ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    21,
    1988
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC RULE
    )
    R87—34
    CHANGE FOR THE CITY OF ROCK
    ISLAND’S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
    TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGE:
    35
    ILL. ADM. CODE 304.217
    PROPOSED RULE
    FIRST NOTICE.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    Anderson):
    This matter comes before
    the Board
    on
    the September
    29,
    1987
    petition for site specific
    rule change filed by the City of Rock
    Island,
    Rock Island County.
    Rock Island seeks
    this rule change
    to allow
    for the discharge by its drinking water treatment plant
    of effluent containing solids
    to the Mississippi
    River.
    This
    effluent does not meet the requirements of 35
    Ill. Adm. Code
    304.106 or
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 304.124(a)
    for iron, manganese and
    total suspended
    solids.
    Section 304.124(a)
    establishes the
    following effluent limitations applicable
    to Rock Island’s
    effluent discharge:
    iron 2.0 mg/i, manganese
    1.0 mg/i and total
    suspended solids 15.0 mg/i.
    Rock Island
    seeks
    a total exemption
    from these standards,
    alleging that the general standard as
    applied
    to Rock Island
    is economically unreasonable,
    and that the
    proposed
    rule would adequately protect
    the water quality
    of the
    Mississippi
    River.
    No hearings have been held on this petition.
    The Board
    notes
    that,
    by Order
    of December
    17,
    1987,
    it denied
    a request
    to
    consolidate this rulemaking with R87—35 which
    is
    a petition filed
    by the City
    of East Molirie,
    Rock Island County, seeking
    identical
    relief
    for discharges
    from its drinking water treatment plant.
    Instead,
    the Board directed
    the Hearing Officer
    to coordinate
    the
    hearings
    in these matters
    to the extent practicable.
    On January 21,
    1988,
    the Board adopted Resolution 88—1,
    which outlined various procedures which
    the Board would begin to
    utilize
    in order
    to expedite the rulemaking
    process.
    One of
    these procedures
    is
    for
    the Board
    to send
    a regulatory proposal
    to First Notice before ruling on the merits
    of the proposal.
    The
    Board
    finds
    that
    it
    is appropriate
    to utilize
    that procedure
    in
    this proceeding.
    As
    a result,
    the Board hereby adopts the proposal set
    forth
    below
    for First Notice
    and directs the Hearing Officer
    to cause
    the publication of
    the proposal
    in the Illinois Register.
    This
    88—459
    —2—
    action
    is
    in no way
    to
    he construed
    as the Board’s substantive
    position with regard
    to this matter.
    Consistent with RES—88-l,
    the Board directs
    the Hearing
    Officer
    to schedule only one merit hearing
    in this matter.
    No
    other hearings will
    be scheduled unless the Board
    finds
    that
    the
    issues
    of this proceeding warrant further investigation.
    In
    addition,
    the Hearing Officer
    is to establish deadlines
    for
    the
    pre—filing
    of testimony
    and exhibits for anyone who wishes
    to
    introduce evidence at the merit hearings and for the pre—filing
    of questions concerning
    these submittals.
    Those who do not
    prefile
    such materials will be able
    to present
    their evidence
    only
    if time permits at
    the end
    of the hearing process.
    The Board believes that such procedures will
    accelerate
    the
    rulemaking process and at
    the same time provide continued
    opportunity
    for public participation.
    Finally,
    the Board notes
    that
    if
    its
    fiscal resources
    permit,
    the Board would intend
    to schedule the hearing concerning
    this proposal before
    this fiscal year ends
    on June
    30,
    1988,
    and
    directs
    that
    a suitable time
    table
    for
    the pre—hearing exchange
    of information be developed.
    ORDER
    The Board directs
    the Hearing Officer
    to submit,
    the
    following proposed amendments
    to the Secretary of
    State’s Office
    for
    First Notice publication.
    TITLE
    35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    C:
    WATER POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    PART
    304
    EFFLUENT STANDARDS
    SUBPART
    A:
    GENERAL EFFLUENT STANDARDS
    Section
    304.101
    Preamble
    304.102
    Dilution
    304.103
    Background Concentrations
    304.104
    Averaging
    304.105
    Violation
    of Water Quality Standards
    304.106
    Offensive Discharges
    304.120
    Deoxygenating Wastes
    304.121
    Bacteria
    304.122
    Nitrogen
    (STORET number 00610)
    304.123
    Phosphorus
    (STORET number 00665)
    88—460
    —3—
    304.124
    Additional Contaminants
    304.125
    pH
    304.126
    Mercury
    304.140
    Delays
    in Upgrading
    304.141
    NPDES Effluent Standards
    304.142
    New Source Performance Standards
    (repealed)
    SUBPART
    B:
    SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
    NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
    Section
    304.201
    Calumet Treatment Plant Cyanide Discharges
    304.202
    Chlor—alkali Mercury Discharges
    in
    St.
