ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
September
15,
1994
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
Amendments to 35
Iii.
Adin.
)
Code 302.302,
302.208, 302.212
)
R94—1
302.213,
302.407, 304.122 and
)
(Rulemaking)
304.301
(Ammonia Nitrogen, Lead
)
and Mercury)
)
Proposed Rule
First Notice
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by E.
Dunham,
C.
A. Manning and
R.
C.
Flemal)
On February 24,
1994, the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency
(Agency)
filed a regulatory proposal as part of its
mandatory review of the applicable water quality standards of the
State of Illinois pursuant to 33 U.S.C.
§~
1251—1387
(1987).’
The Agency filed the proposal pursuant to Section 27 of the
Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
and the Board’s procedural
rules at 35
Ill.
Adm. Code
§~
102.120 and 102.121.2
(415 ILCS
5/27
(1992).)
Pursuant to Section 28.2 of the Act and the
Board’s procedural rules at
35 Ill. Adm. Code
§
102.121(e) the
Agency certified that the proposed rulemaking is needed to
fulfill the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act and
therefore was federally required.
(415 ILCS 5/28.2
(1992).)
However, the Agency only certified to part of the proposed
rulemaking and did not include a written confirmation letter from
the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(U.S.
EPA).
Based on the Agency’s proposal and certification, the Board on
March 17,
1994, rejected that the rulemaking was federally
required.
The Agency filed a motion to reconsider that
determination on April
11,
1994.
In its motion for
reconsideration,
the Agency stated that the entire rulemaking is
federally required.
Additionally, the Agency attached the
confirmation letter from U.S. EPA Region V stating that the
proposed changes for the ammonia, mercury and lead standards
‘The Federal Water Pollution Control Act commonly know as
the Clean Water Act
(CWA)
§~
101-607 requires the Agency to
periodically, but at least every three years,
review the water
quality standards applicable in that State.
The Agency refers to
this as the “Triennial Review.”
2The Agency is proposing to amend 35 Ill. Adm. Code
§~
302.302,
302.208,
302.212, 302.407,
304.122 and 304.301 to update
the ammonia nitrogen, mercury and lead general water quality
standards,
secondary contact and indigenous aquatic life
standards and other applicable regulations.
In addition, the
Agency is proposing to add a new section 35 Ill. Adm. Code
302.213 entitled “Effluent Modified Waters.”
2
would address the inconsistencies of the current State law to the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA)
.~
(33 U.S.C.
§1313(c) (2) (A)
and §1313(c) (2) (b).)
The confirmation letter also
states that the proposal would be consistent with the FWPCA and
federal regulations.
On May 5,
1994,
the Board granted the
Agency motion for reconsideration and accepted the Agency
proposal as
a federally required rule pursuant to Section 28.2 of
the Act.
Today the Board sends this proposal to first notice,
as
required by Section 5.01 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act.
(415 ILCS 100/1005-40).
The Board takes this action without
ruling on the merit of the proposal and takes no position
regarding the substance of the proposal.
The proposal is
submitted for publication as filed by the Agency.
The Board has
made only minor nonsubstantive changes to the rules in order to
conform to Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and
Administrative Code Unit requirements and correct errors.
The
Board emphasizes that in sending this proposal to first notice at
this time will maximize the opportunity for public comment on the
proposal.
Additionally, the Board has already stated that it
places a very high priority on the quick resolution of this
rulemaking.
Beginning the statutorily-required first notice
period at this time will allow for the most expeditious
resolution of the proceeding.
The Board’s responsibility in this matter arises from the
Environmental Protection Act.
The Board is charged therein to
“determine, define, and implement the environmental control
standards applicable in the state of Illinois.”
(415 ILCS 5/5(b)
(1992).)
More generally,
the Board’s rulemaking charge is based
on the system of checks and balances integral to the Illinois
environmental governance:
the Board bears responsibility for the
rulemaking and principal adjudicatory functions; while the Agency
has primary responsibility for administration of the Act and the
Board’s regulations.
The latter includes administering today’s
new regulation.
BACKGROUND
This rulemaking is proposing to modify the standards for
total ammonia nitrogen,
lead and mercury standards.
