ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    August 24, 1978
    IN THE
    MATTER
    OF:
    )
    AMENDMENTS
    TO CHAPTER 6:
    )
    R77-3.3
    PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES
    )
    INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle):
    On August
    5,
    1977 the Agency filed a petition to amend Chap-
    ter
    6:
    Public Water Supplies.
    A great deal of the Agency’s proposal
    would conform Chapter
    6 with the National Interim Primary Drinking
    Water Regulations which were promulgated by the United States
    Environmental Protection Agency on June 24,
    1977.
    These Federal
    standards have been binding and enforceable against public water
    supplies in Illinois since June 24, 1977.
    In order to avoid conflicting State and Federal standards and
    to enable the Agency to obtain primary enforcement responsibility
    under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Board hereby orders that
    Chapter
    6 be amended in the following respects.
    The following definitions are hereby added to Rule 104:
    “Certified laboratory” means any laboratory approved by the
    Agency or the Illinois Department of Public Health for the specific
    parameters to be examined.
    “Community water supply” means a public water supply which
    serves year—round residents.
    “Dose equivalent” means the product of the absorbed dose from
    ionizing radiation and such factors as account for differences in
    biological effectiveness due to the type of radiation and its
    distribution in the body as specified by the International Commission
    on Radiological Units and Measurements
    (ICRU).
    “Gross alpha particle activity” means the total radioactivity
    due to alpha particle emission as inferred from measurements on a
    dry sample.
    “Gross beta particle activity” means the total radioactivity
    due to beta particle emission as inferred from measurements on a
    dry sample.
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    “Man—made beta particle and photon emitters” means all radio-
    nuclides emitting beta particles and/or photons listed in Maximum
    Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentration of
    Radionuclides in Air or Water for Occupational Exposure, NBS Hand-
    book 69, except the daughter products of thorium-232, uranium-235
    and uranium—238.
    “Non—community water supply” means a public water supply that
    is not
    a
    community water supply.
    “Picocurie
    (pci)” means that quantity of radioactive material
    producing 2.22 nuclear transformations per minute.
    “Rem” means the unit of dose equivalent from ionizing radiation
    to the total body or any internal organ or organ system.
    A “millirem
    (mrem)” is 1/1000 of a rem.
    “Chemical analysis” means analysis for any inorganic or organic
    substance, with the exception of radiological or microbiological
    analyses.
    Rule 304 B
    3 is hereby amended to read as follows:
    If
    the result of an analysis made pursuant to these Rules in-
    dicates that the level of any contaminant listed in Table
    I exceeds
    the maximum allowable concentration, the owner or operator of the
    public water supply shall report to the Agency within
    7 days and
    initiate three additional analyses at the same sampling point within
    one month.
    When the average of four analyses, rounded to the same
    number of significant figures as the maximum allowable concentration
    for the substance in question, exceeds the maximum allowable con-
    centration,
    the owner or operator of the public water supply shall
    notify the Agency pursuant to Rule 310 B and give notice to the
    public pursaunt to Rule 313 D of these Rules.
    Monitoring after
    public notification shall be at a frequency designated by the Agency
    and shall continue until the maximum allowable concentration has not
    been exceeded in two successive samples or until a monitoring
    schedule as a condition to a variance or enforcement action shall
    become effective.
    Rule 304 B
    4
    is hereby amended to read as follows:
    The concentration of substances listed in Table
    I shall not
    exceed in the finished water the limits listed.
    Rule 304 B
    4 note b is hereby amended to read as follows:
    The provisions of Rule 304 B
    3 notwithstanding, compliance with
    the maximum allowable concentration for nitrate shall be determined
    on the basis of the mean of two analyses.
    When a level exceeding the
    maximum allowable concentration for nitrate is found,
    a second
    analysis shall be initiated within 24 hours, and if the mean of the
    two anaylses exceeds the maximum allowable concentration, the owner
    or operator of the public water supply shall report his findings
    tO
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    the State pursuant to Rule 310 B and shall notify
    the
    public pursuant
    to Rule 313
    D.
