ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December 6, 2001
IN THE MATTER OF:
WATER QUALITY TRIENNIAL REVIEW:
AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL. ADM. CODE
302.208(e)-(g), 302.504(a), 302.575(d),
303.444, 309.141(h); AND PROPOSED 35
ILL. ADM. CODE 301.267, 301.313, 301.413,
304.120, AND 309.157
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R02-11
(Rulemaking – Water)
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning, G.T. Girard, and R.C. Flemal):
On November 9, 2001, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) filed a
proposal for rulemaking under Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act), 415 ILCS
5/27 (2000), to fulfill the requirements of Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
1313(c)). The Clean Water Act requires that, at least once every three years, states must “review
water quality standards to ensure that the standards are based on the most current information
and are protective of the designated uses of waters of the State.” Agency Stat. of Reas. at 9.
The Board accepts the proposal for hearing and directs the hearing officer assigned to this
matter to schedule hearings as required by Title VII of the Act.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the
Board adopted the above order on December 6, 2001, by a vote of 5-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board