ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
January
6, 1971
In the Matter of:
R
70—17
DU PAGE COUNTY REGIONALIZATION
Opinion of the Board
(by Mr.
Kissel):
With the adoption of regulations regarding DuPage County
Sewage Regionalization, R 70—17,
the Board takes
a most signi—
.ficant step forward in the conversion of the resources of the
State
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both natural ~nd economic resources.
Natural resour-
ces, since the efficient operation of
a series of strategically
located regional plants will greatly minimize the pollutional
load upon the DuPage County streams, thereby enhancing the use
of the water resources in the County.
Economic resources,
since
over the long—term period of years regional plants will result
in significant dollars saved, both in construction and operating
costs.
The adoption of this regulation insists that there be co-
operation between the various governmental entities and private
utilities whose statutory function includes sewage treatment.
This cooperation will have to exist at the local level in order
that a regional solution can be reached.
Finally, this regulation
imposes
a time limit to reach that solution.
As seve~aldays
of hearings in DuPage County made abundantly clear, sufficient
vacillation and position jockeying have occurred over the past
fifteen years to demand that time limitations be imposed.
Though
this regulation does not anticipate immediate implementation of the
Regional Program,
it does demand that compliance be obtained over
a reasonable period of time.
The hearing record in this regulatory matter demonstrates
that the actual structuring of
a regional solution to the prolif-
eration of sewage
treatment facilities in DuPage County must
take place at the local level.
Though the hearings received
evidence as to the size, growth, and operation of the various
treatment plants
in the County,
a much more localized hearing will
be necessary in order to
determine how each plant will fit into the
projected growth pattern of the region, the suitability and pro-
jected physical life of each plant, and the geographic,
political,
and
economic realities regarding the operation of each plant.
To
this end,
the Board has incorporated into the regulation the DuPage
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County
Wastewater Regions
‘nap adopted by the Northeastern IllinoIs
Planning Commission
(NIPC); hearings will be held in each NIPC
Region in order to determine that Region’s Regional Plan.
The
Board will designate a Hearing Officer for each NIPC Region; he
will be empowered to hold hearings on a Regional Plan and make
recommendations to the Board.
The Board shall
then determine
a
Regional Program for each Region and give final approval to a
Regional Wastewater Program for DuPage County.
THE
NEED FOR REGIONALIZATION
The multiplicity of overlapping local governmental units was
never better illustrated than in the proliferation of entities
involved in the treatment of sewage in DuPage County.
DuPage has
sprouted an inordinate number of seperate sewage treatment plants
(81 in 1970,
R.
342), many of them small indeed, and in many cases
quite close to one another.
Recent urban expansion away from
Chicago has given DuPage
a high population density and a consider-
able total population
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factors which favor regionalization of
facilities, not fractionalization.
Further,
the topography of the
County is
such
as
to allow, inexpensive transport of sewage to cen-
tral locations.
Testimony received at the hearings in February and July,
1971,
established that unnecessarily small plants constitute a threat of
pollution.
The Agency indicated that plants operating at larger
capacities
can generally be staffed with more competent personnel
and can provide 24—hour operator coverage to insure proper operation.
In
its
experience,
the
Agency
has
found
that
lack
of proper opera-
tion
is
one
of
the
largest
single
factors
toward
th~ degradation
of water quality in Illinois streams
(R.
339).
Dr. Pfeffer of the
Institute for Envrionmental Quality stressed that more competent
operators were necessary in order to install an activated sludge
sewage treatment plant;
such a facility is capable of producing a
higher quality of effluent than the less’ effective trickling filter
operation
(R.
183).
The Board has recognized this fact by p~e-
scribing less stringent effluent standards for small plants
(e.g.
SWB-l2, SWB-13, as amended by
#R 70—3, January,
1971).
Thus, when
an
area can support a larger sewage treatment facility,
this Board
must insist,
in the interest of maintaining water quality, that this
higher degree of treatment be provided.