    A new Rule 304 B 4, note e is hereby added which shall read
    as follows:
    Those counties of the State north of and including the counties
    of Henderson, McDonough, Fulton, Tazewell, McLean, Ford and Iroquois
    shall have a maximum allowable concentration of 2.0 mg/i.
    Rule 304 B
    4, note d is hereby amended to read as follows:
    Turbidity in drinking water shall not exceed one turbidity unit
    at the point where water enters the distribution system unless it can
    be demonstrated that a higher turbidity not exceeding
    5 NTU does not:
    1)
    interfere with disinfection, or
    2)
    cause tastes and odors upon disinfection, or
    3) prevent the maintenance of an effective disinfection agent
    throughout the distribution system, or
    4)
    result in deposits in the distribution system, or
    5) cause customers to question the safety of their drinking
    water.
    The provisions of Rule 304 B
    3 notwithstanding,
    if a turbidity
    measurement exceeds the maximum allowable concentration, a resample
    must be taken as soon as practicable, and preferably within one hour.
    If the check sample confirms that the standard has been exceeded,
    the
    Agency must be notified within
    48 hours.
    The value of the check
    sample shall be the value used in calculating the monthly average.
    If
    the monthly average of the daily samples taken
    in accordance with Rule
    309 D exceeds the maximum allowable concentratiqn, or if the average
    of two samples taken on consecutive days exceeds
    5 NTU, the owner
    or operator of the public water supply shall report to the Agency
    and notify the public as directed in Rule 310 B and Rule 313 D.
    A new Rule 304 C is hereby added which shall read as follows:
    Radiological Quality
    1.
    Maximum allowable concentrations for radium-226,
    radium-228,
    and gross alpha particle radioactivity in community water systems.
    The following are the maximum allowable concentrations for
    radiwn—226,
    radium-228, and gross alpha particle radioactivity:
    (a)
    Combined radium—226 and radium-228
    -
    5 pCi/l.
    (b)
    Gross alpha particle activity (including radium—226,
    but excluding radon and uranium)
    -
    15 pCi/i.
    2.
    Maximum
    allowable concentrations for beta particle and
    photon radioactivity from man-made radionuclides in community
    water systems.
    (a)
    The average annual concentration of beta particle and
    photon radioactivity from man-made radionuclides in drinking water
    shall not produce an annual dose equivalent to the total body or
    any internal organ greater than 4 millirem/year.
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    (b)
    Except for the radionuclides listed in Table
    II, the
    concentration of man—made radionuclides causing
    4 mrem total
    body or organ dose equivalents shall be calculated on the basis
    of a
    2 liter per day drinking water intake using the 168 hour
    data listed in “Maximum permissible Body Burdens and Maximum
    Permissible Concentration of Radionuclides in Air or Water for
    Occupational Exposure,” NBS Handbook 69 as amended August 1963,
    U.S. Department of Commerce.
    If two or more radionuclides are
    present,
    the sum of their annual dose equivalent to the total
    body or to any organ shall not exceed
    4 rrtillirem/year.
    TABLE II.
    Average annual concentrations assumed to produce a
    total body or organ dose of
    4 mrem/yr.
    Radionuclide
    Critical Organ
    pci per liter
    Tritium
    Total Body
    20,000
    Strontium-90
    Bone Marrow
    8
    3.
    To judge compliance with the maximum allowable concen-
    trations listed in Rules 304 C
    1 and 304 C
    2, averages of data shall
    be used and shall be rounded to the same
    number
    of significant
    figures as the maximum allowable concentration for the substance
    in questions.
    Table I, Rule 304 is hereby amended to read as follows:
    TABLE
    I
    MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATIONS
    -
    Finished Water Quality
    Arsenic
    o.u~
    Barium
    1.
    Cadmium
    0.010
    Chromium
    0.05
    Color
    15.
    Copper
    1.
