ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 27,
    1992
    VILLAGE OF CHANNAHON,
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 91—121
    )
    (Variance)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    Anderson):
    On February 5,
    1992, the Village of Channahon
    (Village)
    filed a motion requesting the Board to modify conditions
    1,
    4 and
    6 of the Board’s January 23,
    1992 Opinion and Order,
    and that the
    Village’s time for accepting the variance be stayed until the
    Board rules on the motion.
    The Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (Agency) has not
    responded to the Village’s motion.
    To review, on July 17,
    1991, the Village filed a petition
    for variance, which was later amended on October
    4,
    1991.
    On
    October
    7,
    1991, the Agency filed an amended variance
    recommendation recommending that variance be granted for a
    maximum period of two years from the date of Channahon’s amended
    petition
    (i.e. until October
    1,
    1993).
    In its January 23,
    1992
    Opinion and Order, granted the Village a variance from 35
    Ill.
    Admn.
    Code 602.105(a),
    “Standards for Issuance”,
    and from 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 602.106(a),
    “Restricted Status”, as these rules relate
    to the radium-226 and radium-228 standard of 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code
    611.330(a)
    and the gross alpha standard of
    35 Ill.
    Admu.
    Code
    611.330(b).
    The Board granted variance for a maximum period of
    two years from the date of the Opinion and Order
    (i.e.
    until
    January 23,
    1994)
    because Channahon estimated that it would take
    anywhere from 12 to 24 months to implement its compliance plan.
    The Board intended that the first year of the variance will be
    used to implement the compliance plan and that the second year
    will be used for the purpose of testing.
    As stated above, the Village asks that the Board modify
    conditions
    1,
    4, and 6 of the Board’s January 23,
    1992 Order.
    Those conditions read as follows:
    (1)
    This variance shall terminate on the earliest of the
    following dates:
    (a)
    December
    1,
    1996; or
    (b)
    two years following the date on which
    USEPA either:
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    2
    1)
    promulgates regulations which
    amend the maximum contaminant
    level
    (MCL)
    for combined
    radium,
    either of the isotopes
    of radium, or the radium,
    or
    the method by which compliance
    with a radium MCL is
    demonstrated, or
    2)
    publishes notice that there
    will be no amendments to the 5
    pci/i combined radium standard
    or the method for demonstrat-
    ing compliance with that
    standard; or
    (c)
    When analysis pursuant to 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code
    611.720(d), or any compliance demonstration then
    in effect,
    shows compliance with the current
    standard for combined radium and gross alpha
    particle activity or any standard for combined
    radium or gross alpha particle activity then in
    effect.
    (4)
    Within six months after revision of the USEPA standard
    from combined radium or after USPEA publication that
    the standard will be unchanged or
    12 months after grant
    of variance, whichever is applicable pursuant to
    Condition
    1 above, Petitioner shall apply for all
    permits necessary for the construction of
    installations, changes or additions to the Petitioner’s
    public water supply needed for achieving compliance
    with the maximum contaminant level for the standards in
    question.
    Such application shall be sent to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Permit Section
    division of Public Water Supplies
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois
    62794—9276
    (6)
    Construction allowed on said construction permits shall
    begin within a reasonable time of bids being accepted,
    but in any case,
    construction of all installations,
    changes, or additions necessary to achieve compliance
    with the maximum contaminant level in question shall be
    completed no later than October
    1,
    1992.
    One year will
    be necessary to prove compliance.
    The Village also asks that the Board stay the Village’s time for
    accepting the variance during the pendency of the motion to
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    3
    modify.
    In support of its motion, the Village notes that the Agency
    filed a motion to correct clerical errors on November 12,
    1991.
    In that document, the Agency recommended that the Village be
    granted a variance for a maximum period ~
    five years
    (i.e.,
    until December 1,
    1996)
    rather than two years.
    The Village also
    asserts that it take 12 to 24 months to implement its compliance
    plan in addition to the Board’s requisite
    12 month testing
    period.
