ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 23,

1986

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

R84—4

(Consolidated)

ALGICIDE CHEMICALS, AMENDMENTS

)

R84-19

TO

35 ILL.

ADM.

CODE 602.103

AND

602.110

)

PROPOSED RULE.

SECOND NOTICE.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J. Marlin):

In its first notice Opinion and Order dated November

7,

1985,

the Board proposed

to adopt amendments

to 35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

602.103

arid 602.110.

First notice of this proposal was published

at

9 Illinois Register 18328 on December

2, 1985.

The first

notice comment period expired January

9,

1986.

The

Administrative Code Unit submitted a comment on January 10,

1986

concerning Illinois Register first notice

format.

No other

comments have been received.

Therefore, the Board directs that second notice

of the

following proposed rule be submitted to

the Joint Committee on

Administrative Rules:

TITLE

35:

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE

F:

PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

CHAPTER

I:

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

PART 602

PERMITS

Section 602.103 Algicide Permits

No algicide shall

be applied

to any stream,

reservoir,

lake,

pond,

or

other body of water

used as

a public water supply source

without an Algicide Permit

issued by the Agency.

Copper

sulpl~fate~

and potassium permanganate are the only algicides

which may be used

in public water supplies.

Permits

issued under

this Section will

be valid for public water supply sources only.

Section 602.110

Algicide Permit Applications

a.

All applications for algicide permits shall contain:

1.

the name and certificate number

of the certified

operator supervising the application of

the algicide,

2.

a statement describing

the extent of

the algae problem,

history of any past algae problems,

and algicide

treatments, and

a description of any fish kills which

have resulted from treatments

in the past;

and

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3.

adequate information

to support exceeding

the limits as

stated

in

35

111.

Adm.

Code 302:

Water Quality

Standards.

b.

After

any algicide permit

is

issued,

and before the

permit

expires by

its stated terms,

if there

is any major change

either

in

the operation of the public water

supply,

or

in

algae growth,

which affects the use of ee~p~r ~?~e

the

algicide

as outlined

in the permit,

the public water

supply

shall

submit

an application for modification

of

its permit.

This application shall contain all

of the

information

required by this subsection

(b)

and subsection

(a)

above.

c.

Any algicide permit issued

under

this Section shall

exempt

permittee from obtaining an aquatic pesticide permit

as

provided in

35

111.

Adm.

Code 652.601.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy N.

Gunn, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify that the above Order was adopted

on

the

____________

day of

_____________,

1986 by

a vote

of

___________

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Dorothy M.

‘Gum-i, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Boar