    Cyanide
    0.2
    Fluoride
    1.8
    (c)
    Substance
    Reported
    Maximum
    As
    Concentration
    mg/I
    As
    Ba
    Cd
    Cr
    Color Units
    Cu
    CN
    F
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    0.5
    0.3(a)
    0.05
    0.05(a)
    0.002
    10. (b)
    1.
    3.
    0.7(c)
    0.001
    0
    .
    003
    0.05
    0.001
    0. 0002
    0.0001
    0.0001
    0.004
    0.1
    0.005
    0.1
    0.02
    0.01
    Selenium
    0.01
    Silver
    0.05
    Turbidity
    1.0(d)
    Zinc
    5.
    Rule 309 A is hereby amended to read as follows:
    Representative samples of the finished water are
    to be submitted monthly by each community water supply
    owner, official custodian, or his authorized personnel
    to a certified laboratory for bacteriological analy-
    sis.
    The minimum number of samples to be submitted
    monthly is dependent upon the population served as
    shown in Table III.
    A greater number of samples may
    be required by the Agency to be analyzed each month.
    It shall be the responsibility of the community
    water supply to have the analyses performed either
    at its own certified laboratory or at any other cer-
    tified laboratory.
    The Agency may require that some
    or all of the monthly samples be submitted to its
    Foaming Agents
    MBAS
    Iron
    Fe
    Lead
    Pb
    Manganese
    Mercury
    Hg
    Nitrate-Nitrogen
    N
    Nitrite-Nitrogen
    N
    Odor
    Threshold Odor Number
    Organics
    Carbon Adsorbable
    Carbon-Chloroform Extract
    CCEm
    Pesticides
    Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insec-
    ticides
    Aidrin
    Chlordane
    DDT
    Dieldrin
    Endrin
    Heptachlor
    Heptáchlor Epoxide
    Lindane
    Methoxychlor
    Toxaphene
    Organophosphate Insecticides
    Parathion
    Chlorophenoxy Herbicides
    2,4—Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
    (2
    ,
    4-D)
    2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyproprionic acid
    (2,4,5—TP or Silvex)
    Se
    Ag
    NTU
    Zn
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    laboratories.
    Each non-community water supply owner, official
    custodian, or his authorized personnel, at the discre-
    tion of the Agency, may be required to submit one
    representative water sample per calendar quarter to
    a certified laboratory for bacteriological analysis;
    or at a higher frequency as determined by the Agency.
    Rule 309 B is hereby amended to read as follows:
    A minimum of one representative sample each
    of the raw and finished water is to be submitted
    every year to the Agency’s laboratory for chemical
    analysis from community water supplies which util-
    ize a surface water source.
    Community water sup-
    plies which utilize a ground water source are to
    submit such samples to the Agency for analysis at
    least every two years.
    Sampling for specific par-
    ameters may be required by the Agency more frequently
    whenever there is reason to believe that these para-
    meters are or may be
    in excess of the limits listed
    in Table
    I,
    or if the presence of other dangerous
    or potentially dangerous substances is suspected.
    Non-community water supplies shall submit represen-
    tative samples of raw and finished water to the
    Agency’s laboratory for chemical analysis at fre-
    quencies required by the Agency.
    A new Rule 309 C is added which shall read as follows:
    Monitoring Frequency for Radioactivity in Community Water
    Supplies
    1.
    Nonitoring requirements for gross alpha particle
    activity, radium-226 and radium-228.
    (a)
    Compliance shall be based on the analysis
    of an annual composite of four consecutive quarterly samples
    or the average of the analyses of four samples obtained
    at quarterly intervals.
    (1)
    A gross alpha particle activity measure-
    ment may be substituted for the required radium-226 and
    radium-228 analysis, provided that the measured gross
    alpha particle activity does not exceed
    5 pCi/l at a confi-
    dence level of
    95 percent
    (1.65
    c’ where
    c? is the standard
    deviation of the net counting rate of the sample).
    In
    localities where radium-228 may be present in drinking
    water radium-226 and/or radiurn-228 analyses may be required
    by the Agency when the gross alpha particle activity exceeds
    2 pCi/i.
