BEFORE TIlE
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
AMMONIA NITROGEN STANDARDS
35
Iii. Adm.
Code 302.212, 302.213,
AND 304.122
1I~CECEIVED
CL.FRX’S OFFICE
APR
3
2002
BOARD
Sthl~
01-
ILLINOIS
Pollution
control Board
TO:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O.
Box 19276
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
Office ofthe Attorney General
Division Chief ofEnvironmental Enforcement
188 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL
60610
See
Attached Service List
Division ofLegal Counsel
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box
19276
Springfield, IL
62794-9276
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE
today that I have filed with the Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution
Control Board Revised
Proposed Rule, a
copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.
Dated:
April 3, 2002
Roy M. Harsch
Sheila H. Deely
GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS
321 North Clark Street
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Suite 3400
Chicago, Illinois
606 10-4795
(312) 644-3000
Respectfully submitted,
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R02-19
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(Rulemaking
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NOTICE
OF FILING
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The undersigned certifies that a copy ofthe foregoing
Notice of Filing
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Revised
Proposed Rule
was filed by hand delivery with the Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board and
served upon the parties to whom said Notice is directed by first class mail, postage prepaid,
by depositing
in the U.S. Mail at 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
on Wednesday, April
3, 2002.
Sheila H. Deely
TITLE
35:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE
C:
WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER I:
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 302
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
SUBPART B:
GENERAL
USE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Section 302.100
“Early Life Stages” offish means the pre-hatch embryonic period, the post hatch
free embryo or yolk-sac fry, and the larval period, during which the organism
feeds.
Juvenile fish, which are anatomically rather similar to
adults, are not
considered an
early life stage.
Section 302.212
Total Ammonia Nitrogen
and Un-ionized Ammonia
a)
Total ammonia nitrogen (as N:
STORET Number 00610) shall in no case
exceed 15 rng/L.
b)
The total Un ionized ammonia nitrogen (as N:
STORET Number 00610)
shall not exceed the acute, ~d
chronic, and
sub-chronic standards shall be
determined by the equations given below Eubject to the provisions of
Section 302.208(a)
and (b), and Section 302.2 13 ofthis Part.
Attainment
ofeach standard shall be determined by subsections (c)
and (d) ofthis
Section in mg/L.
1)
The acute standard (AS) shall be calculated using the following
equation:
AS
=
0.411
+
58.4
1
+
107204pH
1
+
10pF17204
From April through October, the Acute Standard (AS)
shall be
0.33 mg’L
and the Chronic Standard (CS) shall be 0.057 mg/L.
2)
The chronic standard (CS) shall be calculated using the following
equations:
A)
During the Early Life Stage Present period, as defined in
subsection (e) ofthis Section:
i)
When water temperature is less than or equal to
14.5 1°C:
1
CS
=
0.0577
1
+
10
7.O58-pH
+
2.487
(2.85)
1
+
10
PH-7.688
When water temperature is
above 14.51°C:
CS
=
0.0577
+
1
+
10J.b8~-pH
2.487
(145*
10O.O28*(25~T))
1
+
10PW7688
Where T
=
Temperature, degrees Celsius
B)
During the Early Life Stage Absent period, as defined in
subsection (e) ofthis Section:
i)
When water temperature is less than or equal to
7°C:
CS
=
0.0577
+
1
+
2.487
(1.45*100504)
1
+ 10~~7688
ii)
When water temperature is greater than 7°C:
Where T
Temperature, degrees Celsius
CS
=
0.0577
+
1
+
107688pH
2.487
(145
*
10O.O28*(25~T))
1
+
lOPll7688
From November though March, the
AS
shall be 0.11
mg,’L and
the CS shall be 0.025
mgTL.
3)
The sub-chronic standard shall equal
2.5
times the chronic
standard.
c)
Attainment ofthe Total Ammonia Nitrogen Water Quality Standards
1)
The acute standard oftotal ammonia nitrogen (in mg/L)
shall not be
exceeded at any time except in those waters for which the Agency has
approved a ZID pursuant to
Section 302.102.
2)
The 30-day average
concentration oftotal ammonianitrogen (in mg/L)
shall not exceed the chronic standard (CS) except in those waters in
which mixing is allowed pursuant to
Section 302.102.
Attainment of
the chronic standard (CS) shall be evaluated pursuant to
subsection (d)
of this Section using at least four consecutive samples collected over a
2
period ofat least 30 days.
The samples must be collected in a manner
that assures an
average representative ofthe sampling period.