Dr. Pfeffer also noted the
probability that advanced waste treatment methods required now or
in the future will likewise be beyond the effective competence of
small plants and their operators.
For example, should some manner
of ammonia nitrogen removal be required,
(cf. Institute proposal
of December 14,
1971), increased sophistication of operation wouLd
be demanded in the plant management.
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The Agency also cited several other reasons for 2arger, more
efficient facilities when possible.
To operate the biological
processes of
a sewage treatment plant,
accurate laboratory control
tests are required.
Such tests can only be made at plants properly
staffed with qualified chemists
CR.
339).
Only the larger plant
can maintain such facilities.
Plants with larger capacities
generally have three or more units designed for
a function,
thereby permitting any unit to be taken out of service for re-
pairs,
increasing the load to the other units by less than
50.
At smaller plants, generally only two units are provided for a
function;
these then become 100
overloaded when one unit is
removed from service.
Dr. Pfeffer gra~hicallydescribed such
backup capacity:
“You have generally multiple units, which,
if
one of the particular units becomes inactivated for
some reason, you can increase the load slightly to
the remaining unit without markedly affecting the
efficiency.
If yc~uare sitting here with
a small
plant that has one primary clarifier and you have
to shut that clarifier down to replace the mechanism
then all
that water is bypassed,
and in the past
it has been letting raw sewage into the stream
.
.
(R. 185)
In addition, plants at larger capacities are not as susceptible to
plant upset due to infiltration of storm water or inadvertent slugs
of industrial wastes, since the larger facility has an inherent
dilution capability.
Larger capacity plants
serve larger areas
and,
as such,
the daily peak flows are
a smaller percentage of the
design average flow; this results in better overall daily treatment
(R.
440).
The larger sewage treatment facility also incorporates
several financial economies of scale.
The Agency indicated that
larger capacity plants generally have lower capital costs and lower
operating and maintenance costs per million gallons.
Pfeffer’s
testimony established this in detail
(R.
176-82).
Ope~atingcosts
for a plant treating one million gallons per day are three times
those of a plant treating 100 million gallons,
on a per—gallon
basis; construction costs are considerably higher as well.
A
study of the savings attained by regional
sewage treatment was
made in the area comprising Albany County, New York.
For each of
the eight affected municipalities to treat its own sewage would
have cost $78.5 million, required 110 operating. personnel,
and
cost $29.0 million
for the first year.
A regional two-plant
system
cost
$53.1
million,
required
only
35
operators,
and
was
obtained
at
half
the
per
capita
cost.
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The above evidence conclusively establishes the need for a
Regional Sewage Treatment Program in DuPage County.
This Board’s
conviction that a Regional Program is necessary for DuPage is
supported by numerous groups within the County.
The County has
been pressing for regionalization since 1956
(R. 27).
In February,
1971, the DuPage County Mayors and Managers Conference adopted
a plan for regional treatment
(R. 9).
The County Board subse-
quently went on record as
favoring the plan
(R.
473).
In 1968,
the DuPage County Association of Sanitary Districts endorsed
a
plan for regional treatment
(R.
20).
A regional solution,
all the parties contend, awaits the
designation of a county-wide agency with exclusive authority to
construct and operate sewage treatment facilities throughout the
county, and with adequate authority to raise money by appro-
priate means.
Several bills introduced in the most recent legisla-
tive session would establish various regional authorities with the
requisite financial powers, but all languished for lack of con-
sensus over who is to b~put in charge, who abolished and who
expanded.
(Cf. House Bills 1799,
2060,
and 2613).
This Board
does not believe that it need await the establishment of a
county-wide agency before
a regional program
can be implemented.
By the use of the powers granted them under the existing
statutes,
the present governmental entities in DuPage County can
begin to move toward regionalization of sewage treatment facili-
ties.
The County, all municipalities, and all sanitary districts
have authority
to construct,
acquire,
and operate
sewã’ge treatment
facilities
(Ill. Rev.