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    (2)
    When the gross alpha particle activity
    exceeds
    5 pCi/l, the same or an equivalent sample shall be
    analyzed for radiuxn-226.
    If the concentration of radium-226
    exceeds
    3 pCi/i the same or an equivalent sample shall be
    analyzed for radiuxn-228.
    (b)
    Suppliers of water shall monitor at least once
    every four years.
    When an annual record taken in conformance
    with paragraph
    1
    (a)
    has established that the average annual
    concentration is less than half the maximum contaminant
    levels established by Rule 304 C
    1, analysis of a single
    sample may be substituted for the quarterly sampling procedure
    required by paragraph
    1
    (a).
    (1)
    More frequent monitoring shall be conducted
    when ordered by the Agency in the vicinity of mining or
    other operations.
    (2)
    A community water supply using two or
    more sources having different concentrations of radioactivity
    shall monitor source water,
    in addition to water from a free-
    flowing tap when required by the Agency.
    (3)
    Monitoring for compliance with radium-228
    levels need be done only in the initial test of each source
    and when specifically requested by the Agency, provided
    that the average annual concentration of radium—228 has been
    assayed at least once using the quarterly sampling procedure
    required by paragraph
    1
    (a).
    (4)
    Owners and operators of public water
    supplies shall conduct annual monitoring of any community
    water system in which the radiuin-226 concentration exceeds
    3 pCi/i,
    except when specifically exempted by the Agency.
    (c)
    If the average annual maximum allowable con-
    centration for gross alpha particle activity or total radium
    is exceeded, the owner or operator of a community water
    system shall give notice to the Agency pursuant to Rule 310
    B and notify the public as required by Rule 313 EL
    Monitoring
    at quarterly intervals shall be continued until the annual
    average concentration no longer exceeds the maximum contamin-
    ant level or until a monitoring schedule as
    a condition tea
    variance, exemption or enforcement action shall become effec-
    tive.
    2.
    Monitoring requirements for man—made radioactivity
    in community water systems.
    (a)
    Systems using surface water sources and serv-
    ing more than 100,000 persons and such other community water
    supplies as are designated by the Agency shall be monitored
    for compliance with Rule 304 C
    2 by analysis of a composite
    of four consecutive quarterly samples or analysis of four
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    —8—
    quarterly samples.
    Compliance with Rule 304 C
    2 may be
    assumed without further analysis if the average annual
    concentration of gross beta particle activity is less than
    50 pCi/i and if the average annual concentrations of
    tritium and strontium-90 are less than those listed in
    Table II, provided that if both radionuclides are present,
    the sum of their annual dose equivalents to bone marrow
    shall not exceed
    4 millirem/year.
    (1)
    If the gross beta particle activity
    exceeds 50 pCi/i,
    an analysis of the sample must be per-
    formed to identify the major radioactive constituents
    present and the appropriate organ and total body doses
    shall
    be calculated to determine compliance with Rule 304 C
    2.
    (2)
    Owners and operators of public water
    supplies shall conduct additional monitoring, as ordered
    by the Agency, to determine the concentration of man-made
    radioactivity in principal watersheds designated by the
    Agency.
    (3)
    At the discretion of the Agency, owners
    arid operators of public water supplies utilizing only
    ground waters may be required to monitor for man—made radio-
    activity.
    (b)
    Owners and operators of public water supplies
    shall monitor for beta activity at least every four years.
    (c)
    Within two years of the effective date of
    these regulations the owner and operator of any community
    water system designated by the Agency as utilizing waters
    contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities shall
    initiate quarterly monitoring for gross beta particle and
    iodine—l3l radioactivity and annual monitoring for stron-
    tium-90 and tritium.
    (1)
    Quarterly monitoring for gross beta
    particle activity shall be based on the analysis of monthly
    samples or the analysis of a composite of three monthly
    samples.
