ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 19,
1987
VILLAGE OF LEMONT,
)
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 86—207
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
The Village
of Lemont is hereby granted
a variance from the
provisions of
35 Ill. Adm. Code 602.105(a),
Standards of
Issuance, and 602.106(b), Restricted Status, but only as they
relate
to combined radium and gross alpha particle activity,
subject to the following conditions:
1.
This variance expires on March
19,
1988;
2.
Petitioner
shall continue its efforts to obtain Lake
Michigan water
through the Joint Action Water Agency.
3.
In consultation with the Agency, Petitioner shall
continue its sampling program
to determine as accurately
as possible the level of radioactivity in
its well and
finished water.
Until this variance expires, Petitioner
shall collect quarterly samples of
its water
from its
distribution system,
shall composite and shall analyze
them annually by a laboratory certified by the State of
Illinois for radiological analysis so as
to determine
the concentration of the contaminants
in question.
The
results of
the analyses shall be reported to the Water
Quality Unit, Division of Public Water Supplies, 2200
Churchill Road,
IEPA, Springfield, Illinois 62706,
within
30 days of receipt
of each analysis.
At the
option of Petitioner, the quarterly samples may be
analyzed when collected.
The running average
of the
most recent four quarterly sample results shall
be
reported
to the above address within 30 days of receipt
of
the most recent quarterly sample.
4.
Compliance shall be achieved with the maximum allowable
concentration
in question no later than March 19,
1988.
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5.
Within three months of the grant of
the variance,
the
Petitioner shall prepare
a detailed compliance report
showing how compliance shall be achieved within the
shortest practicable time,
but no later than one year
from the date of this variance.
6.
This Compliance Report shall be submitted within three
months of the grant of this variance
to IEPA, DPWS.
7.
Within four months of grant of the variance Petitioner
shall apply to IEPA, DPWS, Permit Section, for all
permits necessary for construction of installations,
changes or additions to the Petitioner’s public water
supply needed
for achieving compliance with the maximum
allowable concentration for
the standards
in question.
8.
Within three months after each construction permit is
issued by IEPA, DPWS,
the Petitioner shall advertise for
bids,
to be submitted within 60 days,
from contractors
to do the necessary work described
in the construction
permit.
The petitioner
shall accept appropriate bids
within
a reasonable time.
Petitioner shall notify IEPA,
DPWS, within 30 days of each action,
of:
1)
advertisements for bids,
2)
names of successful bidders,
and 3) whether Petitioner accepted the bids.
9.
Construction allowed on said construction permits shall
begin within a reasonable time of bids being accepted,
but
in any case,
construction of all installations,
changes or additions necessary to achieve compliance
with the maximum allowable concentrations in question
shall
be completed
no later than one year from the grant
of this variance.
10.
Pursuant to
35
Ill. Adm. Code 606.201,
in its first set
of water
bills or within three months after
the date of
this Variance Order, whichever occurs first, and every
three months thereafter, Petitioner will send
to each
user
of its public water supply
a written notice to the
effect that Petitioner has been granted by the Pollution
Control Board
a variance from 35
ill. Adm. Code
602.105(a) Standards
of
Issuance and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
602.106(b) Restricted Status,
as
it relates
to the MAC
Standard in question.
11.
Pursuant
to 35
Ill.
Adm. Code 606.201,
in its first set
of water bills or within three months after the date of
this Order, whichever occurs first,
and every three
months thereafter, Petitioner will send
to each user of
its public water supply a written notice to the effect
that Petitioner
is not
in compliance with the standard
in question.
The notice shall state the average content
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of the contaminant
in question in samples taken the last
notice period during which samples were taken.
12.
That Petitioner
shall take all reasonable measures with
its existing equipment
to minimize the level
of
contaminant
in question
in its finished water.
13.
The Petitioner shall provide written progress reports to
IEPA, DPWS,
for every six months concerning steps taken
to comply with paragraphs
2,
8,
9 and 12.
Progress
reports shall quote each of said paragraphs and
immediately below each paragraph state what steps have
been taken to comply with each paragraph.
14.
That within forty—five days of the date of this Order,
Petitioner shall executive and forward to Wayne
L.
Wiemerslage, Enforcement Programs, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency,
2200 Churchill Road,
Springfield,
Illinois 62706. a Certificate of Acceptance
and Agreement to be bound
to all terms and conditions of
this variance.
This forty—five day period shall
be held
in abeyance for any period this matter
is being
appealed.
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 86—207, May
19,
1987.
Petitioner
Authorized Agent
Title
Date
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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J. Dumelle concurred and
B. Forcade dissented.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on
the
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day of
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1987, by a vote of
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Dorothy M. dunn,
Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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