SHRINE

OF

OUR

LW~

COMMONFIELDS

OF

CAHOKIA,

AND

C

£

DISTRICT,

V

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONIFI

AGENCY,

S

TOLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

March

24,

1983

OPINION

AND

ORDLR

This

matter

-‘

petition

for

rr

Shrine

of

Our

Laly

a

business

office

a

sewer

extension.

°u

the

Board

on

Februa

petition

on

Mar

h

the Village of Ca

were

joined

as

Protection

Agen

y

granted

subject

t

and

none

was

h& d

Pd?

BOARD (by J.D. Dumelle):

a)

b’fore the Board upon a February 2,

1983

~or 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.241 filed by

Fe Snows

(Shrine) to allow the Pilgrim Inn,

a radio station to connect to a sanitary

• ant to a more information order adopted by

y

,

1983, the Shrine filed an amended

3.

Further, the Connonfields of Cahokia,

r I

the

Metro

East

Sanitary

District

(MESD)

(k

March

21,

1983

the

Illinois

Environmental

jot

y)

filed

a

recommendation

that

variance

be

a

n

conditions.

Hearing

was

properly

waived

The

Shrine

c.

tgious

complex

which

among

other

facilities

owns

and

operate..

t

e

lgrim

Inn.

The

Pilgrim

Inn

consists

of

forty

units

wi’

a.

Jie

Shrine

plans to

expand

by forty or more

units

beginning

t

s

ng

Common

design

criteria

for

waste—

water

flows

from

r

tt

ts from 40—50 gallons

per

bed

space.

Therefore,

the

Shrir

estimate

of

7,000

gpd

(gallons

per

day)

from the motel afte

expansion is reasonable.

Flows from this

facility will be

eeoc

~

.

in

winter

only

one

or

two

units

will

be occupied at a

a.~

ereas

during

the

summer all

units

could

be occupied.

T e

rcss office

and

radio station employ only

a few people,

arc

r

astewater flows from these facilities will

be minimal.

According

to

to

Shrine, present wastewater

treatment

facilities serva.

nlgrsm Inn, business office and radio

station

consist

of

~

stptsc

tank

and buried sand filter with a

design

capacity

o

.)

gpd.

The

Shrine

desires

to

cease

use

of

its

wastewater

t:e

ItLent

plant

(WWTP)

and

to

connect

to

a

sewer

it

SNOWS,

)

‘~

VILLAGE OF

)

I’IITARY

)

)

s:t totters,

)

)

)

IROTECTION

)

)

~ oident.

)

P~B

83—15

51355

---

system

owne

Cahokia

wri.

WWTP and tu~

Status cia,

con iecti~

i

On

TE~e

Shrine

tank and a

d ~

filter or ~

~sand filtcx

aries were

.~.n

water on Lh~

during the ir~

distributed

r

bluff.

Thi~’

months

whe

flows are q

from

the

sar

~

the

bluff

we e

There ha e

improperly

t

inspection

1.

by the

discha~ r

Department

o..

~‘

that a public

be taken to

is

Accordi

options

1.

rehabilitatior

3)

immediate

probably

re

u

one

year.

Op

health hazard

being constri a

from the mat

has a histo.~.y

health

hazar5

r

of Cahokia

The

Sh~i

WWTP it wou d

t~ v

cost of

$5~

to $6

000 or

r

$65,000

and an

$5,000,

Altho

t

high,

any sucl

n

short time if

t

schedule.

Ir

treatment fa

extension ar3.

conducted or

i.e

1~s of

Cahokia and the Village of

t

the MESD WWTP.

However, the MESD

n ~ysten are currently on Restricted

r.g

the

requested

variance,

c Agency conducted an inspection of the

hat the W~TPconsisted of a septic

en tnat was either an open sand

c~i.t

had never been buried,

This

~ai the edge of a bluff and its hound-

e due to veqetative growth and frozen

ording to Shrine’s representatives present

wastewater from the septic tank is

~J~.er”

it

runs off and flows down the

re li~celyto occur during the warmer

ataying

in the motel and wastewater

uary

7,

1983,

evidence of overflows

orcuent hut no actual

flows going down

p

~.tsregarding the discharqe of

fim the Shrine,

During the Agency’s

iere observed which could he affected

~adentz,

Manager of the Land Development

~ ~t, Clair, has indicated to the Shrine

rc

exists and that immediate steps must

~?.

petltion, the Shrine has three

..ent WWTP and wait until the sewer

iete;

2)

construct an on—site WWTP;

1c sewer system.

Option

(1) would

r

ttent health hazard for at least

or hably result

in an intermittent

te~yten months while the WWTP is

r

3

would result in the wastewater

ied

to a sewer collection system which

nd thus could be contributing to a

o~Cahokia or in the CommonFields

i

if

it were to construct a new on—site

r~~t a three cell lagoon with

a capital

uai operation/maintenance cost of $5,000

sand filter with a capital cost of

or/maintenance cost of $4,000 to

~al cost estimates may be somewhat

ou d be unneccessary in

a relatively

yc~

em rehabilitation goes according to

the Shrine alleges that the Cahokia

rate capacity for the new sewer

.abi~itat.ionprogram currently being

d-

of Cahokia sewerage collection

51~356

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—3—

t t~’o

c.

the

end

of

January,

1984.

