ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    ~t~ib’~
    3O~19~0
    AMENDMENTS TO THE WATER POLLUTION
    )
    REGULATIONS OF THE ILLINOIS
    )
    R80-6
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    )
    PROPOSED RULE, FIRST NOTICE
    (HEARINGS
    TO BE HELD)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    D.
    Satchell):
    On May
    1,
    1980 the Board proposed certain amendments to Rules
    104,
    604,
    605,
    606,
    607,
    914,
    951,
    962,
    967,
    971
    and
    974 of
    Chapter
    3:
    Water Pollution (Proposed Rule,
    First Notice).
    This
    was published in Environmental Register #217,
    May
    13,
    1980 and
    Illinois Register May 30,
    1980.
    In response to comments received
    the Board will modify the proposal as appears below.
    Some of
    these comments requested revision of other rules in Chapter
    3 and
    proposed revision of the rules involved in the May
    1 Order.
    The
    Board will therefore withdraw that Order and publish
    a new Pro-
    posed Rule, First Notice in the Illinois Register.
    This proposal
    will be authorized for hearings.
    In the following Order changes
    from the existing rules are
    indicated by lining out deleted language and underlining new
    language.
    104
    Definitions
    “Pretreatment
    Works” means
    a treatment works designed and
    intended for the treatment of wastewater from a—ma~ef—ee~—
    ~-~diis~y7
    an indirect discharge or an industrial
    user as defined in 40 CFR ~28 Part 403, before introduction
    into a sewer system tributary to a publicly owned or public-
    ly regulated treatment works.
    “Publiciy
    Owned” means ownership
    by a municipality, sanitary
    district,
    county, or state or federal agency.
    “Publicly Regulated” refers to those otherwise private com-ET?1 w?118 237 m?543 237 l?S?BT?
    panies which are regulated as public utilities by the
    Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to an Act Concerning
    Public Utilities,
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1979,
    ch.
    111 2/3,
    par.
    1
    et seq.
    501
    Reporting Requirements
    (a)
    Every person within this State operating a pretreatment
    works,
    treatment works or wastewater source shall submit

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    operating reports to the Agency at a frequency to be de-
    termined by the Agency.
    Such reports shall contain infor-
    mation regarding the quantity of influent and of effluent
    discharged, of wastes bypassed and of combined sewer over-
    flows; the concentration of those physical, chemical,
    bacteriological and radiological parameters which shall be
    specified by the Agency;
    and any additional information
    the Agency may reasonably require.
    This reporting re-
    quirement for pretreatment works shall only apply to those
    pretreatment works
    a~-e~hefwhich:
    (1)
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    Will be subject to regulations promulgated under
    Section 307 of the Clean Water Act
    (FWPCA);
    or
    (2)
    Discharge 15
    or more of the total hydraulic flow
    received by the treatment works;
    or
    (3)
    Discharge 15
    or more of the total biological load-
    ing received by the treatment works as measured by
    5-day biochemical oxygen demand.
    (b)
    Deleted.
    Cc)
    Every holder of an NPDES Permit is required to comply
    with the monitoring,
    sampling, recording and reporting
    requirements set forth in the permit
    and this Chapter.
    604
    New—?eeet~oi~sCritical Review and Restricted Status
    (a)
    Publication of Lists.
    The Agency shall publish and make
    available to the public at intervals of not more than
    three months
    a comprehensive and up—to-date list of ea~—
    ~a~y—e—a~--e~ef
    wastewater ~
    pea~4~ei~
    authorities then
    subject
    to restricted status on
    further sewer connections,
    as well as
    a list of those which
    are then under critical review by
    the
    Agency.
    Such lists
    shall include estimates of treatment plant and sewer
    capacity, and the amount of population equivalent added
    since publication of the previous list.
    (b)
    Restricted Status.
    Restricted status shall be defined
    as
    the Agency determination7~
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    that a sewer has
    reached hydraulic capacity or that a sewage treatment
    plant has reached design capacity, such that additional
    sewer connection permits may no longer be issued without
    causing a violation of the Act or regulations.

