ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July
18,
1996
IN MATTER OF:
)
)
PETITION OF THE CITY OF LASALLE
)
PCB 86-2
FOR EXCEPTION TO THE COMBINED
)
(CSO Exception)
SEWER OVERFLOW REGULATIONS
)
JAMES A MCPHEDRAN OF ANTHONY C.
RACCUGLIA & ASSOCIATES APPEARED
ON
BEHALF OF CITY OF LASALLE;
LISA E.
MORENO APPEARED
ON BEHALF OF THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T.
Girard):
On September
1,
1995,
the City of LaSalle
(LaSalle) filed a second amended petition
(Am.Pet.) for exception to the combined sewer overflow
(CSO) regulations at
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(a)
and (b).
On November 27,
1995,
the Board received a response to the
petition (Ag. Rec.) from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
recommending that the Board deny the request for CSO
exception.
On December 20,
1995,
the Board denied LaSalle permanent exception to the CSO
requirement and closed the docket.
On January 23,
1996,
LaSalle sought reconsideration of
the Board’s order and requested that a hearing be held.
On February
2,
1996,
the Agency
filed a response which also asked that the Board reconsider and modify the December 20,
1995,
opinion and order.
The Agency also
asked that this
matter be
set for hearing.
On
February
15,
1996 the Board granted reconsideration, vacated its
December 20,
1995
opinion
and
order and
set the matter for hearing.
Hearing was held before the Board Hearing Officer Deborah Frank on May 8,
1996.
Briefs were filed by
LaSalle and the Agency
on June 4,
1996.
The Agency’s brief now
recommends that permanent exception be granted with certain conditions.
The Board first received a
request from LaSalle for a permanent exception to the CSO
regulations on January 2,
1986,
and on January 9,
1986,
the Board accepted that petition.
A
public hearing was held on July 21,
1986.
Additional information was provided by
LaSalle on
August 21,
1986.
On April
1,
1987,
the Board granted a
temporary CSO exception to LaSalle
with conditions and
retained jurisdiction over the proceeding.
For the reasons discussed below the Board will grant a permanent exception to 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
306.305(a) regarding first flush of storm flows and
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(b)
for LaSalle’s
CSO outfall 007 and
CSO
outfall 006A.
The Board will further grant an
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exception to the compliance deadlines of 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.306
for CSO
outfall
003
subject to
the conditions discussed below.
BACKGROUND
The City of LaSalle is located in LaSalle County
along both sides of Illinois Route 351
from the north bank ofthe Illinois River to
a point just south
of Interstate Route
80.
The
Illinois
River flows from east to west along the south boundary of the community.
The Board has previously discussed in detail the relevant background information in
this proceeding.
Rather than repeat that information here, the Board hereby incorporates
by
reference in this
opinion the Board’s April
1,
1987 and November
3,
1994,
opinions and
orders (In the Matter of:
Petition of the City of LaSalle for Exception to Combined Sewer
Overflow Regulations,
77 PCB 21,
PCB 86-2;
—
PCB
—,
PCB 86-2).
The Board directs
interested persons to
those previous decisions for a more comprehensive review.
CSO
REGULATIONS
The CSO regulations are contained in 35 Ill. Adm.
Code
306.
Section 306.305
provides as follows:
All combined sewer overflows and treatment plant bypasses shall be given
sufficient treatment to prevent pollution, or the violations of applicable water
standards unless
an exception has been granted by the Board pursuant to
Subpart D.
Sufficient treatment shall consist of the following:
a)
All dry weather flows,
and the first flush of storm flows as determined
by the Agency,
shall meet the applicable
effluent standards; and
b)
Additional flows, as determined by the Agency but not less
than ten
times to
sic
average dry weather flow for design year, shall receive a
minimum of primary treatment and disinfection with adequate retention
time; and
c)
Flows
in excess of those described in subsection (b) shall be treated,
in
whole or in part,
to the extent necessary to prevent accumulations of
sludge deposits,
floating debris and solids
in accordance with 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
302.203,
and
to prevent depression of oxygen levels; or
d)
Compliance with a treatment program
authorized by the Board in an
exception granted pursuant to Subpart
D.
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Section 306.306
sets forth specific timeframes for compliance with the provisions
of Section
306.305.
Subpart D sets forth the CSO exception procedures.
