ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

March

1,

1979

SOUTHWESTERN

ILLINOIS

COAL

CORP.,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB79-12

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Respondent,

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

It

is

the Order of the Pollution Control Board that:

1)

Petitioner be granted a variance from Rules

605 of Chapter

4:

Mine Related Pollution and 203(f)

of Chapter

3: Water Pollution

as

they pertain to sulfate and total dissolved solids for three years

from the date

of this Order or until the Board reaches final deci-~-

sions

in R76-7 and R77-l0, whichever occurs first,

subject to the

following conditions:

A)

During the term of this variance Petitioner shall comply

with the management requirements in its NPDES Permits.

B) Within

60 days after publication of the Codes of Good

Mining Practices by the Mine Related Pollution Task Force,

Petitioner shall submit a report to the Agency outlining

specific steps

it intends

to take at the Streamline Mine

to comply with the Codes of Good Mining Practices and to re-

duce the levels of sulfate and total dissolved solids in its effluent,

C)

During the term of this variance Petitioner shall comply

with the following effluent limitations for the discharges

from the Streamline Mine:

30

d~y average

(mg/i)

Daily

Maximum

(mg/l)

Total

Dissolved Solids

3500

4000

Sulfate

2000

2500

D)

Within

45

days

of

the

date

of

this

Order,

petitioner

shall

execute

a

Certification

of

Acceptance

and

agreement

to

be

bound

by

all

the

terms

and

conditions

of

this

variance.

The

45

day

period

shall

be

held

in

abeyance

while

this

matter

is

appealed.

The

Certification

shall be forwarded to Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency,

Mine

Pollution

Control

Program,

2200

Churchill

Road,

Springfield,

Illinois

62706

and

shall

read

as

follows:

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CERTIFICATION

I,

(We),

having read

and

fully

understanding

the

Order

in

PCB

79-12,

hereby

accept

that

Order

and

agree

to

be

bound

by

all

of

its

terms

and

conditions.

SIGNED __________________________

TITLE __________________________

DATE _____________________________

2)

Petitioner shall request modification of its NPDES Permits

to reflect the appropriate numbers and locations of its

discharges.

3)

The Agency shall modify Petitioner’s NPDES Permits in a

manner consistent with the terms of this Order.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify the aboye Order was adopted on

the

J

~

day of

f)’)

44&~

,

1979

by

a

vote of

I/..i~

Christan L. Moff~’t

clerk

Illinois Pollutio

ntrol Board

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