ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    26, 1979
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    AMENDMENTS
    TO THE
    )
    R76-1
    WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumeile):
    The Board hereby adopts the following amendments to
    Chapter
    3:
    Water Pollution.
    1)
    Rule 203(c) shall read as follows:
    “Phosphorus (STORET number
    -
    00665):
    After December
    31,
    1983 phosphorus
    as
    P shall not exceed 0.05 mg/i in
    any reservoir or lake with a surface area of
    20 acres
    or more,
    or in any stream at the point where
    it enters
    any such reservoir or
    lake.
    For the purposes of this
    Rule
    203(c) the term
    ‘reservoir or
    lake’
    shall not
    include
    low level pools constructed
    in free flowing
    streams
    or any body of water which is an integral part
    of an operation which includes the application of
    sludge on land.
    Point source discharges which comply
    with Rule 407
    of this Chapter
    shall
    be
    in compliance
    with this Rule 203(c) for purposes of the application
    of Rule 402 of this Chapter.”
    2)
    Rule 203(f) shall read as follows:
    “The following levels of chemical constituents
    shall
    not be exceeded:
    33—423

    —2—
    CONSTITUENT
    STORET
    NUMBER
    CONCEN-
    TRATION
    (mg
    /
    1)
    Ammonia Nitrogen
    (as N)
    00610
    1.5
    Arsenic
    (total)
    01002
    1.0
    Barium
    (total)
    01007
    5.0
    Boron
    (total)
    01022
    1.0
    Cadmium
    01027
    0.05
    Chloride
    00940
    500.
    Chromium
    (total hexavalent)
    01032
    0.05
    Chromium
    (total trivalent)
    01033
    1.0
    Copper
    (total)
    01042
    0.02
    Cyanide
    00720
    0.025
    Fluoride
    00951
    1.4
    Iron
    (total)
    01045
    1.0
    Lead
    (total)
    01051
    0.1
    Manganese
    (total)
    01055
    1.0
    Mercury
    (total)
    71900
    0.0005
    Nickel
    (total)
    01067
    1.0
    Phenols
    32730
    0.1
    Selenium
    (total)
    01147
    1.0
    Silver
    (total)
    01077
    0.005
    Sulfate
    00945
    500.
    Total Dissolved Solids
    70300
    1000.
    Zinc
    01092
    1.0”
    3)
    All references
    in Rule 203(i)(4)
    to the Lower Des Plaines
    River from the 1-55 bridge to its confluence with the
    Kankakee River shall
    be deleted.
    4)
    Rule 203(i)(9)
    shall be deleted.
    5)
    Rule 204(b)
    shall read as follows:
    “The following levels of chemical constituents shall
    not be exceeded:
    33—424

    —3—
    CONSTITUENT
    STORET
    CONCEN-
    NUMBER
    TRATION
    (mg
    /
    1)
    Arsenic
    (total)
    Barium
    (total)
    Cadmium
    (total)
    Chloride
    Chromium
    Iron
    (total)
    Lead
    (total)
    Manganese
    (total)
    Nitrate-Nitrogen
    Oil
    (hexane—solubles or
    equivalent)
    Organics
    Pesticides
    Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
    Aldrin
    Chlordane
    Dieldrin
    Endrin
    Heptachbr
    Heptachlor Epoxide
    Lindane
    Methoxychbr
    Toxaphene
    Organophosphate Insecticides
    Parathion
    39540
    Chborophenoxy Herbicides
    2, 4—Dichlorophenoxy-
    acetic acid
    (2,4—D)
    39730
    2-( 2,4, 5-Trichborophenoxy)
    (2,4,5—TP or Silvex)
    39760
    32730
    Phenols
    Selenium
    (total)
    Sulphates
    Total Dissolved Solids
    0.1
    0.1
    0.01
    0.001
    0.01
    250.
    500.”
    6)
    The STORET number for Total Solids
    (Dissolved)
    in Rule
    206(c)
    shall
    be 70300.
    7)
    Rule 302 shall read as follows:
    or 00560
    01002
    01007
    01027
    00940
    01034
    01045
    01051
    01055
    00620
    00550,
    00556,
    Insecticides
    39330
    39350
    39370
    39380
    39390
    39410
    39420
    39782
    39480
    39400
    DDT
    0.05
    1.0
    0.010
    250.
    0.05
    1.0
    0.05
    0.15
    10.
    0.1
    0.001
    0.003
    0. 05
    0.001
    0.0002
    0.0001
    0.0001
    0.004
    0.1
    0.005
    propionic acid
    01147
    00945
    70300
    33—425