The

t’

~e

allegations.

t~

that

the

present

system

cannot

be

t

state

design or effluent standards.

t.

-

uch

cork would have questionable

Cahokia is owned and operated by MESD

a~

nent of wastewater from a tributary

C Ccttreville Township.

The WWTP has a

.1

and

treats

predominantly

domestic

c. plant by a separate sanitary sewer

i... ti

of

raw

wastewater

pumping,

screening,

1

arimary

sedimentation.

Effluent

is

te, a tributary to the Mississippi

*

P

P

has had a history

of

breakdowns

t

T

aecage being bypassed.

In part

‘biect of an enforcement case

(PCB 81—135)

.cft

5

1982 Board Order to cease

and

desist

te occurrence of these bypasses has

r

However, the latest bypass incident

Daily

Monit

t

13

-

~

rbs

for

1982

indicate

that

the

MESD

has

been

in gerer ‘ti

co

ance with its permit limitations

of

130 mg/l five-

a’

r o

‘

~.

solids.

Tribut’try

e

t

‘ihokia

WWTP

is a

trunk

sewer which

presently has U

0

ootn’.s:

one ‘ust upstream from

the

WWTP, the other a

rc

tely 3.5 miles upstream.

tn the summer o’

1981 the Vil

gs

t

Ca

Pta took over control and operations of

that portion of thc

run.

inc within the boundaries of the

Village of Cahoksa

I

‘tdla.tion, the Ccmmfields of Cahokia

assumed contro

*

c

.

‘tUon

of

the

remainder

of

the

trunk

line

outside.

P1°

-

r

,,iced sewer extension is approtimately

7.0 miles upstzean

.i

he WWTP

and

is under the control and

operation of thc

r

di of Cahokia.

On September 2, 1977

the

Agency

placer

I

-

Cahokia WWTP and collection system

on Restricted °ta

.,

.~

“the collec.

em tributary to the Cahokia

Treat-

ment

Plant

I.

c

‘ayq

j

distressed.

In many areas

subsidence

I

.~

r

red,

causing

settlement

of

the

sewers

and

in

309*

t

s

complete

collapse

has

occurred,

system

will

F

Agency

has

nt

The Shrirs~

modified

or a

j

The Agency a;’

benefits.

Theexi

-

and

provides

p

e

area which sex

e.

i

wastewater cot

vojo

system.

Treat e

aerated grit

‘r

discharged to C ii

River.

The MESD C

~s k

that have xeau

C

these

bypaseei

~

that resulted

r

from

such

violat,. n

decreased in

tto

1

occurred on Janna.y

.3

1083.

Accordirg t

the MESD Cahoki.

Vi..

to the

Americ~

~

tt

Sauget.

Dab

-

Bottoms Plait

sties Plan approved by the Agency,

)

e phased out

with

flows diverted

ioral WWTP

which

is to be located in

nscruccion has begun on the American

..t

r anticipated

to

be

in

four

years.

51-357

---

r

r

flow Into the system.

i

ave

ertered

the

sewers

~i

lariage

aa

well

as

~

sanit

the

pu

the

three

the

Sc

considc

and

fut

Thus,

existi

r a

?

a

e

n

ecting

to

the

3

i

abth

ndeed,

that

is

!o

wet,

att’r

evaluating

C.

tlat

rirmediate

connection

to

~

si..

reverse

~.mpact

when

e

wro

nay

be

exposed

to present

t

from

the

Shrine’s

operation.

al

o~ the

variance

for

the

arbi

nry

and

unreasonable

hardship.

IF

of

ro

faa i 1

has

be

imposi

r

pilg...i

that

p

unreac~ ‘~a

existi

the

Shri

c

thea

d

(‘

a

recommended

by

the

Agency.

r

C

C.

limited

to

the

existing

3)

r

tic

ecord

that

any

money

?,

e

the~ before

or

after

the

ursu’~ the

expansion

of

r

r

t

find

that

denial

of

on

ti

ute

an

arbitrary

or

~

ting

tie

variance

to

the

iF

Ic

r~alth

risk

caused

by

~

rin.ng

the

additional

load

on

concl

~i

s

~i.ilings

of

fact

and

p

Code

J)

and

follor~

~rance

from

35

Ill.

Adm,

Pa

r

y

o

issue

a

construct

C

i...

eiai.oi

s

Lject

to

the

busine~

3

to

Sh,i.

r

y

t

the

existing

motel,

o~

r...

ire

presently

connected

2

Petitro

Protec~

)

Springfi

AgreeTier

varian

e

for

a

y

certif

the

date

of

this

Order,

r

id

~

tIe

Illinois

Environmental

2~

0

Churchill

Road,

ri

f

uate

of

Acceptance

and

‘r.~

and

conditions

of

this

r

d

shall

be

held

in

abeyance

~

appealed.

The

form

of

the

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—5—

CERTIFICATE

I,

(We),

having read the Order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board in

PCB 83—15, dated ______________________________,

understand

and accept the said Order,

realizing that such acceptance renders

all terms and conditions thereto binding and enforceable.

Petitioner

By:

Authorized Agency

Title

Date

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby c~çtifythat the above Opinion and Order

was adopted or~the

c~41’-

day of

___________________,

1983

by a vote of ‘~S-O

Christan

L. Moffe~

,

lerk

Illinois Pollution

ntrol Board