ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March
30,
1978
IN TUE
MATTER OF:
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER
3,
WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS;
)
R77-6
Rule 402.1,
an Exception to
Rule 402 for Certain Ammonia
Nitrogen Sources
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Mr.
Young):
The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
(Il1.Rev.Stat.
1977,
Ch.
127,
~i001
et seq.)
requires the publication of
pronosed administrative regulations
in
the
Illinois
Register
at
least
45
days
prior
to
final
adoption
and
further
requires
a
public
comment
period
of
45
days
following
the
date
of
publication.
Pursuant
to
the
requirements
of
the
Administrative
Pro—
cedure
Act,
the
Board
hereby
orders
publication
in
the
Illinois
Register
of
the
following
proposed
final
order
in
this
proceeding
to amend Chapter
3:
PROPOSED FINAL ORDER
Pronosed Rule 402.1
Exceptions
to Rule 402
(Ammonia
Nitrogen)
a)
Rule 402 shall not apoly to that portion
of
Ruin.
203(f) nertaining
to ammonia
nitrogen
for
any
effluent
from
a
source
in
existence
on
PaDril
1,
1977,
having
an
untreated
ammonia
influent
1 ead
fl
(3
nol
OXCOOd
1
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(()
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needing
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b)
Rule
402
shall
not
apply
to
that
portion
of
Ruin
203(f)
pertaining
to
ammonia
nitrogen
for
any
source
during
the
months
of
November
through
March;
except
that
during
th~- months
of
November
through
March
no
source,
not
exempt
under
402.1(a),
shall discharge an effluent containing a concentra-
tion
of
ammonia nitrogen
greater
than
4.0
mc;/1
if
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the
d:Lscharqe,
alone
or
in
combination
with
other
dnscharqes,
causes
or
contributes
to
a
violation
of
that
portion
of
Rule
203 (f)
ocr-
tai
ning
to
ammonia
nitrogen,
c)
Com~liance
with
the
orovis
ions
of
Rule
402.1
(b)
shall
ho
achieved
by
March
31,
1979,
or
such
other
date
as
required
by
NPDES
permit,
or
as
ordered
by
the
Board
under
Title
VIII
or
Title
IX
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Act.
d)
After
July
1,
1982,
the
exeinDtions
orovided
in
thfs
Rule
4o2.:L
shall
terminate.
IT
1
S
SO
ORDERED
I,
Christan
S.
Moffett,
Clerk
of
tho
I~1 inois
Pollution
Control
Board
hereby
cc
tify
the
above
Order
was
adopt
d
on
the
~
day
of
~
1978
b~ a
vote
of
~Q.
Q~z~.__
Christan
P.
r4offe~t
lerk
Illinois
Pollution
ntrol
Board
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