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

fl(j

(()

)OtIfld~

3X’

r

(I

~y

an

not

oLho

rw iso

needing

upqrad

i

nq

~o

fll(O

I

I

ho

0(1

Ui

1011)011

Ls

C.)

I

Liii. s

Cliap

or

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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