    If the gross beta particle activity in a sample
    exceeds
    15 pCi/l,
    the same or an equivalent sample shall
    be analyzed for strontium-89 and cesium-134.
    If the
    gross beta particle activity exceeds 50 pCi/i, an analysis
    of the sample must be performed to identify the major radio-
    active constituents present and the appropriate organ and
    total body doses shall be calculated to determine compliance
    with Rule 304 C 2.
    (2)
    For iodine—l3l,
    a composite of five
    consecutive daily samples shall be analyzed once each quar-
    ter.
    If ordered by the Agency, more frequent monitoring
    shall be conducted when iodine-131 is identified
    in the
    finished water.
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    (3)
    Annual monitoring for strontium—90 and
    tritium shall be conducted by means of the analysis of a
    composite of four consecutive quarterly samples, or of
    four quarterly samples.
    (4)
    The Agency may allow the substitution
    of environmental surveillance data taken in conjunction
    with a nuclear facility for direct monitoring of man—made
    radioactivity by the owner or operator of a community water
    supply where the Agency determines such data is applicable
    to that particular community water supply.
    (d)
    If the average annual maximum allowable
    concentration for man-made radioactivity set forth in
    Rule 304 C
    2
    is exceeded, the operator of a community water
    supply shall give notice to the Agency pursuant to rule 310 B
    and to the public as required by Rule 313 D.
    Monitoring at
    monthly intervals shall be continued until the concentration
    no longer exceeds the maximum allowable concentration or
    until a monitoring schedule as a condition to a variance
    or enforcement action shall become effective.
    A new Rule 309 D is hereby added which shall read as follows:
    Owners and operators of community and non-community
    water systems utilizing surface water sources shall take
    samples at a representative entry point to the distribution
    system at least once per day, and make a turbidity deter-
    mination on the sample immediately.
    The testing of the
    sample shall be done by a specific individual who has been
    approved by the Agency as qualified to make the test.
    A new Rule 309 E is hereby added which shall read as follows:
    When a public water supply provides water to one or
    more other public water supplies, the Agency may modify
    the monitoring requirements imposed by this rule to the
    extent that the interconnection of the supplies justifies
    treating them as a single supply for monitoring purposes.
    Any modified monitoring shall be conducted pursuant to a
    schedule specified by the Agency.
    A new Table III is hereby added to Rule 309 which shall read
    as follows:
    TABLE III
    -
    MINIMUM ALLOWABLE MONTHLY SAMPLES FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL
    ANALYSIS
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    —10—
    2,500
    2,501
    3,301
    4,101
    4,901
    5,801
    6,701
    7,601
    8,501
    9,401
    10,301
    11,101
    12,001
    12,901
    13,701
    14,601
    15,501
    16,301
    17,20.
    18,101
    18,901
    19,801
    20,701
    21,501
    22,301
    23,201
    24,001
    24,901
    25,001
    28,001
    33,001
    37,001
    41,001
    46,001
    50,001
    54,001
    59,001
    64,001
    70,001
    76,001
    83,001
    90,001
    96,001
    111,001
    130,001
    160,001
    190,001
    220,001
    or
    to
    to
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    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
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    65
    70
    75
    80
    85
    90
    95
    100
    110
    120
    130
    140
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    Population Served
    Minimum Number of
    Samples per Month
    less
    3,300
    4,100
    4,900
    5,800
    6,700
    7,600
    8,500
    9,400
    10,300
    11,100
    12,000
    12,900
    13,700
    14,600
    15,500
    16,300
    17,200
    18,100
    18,900
    19,800
    20,700
    21,500
    22,300
    23,200
    24,000
    24,900
    25,000
    28,000
    33,000
    37,000
    41,000
    46,000
    50,000
    54,000
    59,000
    64,000
    70,000
    76,000
    83,000
    90,000
    96,000
    111,000
    130,000
    160,000
    190,000
    220,000
    250,000
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    250,001 to
    160
    290,001 to
    170
    320,001 to
    180
    360,001 to
    190
    410,001 to
    200
    450,001 to
    210
    500,001 to
    220
    550,001
    tO
    230
    600,001
    tO
    240
    660,001 to
    250
    720,001
    tO
    260
    780,001 to
    270
    840,001 to
    280
    910,001 to
    290
    970,001 to
    300
    1,050,001 to
    310
    1,140,001 to
    320
    1,230,001 to
    330
    1,320,001 to
    340
    1,420,001 to
    350
    1,520,001 to
    360
    1,630,001 to
    370
    1,730,001 to
    380
    1,850,001 to
    390
    1,970,001 to
    400
    2,060,001 to
    410
    2,270,001 to
    420
    2,510,001 to
    430
    2,750,001 to
    440
    3,020,001 to
    450
    3,320,001 to
    460
    3,620,001 to
    470
    3,960,001 to
    480
    4,310,001 to
    490
    4,690,001 or
    500
    Rule 310
    is hereby amended to read as follows:
    Reporting Requirements and Record Maintenance.