The proposed
revised ammonia nitrogen,
lead and mercury standards are a
follow-up to the establishment of toxics control water quality
standard proposed in ProPosed Amendments to Title 35 Subtitle C
(Toxics Control), R88-2l.
The Agency also considered the
treatment abilities of wastewater treatment plants during the
winter months in determining the modified nitrogen standard.
(See
3The FWPCA is also know as the Clean Water Act(CWA).
(40
C.F.R.
§131.11(a) (1) and
(2).)
3
Amendment to 35
Ill.
Adm. Code Section 304.301, Exception for
Ammonia Nitrogen Water quality Violations, R88—22.)
In this proposal, the Agency also corrects the STORET number
in 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 302.407.
The correct STORET number for un-
ionized ammonia
(as N)
is 00612.
The Agency also amends the
effluent standard in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 304.122.
The Agency
recognizes an inherent relationship between water quality
standard and effluent limitations.
ORDER
The Board directs the Clerk to cause publication of the
following amendments in the Illinois Register for first notice:
TITLE 35:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C:
WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER
I:
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 302
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
SUBPART A:
GENERAL WATER QUALITY PROVISIONS
Section
302.100
302.101
302.102
302.103
302
.
104
302.105
Section
302.201
302.202
302 .203
302.204
302 .205
302 .206
302.207
302.208
302.210
302.211
302 .212
302.213
Definitions
Scope and Applicability
Allowed Mixing, Mixing Zones and ZIDs
Stream Flows
Main River Temperatures
Nondegradation
SUBPART
B:
GENERAL USE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
Scope and Applicability
Purpose
Offensive Conditions
pH
Phosphorus
Dissolved Oxygen
Radioactivity
Numeric Standards for Chemical Constituents
Other Toxic Substances
Temperature
Ammonia Nitrogen and Un-ionized Ammonia
Effluent Modified Waters
(Ammonia)
4
SUBPART
C:
PUBLIC AND FOOD
PROCESSING WATER SUPPLY STANDARDS
Section
302.301
302.302
302.303
302.304
302.305
302.306
Section
302.401
302 .402
302.403
302.404
302.405
302.406
302.407
302.408
302.409
302.410
Scope and Applicability
Algicide Permits
Finished Water Standards
Chemical Constituents
Other Contaminants
Fecal Coliform
SUBPART
D:
SECONDARY CONTACT
AND
INDIGENOUS AQUATIC LIFE STANDARDS
Scope and Applicability
Purpose
Unnatural Sludge
pH
Dissolved Oxygen
Fecal Coliform (Repealed)
Chemical Constituents
Temperature
Cyanide
Substances Toxic to Aquatic Life
SUBPART E:
LAKE MICHIGAN WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
Scope and Applicability
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
Chemical Constituents
Fecal Coliform
Temperature
Existing Sources on January
1,
1971
Sources
under
Construction
But
Not
in
Operation
on
January
1,
1971
302.509
Other Sources
SUBPART F:
PROCEDURES FOR
DETERMINING WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
Scope and Applicability
Definitions
Mathematical Abbreviations
Data Requirements
Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion for an
Individual Substance
—
General Procedures
302.615
Determining
the
Acute
Aquatic
Toxicity
Criterion
-
Section
302.501
302
.
502
302.503
302.504
302.505
302.506
302.507
302.508
Section
302.601
302.603
302.604
302.606
302.612
5
Toxicity Independent of Water Chemistry
302.618
Determining
the
Acute
Aquatic
Toxicity
Criterion
—
Toxicity Dependent on Water Chemistry
302.621
Determining
the
Acute
Aquatic
Toxicity
Criterion
-
Procedures for Combinations of Substances
302.627
Determining the Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Criterion for an
Individual Substance
—
General Procedures
302.630
Determining
the
Chronic
Aquatic
Toxicity Criterion
—
Procedure for Combination of Substances
The Wild and Domestic Animal Protection Criterion
The Human Threshold Criterion
Determining the Acceptable Daily Intake
Determining the Human Threshold Criterion
The Human Nonthreshold Criterion
Determining the Risk Associated Intake
Determining the Human Nonthreshold Criterion
Stream
Flow
for
Application
of
Human
Nonthreshold
Criterion
Bioconcentration Factor
Determination of Bioconcentration Factor
Utilizing the Bioconcentration Factor
Listing of Derived Criteria
AUTHORITY:
Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Section 27 of
the Environmental Protection Act
(Ill.
