ILLIb7 IS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOA RI)
January
19,
1978
VILi~AGnOr
:OLOi\RY~
Petitioner,
)
PCI3 77—302
ENVIRONMENTAL
PPCI)RCTION
AGENCY,
)
OPINION
~ND
ORDER
c~:
IHE
BOARD
(by
Mr.
Young)
This matter comes
before
the Board on a variance petition
filed
on
November 2±. 1977,
by the Village of Tolono
for
relief
from Rules
203(c),
402.
and
194(f) of Chapter
3:
Water Pollu-
tion Regulations.
On December
23,
1977, the Agency filed a
Recommendation
in
fsvor
o~
granting
a variance
from Rules
203Cc)
and
402
provicea
tsrt
pt:.
s.: erier
adhere
to certain conditlons.
No
hearing
was
bei
~
±*:;ner waived
hearing
pursuant
to
Rule
401 (b)
of
the ?roocbi.;rsl Rules
The Viliac;e
Ct
Tolono,
Cbampaiqn
County,
Illinois,
owns
and
operates
a
sewaqe
treatment
works
whice
discharges
a
load
of
0~063
MCD
into
a
stream
bnown
as
the
Hackett
Branch.
The
waters
of
the
o~et~tBranch
enter
the
Scattering
Fork
and
via
the
Embarras
River
empties
into
Lake Charleston
in
Coles
County,
Illinois.
Since
toe
treatment
plant
discharges
to
a
lake,
it
is
subject
to
the
i:uquarement.s
of
Rules
203(c)
and
402
for
phosphorus
which,
in
combination,
prohibit
any
discharge
from
causing or
contributing
to
a
violation
of
the
0.05
mg/i
phos-
phorus water quality
standard
in any lake
or
in
any
stream
at
the
point of entry
into the
lake.
Petitioner,
however,
does
not
need
a
variance
from
Rule
404(f)
for,
in
this
case,
relief
from
Rule
203 (c)
would
remove
the
phosphorus
standard
as
a
condition
for
a
Pfeffer
exemption.
The
Tolono
sewace treatment plant consists of a bar
screen
and comminutor,
lift
station,
twin
aeration
tanks,
twin
clan—
fiers, two sludge diqestors,
lagoon,
chlorine detention
tank
and sludge drying beds,
Recently,
Petitioner has
received
a
Step
I facilities
pie
minq
grant for upgrading the treatment
facility.
Anticipatec improvements
following approval
of
Step
II and Step III grants include nitrification,
tertiary
filtration, acquisition
of
u~uxiliarypower equipment
and sludge
application
and
maintenance equipment
(Pet.
p2,
3).
Petitioner
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ORDER
1.
The
~Tillaqe
cf
Tofono
is
granted
a
~
for
the
oocration
of
Lts
sewage
treuLe~nL
plant
from
r
~33
(c)
ned
402
of
Chjrter
3:
Water
Pollution,
of
tI
n
r1~s
Rules
nod Regulations regarding phoSphoruS until J~
19, 1982,
subject
to the following conditions:
a)
This variance will earlier terminate coon
adoption by the Board of any mocbi’~~tion
of the existing phosphorus water
qu
Jity
standards and effluent limitation~,arid the
Village shall comply with such rovisod
regulations on adoption by the
F
1.
b)
In the event that grant funds
becorie
available during the period of this
variance, the Village shall incorporate
in any design and specification odequate
provision
for
the
installation
o
equip-
ment for the removal of phosphorus
which
will
provide
the
best
practicable
treat-
ment
technology
for
the
removal
of
p1 s-
phorus over the life of the works;
2.
Within
forty—five
(45)
days
of
the
dite
of this Order,
the Petitioner shall submit to the Manager, V ~riunc~ Section,
Division of Water Pollution Control,
Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency,
2200
Churchill
Road,
Springfield,
Illinois,
62706, an executed Certification of Acceptance and Agreement
to be bound to all terms and conditions of the variance.
The
forty-five day period herein shall be suspended in the event
of judicial review of this
variance
pursuant
to
Section
31
of
the Environmental Protection Act.
The form of said certifica-
tion shall be
as follows:
CERTIFICATION
I
,
(W
)
,
I
nq
reed
Llie Order
of
the
rollution Control Board in PCB 77—302,
understand and accept said Order, realizing that such
acceptance renders all terms and conditions thereto
binding and enforceable.
SIGNED
TITLE
DATE
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5fl
Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illonu.
Pollution
Board, hereby certif~ the above Opinis~ ~nd Order were
~~~uon
the
N41
day of
1977
~:
a vote
Christan L. Mof:~
ft/J8lcrk
Illinois Pollut
n ~ontrol
Board
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