Section
306.350 states that an
exception shall be granted by the Board based upon
“water quality effects, actual and potential
stream uses,
and economic considerations
including those of the discharger and those affected
by the discharge”.
Section
306.360 allows the discharger to file a petition for an exception
either singly,
orjointly with
the Agency.
In order for a discharger to receive a CSO
exception, a certain level ofjustification for the exception
is required to be
submitted.
This
level ofjustification
differs depending on whether the discharger filed a single orjoint petition
for CSO exception.
The level ofjustification required of a jQj~~t
petition is
set forth in Section
306.362 which provides for a demonstration under
Section 306.361(a) (i.e., minimal discharge
impact) which is not
available to
single petitioners.
LaSalle as a
single petitioner, justifies
its
claim for a CSO exception based on Section 306.361(b), (c)
and (d).
Section 306.361(d),
applicable to
single petitioners under
Section 306.362,
provides
that
a discharger may establish that because special
circumstances exist, a detailed water
quality evaluation (required pursuant to
Sections 306.361(b) and (c)) would
be inapplicable for
reasons of irrelevancy or the expense of data collection in relation to the relevancy of the data.
BOARD’S
1987 OPINION
The Board’s April
1,
1987
opinion (1987) indicated that the Agency testified that
LaSalle did take all the necessary
steps
to qualify as joint petitioners with the Agency,
including submitting a Phase I study
on October
5,
1983 and a Phase II Study on October 23,
1984.
(1987 at 2.)
However, the Agency chose not to
co-petition with LaSalle because of the
late
date at which LaSalle
‘
s petition was received, and because of Agency concerns related to
whether water quality and
other environmental
impacts will be alleviated after the City’s
proposed improvements are completed.
(Id.)
Further, Mr. Tim Zook of the Agency testified
that although a detailed CSO
impact study
(i.e., Phase III Study) was not conducted, pursuant
to Section 306.361(b)
and
(c),
a study prepared for LaSalle by Serco Laboratories does give
substantial
information concerning water quality impacts.
The Board in its
1987
opinion also detailed the compliance options and the cost
effectiveness of each option.
(1987 at 5-7.)
The Board in the
1987
opinion held that LaSalle
had
not justified a permanent CSO exception, but had justified a temporary CSO exception
with conditions.
Among other conditions,
the Board order required an amended petition be
filed by March
1,
1990,
as well as requiring LaSalle to construct and operate improvements to
its wastewater collecting
system,
and continue monitoring.
On March
22,
1990,
the Board
extended
until March 1,
1991,
the deadline for the amended petition.
BOARD’S
1994
OPINION
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In the amended petition of March
1,
1991,
LaSalle stated that improvements have
resulted in the elimination of all dry weather overflows.
(November 3,
1994 opinion and
order (1994) at 2.)
LaSalle pointed out
that since the Board granted the temporary
CSO
exception in
1987,
LaSalle has constructed and was operating
improvements to its wastewater
collection
system and treatment plant.
(Id.)
LaSalle also provided information regarding
improvements to the wastewater treatment plant which increased the design average flow of
the plant from 2.2 MGD to 3.3
MGD.
(Id.)
However, the design maximum flow was
decreased
from
12 MGD to
9.1
MGD.
(Id.)
LaSalle stated that the
11th Street Pump
station and the M & H Outfall have been
eliminated by
installing a diversion structure near the location of the
11th Street Pump
Station,
routing all existing
sewers which were tributary to the Pump
Station through this
structure,
and abandoning the M
& H Pipe
in place.
(1994 at 2.)
A 60”
overflow pipe at the
11th Street
overflow was also installed south
of the old M & H Overflow pipe.
(Id.)
In 1991,
LaSalle
also maintained that construction
involving the Union Street interceptor, the Canal Street
interceptor, and the Creve Coeur Street Diversion structure upgraded the system and decreased
overflows.
(Id.)
To further reduce the possibility
of overflows, LaSalle had implemented a policy
that
any
major street repair would involve new storm sewers as well as adding a Street sweeping
program to
remove debris
before the debris can enter the sewer.
(1994 at 2-3.)
Finally,
LaSalle stated that its
population had decreased by
approximately 6.3
since the
1980
census
and one large industrial user has been lost,
while a second industrial user had significantly
upgraded its pre-treatment facility and a third
is presently subject to a compliance plan to
install a pre-treatment facility.