11ev.
Stat.
1991,
oh.
111½,
pars.
1013 and 1027)
(415 ILCS 5/13 and 27
(1992))..
SOURCE:
Filed with the Secretary of State January 1, 1978; amended
at
2
Ill.
Reg.
44,
p.
151,
effective November 2,
1978; amended at
3 Ill. Reg.
20,
p.
95,
effective May 17,
1979:
amended at
3
Ill.
Reg.
25,
p.
190, effective June 21,
1979; codified at
6
Ill.
Reg.
7818,
effective Junc
22,
1982
amended
at
6
Ill.
Reg.
11161,
effective
September
7,
1982;
amended
at
6
Ill.
Reg.
13750,
effective October 26,
1982; peremptory amendments at 10 Ill.
Reg.
461, effective December 23,
1985; amended in R87-27 at 12 Ill. Reg.
9911,
effective May
27,
1988;
amended in R85—29
at
12
Ill.
Reg.
12082,
effective July
11,
1988;
amended in R88-1 at
13 Ill.
Reg.
5998,
effective April
18,
1989;
amended
in R88—21(A)
at
14
Ill.
Reg.
2899,
effective February
13,
1990;
added
at
14
Ill.
Reg.
11979,
effective July
9,
1990;
amended in R94—l
at
________
Ill.
Reg.
_________
,
effective
302.633
302
.
642
302.645
302.648
302.651
302.654
302.657
302.658
302.660
302.663
302.666
302.669
Appendix A
Appendix B
References to Previous Rules
Sources of Codified Sections
6
Section 302.202 Purpose
The general use standards will protect the State’s water for
aquatic
life
(except
as
provided
in
Section
302.213),
wildlife,
agricultural use,
secondary contact use and most
industrial
uses
and
ensure
the
aesthetic
quality
of
the
State’s
aquatic
environment.
Primary
contact
uses
are
protected
for
all
general
use
waters
whose
physical
configuration permits such use.
(Source: Amended at 18 Ill.
Reg.
_____________,
effective
______
Section 302.208 Numeric Standards for Chemical Constituents
a)
The acute
standard
(AS)
for the
chemical constituents
listed
in subsection (8)~shall not be exceeded at any
time except as provided in subsection (e)~.
b)
The chronic standard
(CS)
for the chemical constituents
listed
in subsection (4)~shall not be exceeded by the
arithmetic average of at least four consecutive samples
collected over any period of at least four days,
except
as provided
in subsection
(e)~.
The samples used to
demonstrate compliance or lack of compliance with a CS
must be collected in a manner which assures an average
representative of the sampling period.
c)
The
human
health
standard
(HHS)
for
the
chemical
constituents
listed
in
subsection
(f)
shall
not
be
exceeded when the stream flow is at or above the harmonic
mean pursuant
to Section
302.658
nor
shall
an
annual
average based on at least eight samples collected in
a
manner representative of the sample period exceed the HHS
except as provided in subsection
(d).
~e)
In waters where mixing
is
allowed pursuant to Section
302.102, the following apply:
1.
The AS shall not be exceeded
in any waters except
for those waters for which the Agency has approved
a ZID pursuant to Section 302.102.
2.
The CS shall not be exceeded outside of waters in
which
mixing
is
allowed
pursuant
to
Section
302.102.
3.
The HHS shall not be exceeded outside of waters in
which
mixing
is
allowed
pursuant
to
Section
302.102.