3)
The four day average concentration oftotal ammonia nitrogen (in
mg/L)
shall not exceed the sub-chronic standard except in those waters
in which mixing is allowed pursuant to
Section 302.102.
Attainment
ofthe sub-chronic standard shall be evaluated pursuant to subsection
(d) ofthis
Section using daily samples collected over a period offour
consecutive days.
The samples must be collected in a manner that
assures
an average representative ofthe sampling period.
~
purposes ofthis
Section, the concentration ofun ionE~ed
ammonia
nitrogen a~
N
and total
ammonia nitrogen as N shallbe
computed
according to the following equations:
U—
N
0.94112(1-~10~
-4-
0.05591
andNU
~0.91112(1+10~0.0559
where:
X0.09018~
2729.92
pH
(T
-
273.16)
U
=
Concentration ofun ionized ammonia as N in mgQ
N
—
Concentration ofammonia nitrogen as N in mg!L
=
Temperature in dew~ees
d)
The water quality standard for each water body shall be calculated based
on the temperature
and pH ofthe water body measured at the time ofeach
ammonia sample.
The concentration of total ammonia in each sample
shall be
divided by the calculated water quality standard for the sample to
determine a quotient.
The water quality standard is attained if the mean of
the sample quotients is less than or equal to one for the duration ofthe
averaging period.
The following tables indicates the miximum total ammonia nitrogen
concentrationg (mg!L as N) allowable pursuant to gubgections (a) and (b)
oftbi~
Section for certain combinations ofpH
and temperature:
1)
,+v?-
mgQ
inrough October~
Acute un-ionized ammonia 0.33
12.8
~
4~Q
15.0
Z~
4~ 4~
15.0
144
64
~g
4~4
3
04
14
~0
2-1-4
~0
4~
1-~0 1-~34
24
4~4
24
1-4-
~
224
44V0
1-~0
1~
6~
~
2,2
0~
26~
14~0
1-~0
14~0
04
~2
~
44~ 04
~
2~4
4~0
14,0
4~
24
4~4
24
1-4
04
00
32.2
4-~0
4-50
4-04
~
24
2~2
1-4
04
2)
Summer (April through October) Chronic un
ionized ammonia
0.057 mg!L
64
24
24
7.75
~0
&2~
4~0
44,0
24
4,2
24
1-4
04
04
60
444
444
444
24
24
4-4-
0404
6~
4~
444
444
4~0
24
44
04
04
Q,2
444
4.24
4~0
2,2
44
04
04
0~
~
224
44~0
4~
24
4.4
04
0,4
0,2
2~
4~0
~4
24
44
04
04
04
04
~
2~4
4~0
24
24
44
04
04
04
04-
00
322
444
5~
4-4
04
04
0,2
04
3)
Winter (November through March) Acute un
ionized ammonia
0.11 mgQ
PIT
64
24
24
~0
~
0~0
444
44,0
444
44,0
444
04
52
14
14
44,0
144
44,0
444
4-44
~0
44
4~
40
4~4
1~0
4~0
44~0
4~0
4-44
64
2414
24
444
14,0
14~0
14W0
~0
~4
241
44
1-041
4~0
44,0
4~0
4.2~
24
44
24
0,0
5~
4.2T~
444
4~0
444
4.04
541
24
241
04
60
444
444
1-541
44~
~4
4~
24
1-6
04
‘1)
Winter (November through March)
Chronic un-ionized ammonia
0.025mg/L
64
-~
4-5~0
4~0
04
54
241
1-4
041
04
-~
444
4441
24
44
24
4~4
04
0,2
40
4~44~0
144
6~
24
2~0
44
04
0,2
24
1-5~0
4~0
541
24
1-6
041
04
0,2
~0
4-0~0
4-541
4~
441
24
44
04
04
04
5~
1-24
444
.1-0,2
24
14
44
04
04
04
60
4-54
4-5~0
24
4~
041
04
04
04.
4
e)
The Early Life Stage Present period shall occur from March through
October.
Tn addition, during any other periodwhen early life stages are
present,
and where the water quality standard does not provide adequate
protection for these organisms, the water body shall meet the Early Life
Stage Present water quality standard.
All other periods shall be subject to
the Early Life Stage Absent period.
BOARD NOTE:Acute and chronic standard concentrations for total ammonia nitrogen
(in mg/L)
for different combinations ofpH
and temperature are shown in Appendix C.
(Source:
Amended at
Ill.
Reg.