(1994 at 3.)
In November
1994,
the Board found that LaSalle’s March
1,
1991
amended petition
lacked
sufficient information to grant a permanent CSO exception as there were some areas
where dry-weather overflows may be occurring.
(1994 at 4.)
The Board stated:
The Board is
particularly concerned
in that LaSalle was offered an opportunity
to update the information before the Board in June of this
year.
LaSalle choose
not to file any
further information with the Board.
The Board finds that LaSalle
has failed to provide necessary data to allow the Board to
determine what
impact the requested exception will have on the environment.
Therefore,
the
Board
will not grant a permanent CSO exception at this
time.
Instead,
the
Board will accept the Agency’s recommendation and extend the temporary
exception with certain conditions.
(1994 at 4.)
The Board’s 1994 order set forth eight conditions
which included a requirement that
LaSalle shall eliminate
all dry-weather overflows as well as providing any raw data LaSalle
has with respect to monitoring
outfalls 003,
004,
006,
006A and 007.
(1994 at 6.)
Further,
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the Board’s order required LaSalle to repair outfall 006, prior to
performing stream
inspections, so the flow can properly enter the Little Vermilion River.
(Id.)
The Board also
directed LaSalle, in consultation with the Agency,
to:
design and construct improvements at
CSO outfalls 006 and 004
(5th Street and Marquette
Street) to permanently eliminate the dry
weather overflows at these locations by March
1,
1995;
complete a Phase II report as outlined
in 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 375.203
and submit it to the Agency by May
15,
1995;
and complete
and submit to
the Agency a Plan of Study
(POS) for a Phase III Evaluation at each CSO
outfall
location by December
1,
1994.
(Id.)
SECOND AMENDED PETITION
In general,
the second amended petition states that LaSalle has continued the policy of
street sweeping
and upgrading storm sewers.
(Am. Pet.
at 6-7.)
LaSalle reiterates that certain
industrial users have ceased operations while other industrial users have upgraded pretreatment
facilities.
(Am. Pet,
at 6.)
Further,
LaSalle
states that it has received recent approval from
USEPA
of “upgraded standards regarding its
wastewater treatment plant”.
(Id.)
Specifically,
LaSalle submitted
information regarding each of the conditions from the
Board’s 1994 order.
Regarding Condition
1,
which required that LaSalle eliminate all
dry-
weather overflows,
LaSalle maintains that it has eliminated all
dry-weather overflows.
(Am.
Pet.
at 10.)
LaSalle states that it has removed the Marquette
Street outfall (004) from the
combined sewer system and sealed the Fifth Street outfall.
(Id.)
LaSalle maintains that
“any
flow currently existing with an
outlet pipe presently,
does not originate from any portion of
any
remaining combined
system”.
(Id.)
LaSalle admits that a
“slight flow”
was noticed
during dry weather at the Creve Coeur Street outfall
(003);
however,
according to LaSalle an
investigation determined that the flow did not originate from the combined system.
(Id.)
Rather, LaSalle speculates
that the flow originates from LaSalle
‘
s water distribution system.
(Id.)
Conditions
2
and 3
granted LaSalle a temporary CSO
exception until December
1,
1995 from
35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(a)
regarding the first flush of storm
flows and from 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(b) and required LaSalle to submit an amended petition on or before
September
1,
1995.
LaSalle timely filed this
amended petition.
Condition 4 required LaSalle to provide any raw data it has with respect to monitoring
outfalls 003,
004,
006,
006A and
007.
LaSalle submitted
summaries of the data as Exhibits
A
and B to the amended petition filed on September
1,
1995.
(Am. Pet.
at 11.)
Condition
5
required LaSalle to repair outfall 006,
prior to performing stream inspections,
so the flow can
properly enter the Little Vermilion River.
LaSalle
states that outfall 006 was eliminated on
November
15,
1994.
(Am. Pet.
at 11.)
Condition
6
set forth several requirements for LaSalle including a requirement to
design and
construct improvements at outfalls 006 and 004 (5th Street and Marquette Street) to
permanently eliminate the dry weather overflows at these locations
by
March 1,
1995.
As
6
stated above, LaSalle maintains that it has eliminated all dry-weather overflows.