7
Arsenic
(total)
Cadmium
(total)
Chromium
(total
hexavalent)
Chromium
(total
trivalent)
Copper
(total)
Cyanide
Lead
(total)
Mercury
TRC
71900
500600
360
exp(A+Bln(H)
3,
but not to
exceed 50
ug/L, where
A=-2.9l8 and
B=l.128
16
expA+Bln(h)
where A=3.688
and 3=0.8190
exp~A+Bln(H)
where A=-1.464
and B=0.9422
22
expA+Bln(H)
but not to
exceed
100
ug
/
L
where A=-l.460
-1.301 and
B=1.273
9--s 2.6
19
expA+Bln(H)
where A=l.561
and B=0.8190
expA+Bln(H)
where A=-1.465
and B=0.8545
5.2
Not Applied
expA+Bln(H)
1,
where A=-2.863
and B=1.273
Not
Applied
1.3
11
where:
ug/L
=
microgram per liter,
expx
3
=
base neutral logarithms raised
to the x- power,
and
~4)
Storet
AS
CS
Constituent
Number
(ug/L)
ug/L
190
exp A+Bln(H)3
where A=-3.490
and 3=0.7852
11
01002
01027
01032
01033
01042
00718
01051
ln(H)
=
natural
logarithm of Hardness
(~T~P1~T
Ofl9flO~
8
STORET
Constituent
Number
(ug/L)
Mercury
71900
0.012
where ug/L
=
micrograms per liter
ge)
Concentrations
of the following
chemical
constituents
shall not be exceeded except in waters for which mixing
is allowed pursuant to Section 302.102.
STORET
Constituent
Unit
Number
Standard
Barium (total)
mg/L
01007
5.0
Boron
(total)
mg/L
01022
1.0
Chloride
mg/L
00940
500.
(total)
Fluoride
mg/L
00951
1.4
Iron
mg/L
01046
1.0
(dissolved)
Manganese
mg/L
01055
1.0
(total)
Nickel
(total)
mg/L
01067
1.0
Phenols
mg/L
32730
0.1
Selenium
mg/L
01147
1.0
(total)
Silver
(total)
ug/L
01077
5.0
Sulfate
mg/L
00945
500.
Total
mg/L
70300
1000.
Dissolved
Solids
Zinc (total)
mg/L
01092
1.0
where:
mg/L
=
milligram per liter and
ug/L
=
microgram per liter
(Source:
Amended at 18
Ill.
Reg.
_________,
effective
9
Section 302.212 Total Ammonia Nitrogen and Un-ionized Ammonia
a)
Total
ammonia
nitrogen
(as
N:
STORET
Storet
Number
00610)
shall in no case exceed
15 mg/i.
If ammonia nitrogen is less than 15 mg/i and greater than
or
equal
to
1.5
mg/i,
then un-ionized
ammonia
(as
N)
shall not exceed 0.04 mg/i.
Un-ionized ammonia nitrogen (as N:
STORET Number 00612)
shall not exceed the acute and chronic standards given
below sublect to the provisions of Section 302.208(a) and
(b), and 302.213.
jj
From April through October the Acute Standard
(AS1
shall
be
0.3 mg/i
and the Chronic
Standard
(CSI~
shall
be 0.05 mg/i.
21
From November through March
the AS
shall
be
0.11
mg/l and the CS shall be 0.02 mg/i.
Ammonia
nitrogen concentrations of less than 1.5 mg/i arc
lawful regardless of un-ionized ammonia concentration.
~4)
For purposes of this
section the concentration
of un-
ionized ammonia nitrogen as N and total ammonia nitrogen
as
N
shall
be
computed
according
to
the
following
equation~:
U
1.0013N
(i-I-l0~)-
N
10.944l2(l+iOx)
+ 0.055913
~JI~1,
~j
U 10.94412(l+10x)+O.05591
where:
X
=
0.9018
+
2729.92
—
pH
(T
+ 273.16)
U=
Concentration of un—ionized ammonia as N in mg/l
N
=
Concentration of ammonia nitrogen as N in mg/l
T
=
Temperature in degrees Celsius
4e)
The following table~,indicateG the maximum total ammonia
nitrogen concentrations (mg/i as N) allowable pursuant to
subsections
(a)
and
(b)
for certain combinations
of pH
and temperature.
