ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 12, 1977
    LEWIS
    & CLARK
    COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 76—327
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Durnelle):
    Petitioner filed a Petition for Variance from Rule 404(f)
    of Chapter
    3: Water Pollution on December 29,
    1976.
    An
    Amended
    Petition was filed February 22, 1977 which stipulated into the
    record of
    this proceeding the records of the prior variances,
    namely~PCB 72—246
    (May 31,
    1973); PCB 74—81
    (June 20, 1974);
    and PCB 75—164
    (July 10,
    1976).
    A recommendation was filed by the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency on April
    4,
    1977.
    No public hearing was held.
    The Petitioner,
    located
    in Godfrey, operates a sewage
    treatment plant designed
    to serve a population equivalent of
    750,
    A load of only 500
    is connected.
    Discharge is to an
    unnamed
    intermittent stream which runs for about
    0.6 miles
    until
    its confluence with Rocky Fork Creek.
    The
    College intends
    to discontinue its sewage treatment
    plant by connecting
    to the Godfrey Township Utility Board’s
    new plant.
    This new facility will be operational by September 1,
    1977.
    An examination of the effluent from the present sewage
    plant shows generally good adherence to the monthly limits of
    20 mg/i BUD5 and
    25 mg/i suspended solids set in PCB 75—164.
    Eleven months of data (January 1976 through November 1976
    inclusive)
    show two months in which BOD5 levels were 26 and
    27 mg/i and
    two other months in which suspended solids levels
    were 27 and
    29 mg/i.
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    We agree with
    the
    Agency that the Petitioner has shown
    good faith
    in its
    efforts
    to reach full
    compliance.
    The
    variance
    is granted until September
    1,
    1977.
    This Opinion constitutes
    the Board’s findings of
    fact and
    conclusions of
    law.
    ORDER
    A variance from Rule 404(f)
    of Chapter
    3: Water Pollution
    is granted until September
    1,
    1977 subject
    to the
    following
    conditions:
    1.
    The effluent from the Petitioner’s sewage treatment
    plant shall not exceed
    20 mg/i BUD5 and
    25 mg/i suspended
    solids ona monthly average.
    2.
    The effluent
    shall
    not exceed 400 fecal coliform
    per
    100 ml.
    3,
    The connected waste load to the plant
    shall not
    exceed its design capacity.
    4.
    The proposed interceptor line shall be constructed
    so that
    it
    is ready for use when the new Godfrey sewage
    plant goes into operation.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan
    L,
    Moffett, Clerk ot
    the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify
    the above Opinion and Order were ad pted on the
    ~
    day of
    ~
    1977 by a vote of
    0
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    O~4k~I
    Christan L. Moff
    ,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollutio
    ontrol Board
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