ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 22,

1981

I~THE MM’TER

OF:

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John Deere thermal

discharge

(East Moline)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by D. Anderson):

On October 19,

1981 John Deere Foundry, Deere

& Company

filed a petition for regulatory change requesting an amendment

to Rule 203(1) (11)

in order to set a site specific thermal

discharge standard for Sugar Creek

and

its unnamed tributaries

in Rock Island County.

The Board will docket the proposal;

however, the proposed language is deficient for the reasons

which appear below.

Petitioner has filed a related variance petition

(PCB

81-163).

From the facts alleged in that case it appears that

Sugar Creek is

a direct tributary of the Mississippi River north

of the Rock River.

The location of the discharge point should

oe specified by township, range

and

section or some other refer-

ence.

In addition, the proposal to set a standard for all the

tributaries may be unnecessarily broad.

The Board has proposed

to codify Chapter

3

(R81-3, Order of

August 20, 1981).

The Board requests that Petitioner propose

language in codified form.

The Board will tentatively assign

to this proposed rule Section 303.331.

The Board~sstaff will

~e available to assist Petitioner in drafting acceptable

language.

The proposal will be subject to dismissal unless an

amendec’~

roposal meeting the above requirements is filed within 45 da’s

of the date of this Order.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

~cntrol Board hereby certify that the above Order was adopted

~the

-

day of

__________,

1981 by

a vote of

Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk

I11inoi~Pollution Control Boarc~

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