10
AIIMONIA NITROCEN
QUALITY
STANDARD
(mg/i)
(41)
~&
(50)
~
15
(59)
~S
13.9
4-~-4
(63)
~
(77)
4-~
(36)
4~&
14.9
4---~7-
(95)
4~
10.7
~3—-4
1)
Summer
(April through October) Acute
6.50
7.00
7.50
7.75
8.00
8.25
8.50
9.00
°F
°C
32
,Q!Q
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 15.00
15.00
11.17
3.74
35
1.7
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 15.00
15.00
9.75
3.29
jQ
j~4~
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 15.00
13.67
7.82
2.68
45
L2
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 15.00
10.98
6.31
2.20
50
10.0
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 15.00
8.88
5.12
1.82
~
12.8
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 12.59
7.21
4.19
1.53
~
15.6
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00 10.25
5.89
3.45
1.29
65
18.3
15.00
15.00
15.00
14.68
8.38
4.85
2.86
1.11
2Q
21.1
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.03
6.90
4.01
2.39
0.96
75
23.9
15.00
15.00
15.00
9.90
5.70
3.34
2.01
0.84
~Q
26.7
15.00
15.00
14.34
8.19
4.74
2.80
1.70
0.74
~
29.4
15.00
15.00
11.88
6.81
3.96
2.36
1.46
0.67
90
32.2
15.00
15.00
9.89
5.69
3.33
2.00
1.26
0.60
wii~i
i,.’
TEMP.
~---G
pH
~-;4
11
2)
Summer
(April through October) Chror~kc
3~
Winter (Nov~mb~rthrourih Marc~h~Ac~ut~
4)
Winter (November throucih March)
Chronic
(Source:
Amended at
18
Ill.
Reg.
effective
__________
6.50
7.00
7.50
7.75
32
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
8.00
8.25
8.50
9.00
P11
OC
0.0
1.7
4.4
7.2
10.0
12.8
15.6
18.3
21.1
23.9
26.7
29.4
32.2
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.58
15.00
15.00
10.06
15.00
15.00
8.09
15.00
15.00
6.53
15.00
15.00
5.29
15.00
13.52
4.31
15.00
11.04
3.53
15.00
9.05
2.90
15.00
7.45
2.39
15.00
6.15
1.98
15.00
5.10
1.65
10.24
8.91
7.10
5.68
4.57
3
.
69
3
.
00
2.45
2.00
1.65
1.37
1.14
0.95
5.78
3.27
1.86
0.62
5.03
2.85
1.63
0.55
4.01
2.28
1.30
0.45
3.22
1.83
1.05
0.37
2.59
1.48
0.85
0.30
2.10
1.20
0.70
0.25
1.71
0.98
0.57
0.22
1.40
0.81
0.48
0.18
1.15
0.67
0.40
0.16
0.95
0.56
0.33
0.14
0.79
0.47
0.28
0.12
0.66
0.39
0.24
0.11
0.56
0.33
0.21
0.10
8.25
8.50
9.00
PU
6.50
7.00
7.50
7.75
8.00
°F
°C
32
0.0
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.71
7.20
4.10
1.37
35
1.7
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
11.07
6.27
3.58
1.21
40
4.4
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
8.83
5.01
2.87
0.98
j~.
7.2
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.50
7.08
4.03
2.31
0.81
10.0
15.00
15.00
15.00
10.05
5.70
3.25
1.88
0.67
12.8
15.00
15.00
14.36
8.12
4.62
2.64
1.54
0.56
~Q
15.6
15.00
15.00
11.64
6.60
3.76
2.16
1.26
0.47
8.25
8.50
9.00
°F
~Ji
°C
6.50
7.00
7.50
7.75
8.00
32
0.0
15.00
15.00
7.27
4.09
2.31
1.31
0.74
0.25
1.7
15.00
15.00
6.32
3.56
2.01
1.14
0.65
0.22
40
4.4
15.00
15.00
5.03
2.84
1.61
0.91
0.52
0.18
45
7.2
15.00
12.69
4.03
2.27
1.29
0.73
0.42
0.15
50
10.0
15.00
10.19
3.23
1.83
1.04
0.59
0.34
0.12
12.8
15.00
8.21
2.61
1.48
0.84
0.48
0.28
0.10
.~Q
15.6
15.00
6.65
2.12
1.20
0.68
0.39
0.23
0.09
12
Section 302.213
Effluent Modified Waters
(Ammonia)
Effluent modified waters are those waters or portions
of
waters that the Agency has determined pursuant to 35
Ill.
