ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 4, 1977

VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 77—125

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle):

This matter comes before the Pollution Control Board (Board)

upon the May 6, 1977 Petition of the Village of Wauconda (Waucond~)

for a variance from Rules 203(c)

and

402 of Chapter 3: Water

Pollution. On May 12, 1977, the Board ordered Wauconda to file an

Amended Petition stating whether it requested or waived the right

to a hearing. Wauconda filed a “Waiver of Hearing” on May 27, 1977.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) filed its

Agency Recommendation in support of granting the variance on

June 29, 1977.

Wauconda owns and operates a sewage treatment plant located

in Lake County, Illinois. Equipment at the plant includes a grit

tank, primary and secondary settling tanks, trickling filters,

chlorine contact tanks, sludge digesters and sludge drying beds.

Treated sewage effluent is discharged into Banks Lake Drain Creek

which flows into Slocum Lake, a part of the Fox River drainage

basin. Wishing to upgrade its plant, Wauconda applied for and

received a Step 1 facilities planning grant from the United States

Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 201(g) of the

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. Planning

has been completed, and Wauconda is awaiting Agency approval

required for Step 2 (design) and Step 3 (construction) funding.

However, the Agency has not granted approval due to the violation

of the water quality standard for phosphorus in Slocum Lake.

Granting of a variance from this standard would permit Agency

approval and thus Federal funding for construction.

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Under

Sectio ~5

-~

a

variance

is to

b~

-‘r~

lation

of

the Board

wcr

4

ship. Such

hardshlE. ~

on many

prior occas~on~

--~

(

plants to

achieve p~o-~r

203(c)

is

not econc’~n.

C1~-

grant of

many var-~-~&

and Villa e

of Cer:c~

~cc

Vi.1 ~f

rasura

T~.

~i~ioUo~2~2n,

PC

B

6

District,

PCB

76—295,

1

Leroy, PCB

77-58; ~~y:

the Agency

has filed

change

the 0,05 mg/I

9te1c

treatment

works

Granting a

varia~ce

i~

environment,

as the un-~ ~

to enter

Slocum

Lake

load and

the

Fox Rivc~ L

~.

cv-

funds which

will enable Wa~’~

phosphorus

Contr~1s,

~, ~-

reduction

of

phosphot~c ~

will drop

from 9~73O (g/~i

In light

of

these fac-~-s~

~

p

granting a

variance

ou+ -~icr.

The

Board grants

a -ia

January

1, 1981, subjec-

I

variance

will

terminate t~p

n

tion of

the

existing pha~u

limitations,

Second~

W~rcc~r~ ha~’

removal

equipment rap~~’-~ r ~ ~

phosphorus

to

I

mgi’

-~

operational,

Wauco~da

‘

since

it is

in the Fox

~

ba~~r.

~-

These

conditions

enat’ a

program

while

minim~z

p

ti~nAct,

c r regu~

eosonabie

hard—

~J ~ere, as

cv age treatment

-~

re~red

by Rule

tteB in the

-

~

A.

~genta

~

‘~y

PCB 76—21;

a

~

Canitary

L~

~~~antwith

this,

-~

which

would

in sewage

-

a

-

a

ard Rule 402

until

- -

a.

~irct,

the

-~ ~-

i

t ary modifica—

C -

ards or effluent

C

camanent phosphorus

-

:-~

~ncentration of

p

a—ant cor~roisare

I~~_

~~~ci1:i~clS,

r

t

~u1c 4~7(b)

aua

upgrading

a ~‘a

i±S

aewage

~

-

r~e

lapact on the

ene

cnd will

continue

a

r~

priasphorus

~ar~

w.tJ. generate

-

?vd

Irbtail permanent

a ~up rta~tbeneficial

anorus loadings

-

cdactlon of 35.9

~-

bencf~ of

- -

-

a tce environment,

This

Opinion

ard

‘

dc~ ~-o at

conclusion

of law o~ti-c Laa?~~

f

The Village

of Wruca B

a ar~

-‘

treatment

plant

frc~i Pr ~

Pollution

until

Janaar~

I

- - j

-s of fact

and

~n9 c~nditions:

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1. This variance will terminate upon

adoption by

the

Board of any modification of the existing

phosphorus

water quality standards or effluent limitations and Wauconda

shall comply with such revised regulations

when

adopted by

the Board, or shall obtain a variance therefrom,

2. Wauconda shall install permanent phosphorus removal

equipment

at

the sewage treatment plant

capable of

reducing

its phosphorus effluent concentrations

to

I

mg/l or lower.

3. Wauconda shall install and

utilize interim

phosphorus

controls at the sewage treatment

plant until

permanent

phosphorus controls are operational.

4. That Petitioner shall within thirty-five (35) days

after the date of the Board Order herein, execute and

forward to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,

Variance Section, Manager, Division of Water Pollution

Control, 2200 Churchill Road, Springfield, Illinois, 62706,

and the Illinois PollutiOn Control Board, a Certificate of

Acceptance and AGreement to be bound by all terms and

conditions of the variance. The form of said Certification

CERTIFICATION

I, (We) ______________________________having

read and

fully understanding the Order of the

Illinois Pollution

Control

Board in PCB 77-125, hereby accept said

Order and agree

to be bound

by all of the terms and conditions

thea-of.

TITLE

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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—4.-

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order wer~adopted on

the~day

of

,

Christan L. ff

Clerk