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    Cc)
    Critical Reveiw.
    Critical review shall be defined
    as
    the Agency determination
    fa-~o-GeeeI~--39~-e~
    e-Aet-a-Re-9-e?-~-e~ap~e~7 that a sewer is
    approaching hydraulic capacity or that a sewage treat-
    ment plant is approaching design capacity,
    such that
    additional sewer connection permit applications will
    require close scrutiny to determine whether issuance
    would result in a violation of the Act or regulations.
    (d)
    Notification of Individuals Requesting Connections.
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    Wastewater ~ea~iae~-o~
    aporta~e~authorities responsible for authorizing
    new sewer connections which have been placed on re-
    stricted status or critical review by the Agency shall
    notify all individuals requesting connections of such
    Agency determination.
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    The Agency shall notify the wastewater authority of
    its determination of restricted status _or critical
    review and shall give
    a specific, detailed written
    statement as to the reasons for impositfon of the
    restricted status or critical review.
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    (f)
    The Agency may issue, pursuant to Rule 967, criteria
    further defining restricted status.
    ~j
    For purposes of Rules
    604,
    605,
    606,
    607 and 608 the
    term
    “sewer connection”
    shall mean a sewer for which
    a permit is required under Rule 951 of this Chapter.
    (h)
    For purposes of Rules
    604,
    605,
    606, 607 and 608 the
    term
    “wastewater authority”
    shall mean sanitary district
    or other wastewater treatment or transportation author—
    ity.

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    605
    New Connections
    The Agency shall not issue operating permits under Rule
    952 or joint construction/operating permits under Rule
    954 of this Chapter for the construction or operation of
    facilities which will connect to a sewer or sewage treat-ET?1 w?100 626 m?511 626 l?S?BT?
    ment plant which is on restricted status.
    The Agency may
    issue “construct only” permits under Rule 951 to such
    facilities but no operating permits until
    the sewer or
    sewage treatment plant has been removed from restricted
    status.
    606
    Appeal
    (a)
    Any
    authority
    responsible for authorizing new sewer
    connections may petition, pursuant to Title X of the
    Act and Part
    V
    of the Board Procedural Rules,
    for a
    hearing before the Board to contest the decision of
    the Agency to place it on critical review or restricted
    status or the refusal
    to terminate such.
    (b)
    The Agency shall provide procedures whereby
    a waste—
    water
    authority
    may
    request
    termination
    of
    critical
    review
    or
    restricted
    status.
    (c)
    If
    the Agency refuses to terminate critical review
    or
    restricted
    status,
    the Agency shall give
    a specific,
    detailed
    written
    statement
    as
    to
    the
    reasons
    for
    its
    decision
    to
    the
    wastewater
    authority
    requesting
    such
    termination.
    (d)
    Any
    person
    who
    has
    been
    denied
    an
    Agency
    permit
    because
    of
    restricted
    status
    may
    appeal
    the
    denial
    pursuant
    to
    Section
    40
    of
    the
    Act
    and
    Part
    V
    of
    the
    Board’s
    Pro-ET?1 w?134 276 m?510 276 l?S?BT?
    cedural Rules.
    The wastewater authority which is re-ET?1 w?135 264 m?518 264 l?S?BT?
    sponsible for authorizing new sewer connections shall
    be joined as
    a respondent,
    in which case the petitioner
    shall provide notice
    and
    service
    as
    provided
    by
    Part
    III of the Procedural Rules.
    The Agency’s decision to
    place the sewer or sewage treatment plant on restricted
    status
    is
    an appealable issue in such proceedings.
    607
    Variances
    from
    Restricted
    Status
    Any person who has applied for an Agency permit which may
    be
    denied
    because
    of
    restricted
    status
    may
    petition
    the
    Board
    for
    a
    variance
    from
    Rule
    605
    to
    allow
    the
    sewer
    con-ET?1 w?97 106 m?517 106 l?S?BT?
    nection in spite
    of the restricted status upon a showing of

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    arbitrary
    or
    unreasonable
    hardship.
    Such
    proceeding
    shall
    be governed by Part IV of the Board’s Procedural Rules.
    The wastewater authority which
    is responsible for author-ET?1 w?132 655 m?541 655 l?S?BT?
    izing new sewer connect~ons may join in the petition, but
    if it does not
    it shall be joined as
    a respondent,
    in which
    case petitioner must provide notice and service
    as provided
    by Part III of the Procedural Rules.
    608
    Response by Wastewater Authority
    (a)
    Where
    a
    wastewater
    authority
    has
    been
    joined
    as
    a
    respondent pursuant to Rule
    606
    or
    607,
    it
    shall
    file
    a response within twenty—one days of receipt of the
    petition.
    (b)
    The
    response
    shall
    indicate:
    (1)
    What permits the petitioner must obtain from it
    in order to make the sewer connections contem-ET?1 w?203 451 m?534 451 l?S?BT?
    plated
    (2)
    Whether these permits have been issued or are
    likely to be issued
    (3)
    Whether it supports or opposes the petitioner’s
    sewer connections
    (4)
    Any facts alleged by petitioner with which it
    disagrees
    (5)
    Any other relevant information..
    (c)
    Participation by
    a wastewater authority
    as a respondent
    is for the purpose of allowing it to prote~tany inter-ET?1 w?166 269 m?563 269 l?S?BT?
    est it may have in the subject matter of the variance
    or permit appeal.
    No penalty or compliance order may
    be imposed upon it in this action.
    However,
    it may
    undertake a compliance plan in o~derto secure the
    relief petitioner requests.
    In the event a Board
    Order is conditfoned upon a compliance plan to be
    executed by a wastewater authority,
    it shall be con-ET?1 w?165 185 m?541 185 l?S?BT?
    strued as a condition limiting the grant of the vari-ET?1 w?166 172 m?548 172 l?S?BT?
    ance or permit to the petitioner and not as an order
    enforceable against the respondent wastewater authority.
    It will be necessary for the petitioner to obtain the
    respondent’s performance to perfect the variance or
    permit.

