ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    21,
    1988
    IN
    THE
    MATTER OF:
    PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC
    RULE
    )
    R87—35
    CHANGE FOR THE CITY OF EAST
    MOLINE’S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
    TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGE:
    35
    ILL. ADM.
    CODE 304.218
    PROPOSED RULE
    FIRST NOTICE.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    Anderson):
    This matter comes before the Board
    on the October
    9,
    1987
    petition for site specific rule change filed by
    the City
    of East
    Moline,
    Rock
    Island County.
    East Moline 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 East Moline’s
    effluent discharge:
    iron
    2.0 mg/l, manganese
    1.0 mg/l and total
    suspended solids 15.0 mg/I.
    East Moline seeks
    a
    total exemption
    from these
    standards,
    alleging that
    the general standard as
    applied
    to East Moline
    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—34 which
    is
    a petition filed
    by the City of Rock Island,
    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
    88-463
    —2—
    action
    is
    in
    no way
    to be 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—464
    —3—
    Additional Contaminants
    pH
    Mercury
    Delays
    in Upgrading
    NPDES Effluent Standards
    New Source Performance Standards
    (repealed)
    SUBPART
    B:
    SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
    NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
    Section
    304.201
    304.202
    304.203
    304.204
    304.205
    304.206
    304.207
    304.208
    304.209
    304.212
    304. 213
    304.214
    304.218
    Appendix A
    Calumet Treatment Plant Cyanide Discharges
    Chlor—alkali Mercury Discharges
    in St. Clair County
    Copper Discharges by Olin Corporation
    Schoenberger
    Creek: Groundwater Discharges
    John Deere Foundry Discharges
    Alton Water Company Treatment Plant Discharges
    Galesburg Sanitary District Deoxygenating Wastes
    Discharges
    City of Lockport Treatment Plant Discharges
    Wood River Station Total Suspended Solids
    Discharges
    Sanitary District of Decatur Discharges
    Union Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
    Mobil Oil Refinery Ammonia Discharge
    City of East Moline Drinking Water Treatment Plant
    Discharge
    SUBPART C:
    TEMPORARY EFFLUENT STANDARDS
    Exception
    for Ammonia Nitrogen Water Quality
    Violations
    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.
    Req.
    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,
    304.124
    304.125
    304.126
    304.140
    304.141
    304.142
    Section
    304. 301
    88—465
    —4—
    effective October
    14,
    1983;
    amended
    at
    7
    Ill.
    Req.
    14910,
    effective November
    14,
    1983;
    amended at
    8
    Iii.
    Req.
    1600,
    effective January
    18,
    1984;
    amended
    at
    8
    Ill.
    Req.
    3687,
    effective March
    14, 1984;
    amended
    at
    8
    Ill.
    Reg.
    8237,
    effective
    June
    8,
    1984;
    amended
    at
    9
    Ill.
    Req.
    1379, effective January 21,
    1985;
    amended
    at
    9
    Ill.
    Req.
    4510,
    effective March
    22,
    1985;
    peremptory amendment
    at
    10
    Ill. Reg.
    456,
    effective December
    23,
    1985;
    amended
    at
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    3117,
    effective January
    28, 1987;
    amended
    in R84—13 at
    11
    Ill.
    Req.
    7291,
    effective April
    3,
    1987;
    amended
    in R86—17(A)
    at
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    14748,
    effective August
    24,
    1987;
    amended
    in R84—l6
    at
    12
    Ill.
    Req.
    2445, effective January
    15,
    1983;
    amended
    in R37—35
    at
    ______
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ______
    effective
    ________________
    Section
    304.218
    City
    of East Moline Drinking Water Treatment
    Plant Discharges
    This Section applies
    to the existing water treatment plant known
    as the East Moline Public Water Supply Treatment
    Plant, owned
    by
    the City of East Moline, which discharges
    into the Mississippi
    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
    _____,
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ____________
    effective
    _________________
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of
    the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify
    that the above Order was adopted on
    the ~/‘~4’day
    of
    ____________,
    1988,
    by
    a vote of
    7—c’
    ~.
    /~~_-~
    Dorothy M.~inn, Clgrk
    Illinois P~llutionControl
    Board
    88—466

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