ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    #R71-3:
    Secondary Treatment Dates,
    Ohio
    River
    Adopted May 26,
    1971
    SWB—l0
    is hereby amended as follows:
    1.
    Repeal the regulations found in paragraph
    7 of Rule
    1.08
    and in its place substitute
    the following:
    “All
    oxygen—demandine
    waste
    discharges
    and
    wastes
    containing
    suspended
    solids
    shall
    receive
    a
    minimum
    of
    secondary
    treatment,
    as
    defined
    herein,
    by
    December
    31,
    1973.
    “For
    sewage
    works
    which
    receive
    influent
    equal
    to
    or
    greater
    than 10,000 population equivalents
    (P.E.),
    secondary
    treatment
    shall
    mean that degree of treatment which will result
    in
    at least
    a
    90
    reduction
    in
    five-day
    biochemical
    oxygen
    demand
    (BOD5)
    and suspended
    solids
    and
    provide
    an
    effluent
    which
    contains
    no
    more
    than
    20
    mg/l
    of
    five-day
    biochemical
    oxygen
    demand
    (BOD~)
    and 25 mg/l
    of
    suspended
    solids
    “For
    sewage
    works
    which
    receive
    an
    influent
    of
    less
    than
    10
    ,000
    population
    eguiva1en~s
    (P .E.)
    secondary
    treatment
    shall
    mean
    that
    degree
    of
    treatment
    which
    will
    result
    in
    at least an
    85
    reduction
    in
    five-day
    bicch~moicai
    oxygen
    demand
    and
    suspended
    solids
    and
    orovide an effluent whic:r~contains
    no
    more
    than
    30
    mg/l
    of five—day
    b~ochenical oxyaen
    demand
    (EOD~~
    and
    37
    mg/i
    of
    suspended
    solids.
    “Disinfection
    wiTL:L
    he
    provided
    for
    all
    effluents
    to
    reduce
    fecal
    colifcrrns
    to
    400
    per
    lOt)
    nl
    or
    less
    before
    discharge
    to
    any
    waters
    desiunated
    for
    primary
    contact
    or
    to
    2
    r°0°
    per
    100
    ml.
    before
    discharge
    to
    any
    other
    waters.
    “Bvuass
    flows
    in
    excess
    of
    sewacme
    works
    capacity
    shall
    he
    given
    primer
    treatment
    and
    disinfection
    in
    auxiliary
    facilities~
    “Any
    dates
    anpearing
    in
    this
    regulation
    whach
    are
    inconsistent
    with
    the
    December
    31,
    1973
    date
    are
    hereby
    repealed.”
    2.
    Repeal
    the
    reoulations
    found
    in
    raragraoh
    8
    of
    Rule
    1.09.
    3.
    Repeal
    the
    reculations
    found
    in
    paragraphs
    11
    (a)
    and 11
    (b)
    of Rule
    i~08,
    1
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