(Am. Pet.
at
11.)
Condition 6(b) required LaSalle to complete a Phase II report as outlined
in 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code
375.203
and submit to the Agency by May
15,
1995.
LaSalle indicates that it
completed inspection for low flow events in September of 1994;
however,
stream and
environmental conditions have not resulted in an overflow at outfall 007.
(Am. Pet.
at 11.)
Therefore,
LaSalle asserts it was unable to fully comply with condition 6(b).
(Id.)
Condition 6(c) required LaSalle to complete and submit to
the Agency a Plan of Study
(POS) for a Phase III Evaluation at each CSO outfall location by
December
1,
1994.
LaSalle
states that a Phase III stream study was submitted to
the Agency
by December
1,
1994.
(Am.
Pet.
at 11.)
According to LaSalle, work associated with the study
is being completed and data
in existence at the date of the
filing of the amended petition was included in Exhibit B to the
petition.
(Id.)
Condition
6(d) prohibited expansion of the service area tributary to the combined
sewers and condition 6(e)
required LaSalle to
continue its
monitoring of the combined
sewer
overflows on a weekly basis and after every major rainfall.
LaSalle states that no extensions
of service have been allowed and monitoring has been continued.
(Am. Pet.
at 12.)
LaSalle
has submitted
copies of all monitoring reports
to the Agency and included a summary of the
reports
in Exhibit A.
(Id.)
The remaining conditions
in the Board’s 1994 order
concerned procedural
considerations and
LaSalle simply acknowledges those
conditions in the second amended
petition.
(Am. Pet.
at 12.)
LaSalle
also
states that it remains willing
to
“continue to
be alert
to any additional issues that may arise”.
(Am. Pet,
at 12.)
As
an example of LaSalle’s
diligence, LaS alle reportedly
“spent considerable time
investigating potential
solutions” to a
recent increase
in the frequency and amount of backups.
(Id.)
LaSalle further indicates that it
has recently appointed a full-time city
engineer with
“considerable experience in environmental
matters”.
(Id.)
MAY 8.
1996 HEARENG
Mr. William Etzenbach testified on behalf of LaSalle and indicated what additional
measures LaSalle would undertake to correct ongoing problems at CSO
outfalls
007,
006A and
003.
(Tr.
at 76.)
At CSO outfall 007,
in dry weather there is
infiltration of groundwater into
the discharge pipe.
(Tr.
at 78.)
The discharge is contaminated primarily with metals.
(Tr.
at
78-79.)
Mr. Etzenbach testified that LaSalle will dam the pipe at the bottom and pump the
infiltrations back into the sewage
system for treatment.
(Tr.
at 79.)
The estimated cost of the
pumping station
is
$70,000.
(Tr.
at 81.) Mr. Etzenbach testified that LaSalle will have the
facility designed and
plans submitted
to the Agency for a construction permit by December 31,
1996,
with completion
of the project by December 31,
1997.
(Tr.
at 92.)
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With regard to problems identified in the Agency response to the discharge at CSO
outfall 006A,
Mr. Etzenbach testified that the
“visual appearance leaves nothing to be
desired”.
(Tr.
at 80.)
However to
insure that no
further problems may occur, LaSalle
is
prepared to
install a hand raked bar
screen.
(Tr.
at 80.)
LaSalle further proposes that the bar
screen be
visited on a weekly basis and after any rainfall event that might cause an overflow.
(Id.)
Such visits would
allow crews to rake the bar screen, raking the material into the sewer
system
and performing remedial action if necessary.
(Tr.
at 80-81.)
The cost of installing the
bar screen is estimated at $5,600.
(Tr.
at 81.)
Mr.
Etzenbach testified that the bar screen
could be fabricated and
installed by the end of 1996.
(Tr.
at 92.)
Mr. Etzenbach testified that LaSalle does not have enough solid information to design a
plan for CSO outfall 003
at this
time; however, LaSalle does have a two-phase plan for
proceeding with bringing CSO
outfall
003
into compliance.
(Tr.
at 82.)
First,
LaSalle will
construct a bar screen in the overflow manhole to be visited and maintained in the same
manner as the bar screen for outfall 006A.
(Id.)
Mr. Etzenbach testified that
the bar screen
would provide immediate relief.
