It would be easier to
comprehend the information provided in the petition
with a location map.
2.
Smurfit has not provided data regarding the flows
“into” and “out of”
(reuse and discharge)
the ditch,
and the retention capacity of the ditch which will be
required to ascertain the liquid balance.
3.
Section V Compliance Alternatives does not consider the
option of expanding the retention capacity of the North
Ditch to contain the “normal
flow” and comply with the
1 mg/l standard.
This option seems to be logical since
the information included in the petition indicates that
boron concentration in the discharge from the North
Ditch exceeds
1 mg/l level only
if it occurs during
“normal flow”
(i.e. not caused by a rainfall event)
4.
In Section VI, Smurfit has requested an adjusted
standard for boron of
15 mg/i.
Smurfit appears to be
relying solely on the site-specific standard adopted
for Illinois Power Co.
in 1978 granting a boron water
quality standard of
15 mg/i which applies to an unnamed
tributary of Wood River Creek and a portion of Wood
River Creek
(see Section 303.352).
The 15 mg/i
concentration is not supported by the analytical
results provided in the petition (Attachment A) which
indicate that the conc~ntration of boron
in the North
Ditch during March 1989 through January 1990 ranged
from 0.4
to 5.8 mg/i.
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5.
In Section VII,
Smurfit has not provided any
information regarding the time periods when discharge
takes place or the flow data of the receiving stream to
substantiate its statement that the receiving stream
always contains water at the time of discharge.
This
information is useful if the adjusted standard is to
specify the periods when the
1 mg/I standard for boron
may be exceeded.
6.
Smurfit has apparently relied upon its consultant’s
review,
and the adjusted standard granted by the Board
to Illinois Power in determining that the requested
relief does not present any adverse impact.
However,
the petition does not include the consultant’s report
regarding the impact of the discharge on the receiving
stream to substantiate its claim.
Data on stream and
sediment monitoring and potential routes of exposure
that might impact human health, aquatic life or wild
and domestic animals using the water in the creek
is
needed to evaluate adverse environmental impacts.
If an amended petition curing these deficiencies is not
filed within 45 days of the date of this Order, this petition
will be subject to dismissal.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Bo~~ç1,hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
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1992, by a vote of
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