State,
Ch.
24, Sec. 11—141—2
(municipalities);
Ch.
34,
Sec.
3111
(counties); Ch.
42,
Secs.
306,
306.1
(sanitary
districts)).
All have the power of condemnation without regard
for municipal or sanitary district boundaries.
(Ch.
24,
Sec.
11—141—2;
Ch.
34,
Sec.
3l1(;
Ch.
42, Sec.
307).
Municipalities and
sanitary districts may accept and treat sewage from outside their
boundaries
(Ch.
24,
Sec. 11—146-1; Ch.
42,
Sec.
316); may contract
with one another, if adjacent for the common construction or use
of facilities
(Ch.
2.4,
Sec.
11—147—1); and may contract for the
county to provide
sewage treatment, with the local government
paying its share of costs
(Ch.
24,
Sec. 11—147—5;
Ch.
34,
Sec.
3131).
All these governmental bodies have authority to raise
funds by
revenue and general obligation bonds, by user and connection
charges, by general taxation, and by special assessment under the
new Constitution effective last July 1
(R.
168).
Under the hear-
ings to be held under this regulation, it is the Board’s intent
that the full use of such statutory authority be explored.
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EXPLANATION
OF THE REGULATION
In
summary, the following steps would take place under the
regulation..
The Board will appoint a Hearing Officer for each of
the
nine
regions.
He
will
convene
the
various
Parties
in
that
region.
The
Parties
shall
then
submit
a
Regional
Plan
to
the
Hearing Officer, who shall conduct hearings of these submissions
and make recommendations
to the Board.
The Board shall then
determine a Regional Program for each region and, after notice and
publication,
give its final approval to
a Regional Wastewater
Treatment Program for DuPage County.
It is anticipated that all
of the above steps will occur within approximately ten months of
the adoption of this regulation.
The nine regions which the Board has designated are those
which were approved by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
October
21,
1971.
A DuPage County map designating those regions
was prepared
for
the Board by NIPC and was made a part of this
Chapter.
For the purposes
of the hearings under this regulation,
those areas marked for the National Accelerator Laboratory and
for the Bartlett—Hanover Park Wastewater Sector
shall be considered
as part of the northwest region on the map.
Since the Proposed
Final Draft of this Part was published for purposes of public
comment November
23, 1971,
the Board has received several comments
from various municipalities and sanitary districts expressing
particular reservations about one or another boundary line of
a
particular region.
With adoption today,
we do not change any of
those boundaries originally proposed.
Such minor changes as were
suggested can be worked out by the various Hearing Officers and
the Parties upon
a proper showing in the course of the hearings.
The County of DuPage,
all municipalities,
sanitary districts,
and public utilities presently having responsibility for the treat-
ment of sewage in DuPage County shall be Parties in these pro-
ceedings.
Since the Board’s original proposal June
9,
1971, public
utilities have been added as Parties.
Such addition is principally
due to the Agency’s testimony that utility sewage treatment
facilities have not been responsive to the pollution control pro-
grams of the State
(R.
344).
A Regional Program would then
dictate
that such facilities be phased out in favor of goverment-
operated facilities capable of exercising bonding power and re-
ceiving State and Federal financial grants.
The Board shall designate a Hearing Officer for each of the
nine regions.
His initial responsibility will be to bring all the
Parties within a particular region together.
Working through the
Board,
his activities in
a particular region shall be coordinated
with that of Hearing Officers in neighboring regions.
Once the
Hearings Officer convenes the Parties, he shall direct their efforts
to
the
preparation
of
a
Regional
Plan.
He
can
schedule
such
public
hearings,
meetings,
or
pre-hearing
conferences
as
he
deems
necessary.
In
any
case,
by
April
1,
1972,
all
the
Parties
within
a particular region shall
submit
a
“Regional
Plan”
to
the
Hearing
Officer and to the Agency.
This Regional
Plan may be
submitted
either jointly or individually by the Parties.