    A.
    Operating Reports
    -
    Monthly reports shall be sub-
    mitted to the Agency by all public water supplies within
    30 days following the last day of each month, on forms
    provided or approved by the Agency.
    B.
    Reporting Requirements
    1. Except where
    a shorter reporting period is speci-
    fied in these Rules or by the Agency,
    the owner or operator
    of a public water supply shall report to the Agency within
    40 days following a test, measurement or analysis required
    to be made by these Rules,
    the results of that test, meas-
    urement or analysis.
    290,000
    320,000
    360,000
    410,000
    450,000
    500,000
    550,000
    600,000
    660,000
    720,000
    780,000
    840,000
    910,000
    970,000
    1,050,000
    1,140,000
    1,230,000
    1,320,000
    1,420,000
    1,520,000
    1,630,000
    1,730,000
    1,850,000
    1,970,000
    2,060,000
    2,270,000
    2,510,000
    2,750,000
    3,020,000
    3,320,000
    3,620,000
    3,960,000
    4,310,000
    4,690,000
    more
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    2. The owner or operator of a public water supply
    shall report to the Agency within 48 hours the failure to
    comply with any requirement
    (including failure to comply
    with monitoring requirements)
    set forth in these Rules.
    3. The owner or operator of a public water supply
    is not required to report analytical results to the Agency
    in cases where an Agency laboratory performs the analysis
    and reports the results to the Agency office which would
    normally receive such notification.
    C.
    Record Maintenance
    1. Any owner or operator of a public water supply
    subject to the provisions of these Rules shall retain on
    its premises or at a convenient location near its premises
    the following records:
    (a)
    Records of bacteriological analyses made
    pursuant to these Rules shall be kept for not less than
    5 years.
    Records of chemical analyses made pursuant to
    these Rules shall be kept for not less than 10 years.
    Actual laboratory reports may, be kept,
    or data may be trans-
    ferred to tabular summaries, provided that the following
    information is included:
    (1) The date, place, and time of sampling, and
    the name of the person who collected the sample;
    (2) Identification of the sample as to whether it
    was a routine distribution system sample, check sample,
    raw or process water sample or other special purpose sample;
    (3) Date of analysis;
    (4) Laboratory and person responsible for per-
    forming analysis;
    (5) The analytical technique/method used;
    and
    (6)
    The results of the analysis.
    (b)
    Records of action taken by the supply to
    correct violations of the Act and these Rules shall be kept
    for a period not less than
    3 years after the last action
    taken with respect to the particular violation involved.
    (c)
    Copies of any written reports, summaries
    or communications relating to sanitaX~ysurveys of the
    supply conducted by the supply itself, by a private con-
    sultant,
    or by any local, State or Federal agency,
    shall
    be kept for a period not less than 10 years after completion
    of the sanitary survey involved.
    (d)
    Records concerning a variance granted to
    the supply shall be kept for a period ending not less than
    5 years following the expiration of such variance.
    A new Rule 313 D is hereby added which shall read as follows:
    Public Notification.
    1.
