TLLINOTS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March

30,

1978

VILLAGE

OF

HANOVIs

P~Ri~.

Pet:Lt boor

V.

)

PCB

77—348

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECT:u~

AGENCY,

OPINION

AND

ORDER

OF Thh BOABD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

Petitloner

has requested a Variance from the 1.0

mg/i drinking water standard for barium contained

in Rule

304(b)

(4)

of Chapter

6:

Public Water Supplies.

Although

Petitioner

is operating

foni

finished wells with three

more under coi~structJoon. onLy one well No.4

is the subject

of this Petition.

Five samples

troe this well

since September

4,

1975 have shown

barium levels in excess of 1.0 mg/i.

Only two samples

of these

have been taken since

Tune,

1977 when the well was lowered

to

a new operating level.

Although both samples exceed the

barium standard, the parties contend and the Board agrees that there

is not enough recent data on which

to base a long term compliance

plan.

At this point, this Petition could be dismissed for

failure

to establisi~

cj

need for relief, but the Board has

been impressed

b’,~ Pe~i~:ioner~s

commitment to identify and solve

this problem.

Ba~:iurqremoval facilities,

if needed, would

be operative by Decemoer

31,

1979,

according to the

Petitioner.

Petitioner ~as

~uasted

time to collect additional

data and then either achieve compliance by commingling waters

from other wells or

:instailing barium removal equipment.

The Board would rather allow well No.4 to operate while this

compliance plan

is undertaken than to jeopardize public health

and fire safety

Joy leaving the future use of well No.4

in a

precarious position,

The Board agrees with the Agency

that no bond need be posted b~Petitioner

since the extent

of any construction costs cannot be determined at this time.

It should be rioted

tnat the Board lacks authority

to grant relief from the Federal drinking water standard

which is also 1.0 mg/i and became effective on June

24,

1977.

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Th’o~ance

thia instance would

impose an

arbitrar~ a~d an o33crab ~ h~iJrhipon Petitioner.

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it

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to to

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Road

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be hei i

appealed

o

ratut~

~rc Doaru~s findings of fact

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from the drinking

baja

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~

3u~’~

(4)

of Chapter

6:

~uojact

to the foiloainq conditions:

t

I

m a

at?

ij

~r itiate a program

r

~nz

jots

to

determine

the extent

n

we1~ \c.

4

de~.~ra ~

that the barium

content

~

U0 mg/i,

it shall notify the

)~

no

Ia~er Ian June

30,

1978 and

LermLnat~on tnai~date.

i?

~iine

ti-a

ocmpiiance

with the

by means of commingling

it

that finding to the Agency, apply

a

~orr~ e~rrts, and proceed

to achieve

I

it~

ci

ill

construction program

ic

tine this Variance shall terminate.

a

ounce that construction

of

~s

ecessarv ~o meet the

standard,

ding U

tie Agency, apply for

rrriits

and

proceed

to achieve

~d~rd

by

Decem

or

31,

1979,

at

S

01

rmuio

t~er

re

3

to

off

this

Order,

Petitioner

I

Ac-e~tance

and Agreement

a

uditions of this

Variance

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L

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s

F~vironmental

Protection

F

u~~r

Supplies,

2200

Churchill

a

-~‘e

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This

45 day period shall

rbaj

‘

period this matter

is

being

of

r ifacate shall be as

follows:

0

Ace ~cy

this

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CERTIFICATION

I,

(we)

,

_________________________,

Title

Date

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify the above Opnion and Order

were adopted on the

3Q+~

day of

#7)

,

1978 by

a vote of

_________

Pollution Control

o rd

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