ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 7, 2002
    METROPOLITAN WATER
    RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER
    CHICAGO,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 02-104
    (NPDES Permit Appeal)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On January 29, 2002, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
    (District) timely filed a petition asking the Board to review a December 26, 2001 determination
    of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency).
    See
    415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (2000); 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 105.206(a).
    The Agency imposed certain conditions on the District’s National Pollutant Discharge
    Elimination System permit for the wastewater treatment facility at 550 S. Meacham Road,
    Schaumburg, Cook County. The District contests the permit’s effluent limits for copper, silver
    and fluoride. The District’s petition meets the content requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    105.210. The Board accepts the petition for hearing.
    The District has the burden of proof. 415 ILCS 5/40(a)(1) (2000);
    see also
    35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 105.112(a). Hearings “will be based exclusively on the record before the Agency at the
    time the permit or decision was issued.” 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.214(a). Hearings will be
    scheduled and completed in a timely manner, consistent with the decision deadline (
    see
    415
    ILCS 5/40(a)(2) (2000)), which only the District may extend by waiver (
    see
    35 Ill. Adm. Code
    101.308). If the Board fails to take final action by the decision deadline, the District “shall be
    entitled to an Appellate Court order pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 41 of this Act [415
    ILCS 5/41(d) (2000)].” 415 ILCS 5/40(a)(3) (2000). Currently, the decision deadline is
    May 29, 2002 (the 120th day after January 29, 2002).
    See
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.114. The
    Board meeting immediately before the decision deadline is scheduled for May 16, 2002.
    Unless the Board or the hearing officer orders otherwise, the Agency must file the entire
    record of its determination within 30 days after the District filed the petition. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    105.212(a). If the Agency wishes to seek additional time to file the record, it must file a request
    for extension before the date on which the record is due to be filed. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.116.
    The record must comply with the content requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 105.212(b).
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 7, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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