Adm. Code 309. Subpart A, to have the potential to exceed,
and
are
therefore
not
subiect
to,
the
chronic
ammonia
standards of Section 302.212(b)
downstream of an effluent
outfall
and outside
of
any
allowable mixing
zone.
The
Agency
shall
not
identify
a
waterbody
as
an
effluent
modified water
if
it:
receives effluent discharges
that do not meet the
requirements of
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 304.122(d)
prior
to dilution with the receiving water
21
Has uses known to be adversely impacted by ammonia
as
designated
under
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
303.201
outside of any allowable mixing zone; and
exceeds the acute standard of Section 302.212(b).
(Source:
Added
at
18
Ill.
Reg.
__________________
,
effective
_____________________________________________________________________)
Section 302.407
Chemical Constituents
Concentrations of other chemical constituents shall not exceed the
following standards:
STORET
CONCENTRATION
CONSTITUENTS
NUMBER
(mg/i)
Ammonia Un—ionized
(as
N*)
006192.
0.1
Arsenic
(total
01002
1.0
Barium
(total)
01007
5.0
Cadmium
(total)
01027
0.15
Chromium (total hexavalent)
01032
0.3
Chromium (total trivalent)
01033
1.0
Copper
(total)
01042
1.0
Cyanide
(total)
00720
0.10
Fluoride
(total)
00951
15.0
Iron
(total)
01045
2.0
Iron
(dissolved)
01046
0.5
Lead
(total)
01051
0.1
13
Manganese
(total)
01055
1.0
Mercury
(total)
71900
0.0005
Nickel
(total)
01067
1.0
Oil,
fats and grease
00550,
00556
15.0**
or 00560
Phenols
32730
0.3
Selenium
(total)
01147
1.0
Silver
01077
1.1
Zinc (total)
01092
1.0
Total Dissolved Solids
70300
1500
*For
purposes
of
this
section
the
concentration
of
un—ionized
ammonia shall be computed according to the following equation:
N
where:
0.94412(1
+
lox)
+
0.0559
X
=
0.09018
+
2729.92
—
pH
(T + 273.16)
U
=
Concentration of un—ionized ammonia as N in mg/i
N
=
Concentration of ammonia nitrogen as N in mg/i
T
=
Temperature in degrees Celsius
**Oil
shall
be
analytically
separated
into
polar
and non-polar
components if the total concentration exceeds 15 mg/i.
In no case
shall either of the components exceed iS mg/i
(i.e.,
15 mg/i polar
materials and 15 mg/i non-polar materials).
(Source:
Amended at
18 Ill.
Reg.
______________,
effective
14
TITLE 35:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C:
WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER
I:
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 304
EFFLUENT STANDARDS
SUBPART A:
GENERAL EFFLUENT STANDARDS
Section
304.101
304.102
304.103
304.104
304.105
304 .106
304.120
304.121
304.122
304 .123
304.124
304. 125
304.126
304.140
304.141
304.142
Section
Preamble
Dilution
Background Concentrations
Averaging
Violation of Water Quality Standards
Offensive Discharges
Deoxygenating Wastes
Bacteria
Total Ammonia Nitrogen
(as N:STORET number 00610)
Phosphorus
(STORET number 00665)
Additional Contaminants
pH
Mercury
Delays in Upgrading
(Repealed)
NPDES Effluent Standards
New Source Performance Standards
(Repealed)
SUBPART B:
SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND
EXCEPTIONS NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
304.201
304.202
304.203
304.204
304.205
304.206
304 .207
304.208
304.209
304.210
304.211
304
.
