ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 11, 1990

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 88—69

(Variance)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.D. Dumelle):

This matter comes before the Board upon a December 1, 1989

filing by the Scott Air Force Base (Petitioner). Petitioner

requests an extension of its variance from December IL, 1989 to

February, 1990. On December 6, 1989, the Board adopted an Order

requesting a response to this motion from the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)

.

The Agency responded

December 14, 1989. The Agency states that it has no objection to

the extension of variance in the case to February 28, 190.

The Board hereby grants Petitioner’s request. The variance

is extended until February 28, 1990.

The Scott Air Force Base is hereby granted an extension of

variance from the effluent standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code

304.120(c), 304.121, and 304.141(a) for its wastewater treatment

plant in St. Clair County, Illinois subject to the following

conditions:

A. Variance shall expire on February 28, 1990 or upon

completion of construction, whichever occurs ffrst.

B. Scott Air Force Base shall meet the following effluent

limits during the term of the Variance.

1. When daily and/or monthly average flows are greater

than 2.0 MGD.

a. BOD concentration

=

20

mg/i

mOnthly averaqe

and 30 mg/l.

b. BOD quantity

=

215 ibs/d monthly average and

600 lbs,’d daily maximum.

c. TSS concentration

=

20 rrig/l monthy average

and 35 mg/i daily maximum.

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d. TSS quantity

=

350 lbs/d monthly average and

650 lbs,’d daily maximum.

2. When daily and/or monthly average flows are less

than or equal to 2.0 MGD, Scott Air Force Base

shall meet the limits in its NPDES permit.

C. All flows in excess of 2.0 MGD, at the minimum, shall

receive primary treatment and chlorination.

D. Scott Air Force Base shall sample its effluent each day

when flows exceed 2.0 MGD. The effluent samples shall

be analyzed for parameters listed in Scott Air Force

Base’s NPDES permit.

E. Scott Air Force Base shall summarize all samples taken

and submit them, along with plant flow data, with its

monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR).

F. Scott Air Force Base shall report to the Agency’s

Collinsville Regional Office by telephone when repair

work is beginning and completed. A written confirmation

of the notification shall be sent to the following

address within five (5) days:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Water Pollution Control

Compliance Assurance Section

2200 Churchill Road

Post Office Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794—9276

G. Scott Air Force Base shall execute and submit a

Certificate of Acceptance to the address shown above

within forty—five (45) days.

This variance shall be void if Petitioner fails to

execute and forward the certification within the forty—

five day period. The forty—five day period shall be

held in abeyance during any period that this matter is

being appealed. The form of said Certification shall be

as follows:

CERTIFICATION

I, (We), Scott Air Force Base, having read the Order of the

Illinois Pollution Control Board, in PCB 88—69, dated January 11,

1990, understand and accept the said Order, realizing that such

acceptance renders all terms and conditions thereto binding and

enforceable.

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Petitioner

By: Authorized Agent

Title

Date

Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act, Ill. Rev.

Stat. 1985 ch. 111—1/2 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that e above Order was adopted on

the

/7t~

day of

_____________,

1990 by a vote

of

-c

.

/

Dorothy M. G~inn, Clerk

Illinois Pa~1ution Control Board