This Plan should
be structured in substantial accordance with the Regional Waste—
water Plan approved by NIPC October 21, 1971.
Rule 1106
of
this
Part
sets
forth
in
ample
detail
the
contents
of the Regional Plan.
Of particular note is
a “phase—in, phase—out”
schedule for each of the affected or ptoposed plants or plant ex-
pansions.
The Plan must also contain
a commitment
as to which
governmental entity will operate the plants and how such operation
and expansion will be financed.
Since the construction and main-
tenance
of interceptor sewers
is
an integral part of the operation
of
a sewage treatment plant,
a commitment is also demanded in
this regard.
Further, the Plan must be
consonant
with
County
and
regional comprehensive growth and land—use planning.
In other
words,
the sewage treatment facility must constitute an adequate
service facility
for the
area which it serves and intends to serve.
The regulation also marks the first time that the Board has
sought a recommendation from its Hearing Officers.
Upon receipt
of the Regional Plan,
the Hearing Officer shall hold such further
hearings
as may be necessary in order for him to formulate recom-
mendations
to
the Board by July 1,
1972.
Rule
1107(b) indicates
the contents of
such a recommendation to the Board.
Basically,
the Rule seeks
a “physical” layout from the Hearing Officer as to
phasing out of plants, designation of new, interim or remote
facilities, and construction of interceptors to accomodate new or
expanded
facilities.
The
Hearing
Officer~must
also
designate
the
governmental
agency
or
agencies
which
will assume responsibility
for
treatment
of
sewage within his particular region.
In
making
his
recommendations to the Board, Rule 1107(c) proposes several
considerations to the Hearing Officer.
Two are of especially great
importance.
Provision may be made in the Regional Plan for con-
tinued service by smaller plants in areas remote
from regional
treatment facilities.
Such a provision only underscores the Board’s
insistence that the Plan be technically and economically reasonable.
Further,
the Hearing Officer must take into account the service
needed in areas presently unsewered.
.
Rule 1111 provides that these
aréãs Mii&chá~ethei~interests
fully considered in these proceed-
ings and
places
~uch
bi
défftipon
the
f~êa~1iigOf~l~erand the Agency.
This concern over presently unserviced areas was
one. of the reasons
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for
the
Board’s
hesitation
to
adopt
a
county-wide
regional
plan
based upon the
hearings
already
held
in
1971.
Before
a
Regional
Program can be approved,
the Board must be assured that such un—
serviced areas are guaranteed service on
a reasonable cost basis
and only on reasonable conditions.
The Board views sewage treat-
ment facilities as
a public service commodity which is to be
provided in anticipation of and in response to the needs of the
community.
Planning for sewage treatment services and facilities
is
a vital part of community growth.
Rule 1108 indicates the contents of
a Regional Program to
be issued by the Board.
Again, the Regional Program must establish
the physical pattern of “phase-in, phase-out” of treatment plant
and transport system expansion, and of new plant construction.
Such
should be in accordance with economic and technical feasibility and
should take into account the predicted regional
growth
in
the
County.
Most
importantly,
the Program must designate the govern-
mental agency or agencies which will be responsible for sewage
treatment within each of the nine regions.
The Environmental Protection Agency will participate
in each
of the proceedings in each region.
It will also file a stated
written recommendation for each region and for each treatment
plant.
The Agency shall also air in the enforcement
of this Part
by denying permits
for any facility which does not conform with
the Regional Program.
Rule 1113 proposes only two exceptions to
such a policy:
for interim facilities in the event of
a demon-
strated emergency;
for facilities of such small capacity as
to
create only an insignificant risk of inadequate treatment.
Overriding all other considerations under this Part, of course,
is the Board’s insistence that this regulation in no way relieves
any person from the obligation
to comply in all respects with exist-
ing and future regulations, both as to water quality standards and
as
to the implementation plan for DuPage County streams.