    As to condition 4, the Village notes that the Agency,
    in
    its moti’on to correct clerical errors, recommended that the time
    for the Village’s permit application be extended to 24 months
    after the issuance of the variance.
    As to condition 6, the
    Village argues the October 1,
    1992 date contained therein was a
    clerical error even though the Agency did not correct the date in
    its motion to correct clerical errors.
    The Village asks that
    “paragraph
    6,
    line
    6 on page
    12
    tof the Board’s January 23,
    1992
    Order) be amended to change October
    1,
    1992 to February 23,
    1995
    (requiring completion of construction 12 months prior to variance
    termination to permit sampling)”.
    (Motion to Modify
    p.
    5).~.
    finally, the Village notes that failure of the Board to modify
    its Order will result in an unreasonable or arbitrary hardship on
    the Village in that it will be required to immediately begin
    design, engineering, and bid documents,
    the need for all of which
    could be obviated by pending USEPA action.
    In light of the recommendation that is contained in the
    Agency’s November 12,
    1991 motion to correct clerical errors and
    that the Village’s assertion that it take 12 to 24 months to
    implement its compliance plan in additionto the requisite 12
    month testing period, the Board hereby grants the Village’s
    motion to modify conditions the Board’s January 23,
    1992 Order
    with one exception.
    Although the Village asks that the October
    1,
    1992 date in condition
    6 be changed to February 23,
    1995, we
    note that the February 23,
    1995 date does not allow for a full
    12
    month sampling period.
    Accordingly, the Board will insert the
    date of December
    1,
    1995 into condition 6.
    The accompanying
    Order contains the entirety of the January 23,
    1992 Order,
    with
    the modifications discussed above,
    and is intended to supersede
    our previous Order.
    ORDER
    The Village of Channahon is hereby granted a variance from
    35 Ill. Adm. Code 602.105(a),
    “Standards for Issuance”, and
    602.106(a),
    “Restricted Status”,
    as they relate to the standard
    for combined radium and gross alpha particle activity as set
    forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.330(a) and 611.330(b),
    respectively, subject to the following conditions:
    (1)
    This variance shall terminate on the earliest of the
    following dates:
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    (a)
    December
    1, 1996; or
    (b)
    two years following the date on which
    USEPA either:
    1)
    promulgates regulations which
    amend the maximum contaminant
    level
    (MCL)
    for combined
    radium,
    either of the isotopes
    of radium, or the radium, or
    the method by which compliance
    with a radium MCL is
    demonstrated, or
    2)
    publishes notice that there
    will be no amendments to the
    5
    pCi/l combined radium standard
    or the method for demonstrat-
    ing compliance with that
    standard; or
    (C)
    When analysis pursuant to 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code
    611.720(d),
    or any compliance demonstration then
    in effect,
    shows compliance with the current
    standard for combined radium and gross alpha
    particle activity or any standard for combined
    radium or gross alpha particle activity then in
    effect.
    (2)
    Compliance shall be achieved with the maximum
    contaminant level for combined radium and gross alpha
    particle activity, or with any revised standard for
    combined radium or gross alpha particle activity then
    in effect, no later than the date on which this
    variance terminates.
    (3)
    In consultation with the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency (“Agency”),
    Petitioner shall continue
    its sampling program to determine as accurately as
    possible the level of combined radium and gross alpha
    particle activity in its wells and finished water.
    Until this variance terminates, Petitioner shall
    collect quarterly samples of its water from entry
    points of its distribution system at locations approved
    by the Agency.
    Petitioner shall composite the
    quarterly samples from each location separately and
    shall analyze them annually by a laboratory certified
    by the State of Illinois for radiological analysis so
    as to determine the maximum contaminant level of
    combined radium and gross alpha particle activity.