    If a community water supply fails
    to comply with
    an applicable maximum allowable concentration established
    in ‘Rule 304, fails
    to comply with an applicable testing
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    procedure established in these Rules,
    is granted a variance
    from an applicable maximum allowable concentration, fails
    to comply with any requirement of any schedule prescribed
    pursuant to a variance or fails to perform any monitoring
    required pursuant to these Rules,
    the owner or operator of
    such supply shall notify persons served by the supply of the
    failure or grant, by inclusion of a notice in the first set
    of water bills of the supply issued after the failure or
    grant and in any event by written notice within three months.
    Such notice shall be repeated at least once every three
    months so long as the supply’s failure continues or the
    variance remains in effect.
    If the supply issues water
    bills less frequently than quarterly, or does not issue water
    bills,
    the notice shall be made by or supplemented by another
    form of direct mail.
    2.
    If a community water supply has failed to comply with
    an applicable maximum allowable concentration, the owner or
    operator of such supply shall notify the public of such failure,
    in addition to the notification required by paragraph 1 of
    this Rule as follows:
    (a)
    By publication on not less than three consecu-
    tive days in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation
    in the area served by the supply.
    Such notice shall be com-
    pleted within fourteen days after the owner or operator learns
    of the failure.
    (b)
    By furnishing a copy of the notice to the
    radio and television stations serving the area served by the
    supply.
    Such notice shall be furnished within seven days
    after the owner or operator learns of the failure.
    3.
    If the area served by a community water supply
    is not served by a daily newspaper of general circulation,
    notification by newspaper required by paragraph
    2 of this
    section shall instead be given by publication on three con-
    secutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation
    serving the area.
    If no weekly or daily newspaper of gen-
    eral circulation serves the area, notice shall be given
    by posting the notice in post offices within the area served
    by the supply.
    4.
    If a non-community water supply fails to comply
    with an applicable maximum allowable concentration established
    in Rule 304, fails to comply with an applicable testing
    procedure established in these Rules,
    is granted a variance
    from an applicable maximum allowable concentration, fails
    to comply with any requirement of any schedule prescribed
    pursuant to a variance or fails to perform any monitoring
    required pursuant to these Rules,
    the owner or operator
    of such supply shall give notice of such failure or grant
    to the persons served by the supply.
    The form and manner
    of such notice shall be prescribed by the Agency for each
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    specific case,
    and shall insure that the public using the
    supply is adequately informed of the failure or grant.
    5.
    Notices given pursuant to this section shall be
    written in a manner reasonably designed to inform fully the
    users of the supply.
    The notice shall be conspicuous and
    shall not use unduly technical language, unduly small print
    or other methods which would frustrate the purpose of the
    notice.
    The notice shall disclose all material facts regard-
    ing the subject including the nature of the problem and,
    when appropriate,
    a clear statement that a drinking water
    regulation has been violated and any preventive measures
    that should be taken by the public.
    Where appropriate,
    or where designated by the Agency, bilingual notice shall
    be given.
    Notices may include a balanced explanation of
    the significance or seriousness to the public health of the
    subject of the notice,
    a fair explanation of steps taken
    by the supply to correct any problem and the results of
    any additional sampling.
    6.
    Notice to the public required by this section
    may be given by the Agency on behalf of the owner or
    operator of the supply.
    7.
    In any instance in which notification by mail is
    required by paragraph
    1 of this section but notification
    by newspaper or to radio or television stations
    is not
    required by ‘paragraph
    2
    of this section, the Agency may
    order the owner or operator of the supply to provide noti-
    fication by newspaper and to radio and television stations
    when circumstances make more immediate or broader notice
    appropriate to protect the public health.
    In cases of
    emergency, more expeditious means such as door to door
    notification by water supply personnel, police or others
    may be required by the Agency.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, hereby ce tify the above Order was adopted on
    the
    ~
    day of
    ________________,
    1978 by a vote of
    ~..-O
    ~~nL.Mo~~k
    Illinois Pollutio
    ontrol Board
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