______,
effective
____________
Section
302.213
Effluent Modified Waters (Ammonia) (Repealed)
a)
Effluent modified
waters are those waters orportions ofwaters that the
Agency has determined, pursuant to
35 Ill.
Adm. Code 309: Subp.irt A, to
have the potential to
exceed, and are therefore not subject to, the chronic
ammonia standards ofSection 302.2 12(b) downstream ofan effluent
outfall and outside ofany allowable mixing zone.
The Agency ~hal1not
identiFy a waterbodv as an effluent modified water if-it-ET?1 w?159 421 m?425 421 l?S?BT?
1)
has uses l~ov~
to
be adversely impacted by ammonia as
designated under 35
Ill. Adm.
Code 303.201
outside ofany
allowable mi”ing zone; or
exceeu~
tii~
~tuiu~
standard of Section 302.212(b~
ofthis Part.
b)~
All effluent discharges to
an effluent modified water must meet the
requirements of35 Ill.
Adm. Code 301.122(d) prior to
dilution with the
receiving water.
(Source:
Added at 21111. Reg.
370, effective December 23, 1996)
Section 302.APPENDIX
A REFERENCES
TO PREVIOUS RULES
Section 302.APPENDIX
B Sources
of Codified Sections
Section 302.APPENDIX
C
Maximum total ammonia nitrogen concentrations
allowable for certain combinations of pH and
temperature
5
PART 304
EFFLUENT
STANDARDS
SUBPART A: GENERAL EFFLUENT
STANDARDS
Section 304.122
Total Ammonia Nitrogen
(as N:
STORET number 00610)
a)
No effluent from any source which discharges to the Illinois River, the
Des Plaines River downstream of its confluence with the Chicago River
System or the Calumet River System, and whose untreated waste load is
50,000 or more population equivalents shall contain more than2.5 mg/L
oftotal ammonia nitrogen as N during the months ofApril through
October, or 4 mg/L at other times.
b)
Sources discharging to any ofthe above waters and whose untreated waste
load cannot be computed on a population equivalent basis comparable to
that used formunicipal waste treatment plants and whose total ammonia
nitrogen as N discharge exceeds 45.4 kg/day (100 pounds per day) shall
not discharge an
effluent ofmore than 3.0 mg/L oftotal ammonia nitrogen
as N.
c)
In addition to
the effluent standards set forth in subsections (a) and
(b) of
this Section,
all sources are subject to Section
304.105 unless the Agency
determines as part ofthe NPDES Permit Program under 35
Ill. Adm.
Code
309:
Subpart A that alternate effluent standards are applicable pursuant to
subsection (dl ofthis Section.
SI.
mcrease ammoma
loading
to
New or expanded discharges th~4
general use waters an4’or create effluent modified waters
portions ofwaters
must
demonstrate compliance to the Agency
with the nondegradation requirements at 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
302. 105.
d)
All dischargers to effluent modified waters as defmed at 35 Ill. Adm. Code
302.213,
except for treatment works qualiFying under Section 301.120(c),
shall have an effective ~IPDESpermit with monthly average
effluent
limits of
1.5
mg/L total ammonia as N during the months ofApril through
October, and 1.0 mg/L
total ammonia as N at other times,
as well as the
following
restrictions:
1)
Disehargers achieving lower ammonia concentrations than given
above, yet not meeting the chronic water
quality
standards of 35
Ill. Adm. Code
302.2 12(b), shall maintain their existing level of
performance consistent with the facility’s expected organic and
hydraulic loadings for the duration oftheft ~WDES permit.
2)
(Source:
Amended at
Ill. Reg.
______,
effective
____________
CHO2/22180286.1
6
Appendix
C
Table Cl:
pH-Dependent Values of the CMC (Acute Criterion)
pH
6.0
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.9
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
9.0
Acute Criterion (mg/L)
55.0
54.2
53.2
52.0
50.5
48.8
46.8
44.6
42.0
39.1
36.1
32.8
29.5
26.2
23.0
19.9
17.0
14.4
12.1
10.1
8.4
6.95
5.72
4.71
3.88
3.20
2.65
2.20
1.84
1.56
1.32
CHO1/12217570.1
*
At
15
present.