    The
    results of the analyses shall be reported within 30
    days of receipt of the most recent result to:
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    5
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Compliance Assurance Section
    Division of Public Water Supplies
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois 62794—9276
    At the option of Petitioner, the quarterly samples may
    be analyzed when collected.
    The running average of the
    most recent four quarterly sample results shall be
    reported to the above address within 30 days of receipt
    of the most recent quarterly sample.
    (4)
    Within six months after revision of the USEPA standard
    from combined radium or after USPEA publication that
    the standard will be unchanged or 24 months after grant
    of variance, whichever is applicable pursuant to
    Condition 1 above,
    Petitioner shall apply for all
    permits necessary for the construction of
    installations, changes or additions to the Petitioner’s
    public water supply needed for achieving compliance
    with the maximum contaminant level for the standards in
    question.
    Such application shall
    be sent to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Permit Section
    division of Public Water Supplies
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois
    62794—9276
    (5)
    Within three months of USPEA action after each
    construction permit
    is issued by the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner shall
    advertise for bids, to be submitted within
    60 days,,
    from contractors to do the necessary work described in
    the construction permit.
    The Petitioner shall accept
    appropriate bids within a reasonable time.
    Petitioner
    shall notify the agency within 30 days of ache of the
    following actions:
    a)
    advertisements for bids,
    2)
    names of successful bidders, and
    3) whether Petitioner
    accepted the bids.
    Such notification shall be sent to:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Permit Section
    Division of Public Water Supplies
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois
    62794—9276
    (6)
    Construction allowed on said construction permits shall
    begin within a reasonable time of bids being accepted,
    but in any case,
    construction of all installations,
    changes,
    or additions necessary to achieve compliance
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    6
    with the maximum contaminant level in question shall be
    completed no later than December
    1,
    1995.
    One year
    will be necessary to prove compliance.
    (7)
    Pursuant to 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 611.851(b),
    in its first
    set of water bills or within three months after the
    date of this Order, whichever occurs first,
    and every
    three months thereafter, Petitioner will send to each
    user of its public water supply a written notice to the
    effect that Petitioner has been granted by the
    Pollution Control Board a variance from 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 602.105(a)
    Standards of Issuance and 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 602.106(a)
    Restricted Status,
    as they relate to
    the maximum contaminant level for combined radium and
    gross alpha particle activity.
    (8)
    Pursuant to 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 611.851(b),
    in its first
    set of water bills or within three months after the
    date of this Order, whichever occurs first,
    and every
    three months thereafter, Petitioner will send to each
    user of its public water supply a written notice to the
    effect that Petitioner is not in compliance with the
    maximum contaminant level for combined radium and gross
    alpha particle activity.
    The notice shall state the
    average content of the contaminants in question in
    samples taken since the last notice period during which
    samples were taken and shall include the mandatory
    health effects language as specified in 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 6l1Appendix Al.
    (9)
    Until full compliance is achieved, Petitioner shall
    take all reasonable measures with its existing
    equipment to minimize the maximum contaminant level of
    combined radium and gross alpha particle activity in
    its finished drinking water.
    (10) Petitioner shall provide written progress reports
    to the Agency at the address below every six
    months concerning steps taken to comply with
    conditions
    1 through
    7 of this Order.
    Progress
    reports shall quote each of said paragraphs and
    immediately below each paragraph state what steps
    have been taken to comply with each paragraph:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Division of Public Water Supply
    Field Operations Section
    2200 Churchill Road
    ~
    Springfield, Illinois 62794—9276
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    7
    IT.IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member B.
    Forcade dissented.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act,
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1991,
    ch.
    111½ par.
    1041,
    provides for appeal of final
    Orders
    of. the Board within 35 days.
    The Rules of the Supreme
    Court of Illinois establish filing requirements.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, b~erebycertif
    that the above Order was adopted on ~he
    ______
    day of
    _________________,
    1992, by a vote of
    _______
    ~
    7
    L~~Dorothy
    N. 4unn,
    Clerk
    Illinois P~llutionControl Board
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