ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August
    5,
    1993
    CITY OF OTTAWA,
    )
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 88—52
    (Combined Sewer
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    Overflow Exception)
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by R.C. Flemal):
    On July 23,
    1993
    City of Ottawa
    (City)
    filed a motion for
    further modification of two completion dates associated with the
    grant to the City of an exception to the Board’s combined sewer
    overflow regulations.
    The dates in question are for completion
    of Phases II and III of the City’s sewer separation program.
    The
    dates are set forth in conditions 2(b)
    and
    (c)
    of the original
    August
    4,
    1988 order,
    as initially modified by the Board on March
    26,
    1992:
    ***
    2.
    The City will construct Phases
    I,
    II, and III
    of its sewer separation program,
    as
    summarized below and further described
    in
    Alternate
    6 of the petition:
    b)
    Phase II, which consists of a total
    of 19,570 lineal feet of storm
    sewer construction in the
    Northeast, Northwest,
    and South
    Sectors,
    shall be completed by
    FcbruaryNovember
    1,
    1993.
    c)
    Phase III, which consists of a
    total of 3,380 lineal feet of storm
    sewer construction in the South
    Sector,
    shall
    be completed by
    ScptcmberDecember
    1,
    1993.
    The City requests that the dates at 2(b) and
    (C)
    now be
    extended to July
    1,
    1994 and November
    1,
    1994, respectively.
    The
    motion lists various reasons for the extensions,
    including the
    need to re—design portions of the two projects and unanticipated
    delays in obtaining easements and Illinois Department of
    Transportation approvals.
    The City contends that the extensions
    of time would not cause environmental harm.
    —2--
    On August
    5,
    1993 the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (Agency)
    filed a response to the City’s motion.
    The
    Agency moves that the Board grant the City’s requested extension
    of dates.
    The Agency observes that the Phase II and III projects
    are funded by a grant administered by the Agency, and that the
    Agency is aware of the situations the City has faced and believes
    that the extensions of time are warranted.
    The Agency further
    agrees with the City that the extensions of time would not cause
    environmental harm.
    The motion for modification
    is hereby granted.
    The
    completion dates listed in conditions 2(b) and
    (c)
    of the Board’s
    August
    4,
    1988 grant of exception to the combined sewer overflow
    regulations are hereby extended to July
    1,
    1994 and November
    1,
    1994,
    respectively.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify tb~tthe above order was adopted on the
    ________
    day of
    ____________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    ___________
    /1
    ~
    A.
    Dorothy M. ~inn, Clerk
    Illinois
    1~~ó/Z1utionControl Board

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