ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December

4,

1980

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

PERMITS FOR SLUDGE APPLICATION TO LAND

)

R77-12, DOCKET B

I

AMENDMENTS TO THE WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS:

CHAPTER

3,

SPECIAL WASTE HAULING REGULATIONS:

)

CHAPTER

9,

OF THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

)

BOARD

PROPOSED RULE:

FIRST NOTICE

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.D,

Dumelle):

The Board proposes

to

amend Rule 101 and to add Rules

949

and 950 of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution and to amend Rule 211(c)

of Chapter

9:

Special Waste.

The effect of

these changes will

be to:

1.

Add the

definition of “Sludge,”

and to amend

the definitions of “Pretreatment Works” and

“Wastewater;”

2.

Set up a

permitting system for

sites receiving

sludge for land application;

and

3.

Exempt municipal

water and wastewater

treatment

plant sludge

from the permit and manifest

requirements

of the Board~sSpecial Waste

Hauling Regulations of

Chapter

9,

These changes are

indicated below.

Deleted language

is lined

through and new

language is underlined,

Rules

104,

910,

and

950 are of Chapter

3,

and

Rule 211

is of Chapter

9.

101

Definitions

“Pretreatment

Works” means

a treatment

works designed and

intended for the

treatment of wastewater

from

a—ma~e~

~

an indirect discharge

or industrial

user,

as defined

in 40 CFR ~9

Part

403, before introduction

into a sewer system

tributary to

a publicly owned or publicly

regulated treatment works.

“Sludge” means any solid,

semisolid,

or liquid waste generated

~om

a municipal,

commercial, or industrial

wastewater treat-

ment plant, water supply

treatment plant, or

air pollution

control facility or any other

such waste having similar

characteristics and effects.

40—85

---

“Wastewater”

means

sewage, ~

industrial

waste, or

other waste,

or

any combination of these,

whether treated or

untreated,

plus any admixed land runoff;

949

Terms and

Conditions of NPDES Permits

Concernin~

Sewag~eSludge

Disposal

In addition to

Agen

thoritgranted

in Rule 910,

in

establishing

the

terms

and conditions

of each

issued

NPDES permit,

the Age~~l

a~~y

and

ensure compli-

ance with

~

Section 405 of

the FWPCA

~~~ning

the

disposal of

sewa9es1ud~efromtreatrnentworks.

950

Permits for Sites

Receivin

Slud e for

Land

A

lication

T~nstructio~~

an~j~~nermitarere~uired

under

this

Cha

ter

for

an

site

receiving

s1udg~efor

an

a~p1cationuness:

(1)

The

site

receives

only

livestock

wastes;

or

(2)

The

site

~e

31

~nl

se

tic tank

sludges

~

from

domestic

sources;

or

~3)

~

Board

s

re ulations; or

~)

~~ss~c~identifiedinan

~pp~~dsludemana

ement

scheme of an

~

permit issue

y

t

e

Agency

~essludeexclusi~mthe

~ttee;or

(5)

Al 1

~

~

~teisno~fical1ide~ified

NPDES

or

om

eratin

ermit

of an

~~mentworksorretreatrnent

works

but

receives

oma

treatment

wori~s or

retreatment

works

which

has

~

issued

~A~asludemanaement

a

r~

t

he

A

enc

T

he slud e

~~tor

shall inform the

user that this

~~rement

has_been_met;

~

~udeuseraoliestheslud~o

less than 300 acres under

common owner—

~

and

~

Thmalu~stransa~ted,st2~edand

the

us e~~n

com

ha

nce

with

~ved~~em~aement

scheme

2~~nerat2~from

which the ~

receives

the

slud

e.

An

erson who

~

a~pp~

an

manner

other

than that

40-~R6

---

describedintheap~rovd~jnana~e-

mentschememust~p~p~t.

kb±

Notwithstandi~u~ar~phs(1)thro~

(~)

fp

a

ap~(a

the

Ag~e~y~

re

a

use

receivi~siudqe

for

land

~ppii

cation

to

obtain

apermi

t

under

this

rule

when_the

A~ç~

det~estha~2~ia1cjrcum

stances

exist

such

that

a

pfrmi t

~

theenvironmentrthej~c_health.Inmaki~

its

dete

rminat ion,_the

~~Jlah1~consider

the

fol

howl ~fac

tor

5:

(1)

~eretheslu~~11

be

stored

(2)

Th~~posed

rate

and

method

of

~p~hicat

ion

~theslud~~pthe

re ceivi~site

(3)

Th~uaii~(constituentsandconcentrat

ions)

of

the

slu ~e

to

be

ailed

to

the

re ce ivin

site;

and,

~i

teristicsoftherecei~~te,

includin9

(c)

~

under

Rule

950(b)

for a user

rece lying

sir

haha

ao

ii-

cation

unless

the

owner

o~pera±or

is not1-

fiedi

n

~

fora~rnit,

That

noti

~

ic

at ion

shall

include

a

s

ta

tern eft

oft

secial

circumstances

re~u~n

the

site

to j~e

rrnitt

ed.

The

re~uirementofaj~grmitisrevi

ewab I eon~y

(d)

Generators

and

haulers

of

municioal_water

or

waste-

wa~r~eatrnent~lantsl~g,wh

ich

is

to

he

~pj~~1ied

to

land

and

which

Is

regulated

under

this

ç~ter,

ne ed

not

obta in

a

spedal

was te

hauii~g~

erm4

a

~

C~ter

eo

ard~srg~iations.

(e)

The

Agencj~mgy~

establish

and

revise

criteria

in

accordance xl

th

RuIc

967

of

çhate

f or

th

d

s~gn,

9p~e

ration,

and

maintenance

of

facilities

(f)

For

oses

of

p~rmit

issuance

dar

oval

of

a

slud ge

man~ment

oheme~j~p

of

C

onf

rrn

with

en~ç1criteria

shall

ma

fad

idence

of

no

violation

of

the

Act

or

ç~pter

3.

However,

noncon

rnit~

with

those

criteria

shall

not

he

~

if

the~~i-

cant

submits

adequate

information_sh2~~

that

thes~e

will he stored, tran~p~rted_and

so

as

not

to

cause

avi

ol

ationof

the

Act

or

ç~pte r

3.

40—8

7

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—4—

Chapter

9:

Special

Waste

Hauling

Regulations

211

Exemptions

for

Special Waste

Haulers

Items

A,B,D,E,F,G,

and H

are

not changed.

(C)

Generators

and haulers of any

pe~o~who han4~

e~ymunicipal

water or wastewater treatment

plant sludge

which i~

obeao

lied

to land

and which is to

be regulated under

C~ter 3

pursuant to eo~&~iohed~~eman!g~nt

scheme ap roved b

Aenc

~e~ey

need not

obtain a

special

waste hauling permit

or

carry and

complete a

manifest under this

Chapter

for t~~ude.

Any Agency criteria established

under Rule

950 and any revisions

thereto shall be filed with

the Board by the

Agency.

The Board

will retain jurisdiction

over this regulatory

proceeding

until

January 31,

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution

Control Board, hereby

c~tify

that the above

Order

was

açlopted

on the

~

day of

~

1980 by

a vote of

____

i

.1

~:

Christan L,

Moffett/)Clerk

Illinois Pollutio~

~ontroh

Board

40—88