In promulgating this regulation,
the Board shifts the onus
of determining
the manner of regionalization
back
to where it be-
longs
--
the people and governmental bodies of DuPage County.
By
localizing the political
traumas and governmental rivalries, we
anticipate that a solution may
become
more
easily
available.
We
do not withdraw from the problem, however, but merely await
a
sifting out of the facts and the formulation of a Regional. Plan.
Then the case returns to the Board,
for the institution of
a
Regional Program.
It is our earnest hope that the Plan presented
by the Parties constitutes
a detailed, viable solution such that
the Regional Program approved by the Board need only be a stamp of
approval.
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The
Board
hopes
that this regulation will provide an impetus
and perhaps
a model to other similarly urbanized counties through-
out Illinois.
Lake, McHenry,
Kane, Will, Madison, and St.
CJ.air
Counties are only
a step away from the sewage treatment problems
which engulf DuPage County.
I, Christan L. Moffett,
Clerk of the Pollution Control Board,
certify that the Board adopted the above Opinion this
~
“
day of
January,
1972,
by a vote of
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/77
~th
Christan L. Moff’et~’
Clerk
of
the
Board
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ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
January
6, 2972
In the Matter of
DU PAGE COUNTY SEWAGE
)
# R70-17
REGIONALIZATION
CHAPTER IV:
WATER POLLUTION
PART 11:
Regional
Sewage Treatment
1101
Preamble:
The proliferation of
numerous small sewage treat-
ment plants in densely populated and rapidly developing Du
Page County constitutes
a severe and intolerable impediment
to the correction of present water pollution and a continuing
threat of additional pollution
in
the future.
Not only do
the higher unit costs of constructing and operating small
plants waste finite dollars and therefore contribute
to pollu-
tion;
small plants cannot produce
as
satisfactory an effluent
as
can larger plants, because they cannot provide certain
types
of sophisticated treatment, because they cannot prac-
ticably be adequately supervised or maintained,
and because
they cannot provide adequate standby treatment capacity to
prevent pollution in the
event of a malfunction.
The estab-
lishment or continued operation of sewage treatinent plants
so small as
to exhibit these deficiencies,
in areas such
as
DuPage County where the population density
is high enough to
make
larger plants economically feasible and indeed econom-
ically far more desirable,
is
contrary to the anti-pollution
policy of the Environmental Protection Act.
The nine service-
area concept for DuPage County proposed by the Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission sets forth
a reasonable geograph-
ical basis upon which
to base a regionalization scheme in
DuPage County and the Board endorses this concept in principle
All regionalization efforts made under this Chapter shall be
directed toward
a reduction in the number of sewage treatment
facilities at the earliest reasonable deadline.
A series of
regional plants, well—operated and strategically located, will
greatly minimize the pollutional
load upon the DuPage County
streams and assure conformance with the Environmental Protec-
tion Act.
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In order to accomplish the above goals, the Board
will appoint a Hearing Officer for each of the nine regions;
he shall bring
the various Parties in that region together;
either jointly or individually, the Parties
shall submit a
Regional Plan to the Hearing Officer;
the Hearing Officer
shall conduct hearings on these submissions and make recom-
mendations to the Board; based on these recommendations,
the Board shall determine a program for each region,
and,
after publication, give final approval to a regional waste—
water treatment program for DuPage County.
1102
Regions.
The nine regions in DuPage County shall be as
designated and approved by the Northeaster
Illinois Planning
Commission October 21,
1971, subject to such changes as the
Board shall make as a result of hearings held under this
Part.
Such designatioi~is depicted on the DuPage County
map which
is made a part of and attached to this Chapter.
The two areas marked for the National Accelerator Labora-
tory site and the Bartlett-Hanover Park Wastewater
Section
shall for purposes of this regulation be considered as part
of
the northwest region indicated on the
map.
1103
Parties.
The County of DuPage,
all municipalities,
sanitary
districts,
and public utilities presently having responsibil-
ity for the treatment of sewage shall be Parties
in these
proceedings.