C and above, the criterion for fish ELS absent
is the same as the criterion for fish ELS
PH
Table C-2
Temperature and pH-Dependent Values of the CCC (Chronic Criterion)
for Fish Early Life Stages Absent
Temperature, C
_______
0-7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
6.0
11.3
10.6
9.92
9.30
8.72
8.20
7.70
7.20
6.70
6.30
6.1
11.2
10.5
9.87
9.25
8.67
8.13
7.62
7.15
6.70
6.28
6.2
11.2
10.5
9.81
9.19
8.62
8.08
7.58
7.10
6.66
6.24
6.3
11.1
10.4
9.73
9.12
8.55
8.02
7.52
7.05
6.61
6.19
6.4
11.0
10.3
9.63
9.03
8.47
7.94
7.44
6.98
6.54
6.13
6.5
0.8
10.1
9.51
8.92
8.36
7.84
7.35
6.89
6.46
6.06
6.6
0.7
9.99
9.37
8.79
8.24
7.72
7.24
6.79
6.36
5.97
6.7
0.5
9.81
9.20
8.62
8.08
7.58
7.11
6.66
6.25
5.86
6.8
0.2
9.58
8.98
8.42
7.90
7.40
6.94
6.51
6.10
5.72
6.9
9.93
9.31
8.73
8.19
7.68
7.20
6.75
6.33
5.93
5.56
7.0
9.60
9.00
8.43
7.91
7.41
6.95
6.52
6.11
5.73
5.37
7.1
9.20
8.63
8.09
7.58
7.11
6.67
6.25
5.86
5.49
5.15
7.2
8.75
8.20
7.69
7.21
6.76
6.34
5.94
5.57
5.22
4.90
7.3
8.24
7.73
7.25
6.79
6.37
5.97
5.60
5.25
4.92
4.61
7.4
7.69
7.21
6.76
6.33
5.94
5.57
5.22
4.89
4.59
4.30
7.5
7.09
6.64
6.23
5.84
5.48
5.13
4.81
4.51
4.23
3.97
7.6
6.46
6.05
5.67
5.32
4.99
4.68
4.38
4.11
3.85
3.61
7.7
5.81
5.45
5.11
4.79
4.49
4.21
3.95
3.70
3.47
3.25
7.8
5.17
4.84
4.54
4.26
3.99
3.74
3.51
3.29
3.09
2.89
7.9
4.54
4.26
3.99
3.74
3.51
3.29
3.09
2.89
2.71
2.54
8.0
3.95
3.70
3.47
3.26
3.05
2.86
2.68
2.52
2.36
2.21
8.1
3.41
3.19
2.99
2,81
2.63
2.47
2.31
2.17
2.03
1.91
8.2
2.91
2.73
2.56
2.40
2.25
2.11
1.98
1.85
1.74
1.63
8.3
2.47
2.32
2.18
2.04
1.91
1.79
1.68
1.58
1.48
1.39
8.4
2.09
1.96
1.84
1.73
1.62
1.52
1.42~
1.33
1.25
1.17
8.5
1.77
1.66
1.55
1.46
1.37
1.28
1.20
1.13
1.06
0.990
8.6
1.49
1.40
1.31
1.23
1.15
1.08
1.01
0.951
0.892
0.836
8.7
1.26
1.18
1.11
1.04
0.976
0.915
0.858
0.805
0.754
0.707
8.8
1.07
1.01
0.944
0.885
0.829
0.778
0.729
0.684
0.641
0.601
8.9
0.917
0.860
0.806
0.756
0.709
0.664
0.623
0.584
0.548
0.513
0.790
0.740
0.694
0.651
0.610
0.572
0.536
0.503
0.471
0.442
CHO1/12217581.1
Table C-3
Temperature and pH-Dependent Values of the CCC (Chronic Criterion)
for Fish Early Life Stages Present
pH
Temperature, Celsius
0
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
6.0
6.95
6.95
6.32
5.55
4.88
4.29
3.77
3.31
2.91
2.56
6.1
6.91
6.91
6.28
5.52
4.86
4.27
3.75
3.30
2.90
2.55
6.2
6.87
6.87
6.24
5.49
4.82
4.24
3.73
3.28
2.88
2.53
6.3
6.82
6.82
6.19
5.45
4.79
4.21
3.70
3.25
2.86
2.51
6.4
6.75
6.75
6.13
5.39
4.74
4.17
3.66
3.22
2.83
2.49
6.5
6.67
6.67
6.06
5.33
4.68
4.12
3.62
3.18
2.80
2.46
6.6
6.57
6.57
5.97
5.25
4.61
4.05
3.56
3.13
2.75
2.42
6.7
6.44
6.44
5.86
5.15
4.52
3.98
3.50
3.07
2.70
2.37
6.8
6.29
6.29
5.72
5.03
4.42
3.89
3.42
3.00
2.64
2.32
6.9
6.12
6.12
5.56
4.89
4.30
3.78
3.32
2.92
2.57
2.25
7.0
5.91
5.91
5.37
4.72
4.15
3.65
3.21
2.82
2.48
2.18
7.1
5.67
5.67
5.15
4.53
3.98
3.50
3.08
2.70
.2.38
2.09
7.2
5.39
5.39
4.90
4.31
3.78
3.33
2.92
2.57
2.26
1.99
7.3
5.08
5.08
4.61
4.06
3.57
3.13
2.76
2.42
2.13
1.87
7.4
4.73
4.73
4.30
3.78
3.32
2.92
2.57
2.26
1.98
1.74
7.5
4.36
4.36
3.97
3.49
3.06
2.69
2.37
2.08
1.83
1.61
7.6
3.98
3.98
3.61
3.18
2.79
2.45
2.16
1.90
1.67
1.47
7.7
3.58
3.58
3.25
2.86
2.51
2.21
1.94
1.71
1.50
1.32
7.8
3.18
3.18
2.89
2.54
2.23