212
304.213
Wastewater
Treatment
Plant
Discharges
of
the
Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago
Chior-aikali Mercury Discharges in St. Clair County
Copper Discharges by Olin Corporation
Schoenberger Creek:
Groundwater Discharges
John Deere Foundry Discharges
Alton Water Company Treatment Plant Discharges
Gaiesburg
Sanitary
District
Deoxygenating
Wastes
Discharges
City of Lockport Treatment Plant Discharges
Wood
River
Station
Total
Suspended
Solids
Discharges
Alton Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharges
Discharges
From
Borden
Chemicals
and
Plastics
Operating
Limited
Partnership
Into
an
Unnamed
Tributary of Long Point Slough
Sanitary District of Decatur Discharges
Union oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
15
304.214
304.215
304.216
304.218
304.219
304.220
304.221
304.222
Section
304.301
304.302
304.303
Mobil Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
City
of
Tuscoia
Wastewater
Treatment
Facility
Discharges
Newton Station Suspended Solids Discharges
City of Pana Phoshorus Discharge
North Shore Sanitary District phosphorus Discharges
East
St.
Louis
Treatment
Facility,
Illinois—
American Water Company
Ringwood
Drive Manufacturing
Facility
in McHenry
County
Intermittent Discharge of TRC
SUBPART
C:
TEMPORARY EFFLUENT STANDARDS
Exception
for
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Water
Quality
Violations
(Repealed)
City of Joliet East Side Wastewater Treatment Plant
Amerock Corporation, Rockford Facility
Appendix A
References to Previous Rules
AUTHORITY:
Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Section 27 of
the Environmental Protection Act
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1991,
ch.
111½,
pars.
1013 and 1027)
(415 ILCS 5/13 and 27
(1992)).
SOURCE:
Filed with the Secretary of State January 1, 1978; amended
at
2
Ill. Reg.
30,
p.
343,
effective July
27,
1978;
amended at
2
Ill. Reg.
44, p.
151, effective November 2,
1978; amended at 3 Ill.
Reg.
20,
p.
95, effective May 17,
1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg.
25,
p.
190, effective June 21,
1979; amended at 4 Ill. Reg.
20,
p.
53
effective
May
7,
1980;
amended
at
6
Ill.
Reg.
563,
effective
December 24,
1981; codified at 6
Iii. Reg. 7818:
amended at 6 Ill.
Reg.
11161,
effective
September
7,
1982;
amended at
6
Ill.
Reg.
13750,
effective October
26,
1982;
amended at
7
Ill.
Reg.
3020,
effective March
4,
1983;
amended
at
7
Ill.
Reg.
8111,
effective
June 23,
1983; amended at
7 Ill. Reg.
14515, effective October 14,
1983;
amended at
7
Ill.
Reg.
14910,
effective November
14,
1983;
amended at
7 Ill. Reg. 14910, effective November 14,
1983; amended
at 8 Ill. Reg.
1600, effective January 18,
1984; amended at 8 Ill.
Reg.
3687, effective March 14,
1984; amended at 8 Ill.
Reg.
8237,
effective June
8,
1984;
amended
at
9
Ill.
Reg.
1379,
effective
January 21,
1985; amended at 9 Iii.
Reg. 4510,
effective March 22,
1985; peremptory amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 456, effective December
23,
1985; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 3117, effective January 28,
1987;
amended
in R84—l3
at
11
Ill.
Reg.
7291
effective April
3,
1987;
amended
in R86-17(A)
at
11
Ill.
Reg.
14748,
effective August
24,
1987; amended in R84-l6 at 12 lil.
Reg. 2445, effective January 15,
1988;
amended
in R83-23 at
12
Ill.
Reg.
8658,
effective May
10,
1988;
amended
in R87—27
at
12
Ill.
Reg.
9905,
effective May
27,
1988;
amended
in R82—7
at
12
Ill.
Reg.
10712,
effective June
9,
1988; amended in R85—29 at
12
Ill.
Reg.
12064, effective July
12,
16
1988; amended in R87-22 at 12 Ill. Reg. 13966, effective August 23,
1988;
amended
in R86—3
at
12
Ill.
Reg.
20126, effective November
16,
1988; amended in R84—20 at 13 Ill. Reg.