The failure of any such Party to appear or
participate shall bind that Party as
to any proceedings or
rulings made by the Hearing Officer of the Board under this
Part.
1104
Hearing Officers.
The Board shall designate a Hearing Officer
for each of
the nine regions.
It shall be the responsibility
of the Hearing Officer,
as
a representative of the Board,
to
bring together all the Parties within the
particular region.
The Hearing Officer shall have all such powers as are granted
to hearing officers under Part II of
the Procedural Rules
and
Regulations
of the Board.
(a)
Upon appointment, the Hearing Officer shall notify
all Parties within the region, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Northeastern Illinois
Planning Commission of his intent to hold public
hearings on the implementation of this Part.
(b)
Within thirty
(30) days of the effective date of
this Part,
the Hearing Officer shall schedule an
informal mee~ingwith all Parties within the
particular region.
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(c)
The Hearing Officer shall schedule such
sub-
sequent
pre—hearing
conferences,
meetings,
and
public
hearings as may be necessary to
the prep-
aration of a Regional Plan for the particular
region.
1105
Submission of Regional Plan.
On or before April 1,
1972,
all
Parties within a particular region shall file with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency and with the Hearing Officer for that
region
a “Regional Plan” for
the regionalization of sewage
treatment facilities within that region.
The Parties may sub-
mit the Regional Plan ei~ther jointly or individually.
All
Parties shall attempt
to structure
the Regional
Plan
in sub-
stantial accordance with the Regional Wastewater Plan approved
by the Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission,
October
21,
1971.
1106
Content of Regional Plan.
The Regional Plan to be
submitted
under Section
1105 shall provide the
following:
(a)
A “phase—in, phase—out” schedule for each of
the plants which, inter alia, shall take into
account the
technical feasibility and economic
reasonableness of continuing service at each
of
the
affected plants;
(b)
A description of the location, capacity, treat-
ment facilities,
cost,
and service area ~or the
proposed plant(s)
that
is
(are)
to accept and
treat the sewage from the geographical area in-
volved;
Cc)
A firm commitment by one or more
responsible
governmental agencies
to construct and operate
the
proposed plants,
together with a
firm
sched-
ule
for design,
award of contracts, commencement
of construction,
full operation, and abandonment
of obsolete plants;
Cd)
A firm commitment by one
or more responsible
governmental agencies
to construct and maintain
any interceptor sewers made necessary by the
Regional Plan;
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Ce)
A
firm
commitment
by
the
affected
governmental
agencies
for
the
financing
of
the
necessary
facilities,
through
taxation,
user
charges,
revenue
and
general
obligation bonds,
special
assessment, connection charges,
loans,
grants,
contracts,
or otherwise;
Cf)
An attorney’s opinion affirming and explaining
the authority of the responsible governmental
agencies to carry out their undertaking as des-
cribed;
(g)
Assurance that the plan conforms with Rule 1105
of this Chapter and with all applicable regula-
tions respecting air and water pollution and
the disposal of solid waste;
(h)
Assurance as to what interim measures will be
provided regarding sewage treatment, includ-
ing water quality standards;
Ci)
Assurances that such a Plan is consistent with
County and regional comprehensive growth and
land-use planning.
1107
Recommendations of Hearing Officer.
(a)
Upon receipt of the Regional Plan,
the Hearing
Officer shall schedule such further hearings as
may be necessary in order for him to formulate
his recommendations
to the Board under this
Chapter.
Cb)
By July 1,
1972,
the Hearing Officer in each
region shall submit to the Board his recommen-
dations as to how the Board should implement the
regional concept in the particular region.