    —4—
    “Secondary Contact and Indigenous Aquatic Life Waters
    Secondary Contact and Indigenous Aquatic Life Waters
    are those waters not suited for general use activities
    but which will be appropriate
    for all secondary contact
    uses and which will be capable of supporting
    an indigenous
    aquatic
    life limited only by the physical configuration
    of the body of water,
    characteristics and origin of the
    water and the presence of contaminants
    in amounts that
    do not exceed the Rule 205 water quality standards.
    The following are designated as Secondary Contact and
    Indigenous Aquatic Life Waters:
    (a)
    The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal;
    (b)
    The Calumet
    -
    Sag Channel;
    (c)
    The Little Calumet River from its junction with
    the Grand Calumet River to the Cabumet
    Sag
    Channel;
    (d)
    The Grand Cabumet River;
    (e)
    The Calumet River;
    (f)
    Lake Cabumet;
    (g)
    The South Branch of the Chicago River;
    (h)
    The North Branch of the Chicago River from its
    confluence with the North Shore Channel
    to its
    confluence with the South Branch;
    (i)
    The DesPlaines River from its confluence with the
    Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to the Interstate
    55 bridge;
    and
    (j)
    The North Shore Channel, except that dissolved
    oxygen in said Channel
    shall be not less than
    5
    mg/b during 16 hours
    of any
    24 hour period, nor
    less than
    4 mg/b at any time.
    Additions
    or deletions
    to the above
    list are governed
    by Part II of Chapter
    1:
    Procedural Rules.”
    8)
    Rule 404 shall read as follows:
    “Deoxygenating Wastes
    Except as provided in Rule 602 of this Chapter, all
    effluents containing deoxygenating wastes shall meet
    the following standards:
    33—426

    —5—
    (a)
    On and after July
    1,
    1972,
    or such earlier date as
    may have been specified in Rules and Regulations
    SWB—7 through SWE-15,
    no effluent shall exceed 30
    mg/b
    of five day biochemical
    oxygen demand
    (BOD5)
    (STORET number 00310) or
    30 mg/b of suspended
    solids (STORET number 00530),
    except as follows:
    (i)
    Deleted.
    (ii)
    Deleted.
    (iii)
    Treatment works employing three stage
    lagoon
    treatment systems that are properly designed,
    maintained and operated, and whose effluent
    has a dilution ratio no less than five
    to one
    or who qualify for exceptions under Rule
    404(c)(iii) or Rube 404(f)(i),
    shall not
    exceed 37 mg/b of suspended solids.
    (b)
    On and after July
    1,
    1972,
    or such earlier date
    as
    may have been specified
    in Rules and Regulations
    SWB-7
    through SWB-15,
    no effluent from any source
    whose untreated waste
    load is 10,000 population
    equivalents or more,
    or
    from any source
    discharging into the Chicago River System or into
    the Calumet River System,
    shall
    exceed 20 mg/b of
    BOD5 or
    25 mg/b of suspended solids.
    (c)
    On or after December 31,
    1973,
    no effluent whose
    dilution ratio is
    less than five to one shall
    exceed 10 mg/b
    of BODç or
    12 mg/b of suspended
    solids,
    except as fobTows:
    (i)
    Deleted.
    (ii)
    Deleted.
    (iii)
    Sources employing third—stage treatment
    lagoons
    shall
    be exempt from this paragraph
    (c) provided all of the following conditions
    are met:
    (A)
    The untreated waste
    load is less than
    2500 population equivalents;
    and
    (B)
    The source is sufficiently isolated that
    combining with other sources
    to aggregate
    2500 population equivalents or more is
    not practicable;
    and
    (C)
    The lagoons are properly constructed,
    maintained,
    and operated;
    and
    33—427

