ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

December

4,

1980

IN THE MATTER OF:

PERMITS FOR SLUDGE APPLICATION TO LAND

)

R77—12, DOCKET

B

AMENDMENTS

TO THE WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS:

CHAPTER

3,

SPECIAL WASTE HAULING REGULATIONS:

CHAPTER

9,

OF THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

)

BOARD

PROPOSED RULE:

FIRST NOTICE

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J,D,

Dumelle):

The Board proposes to amend Rule 101 and to add Rules

949

and 950 of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution and to amend Rule 211(c)

of Chapter

9:

Special Waste.

The effect of these changes will

be

to:

1.

Add the definition of “Sludge,” and to amend

the definitions of “Pretreatment Works” and

“Wastewater;”

2.

Set up a permitting system for sites receiving

sludge for land application;

and

3.

Exempt municipal water and wastewater

treatment

plant sludge from the permit and manifest

requirements of the Board’s Special Waste

Hauling Regulations of Chapter

9.

These changes are indicated below,

Deleted language

is lined

through and new language

is underlined.

Rules 104,

910, and

950 are of Chapter

3, and Rule 211 is of Chapter

9.

101

Definitions

“Pretreatment Works” means a treatment works designed and

intended for the treatment of wastewater

from

&—~a~’e~

ee~g—4~s~y

an indirect discharge or industrial

user,

as defined

in 40 CFR ~28 Part

403, before introduction

into

a sewer system tributary

to a publicly owned or publicly

regulated treatment works.

“Sludge” means any solid,

semisolid,

or liquid waste generated

from a municipal,

commercial,

or industrial wastewater treat-ET?1 w?111 93 m?552 93 l?S?BT?

ment plant, water

supply

treatment plant, or air pollution

control

facility or any other such waste having similar

characteristics and effects.

---

“Wastewater”

means

sewage,

~

industrial

waste, or

other waste,

or any

combination of these,

whether

treated or

untreated,

plus

any

admixed

land

runoff;

949

Terms and

Conditions

of

NPDESPermitsConcernin9Sewape~~49~

Disposal

In addition to

Agency~

ori~~

nt

in Rule

910,

in

establishing

the terms

and conditions

of

each issued

NPDES permit,

the Ag~~l

apply and ensure

compli-ET?1 w?117 582 m?513 582 l?S?BT?

ance with

appli~Ele

regulations promulgated

under

Section 405 of

the

FWPCA governing the

disposal

of

sewa

sludge

from tr

eatment

wo

rks

950

Permits for

Sites Receivin

Slud e for Land A

lication

~

and

an

operating permit

are required

under

this

Cha

ter

for

any~~te

receiving

s

ludg~efor

an

ap~picationuness:

(1)

The site receives only livestock

wastes; or

(2)

The

site recei~~on1yseptic tank

sludges

~~tedfromdomp~~c

sources; or

(3)

The site is

~

~~~~reulations;

or

~

~e

is

s~a

identif

ied

in an

approved sludge

management

scheme of an

or

N P DES

e~s

sued

he A

nc

and rec

e ~

~ttee;or

(5)

~

tholloncdioe

satisfied:

(A)

~

NPDES

or

o

er atm

ermit

of an

~mentworksorretreatmentworks

but

receive

ssj~from~reatrnent

works

or

pretreatment

works which has

~

ed

~

~

Ae~.

The

sludje

~tor~alli~ormthejaser

that this

~~rement

has

been

met

~

~ud~sera~thes1udeto

less

than

300

acres

under common owner—

~

and

(C)

The~~strans~ted,stored

and

~

ewith

~

n

tscheme

~neratorfromwhichtheuser

receives the slud e.

An

erson who

inten

s to

t~nsort,

store, or app ~

that

---

de sc ri~bed in

the

appro

slud

~eman

e-

~entschemernust~p~ap~it.

(ID)

Notwi thstandi

su~ar~phs_(flthro~

(5)

of~a~ap~a),_the A~g~4reauser

receivingsludge_for

land

~pplic

at ion

to_obtain

a~rmi

t

under

this

rule_when

thQ~p~

~

such

that

a

~

the

environment

or

the

~p~~c_health,__In_maki~

its

dete rminat

ion, the ~

shal1

consider

the

fol~~~nfactors

(1)

Where

the

slu~2~U

be

stored

(2)

Th~p~pposed

rate

and

mthodf~ppllcation

ofthesl~~o

the

recei~site

(3)

Th~~ual~y

(constituents

and

concentrat

ions)

of

the

to

be

a

lied

to

the

re

ceivin~g

site;

and,

(4)

The ~eoloqicai

and

h~olgplgal

charac-

teristicsofthereceivi~~e,

inc1udin~

~

(c)

~p~rmit

~be

uir ed

under

Rule

950(b)

for

ause

r

receivin~slu~~rla~o1i-

cation

unless

the

owr er

ojLpperator

is

noti~-ET?1 w?357 434 m?501 434 l?S?BT?

fled

in

~

for

~p~rmit.

That

notification

shal

1

include

a

statement

of

t1~~cial_circumstances

~

The

e~uir emsnt

of

a

~‘rn

it

is

evie

wahIs

on

(d)

Generators

and

haulers

of

munic ial

water

or

waste-

water_treatment

lant

sl~p~,

which

is

to

he a~ lied.

to

land

and

which

is

regulated

under

this Ch~Rter,

need

not

obtainas

jal

waste

ha

nj~rrnit

or

p~are,ca~y~d

comaleteamanife

St

under

ç~~ter

9oftheBoar~sr~lation

(e)

The

Agencj~m~yestablish

and

revise

crite r tam

accordance_with

Pule

967

of

t

Chater

for

the

d~rntn,

and

maintenance

of

facilities

re~l

at

ed

under

this

Rule

(f)

~

1

of

as~ernan~mentschem~p~of

of

con

with

A

n~

titer

ía

shall

be

rirna

ac i.e

ev id

enc

of

no

violation

of

the

Act

or

ç~pter

3.

However,

nonconforrriit~

with

those

criteria

shall

not_he

~rounds

for

pe rmit

den

al,

or

for

failure_to

~

cant

submits

adeguate

informat

ion

showin

that

the

s~e

will

be

stored

,

trans

orte

d

and

so

as

not

tocau

se

,io

1at

ion

of

the

Act

or

er

3,

---

Chapter

9:

Special

Waste Hauling Regulations

211

Exemptions

for

Special Waste

Haulers

Items A,B,D,E,F,G,

and

H

are

not changed,

(C)

Generators and haulers of a~ ~e~se~

who ha~4~

e~y

municipal water or wastewater treatment

plant sludge

which

is tobe applied to land

and which is to he regulated under Chapter

3

pursuant to e

aè~8hed ~

scheme

~pp~ro

ved b

heAenc

pe~ey need not

obtain a special waste hauling permit or

carry

and

complete

a manifest under this

Chapter

for that sludge.

Any Agency criteria

established under Rule

950 and any

revisions

thereto shall be

filed with the

Board

by

the Agency,

The

Board

will retain jurisdiction

over

this

regulatory proceeding

until

January

31,

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan L,

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Bo~rd,

hereby c~tify that

the above

Order was a~lopted

on the

~

day

of

~

1980

by

a vote of

~

ii

.1

..

~1

Christan

L.

Moffe~t/)CIerk

Illinois

Pollutio~

Cbntrol Board