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    914
    Permit
    Modification
    Pursuant
    to
    Board
    Order
    The
    Agency
    may
    issue,
    modify,
    revoke
    and
    reissue~ or
    terminate
    any
    NPDES
    permit
    consistent
    with
    the
    Act,
    the
    Clean
    Water
    Act
    (FWPCA),
    applicable
    regulations
    and
    any
    applicable Board
    Order,
    whether
    the
    result
    of
    a
    variance,
    enforcement
    or
    permit
    appeal
    case.
    917
    Permit
    Modification
    Pursuant
    to
    Application
    Upon
    receipt
    of
    an
    application
    from
    a
    permittee
    the
    Agency
    may
    issue,
    modify,
    revoke
    and
    reissue,
    or
    terminate
    any
    NPDES
    permit
    just
    as
    though
    an
    original
    application
    had
    been
    received.
    951
    Construction
    Permits
    Except
    for
    treatment
    works
    or
    wastewater
    sources
    which
    have
    or
    will
    have
    discharges
    for
    which
    NPDES
    Permits
    are
    required,
    and for which NPDES Permits have been issued by the Agency,
    (a)
    No person shall
    cause or allow
    the
    construction
    of
    any
    new
    treatment
    works,
    sewer,
    or
    wastewater
    source
    or
    cause
    or
    allow
    the
    modification
    of
    any
    existing
    treat-
    ment works, sewer, or wastewater source without a
    Construction Permit issued by the Agency, except as
    provided
    in
    Paragraph
    (b),
    (b)
    Construction Permits shall not be required for the
    following:
    (1)
    Storm sewers that transport only land runoff;
    or

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    (2)
    Any treatment works,
    sewer, or wastewater source
    designed and intended to serve a single building
    and eventually treat or discharge less than an
    average of 1500 gallons per day of domestic sew-
    age and which will discharge,
    if at all, directly
    to a publicly owned or publicly regulated sani-ET?1 w?207 622 m?545 622 l?S?BT?
    tary or combined sewer
    or
    (3)
    Any
    sewer required by statute to secure
    a permit
    pursuant to Ch.
    111 1/2 Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.,
    Sec.
    713, et seq.;
    or
    (4)
    Any
    treatment works, pretreatment works,
    sewer,
    or wastewater source
    that, on the effective date
    of this Subpart B,
    is being constructed or will
    be constructed under the authorization of a
    Permit already issued by the Agency or its pre-
    decessors; provided however, that all construction
    must be completed within four years from the ef-
    fective date of this Subpart B; or
    (5)
    Privately owned sewers tributary to industrial
    treatment works owned by the same person if the
    additional waste load does not exceed the per-
    raitted design capacity of the industrial treat-
    ment works.
    (c)
    No person without
    a construction permit issued by the
    Agency shall cause or allow the construction of any
    pretreatment works or cause or allow the modification
    of any existing pretreatment works
    if such pretreat-
    ment works,
    after construction or modification, will:
    (1)
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    tion 307
    of the Clean Water Act
    ~FWPCA)
    (4u
    UJfR
    Part 403)
    ;
    or
    (2)
    Discharge 15
    or more of the total hydraulic
    flow received by the treatment works; or
    (3)
    Discharge 15
    or more of the total biological
    loading received by the treatment works
    as
    measured by the 5—day biochemical oxygen demand.
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    952
    $pe~at~o!~
    Operating Permits:
    New or Modified Treatment
    Works, Sewers and Wastewater Sources
    (a)
    No person shall
    cause or allow the use or operation
    of any treatment works,
    sewer or wastewater source
    for which a construction permit
    is
    required under
    Rule 951 without an operating permit issued by the
    Agency, except foe—
    ~
    as may be
    authorized by the construction permit.
    No operating
    permit is required under this rule
    for any discharge
    for which an NPDES permit is required.
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    953
    Operating Permits:
    Existing
    Treatment Works, Pretreatment
    Works and Wastewater Sources
    (a)
    No person shall cause or allow the use or operation
    of any treatment works, pretreatment works, or waste—
    water source a
    ~
    without an oper-
    ating permit
    issued
    by the Agency,
    except as provided
    in paragraphs
    (b),
    (c)
    and
    Cd).
    (b)
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    —wastewa~er—so~rees—?e~—wh~eh—NPBES—Perm~e
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    No
    operating permit
    is required under this rule for any
    discharge for which an NPDES permit
    is required.
    (c)
    Operating Permits are not required for treatment works
    and wastewater sources that are designed and intended
    to serve
    a single building and eventually treat or
    discharge less than an average of 1500 gallons per day
    of domestic sewage.
    (d)
    Operating Permits are not required for those pretreat-
    ment works or wastewater sources discharging to a sewer
    tributary
    to
    a
    treatment
    works
    that
    which
    will
    not:
    (1)
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    Be subject to regulations promulgated under Sec-ET?1 w?208 462 m?554 462 l?S?BT?
    tion
    307 of the Clean Water Act; or
    (2)
    Discharge
    15
    or
    more
    of
    the
    total
    hydraulic
    flow
    received by the treatment works;
    or
    (3)
    Discharge
    15
    or
    more
    of
    the
    total
    biological
    loading received by the treatment works
    as
    measured
    by
    the
    5—day
    biochemical
    oxygen
    demand.
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    956
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    962
    Standards for Issuance
    (a)
    The Agency shall not grant any permit required by this
    Subpart
    13,
    except an Experimental Permit under Rule 955,
    unless the applicant submits adequate proof that the
    treatment works, pretreatment works, sewer,
    or waste--
    water source-p
    ~a3- W~3 will he constructed, modified,