The
Hearing Officer’s recommendation shall:
(1)
Detail the phasing out of plants;
(2)
designate plants as either interim,
remote or regional facilities;
(3)
designate the governmental agency(s)
which will assume responsibility
for
sewage treatment;
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(4)
evaluate the need for extensions
to
interceptor sewer lines before region-
alization can be realized;
(5)
list facilities which must be construc-
ted or expanded,
and to what capacity
at what time,
and;
(6)
state any additional
findings of facts
or conclusions
of law which ma~jbe neces-
sary for the Board to evaluate the Regional
Plans and recommendations
of
the Hearing
Officer,
and to make
a decision regarding
the
program
to
be
adopted
for
any
one
region,
under
Section
1108,
herein.
(c)
In
formulating
his
recommendations
to
the
Board,
the
Hearing
Officer
shall
consider:
(1)
The economic reasonableness and tech-
nical
feasibility of the various regional
alternatives;
(2)
the
assurances of service offered by the
Parties,
including their willingness
to
assume
a greater responsibility for
sewage treatment;
(3)
the need for future service
in
areas
presently unsewered;
(4)
the need for continued service by smaller
plants
in
areas remote from regional treat-
ment facilities.
(d)
A transcript of the proceedings and
the original exhibits
shall be
transmitted
to the Board.
1108
Issuance of Regional Program.
After receipt of the recommenda-
tions from the Hearing Officer, the Board shall issue
a Regional
Program for each of the nine regions, which Program shall pro-
vide specific findings as to each region as to how regionaliza—
tion will be accomplished.
This Regional Program,
inter alia,
shall include the following:
(a)
Designate those plants
tO remain in service,
to
be
constructed,
or
expanded
as
regicnal
plants
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and those plants to be designated
as interim
facilities, with specific
“phase—in, phase-out”
dates where applicable;
(b)
Designate in each of
the nine regions the govern-
mental agency(s) responsible
for sewage treatment;
Cc)
Delineate areas of future growth within DuPage
County, making provision for regional sewage
treatment plant expansion when necessary;
Cd)
Provide for a sufficient transport system under
the control of a responsible
governmental agency
in order to carry sewage to the regional treat-
ment plant;
(e)
Evaluate the ability of each regional sewage
treatment plant to handle its present and pro-
jected capacity consonant with predicted growth
patterns within DuPage Cou,pty;
(f)
Provide that presently unserviced areas are
guaranteed service on a reasonable cost basis
and without the imposition of unreasonable
conditions before hookup is allowed.
1109
Publication by the Board.
Upon the issuance of a regional
program by the
Board, it shall give public notice in accord-
ance with Board Procedural Rules 211 and 212.
1110
Public Notice.
All proceedings held under this Part shall
be public.
Public notice shall be given of all proceedings
in accordance with Board Procedural Rule
205.
1111
Unserviced Areas.
The Hearing Officer and the Environmental
Protection Agency shall assure that those areas presently
unserviced by any sewers or sewage treatment facility have
their interests fully considered in these proceedings.
1112
The Role of the Agency.
The Environmental Protection Agency
shall
participate
in
each
of
the
proceedings
in
the
nine
regions.
Within thirty
(30)days of the filing of a Regional
Plan by Parties,
the Agency shall file
a stated written recom-
mendation for each region
arid for each treatment plant.
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1113
Future Construction.
No permit shall be granted for the
construction or operation of any additional sewage treat-
ment plant in DuPage County, except for interim facilities
in the event of a demonstrated emergency,
that does not
conform with the principles of the Regional Program des-
cribed in Section 1108 of this Chapter, or that is of capac-
ity so small as to create an insignificant risk of inade-
quate
treatment, according to
the policies expressed in
Rule 1101 of this Chapter.
1114
Other Regulations Preserved.
Nothing in this Part shall
relieve any person from the obligation to comply in all
respects with any existing or future regulations, includ-
ing but not limited to
the water quality standards and
implementation plan for streams in DuPage County.
I, Christan L. Moffett,
Clerk of the Pollution Control Board,
certify
that
the
Board
adopted
the
above
Order
this
t.
day
of
January,
1972,
by
a
vote
of
-/
/
Christan
L. Moffett,
Clerk of the Board
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