    —6—
    (D)
    The deoxygenating constituents
    of the
    effluent
    do not,
    alone
    or
    in combination
    with other sources, cause
    a violation of
    the applicable dissolved oxygen water
    quality standard.
    (d)
    On or after December 31,
    1974,
    no effluent discharged
    to the Lake Michigan basin shall exceed
    4 mg/b
    of
    BOD5 or
    5 mg/b of suspended solids.
    (e)
    Deleted.
    (f)
    Except as provided in paragraph
    (d) of this Rube
    404, on or after December 31,
    1973,
    no effluent
    whose dilution ratio is less than one to one shall
    exceed
    4 mg/b
    of BOD
    or
    5 mg/b
    of suspended
    solids except as fob~ows:
    (i)
    Sources employing third—stage treatment
    lagoons
    shall be exempt from this paragraph
    (f) provided all of
    the conditions
    of
    subparagraph
    (c)(iii)
    of this Rube 404 are met.
    (ii)
    Other sources not within paragraph
    (d) of
    this Rule 404 shall be exempt from this
    paragraph provided all the following conditions
    are met:
    (A)
    The deoxygenating constituents
    of the
    effluent shall
    not,
    alone or
    in combination
    with other sources, cause a violation of
    the applicable dissolved oxygen water
    quality standard;
    and
    (B)
    The effluent shall
    not exceed 10 mg/b of
    BOD5 or 12 mg/b of suspended solids;
    and
    (C)
    The owner or operator of
    such source
    shall
    file with the Agency the Project
    Completion Schedule required by Rube
    1002 of this Chapter.
    In addition to
    the requirements
    of Rule 1002,
    such
    schedule shall include
    a program for
    achieving compliance with the above
    conditions and with applicable water
    quality standards,
    including,
    but not
    limited
    to, dissolved oxygen,
    bottom
    deposits,
    ammonia nitrogen,
    and phosphorus,
    with particular reference to nitrogenous
    oxygen demand and to the control
    of
    stormwater overflows;
    and
    (D)
    The Agency finds that the program will
    within the compliance dates otherwise
    applicable assure compliance with the
    conditions
    of this subparagraph.
    33—428

    —7—
    (g)
    Deleted.
    (h)
    Compliance with the numerical standards
    in this
    Rube
    404 shall
    be determined on the basis
    of the
    type and frequency of sampling prescribed by the
    NPDES permit for the discharge
    at the time of
    monitoring.”
    9)
    Rule 407 shall read as
    follows:
    “Phosphorus
    (STORET number 00665)
    (a)
    No effluent discharged within the Lake Michigan
    Basin shall contain more than 1.0 mg/b of phosphorus
    as
    P after December
    31,
    1971.
    (b)
    No effluent from any source which discharges
    within the Fox River basin above and including
    Pistakee Lake and whose untreated waste
    load
    is
    1500 or more population equivalents shall
    contain
    more than
    1.0 mg/b of phosphorus
    as
    P.
    (c)
    No effluent from any source which discharges
    to a
    bake or reservoir with a surface area of
    20 acres
    or more or
    to any tributary
    to such a lake or
    reservoir and whose untreated waste
    load
    is 5000
    or more population equivalents shall
    contain more
    than 1.0 mg/b
    of phosphorus
    as
    P.
    (d)
    No effluent from any source which discharges
    to a
    bake or reservoir with a surface area of
    20 acres
    or more which does not comply with Rule 203(c)
    of
    this Chapter or to any tributary to such a lake or
    reservoir and whose untreated waste load is
    1500
    or more population equivalents and which is not
    governed by Rules 404(a)(iii),
    404(c)(iii)
    or Rule
    404(f)(i)
    of this Chapter shall contain more than
    1,0 mg/b
    of phosphorus
    as
    P.
    (e)
    For the purposes of this Rule 407 the term
    ‘bake
    or reservoir’
    shall
    not include low bevel pools
    constructed in free flowing streams or any body of
    water which
    is an integral part of
    an operation
    which includes the application of sludge on
    land.
    (f)
    Compliance with the limitations of
    this Rule
    407(c) shall be achieved by the following dates:
    (i)
    new sources shall comply on the effective
    date of this regulation,
    and
    (ii)
    existing sources
    shall
    comply by December 31,
    1980,
    or such other date as
    required by NPDES
    permit,
    or
    as ordered by the Board under
    Title VIII or Title
    IX of the Act.
    33—429

    —8—
    (g)
    Compliance with the limitations of
    this Rube
    407(d)
    shall
    be achieved by December 31,
    1985,
    or
    such other date
    as required by NPDES permit,
    or as
    ordered by the Board under Title VIII or Title
    IX
    of
    the
    Act.”
    10)
    The STORET number for Selenium in Rule 408(a)
    shall
    be
    01147.
    11)
    Rube 408(c) shall
    he deleted.
    IT
    IS
    SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control B2ard,
    hereby certify the ab ye Order was adopted on
    the
    ~
    day of
    __________________,
    1979 by a
    vote of
    4-~
    Christan
    L. Moff~~ Clerk
    Illinois Pollutiot(
    ontrob Board
    33—4 30

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