1.96
1.73
1.52
1.33
1.17
7.9
2.80
2.80
2.54
2.24
1.96
1.73
1.52
1.33
1.17
1.03
8.0
2.43
2.43
2.21
1.94
1.71
1.50
1.32
1.16
1.02
0.897
8.1
2.10
2.10
1.91
1.68
1.47
1.29
1.14
1.00
0.879
0.773
8.2
1.79
1.79
1.63
1.43
1.26
1.11
0.973
0.855
0.752
0.661
8.3
1.52
1.52
1.39
1.22
1.07
0.941
0.827
0.727
0.639
0.562
8.4
1.29
1.29
1.17
1.03
0.906
0.796
0.700
0.615
0.541
0.475
8.5
1.09
1.09
0.990
0.765
0.672
0.591
0.520
0.457
0.401
8.6
0.920
0.920
0.836
0.735
0.646
0.568
0.499
0.439
0.386
0.339
8.7
0.778
0.778
0.707
0.622
0.547
0.480
0.422
0.371
0.326
0.287
8.8
0.661
0.661
0.601
0.528
0.464
0.408
0.359
0.315
0.277
0.244
8.9
0.565
0.565
0.513
0.451
0.397
0.349
0.306
0.269
0.237
0.208
9.0
0.486
0.486
0.442
0.389
0.342
0.300
0.264
0.232
0.204
0.179
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R02-19 Service List
Ammonia Nitrogen Standards
Mike Callahan
Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District
P.O. Box 3307
Bloomington, IL
61702-3307
Dennis Duffield
Department ofPublic Works City ofJoliet
921
B.
Washington Street
Joliet,
IL
60433
Lisa M. Frede
Chemical Industry Council
9801 W. Higgens Rd,
-
Suite
515
Rosemont, IL
60018
James T. Harrington
Ross & Hardies
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL
60601
Katherine Hodge
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3150 Roland Avenue
Springfield, IL
62705
Robert A. Messina
Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group
215 East Adams Street
Springfield, IL
62701
Irwin Polls
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Of Chicago
6001 West
Cicero, IL
60804
Marie Tipsord
Attorney, Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL
60601
Larry Cox
Downers Grove Sanitary District
2710 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL
60515
Albert Ettinger
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35
B. Wacker Drive
-
Suite
1300
Chicago, IL
60601
Dorothy Gunn
Clerk, Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph
-
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL
60601
Ron Hill
Metropolitan Water ReclamationDistrict
100 East Erie
Chicago, IL
60611
Margaret P. Howard
Hedinger & Howard
1225 S. Sixth Street
Springfield, IL
62703
Tom Muth
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District
682
State Route 31
Oswego, IL
60543
Sanjay Sofat
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Springfield,
IL
62794-9276
Tim Bachman
Urbana/Champaign Sanitary District
1100 E. University Avenue -P.O. Box
669
Urbana,
IL
61803
R02-19 Service List
Ammonia Nitrogen Standards
Jim Daugherty
Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
700 West End Avenue
Chicago Heights, IL
60417
Catherine F. Glenn
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 W. Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL
60601
David Zenz
CTE Engineers
303 East Wacker Drive
-
#600
Chicago, IL
60601
Susan M. Franzetti
Sorinenschein Natha & Rosenthal
8000 Sears Tower
Chicago, IL
60606
Deborah J. Williams
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021 N. Grand Avenue East
P0 Box
19276
Springfield, IL
62794-9276
Michael Zima
DeKalb Sanitary District
PU Box 624
DeKalb,IL
60115
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