    Clair County
    304.203
    Copper Discharges by Olin Corporation
    304.204
    Schoenberger Creek: Groundwater Discharges
    304.205
    John Deere
    Foundry Discharges
    304.206
    Alton Water Company Treatment Plant Discharges
    304.207
    Galesburg Sanitary District Deoxygenating Wastes
    Discharges
    304.208
    City of Lockport Treatment Plant Discharges
    304.209
    Wood River Station Total Suspended Solids
    Discharges
    304.212
    Sanitary District of Decatur Discharges
    304.213
    Union Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
    304.214
    Mobil Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
    304.217
    City of Rock Island Drinking Water Treatment Plant
    Discharge
    SUBPART C:
    TEMPORARY EFFLUENT STANDARDS
    Section
    304.301
    Exception for Ammonia Nitrogen Water Quality
    Violations
    Appendix A
    References
    to Previous Rules
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Section
    27
    of
    the Environmental Protection Act (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1981,
    ch.
    111—1/2, pars 1013 and 1027)
    SOURCE:
    Filed with
    the Secretary of State January
    1,
    1978;
    amended
    at
    2
    Ill.
    Reg.
    30,
    p.
    343, effective July 27,
    1978;
    amended
    at
    2
    Ill.
    Reg.
    44,
    p.
    151, effective November
    2,
    1978;
    amended at
    3
    Ill.
    Reg.
    20
    p.
    95, effective May
    17,
    1979;
    amended
    at
    3
    Ill.
    Reg.
    25
    p.
    190,
    effective June
    21,
    1979;
    amended
    at
    4
    Ill.
    Reg.
    20,
    p.
    53, effective May
    7,
    1980;
    amended
    at
    6
    Ill.
    Reg.
    563,
    effective December
    24, 1981;
    codified at
    6
    Ill.
    Reg.
    7818,
    amended at
    6 Ill.
    Reg.
    11161, effective September
    7,
    1982;
    amended
    at
    6
    Ill.
    Reg.
    13750 effective October
    26,
    1982;
    amended
    at
    7
    Ill.
    Reg.
    3020,
    effective March
    4,
    1983;
    amended at
    7 Ill.
    Reg.
    8111, effective June 23,
    1983;
    amended
    at
    7
    Ill.
    Reg.
    14515,
    88—46 1
    —4—
    effective October
    14,
    1983; amended
    at
    7
    Ill.
    Reg.
    14910,
    effective November
    14,
    1983;
    amended
    at
    8
    Ill.
    Req.
    1600,
    effective January
    18,
    1984;
    amended at
    8
    Ill.
    Reg.
    3687,
    effective
    ~4arch 14,
    1984;
    amended
    at
    8
    111.
    Req.
    8237,
    effective
    June
    8,
    1984; amended
    at
    9
    111.
    Reg.
    1379,
    effective January
    21,
    1985;
    amended
    at
    9 Ill.
    Req.
    4510,
    effective March
    22,
    1985;
    peremptory amendment at
    10 Ill.
    Req.
    456,
    effective December
    23,
    1985;
    amended
    at
    11
    Ill.
    Req.
    3117,
    effective January 28,
    1987;
    amended
    in R84—l3
    at
    11
    Ill.
    Reg.
    7291,
    effective
    T~pril 3,
    1987;
    amended
    in R86—l7(A)
    at
    11
    Ill.
    Reg.
    14748,
    effective August
    24,
    1987;
    amended
    in R84—16
    at
    12
    Ill.
    Reg.
    2445,
    effective January
    15,
    1988;
    amended
    in R87—34
    at
    ______
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ______
    effective
    _______________
    Section
    304.217
    City of Rock
    Island Drinking Water Treatment
    Plant Discharges
    This Section applies
    to the existing water
    treatment plant known
    as the Rock Island Public Water Supply Treatment Plant,
    owned by
    the City
    of Rock Island,
    which discharges
    into the Mississip~I
    River.
    Such discharges
    shall not be subject
    to the effluent
    standards
    for
    total suspended solids,
    iron and manganese
    of
    35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 304.124.
    (Source:
    Added at
    ______,
    Iii.
    Reg.
    ____________
    effective
    _________________
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy
    M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    hereby certif
    that
    the above Order was adopted on
    the ~/~4#’day
    of
    ______________,
    1988,
    by a vote of
    7—o
    ~óL4c~
    Dorothy
    M. inn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    88—462

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