(Tr.
at 83.)
Second,
LaSalle would
capture the entire
first
flush and provide a secondary treatment
and capture
the next ten times
average dry weather
flow and provide primary treatment.
(Tr.
at 83-84.)
The second phase will require additional
investigation and study.
(Tr.
82-84.)
Mr. Etzenbach testified that a very rough estimate for
the cost of proceeding with this plan would be just
over $3,000,000.
(Tr.
at 89.)
Mr.
Etzenbach testified that phase one
could be
completed by December 31,
1996.
(Tr.
at 92.)
Mr. Etzenbach stated that the first flush rate and volume,
and dry weather flow monitoring,
should be completed by June 30,
1997,
and construction alternatives by
December 31,
1999.
(Tr.
at 92-93.)
LaSalle would then choose the best plan by December 31,
2000,
with permits
and financing obtained by December 31,
2001.
(Id.)
AGENCY RESPONSE
After the Board
issued the December 20,
1995 order
denying LaSalle a permanent
exception, the Agency joined LaSalle in asking the Board to reconsider the December 20,
1995
order.
The Agency
also joined
in LaSalle’s request for hearing.
For the record, the
Board notes that the Agency,
in its initial
response to the amended petition,
stated that the
Agency
“cannot
recommend” that the temporary exception to the
CSO regulations be extended
nor can the Agency recommend that LaSalle be granted a permanent CSO exception.
(Ag.
Rec. at 1.)
Also for the record the Board will summarize the concerns raised by the Agency
in the initial response.
However, at hearing and in the Agency’s post-hearing brief, the
Agency
indicated that it now supported LaSalle
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request for exception with
certain conditions.
(Tr.
at
102;
Resp. Br.
at
1.)
Response
The Agency acknowledges that LaSalle
“has made significant improvements in its
overall C SO” system.
(Ag. Rec. at 7.)
However, the Agency is concerned that discharges
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from certain CSO outfalls
still
apparently cause sludge deposits
in the Illinois
and Michigan
Canal (I &
M Canal).
(Id.)
The Agency indicated particular concerns about the conditions at
CSO outfall 003
which discharges into the I & M Canal.
(Ag. Rec. at 3-4.)
By LaSalle’s
own admission dry-
weather flow is
occurring at this outfall apparently from the potable water distribution system.
(Ag.
Rec. at 4.)
The Agency
is concerned that this
is
a potential cross-connection which is
prohibited by
regulation.
(Id.)
In addition,
the Agency points
to the observations made by
LaSalle’s personnel when carrying out a low stream flow inspection in
1994.1
According to
the inspection:
A general overall inspection of the outfall area indicated the presence of rags,
paper and feminine hygiene products.
A smell similar to
that found in a bar
screen building was present.
The water in these pockets was a milky
green
color.
There were also
isolated areas of turbid green water with debris.
Probing of the bottom sediment,
which appeared to be
a sandy soil,
indicated
the presence of fresh and partially deteriorated organic material.
This sediment
was black, gritty
and had a septic odor.
Approximately twenty percent of the
bed appeared to contain these deposits which were
1/4
inch in depth in an area
of stream about 300 feet long.
Exhibit A, par.
6.1-1;
Ag.
Rec. at
4-5.
In addition to the Agency’s concerns involving
outfall 003,
the Agency is
also
concerned about the conditions
around
outfalls 006A and 007.
(Ag. Rec. at
5.)
In the area of
outfall 006A,
according to LaSalle’ s inspections,
is being used as an illegal dump.
(Exhibit A,
par 6.2-1;
Ag.
Rec. at
5.)
The Agency believes that additional Phase II
stream inspection
should be made in this area to
insure that the debris is
not masking impacts from the CSO.
(Ag. Rec. at 5.)
Outfall 007 also has evidence of dry-weather flows,
apparently due to
groundwater infiltration from
an old
industrial site.
(Ag.
Rec.
at 6.)
The Agency is
concerned that the outfall pipe may be serving
as a conduit for transporting potentially
hazardous materials directly to the Little Vermilion River.
(Id.)
Hearing and Agency Post-Hearing Brief
At hearing,
Mr.
Dean Studer testified on behalf of the Agency.
(Tr.
at 102.)
Mr.
Studer indicated that the compliance plans
testified to by Mr.
