ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 24, 2000
    WEST SHORE PIPE LINE COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    v.
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
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    PCB 01-34
    (Provisional Variance - Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C.A. Manning):
    On August 23, 2000, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) filed a request for a provisional
    variance and notification of recommendation. The Agency recommends that the Board grant a 45-day provisional
    variance to West Shore Pipe Line Company. The provisional variance would allow this petitioner to discharge
    hydrostatic test water from its petroleum pipeline at its Harlem station, located in Cook County. This test water
    would be placed in temporary holding tanks, treated, and then discharged into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship
    Canal. In making its recommendation, the Agency states that failure to grant the requested provisional variance for
    45
    days will result in an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship on the petitioner.
    The Board grants the petitioner a provisional variance from 35 Ill. Adm. Code 304.141(b) and 309.102(a),
    which prohibit discharges not specifically allowed by permit. The Board is required, in a provisional variance, to
    adopt a formal order, assure formal maintenance of the record, assure the enforceability of the variance, and provide
    notification of the action by press release. Pursuant to Section 35(b) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415
    ILCS 5/35(b) (1998)), the Board must issue the provisional variance within two days of the filing.
    The provisional variance is granted, subject to the following conditions:
    1.
    The variance shall begin during September 2000, when petitioner begins discharging hydrostatic
    test water and shall continue for 45 days or until all of the hydrostatic test water has been
    discharged, whichever occurs first.
    2.
    During the variance period, petitioner shall treat the hydrostatic test water so as to produce the
    best effluent possible. Petitioner shall meet the following limits during the variance period:
    Effluent Limitations, Monitoring, and Reporting
    LOAD LIMITS lbs/day
    CONCENTRATION
    DAF(DMF)
    LIMITS mg/l
    PARAMETER 30 DAY DAILY
    30 DAY
    DAILY
    SAMPLE
    SAMPLE
    AVERAGE MAXIMUM AVERAGE MAXIMUM FREQUENCY
    TYPE
    Outfall(s): 001 (Hydrostatic Test Water)
    Flow (MGD) -
    Flow Shall be monitored and measured in units of
    Daily
    Measure
    Million Gallons per Day and reported as a 30 day
    When
    average and daily maximum value.
    Monitoring
    PH
    Shall be in the range of 6 to 9 Standard Units
    Daily/When
    Grab
    2
    Discharging
    Oil & Grease
    36.03
    72.06
    15
    30
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Total Suspended
    36.03
    72.06
    15
    30
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Solid (TSS)
    Discharging
    Iron
    4.80
    9.61
    2
    4
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Benzene
    0.12
    0.05
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Ethyl Benzene
    0.041
    0.52
    0.017
    0.216
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Toluene
    0.34
    4.20
    0.14
    1.75
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Xylenes (total)
    0.28
    3.60
    0.117
    1.5
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Total BETX
    0.75
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Discharging
    Priority
    0.1
    Daily/When
    Grab
    Pollutant
    Discharging
    (PNAs)
    3.
    Petitioner shall notify Rob Sulski of the Agency’s Maywood office by telephone at 708/338-7900
    when discharging hydrostatic test water starts and again when discharging is completed. Written
    confirmation of each notice shall be sent within five days to the following address:
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    Bureau of Water - Water Pollution Control
    Attention: Mark T. Books
    1021 North Grand Avenue East
    P.O. Box 19276
    Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
    4.
    Petitioner shall sign a certificate of acceptance of this provisional variance and forward that
    certificate to Mark T. Books at the address indicated above within ten days of the date of this order.
    The certification should take the following form:
    CERTIFICATION
    I (We), _________________________________, hereby accept and agree to be
    bound by all terms and conditions of the order of the Pollution Control Board in PCB 01-
    34 dated August 24, 2000.
    ______________________________________
    Petitioner
    ______________________________________
    Authorized Agent
    ______________________________________
    Title
    ______________________________________
    Date
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/41 (1998)) provides for the appeal of final
    Board orders to the Illinois Appellate Court within 35 days of service of this order. Illinois Supreme Court Rule 335
    establishes such filing requirements. See 172 Ill. 2d R. 335; see also 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.246, Motions for
    Reconsideration.
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that the above order was
    adopted on the 24th day of August 2000 by a vote of 7-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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