851, effective January
9, 1989; amended in R85-1l at 13 Iii. Reg. 2060, effective February
6,
1989; amended in R88—1 at 13 Ill. Reg. 5976, effective April 18,
1989;
amended
in R86—17B
at
13
Ill.
Reg.
7754,
effective May
4,
1989;
amended
in R88—22
at
13
Ill.
Reg.
8880,
effective May 26,
1989;
amended
in R87—6
at
14
Iii. Reg.
6777,
effective April
24,
1990;
amended
in R87—36
at
14
Ill.
Reg.
9437,
effective May
31,
1990; added at 14 Ill. Beg. 11979, effective July 9,
1990; amended
in
R84—44
at
14
Ill.
Reg.
20719,
effective
December
11,
1990;
amended in R86—14 at 15 Ill. Reg.
241, effective December 18, 1990;
amended
in R87—33 at 18
Ill.
Beg.
11574,
effective July
7,
1994;
amended in R94-1
at
_____
Ill.
Reg.
_______,
effective
_________
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
than
2.5
mg/l of total
ammonia nitrogen as N during the months of
April through October,
or 4 mg/i at other times.
b)
Sources discharging to any of the above waters and whose
untreated
waste
load cannot
be commuted
on
a population
equivalent
basis
comparable
to
that
used
for
municipal
waste treatment plants and whose total ammonia nitrogen as
~jdischarge exceeds 45.4 kg/day (100 pounds per day)
shall
not discharge an effluent of more than 3.0 mg/i of total
ammonia nitrogen as
N.
~
In
addition
to
the
effluent
standards
set
forth
in
subsections
(a)
and
(b)
above,
all sources are subiect to
Section 304.105 unless the Agency determines as part of the
NPDES Permit Program under
35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 309,
Subpart
A that alternate effluent standards are applicable pursuant
to subsection
(d)
of this section.
~,j
All discharges to effluent modified waters as defined at 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
302.213,
except
for
treatment
works
qualifvin~ under
Section
304.120(c),
must demonstrate to
the Agency
that
their
effluent
will not
exceed monthly
averages of 1.5 mg/i total ammonia as N during the months
of April through October, or 4.0
mg/i
total ammonia as N at
other
times.
The
Agency
shall
apply
the
following
restrictions
in a NPDES Permit:
Dischargers achieving lower ammonia concentrations
17
than given above, yet not meeting the chronic water
quality standards of 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 302.212(b),
shall maintain their existing level
of performance
consistent with the facility’s expected organic and
hydraulic loadings for the duration of their NPDES
permit.
21
New or expanded
discharges
that
increase ammonia
loading
to
general
use
waters
and/or
create
effluent modified waters or portions of waters must
demonstrate
compliance
to
the
Agency
with
the
nondegradation requirements
at
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
302.105.
(Source:
Amended at 18
Iii.
Beg.
____________,
effective
Section
304.301
Exception
for Ammonia
Nitrogen Water
Quality Violations
(Repealed)
a)
Section
304.105
shall
not
apply
to
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code
-3-02.212
for
any
source
during
the
months
of
November
through March;
except that during the months of November
through
March
no
source
shall
discharge
an
effluent
containing a concentration of ammonia nitrogen greater than
4.0 mg/i
if the discharge,
alone
or
in combination with
other discharges,
causes or contributes to a violation of
1~
T11
Adm.
(~r~t1r
~O2..212..
b)
Compliance with the provisions
of subsection
(a)
shall be
achieved by March 31,
1979,
or such other date as required
by NPDEC
permit,
or as
ordered
by the Board Under Title
VIII or Title IX of the Environmental Protection Act.
c)
After July
1,
1991, the exemption provided in this Section
~-h~11
~
(Source:
Repealed at 18
Ill.
Reg.
______________,
effective
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ )
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy
N.
Gunn,
Clerk
of the Illinois Pollution
Control
Board, hereby certify that the abov~opij~ionorder was adopted on
the_________________
day of
_____________________,
1994,
by a
voteof
______.
~
4.
/~p~
Dorothy M.
G~inn, Clerk
Illinois Pol’lution Control Board