Etzenbach on behalf of LaSalle
were acceptable to the Agency.
(Tr.
at 102-107.)
Mr. Studer further testified that the
timeframes given for completion of the compliance plans
were realistic and acceptable to the
Agency.
(Id.)
1
The inspection is discussed in
Exhibit A to LaSalle’s
second amended petition (Exhibit A)
titled “Update of Report of Monitoring Program to
Comply with Illinois
Pollution Control
Board Order No. 89-2 April
1,
1987.”
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The Agency,
in its post-hearing brief, recommends that LaSalle be granted a permanent
exception to 35 Iii.
Adm.
Code 306.305(a)
regarding first flush of storm flows and 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(b) for CSO
outfalls 006A
and 007.
(Resp.
Br.
at
1.)
The Agency also
recommends that LaSalle be granted an exception to
the compliance
deadlines of 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 306.306
for CSO outfall
003.
(Id.)
The Agency further recommends
conditions
to be
included in the exceptions.
(Resp. Br.
at 7.)
The conditions recommended by the Agency
set forth the plans for compliance testified to by Mr. Etzenbach.
(Id.)
DISCUSSION
As previously stated a CSO exception shall be granted by
the Board based upon
“water
quality
effects, actual and potential stream uses,
and economic considerations
including those
of the discharger and those affected by the discharge”.
(Section
306.350.)
LaSalle has made
significant progress in correcting the deficiencies
in LaSalle’s sewer overflow systems.
LaSalle has established
that an exception
is economically justified and the environmental
impact of the permanent exception has been minimized.
LaSalle has addressed concerns of the
Agency
and the Board and LaSalle has committed
to correcting the remaining problems at
outfalls
003,
006A and 007 within a specific
timeframe.
Therefore,
the Board
will grant
permanent exception to
35 Ill. Adm.
Code
306.305(a) regarding first flush of storm flows and
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(b) for CSO outfalls
006A and 007.
The Board also grants
LaSalle an exception to the compliance
deadlines of 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.306 for CSO
outfall
003,
subject to
the conditions
set forth in the Agency’s brief.
This
docket is closed.
This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
ORDER
The City of LaSalle is hereby granted an exception from the combined sewer overflow
regulation of 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(a)
as it relates to
the first flush of storm flows and
from 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.305(b) for CSO
outfall
006A
and CSO
outfall 007,
and
from the
compliance dates of 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 306.306
for CSO outfall 003,
subject to the following
conditions:
1.
LaSalle shall:
a.
Install bar screens and maintain for CSO outfall
006A and CSO
outfall 003 no later than December
1,
1996.
b.
Install
a pump station capable of transporting all
dry weather flows
from CSO
outfall 007 no later than December 31,
1997.
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c.
Complete a monitoring program at
CSO outfall 003
sufficient to
determine first flush rate and dry weather flow volumes no
later than
June 30,
1997.
d.
Develop and
select a compliance
alternative for CSO outfall 003
no
later than December 31,
1999.
e.
Complete design and submit a construction permit to IEPA for the
selected CSO outfall 003
compliance alternative
no later than
December 31,
2000.
f.
Complete construction of the selected compliance
alternative for CSO
outfall 003
no later than December 31,
2003.
2.
The grant of exception does not preclude the Agency from
exercising its
authority to require as a permit condition a CSO monitoring program
sufficient to assess
compliance with this exception and
any other Board
regulations and other controls, if needed,
for compliance,
including
compliance
with water quality standards.
3.
This grant of exception is
not to be construed as affecting the
enforceability of any
provisions
of this exception, other Board
regulations,
the Environmental Protection Act, or the federal Clean
Water
Act.
IT IS SO
ORDERED.
Board Members J.
Theodore Meyer and M. McFawn dissented.
Section
41
of the Environmental Protection Act
(415 ILCS
5/41
(1994)) provides for
the appeal of final Board orders within 35
days of the date of service of this order.
The
Rules
of the Supreme Court of Illinois establish filing
requirements.
(See also
35 Ill.
Adm.
Code
101.246
“Motions for Reconsideration.”)
I, Dorothy M.
Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
the
above opinion and order was adopted on the
/?~
day of
of
5-~
Board,
hereby certify that
1996,
by a vote
Illinois
Control Board