ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June

22, 1978

IN THE MATTER OF:

R74~l5,

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WATER POLLUTION

CONTROL

)

CONSOLIDATED

AMENDMENTS:

CYANIDE

ORDER

OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Goodman):

The following

Proposed Final

Draft Order

is an amendment

to the original

Proposed Final

Draft Order which

was published

on

November 23,

1977,

The amendub

Proposed Final

Draft Order

in this matter shall be set for publication

nub public comment.

A

public comment

period of 60 days

from the date of

this Order

shall

be allowed,

during which

time any written

comment from

any

person shall

be accepted at

the office of

the Clerk of the

Board,

pursuaat to

the Illinois

Administrative

Procedure Act

and the Board~s

Procedural

Rules.

Ill.

Rev. Stat.,

Ch.

127,

§1005

(1977),

as

amended

Ill,

PC3

Regs.,

Ch.

1,

§~l03~l05,

20l~2l2 (1977).

Publication

pursuant to this Order

shall in~

dude publication

in

the Illinois

Register.

PROPOSED

FINAL DP~FTORDER

I.

Rule 203(f)

of Chapter

3:

Water

~:l1ution

of the

Pollution Control

Board Rules and

Regulatn

~,

insofar as it

pertains to cyanide,

shall be amended

as icilows:

Cyanide

(total)

0720

0,025*

~

individual

~mlesnottoexceed0.05m/l.

2.

Rule 205

of Chapter

3:

Water

Pollution

of the Pollution

Control Board Rules

and Regulations

shall be amended by addition

of a new subpart

“

(g)”

as follows:

(g)

~

based

on a 24-~hourcomposite sample;

individual grab sample shall not exceed

~/1.

30~575

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3.

Rule

206(c)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution

of the

Pollution Control

Board Rules and Regulations,

insofar

as

it sets specific

water quality standards for certain

chemical

constitutents,

shall be amended by addition of a water quality

standard for

cyanide,

as follows:

ç~d~j~~al)

0720

4.

Rule 408(a)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution of

the

Pollution Control Board

Rules and Regulations

insofar as it

pertains to cyanide,

shall be amended as

follows:

Cyanide

(total)

o,lo**

**Except for

discharges from the Calumet

Treatment

~

Chicago,

which shallnotexcefd0.l5/LCo~liance

with cyanide

effluent limitations shall be determined

~ourcompositesarnlesayeraedoveranmonthl

~

sample shall

exceed

twice the

numerical standard and ~

sample_shall

exceed

five times

the numerical standard.

5.

Rule

703

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution of

the Pollution

Control Board

Rules and Regulations shall be amended

as

follows:

703.

Cyanide

(STORET number

00720)

(a)

No waste

to any public sewer system shall contain

~

~pefebye~9~*b*~

~~hanl0~9Zl

~

sam Ic tested_shall

not

release more than

2

mq1 I of cyanide when

~~edataHof4.5and~ate~oerature

of

~

nutesexc~~~

~ttedbRule703(b).

(b)

~

~

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j~un~i

~cy~p~ndeterminatior~

~

the

lc~

nan

t~

no

violation

of

the

effluent

crit:eria

of

this

~

will

result

and

that

no

hazard

to

workers

sewa

e

works

will

resu It,

limi ted

addi~

~alamountsofcanideexce~

~

the

sewageworksofsuc~~~ajistri~t,

i~i~~r

pub1ic~4j4t.

(c)

Nothing~in this Rule 703 shall be

construed

as

limiting the authority a

~

sanitary district or public ~

more stringent standa~dsor

~

discharg~toits sewage works.

I,

Christan

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board,

hereby

certify

the

above

Pro

osed

Final

Draft

Orderwa:

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Illinois

Pollution

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