ILLINOIS

POLLUT ION

CONTROL

BOARD

February

9,

1984

VILLAGE

OF SAUGET,

Petitioner,

PCB

83—146

ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(by

J,

Anderson):

On January

19,

1984,

Sauget moved for

reconsideration

of the

Board~s

Opinion

and

Order

of

December

15,

1983,

granting variance

and

establishing

certain

effluent

limitations~

The

Agency

has

filed no response to this motion,

and has

advised

a

member

of

the

Board~s staff

that

it

does

not

intend

to

do

so.

Sauget requests reconsideration

and

modification

of

the

Board~s

Order in two aspects:

raising

of

the

interim limits for

oils,

phenols, BOO

and

TSS,

and grant

of

variance

from

the daily

maximum limits for nickel and ieacL

Both

requests are

essen-

tially

premised

on

the

assertion that “the

available monitoring

data

for

the

plant effluent do not indicate

any

trend,

but

rather

a

random

scattering

of data,”

and that “the

1982

and

1983

discharge

data may reflect the depressed economic and

business

conditions

of

the industries served by the Village”

(Motion,

¶

5,

11).

In

support

thereof, Sauget cites monitoring data

showing higher

discharge levels collected after August,

1983,

which was the last

month

from

which reports were

included

in

the Agency~s

Recommendation

(see

Opinion,

p~

3)~

Sauget

therefore asserts

that

“the

levels chosen by the Board are not

consistently achievable

and

leave

the Village exposed

to a

substantial

risk of being

unable to comply with the interim limitations

of the December 15

order”

(Motion,

¶ 4)~

Sauget has therefore

suggested

alternative

interim limits for BOD,

TSS,

oil,

and phenol

which

are between

those recommended by the Agency and those

ordered by the Board,

asserting that such limits could he met with

98

confidence

(Motion,

¶

8).

As

to lead

and

nickel, Sauget

requests that the

respective 2~68mg/i and ~78 mg/i daily maximum

limits from prior

variances be reimposed~

Sauget correctly perceives that on

December 15, the Board

imposed

lower interim limits

for BOD,

TSS,

oil,

and phenols based

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on what.

appetrcj

to be a continuing downward discharge trend.

Based on the additional data supplied by Sauget demonstrating

otherwise, the Board will

impose

the less stringent interim limits

suggested by the Agency,

as it is the Board’s intent to

impose

limitations vntch all be complied with consistently.

As to the .tickcl question, the Board notes that Sauget

should more properly ‘iave

iade

its objection to the recommended

total denial or ‘atiance bj ~ay of a response to the Agency

recommendation.

However,

the

requested

extension

of

prior

variance

fron

t’~.c.~~ailj

saxirum

limits

for

lead

and

nickel

will

be

granted.

The Boara will not specify the deletions necessary on p. 4

of its upinion

nceaary

to render It consistent with this Order,

directing instead that the

two

be read in conjunction.

To

prevent confu~ior.concerning tne final Order in this matter,

however

i...

~

a3atea Ito )e.ember 15 Order in its entirety.

It

shah be rep

Laccd

)T~ER

1.

Petitioner

the VU

tage

of

Sauget,

is

hereby

granted

a

varian-e fot

35 11.

Idir.

Coat

:4.t24 as it relates to oils,

phenols,

aid

uisly cvcrageo for

ickel

and

lead,

and from Section

304.120 as

I;

‘lites tc

0ç

an”

T°5,until July 1, 1987 or until

the

American

B~Ltons Rt.gional

Treatment

Plant

becomes

operational

t

~cte~er

occ

r

iii,t

subject

to

conditions

as

follows.

a

c

-

i3~

lu

clarge

shall

not

exceed

a

nor..

.

~.

‘

-

I

,

b.

bau’e.

a

çJtaos

‘f’4ucnt

discharge

shall

not

exceed

a

mo~ica

y

Ilczoqt

0’.

3 fJ’..

c.

Saaget’o

BOD~

effluent

discharge

shall

not

exceed

a

monti

°rcqe

C

0

‘gIl.

6.

Sal

t’

lbS

elf

ten

dicharge

shall

not

exceed

a

uo1ztS.~

#cz~ja ci-

ot~

ii,~

e.

Sa jct’

n~cke1cff ueit atscharge shall not exceed

a daily

a an

~f

2

I.

Sauqet’s

cad eU

ie t discharge shall not exceed a

daily -nixirn o

0.78 mg

I

g.

Sauget

shalt

make

every

reasonable

effort

to

complete

construction of the ABRTP

by

April

1,

1986

and

obtain

operational lwel by April 1, 1987.

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2.

Petitioner~s

requests

for

variance

from 35

Ill, Mm. Code

304.124

as

it

applies to monthly averages for nickel

and

lead,

and from

Section

304.140

as

to

all

parameters,

are denied

as

unnecessary.

3.

Within forty-five days of the date of

this Order,

Petitioner

shall execute

and

forward

to

the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency,

Division

of

Water

Pollution

Control,

Compliance

Assurance

Section,

2200 Chruchill Road,

Springfield,

Illinois 62706,

a Certificate of

Acceptance

and Agreement to

be

bound

to all terms and conditions

of this variance.

This

forty—five

day

period

shall

he

held

in

abeyance for any period

this

matter

is being appealed.

The form

of the certificate shall

be as

follows:

CERTIFICATE

I,

(We),

_____________,

having

read

the Order of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board

in PCB

83-146,

dated

,

understand and

accept the said Order, realizing that such acceptance

renders

all

terms and conditions thereto binding and

enforceable.

Petitioner

By:

Authorized Agent

Title

Date

IT

IS SO ORDERED,

I,

Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board, hereby

certify

that the

above

Opinion

arid

Order

was

adopted on the~/~

day

~

1984

by

a

vote

of~~jJ.

Christan

L,

Moffett, Cle4~

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

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