ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 26,

1977

VILLAGE OF CRAYSLAKE,

Petitioner,

V.

)

PCB

77—98

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

OPINION

AND

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(by Mr. Goodman):

On March

31,

1977,

the Village of Graysiake, Lake County,

Illinois,

submitted a Petition

for

Variance before the Board.

The

Village seeks variance from Rule 962 of

the

Water

Regulations,

Chapter

3 of the Board’s Rules and Regulations,

in

order to obtain a permit

for sewer connections to the Gravslake Sewage Treatment Plant, which

is currently under restricted

status because the Environmental Protec-

tion Agency

(Agency) has determined that

it is hydraulically and bio-

logically overloaded.

The Agency filed

its Recommendation

in this

matter

on

April

25,

1977.

No hearing has been held.

The

Village

seeks

to

construct

a

sanitary

sewer

extension

to

serve

eighteen

single

dwelling

residential

units

and

six

non—residential

buildings

in

the

~~Triangiei

area

bounded

by

Route

83,

Route

120

and

Ivanhoe

Road.

The

estimated

average

flow

for

this

project

area

is

9800

qalions

per

day,

and

the

estimated

maximum

flow

for

this

project

area

is

39,200

gallons

per

day.

The

effluent

generated

would

be

primarily

domestic

wastes.

The

Village

indicates

that

the

antici-

pated

daily

load

would

hE~ 16.

~

pounds

Of

ROr)5

and

19.6

pounds

of

suspended

soii.ds.

The

proposed

sewers

C0UJ.(1

he operational by May,

1977.

The Village alleges that the septic systems presently serving

the subject area are inadequate and constitute

a health hazard.

The

Agency agrees.

Petitioner indicates that several septic systems

in

the

area

have

failed.

Samples

taken

from

a

storm

drain

that

crosses

Route

120

between Invanhoe

Road

and

Route

83

indicate

that some of

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the percolation tile fields are not working properly and that direct

discharges to the surface runoff collection system are occuring.

Furthermore, due to the seasonal high water, additional land would

be required for adequate septic system performance,

and that land is

not available.

The Village indicates that, during periods of hydraulic over-

loading of its sewage treatment plant,

some flow bypasses the primary

and secondary operations and enters a lagoon which is aerated and the

outflow chlorinated.

Thus,

all flows receive primary treatment

(some

settling)

and chlorination.

The Village indicates that sewer

connections to serve the Triangle area would at least reduce the coli—

form bacteria currently discharging from the area.

Ultimately,

the

Grayslake Sewage Treatment Plant will be phased out and the sewage

from Grayslake ‘~treatedat the North Shore Sanitary District Plant

in

Gurnee, Illinois.

The present anticipated completion date for the

Gurnee Plant is sometime during the fall of 1977.

The Board finds that an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship

would result from the denial of this variance.

Although the Graysl~ke

plant is on restricted status,

a variance to allow sewer connections

to this system is justified in order to eliminate inadequate septic

systems which pose an even greater health hazard

to

the public.

There-

fore,

subject to the conditions listed below, the Board will grant the

Village a variance from Rule

962 of Chapter

3 to allow the Village to

obtain sewer connection permits for the units listed in its Petition.

This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and the conclusions

of law of the Board in this matter.

ORDER

It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that the Village

of Grayslake be granted

a variance from Rule 962, Standards

for

Issuance,

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution Regulations,

subject

to

the following conditions:

1.

That the Village apply for and obtain

a construction

and operating permit for the subject sanitary sewer ex-

tension;

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2.

That

the

Village direct all sanitary flow to the

Gurnee sewage treatment plant within thirty days after

the interceptor to said Gurnee plant becomes available;

3.

That the variance granted herein shall be limited

to

the

eighteen

existing

residential

units

and

six

existing non—residential

units set forth

in the

variance

petition;

and

4.

That within 28 days of the Board Order herein the

Petitioner shall forward to the Illinois Environmental

Protection

Agency,

Variance

Section,

Manager,

Division

of

Water

Pollution

Control,

2200

Churchill

Road,

Springfield,

Illinois 62706, and to the Illinois

Pollution

‘Control

Board

a

Certificate

of Acceptance and

Agreement

to

be

bound

by

all

terms

and

conditions

of

the

variance.

The form of said Certification shall be

as

follows:

CERTIFICATION

I

(We),

________________________________

having read and

fully understanding the Order of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board in PCB

77-98 hereby accept said Order and

agree to be bound by all of the

terms

and

conditions

thereof.

SIGNED__________________________________

TITLE____________________________________

DATE________________________________________

I,

Christan

L. Motfett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board, hereby certify

the above Opinion and Order were adopted on the

______day

of

,

1977

by

a vote of_______________

Illinois

P

~trolBoard

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