ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October
    18,
    1989
    CITY OF OTTAWA
    Petitioner,
    v.
    )
    PCB 88—52
    (CSO Exception)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by R.
    C.
    Flemal):
    On October
    2,
    1989, the City of Ottawa
    (“Ottawa”)
    filed a
    motion
    for modification of Board Order.
    Ottawa
    requests the
    Board modify Condition
    1 of
    its August
    4,
    1988 Order.
    Condition
    1 states:
    1.
    The City will prepare an operational plan for
    and make modifications
    to its sewer
    system, as
    specified in the petition,
    by October
    1,
    1989.
    Thereafter, an annual report detailing
    performance of the specified activities
    will
    be
    submitted to the Agency by January 31st of each
    year.
    Ottawa requests the Board grant
    a five month extension to the
    October
    1,
    1989 deadline
    for preparation of an operational plan
    (to March
    1,
    1990),
    and
    a nine month extension to the October
    1,
    1989 deadline for making modifications
    to its sewer system (to
    June
    1,
    1990).
    Ottawa does not request any change
    in the
    schedule for submitting
    the annual report to the Agency by
    January
    31 of each year following the preparation of the
    operational plan and the making
    of modifications
    to its sewer
    system.
    No changes were requested concerning the other
    conditions and deadlines as specified
    in the Board’s August
    4,
    1988 Order.
    On October
    18,
    1989,
    the Agency filed
    its response
    indicating that it does not oppose the requested relief
    as long
    as Ottawa’s deadline
    for making modifications to its sewer system
    does not extend more than nine months beyond the current deadline
    of October
    1,
    1989.
    Ottawa gives several reasons for its request.
    These are the
    discovery of excessive infiltration and inflow after
    installation
    of certain sewers which required extensive field investigations,
    the receipt of a report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    involving the construction of
    a dyke which necessitated
    modifications of the proposed manhole and sewer rehabilitation,
    necessity for additional flow monitoring, construction of
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    additional sewers to eliminate overflow #16,
    the later—than—
    anticipated issuance of general obligation bonds,
    and delays
    experienced in receiving Agency approval for modification of
    Ottawa’s existing sewer use ordinance to prohibit downspouts and
    other sources of inflow into the combined sewer system.
    Ottawa states that completion of the draft operational plan
    is expected in the next six weeks.
    Ottawa further states that
    additional time
    is needed for staff and Agency review of the
    plan.
    Ottawa states that it has prepared plans and
    specifications for a significant portion of the required sewer
    system modifications, and that a construction permit application
    was submitted to the Agency on September
    6,
    1989.
    A construction
    permit for the remainder of the modifications will be submitted
    to the Agency
    in the near future.
    The Board
    finds Ottawa’s motion to be reasonable and that
    the requested extension will not alter
    the final completion of
    Ottawa’s sewer separation program.
    The Board hereby grants
    Ottawa’s motion for modification of Board Order.
    Ottawa shall
    prepare an operational plan for modifications
    to its sewer
    system, as specified in the petition,
    rio
    later
    than March
    1,
    1990.
    Ottawa shall make modifications to its sewer system,
    as
    specified
    in the petition, no later
    than June 1,
    1990.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member Jacob
    D. Dumelle concurred.
    I,
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, ~herebycerti~X
    t~t
    the above Order was adopted on the
    ~
    day of
    ______________,
    1989,
    by a vote of
    7-0
    Dorothy N. G,~nn, Clerk
    Illinois PoZ~utionControl Board
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