ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

26,

1984

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO

)

R83-9

35 ILL.

ADM.

CODE 602.113(c)

)

TO ALL~ ALGICIDE PERMITS

)

GREATER DURATION

)

ADOPTED RULE.

FINAL ORDER.

OPINION MD ORDER OF

THE BOARD

(by. W.

J. Nega):

This matter comes before the Board on the proposal filed on

April

6,

1983 by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency)

to amend 35

Iii. Mm.

Code 602.113(c)

to extend the

maximum allowable duration of algicide permits from

1 year to

5

years.

The first hearing on the merits was held in Springfield,

Illinois on May 27,

1983 and the second merit hearing was held in

Chicaco,

Illinois on May

31,

1983.

No members of the public were

present at either hearing.

The Director of the Illinois Depart-

ment of Energy and Natural

Resources

(DENR) has advised the Board

that the DENR has made

a finding that an economic impact study on

the regulatory proposal

in R83—9

is not necessary and has issued

a “negative declaration” of economic impact.

The Economic and

Technical Advisory Committee

(ETAC) has concurred

in the DENR’s

finding.

Pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Administrative Proce-

dure Act

(Ill.

Rev. Stat.

1981,

ch.

111½, par.

1005.01), First

Notice was adopted

on

July 26,

1983 and was published in the

August

19,

1983 Illinois Register.

Second Notice

was adopted on

October

11,

1983, and subsequently the Joint Committee on Admi--

nistrative Rules issued a Certificate of No Objection on November

17,

1983.

As justification for its initial proposal

in R83—9, the

Agency indicated that the change in permit duration would increase

administrative efficiency by reducing the costs and paperwork of

all parties and by eliminating the repetitive information found

on each successive yearly application without loss to the informa-

tion base needed to properly protect the environment.

Algae are aquatic nonvascular plants (such as seaweeds, pond

scums,

and stonew’rts) with chlorophyll often masked by a brown

or red pigment.

Algicide permits are

issued by the Agency for

copper sulfate treatment of waters

in specific

streams

and impound-

ments.

According to the records of the Agency’s Division of

Public Water Sup~lies(DPWS),

there are

81. facilities that apply

for algicide permits.

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of

the same facilities apply year

after

year;

identical information

is repeated on each yearly

application; and th~amounts and application rates of copper

sulfate

(which are determined by the volume, area,

and depth of

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adequate infornat~r to

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section

(b; and subsectior

(a) above

Section

602

113

a)

Constrtc~c~Ier~ts

r~t-uct o. e~aits

for

supply faciLties sh~l be

valid

for the start

of consthsct oi

‘

~ii

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your from the date of

issuance and may be reneled

for additional one

year periods

c

the ~scrc~4on

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may

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be

renewed

for

pe~on~

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by

he

t~c

at

i-s

discre~

tion

for

each

permit

renewal,

h)

Operation

~erri

s

Oper~t1onPe~n~

ts shall

be valid

until

revoked anesn otherwise sLated

in the permits

c)

Algicide Permits

Algicide permits shall be valid

for the period stated in the permit, but

in no

case

longer

than

ace

five

years~

im IS SO ORDERED.

I Christar

1, ~1offett, Cleri of the IlilnO

s Pollution

Control

Board, hereby certify tiat

he above Opinior and Order

was adopted on the~4 ~day

of

,

1984 by a

vote

o ~

Illinois Pollution Control

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