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    or operated so as not to cause a violation of the Act or
    of this Chapter7.
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    If the Agency has promulgated, pursuant to Rule 967, criter-ET?1 w?134 620 m?567 620 l?S?BT?
    ia with regard to any part or condition of
    a permit, then
    for purposes of permit issuance proof of conformity with the
    criteria shall be prima facie evidence of no violation.
    However, non—conformity with the criteria shall not be
    grounds for permit denial
    if
    the
    condition
    of
    subsection
    Ta) of this rule
    is met.
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    967
    Design, Operation and Maintenance Criteria
    (a)
    The Agency may adopt proeed~res-wh~eh-~e~-forth
    criteria for
    the design,
    operation, and maintenance of treatment works,
    pretreatment works, sewers,
    and wastewater sources.
    These
    preeedi~rescriteria shall be revised from time to time to
    reflect current engineering judgment and advances in the
    state of the art.
    (b)
    Before-ads
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    The Agency shall adopt such procedures as are necessary
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    permit issuance under this Subpart B of Part IX.
    (c)
    In adopting new or revised criteria or procedures, the Agen-ET?1 w?132 184 m?565 184 l?S?BT?
    cy shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Admin-ET?1 w?132 173 m?565 173 l?S?BT?
    istrative Procedure Act,
    Ill.
    Rev. Stat.
    1979,
    ch.
    127,
    §1001 et seg.
    (d)
    To the extent the Agency adopts such criteria, they will
    represent a formal Agency interpretation of what

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    is consistent with the Act and Chapter
    3 and necessary
    to accomplish the purposes of the Act.
    969
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    (a)
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    sanc~ens
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    ~permit
    issued under this Subpart B may be revoked for
    cause which includes, but
    is not limited to,
    the follow-ET?1 w?163 554 m?565 554 l?S?BT?
    ing:
    (1)
    Cause
    as set forth in Rule 912 (b);
    or
    (2)
    Delinguency in payment of any charges which may
    be required to be paid under Section 204(b)
    of the
    Clean Water Act.
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    Revocation may be sought by filing a complaint with the
    Board pursuant to Part III of the Procedural Rules.
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    971
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    974
    Permit Modification Pursuant to Variance
    If
    a permit is denied or granted with objectionable conditions
    required by Board Regulations the permittee may petition the
    Board for a variance from the regulations.
    The proceeding will
    be governed by Part IV of the Procedural Rules.
    If requested
    the Board may order permit modification or issuance pursuant
    to variance.

    -12-
    975
    Permit Modification Pursuant to Application
    Upon receipt of an application from a permittee the Agency
    may issue, modify,
    revoke and reissue, or terminate any
    permit just as though an original application had been
    received.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan
    L.
    Moffett,
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control Board, hereby ce tify that the above Order was a~opted
    on
    the
    ~
    day
    of
    _____________,
    1980 by a vote of ~-O
    C~k~
    ir~L~(
    Christan L. Mof~t, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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