ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March 28,

1977

IN THE MATTER OF:

WATER QUALITY AND EFFLUENT

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STANDARDS AMENDMENTS,

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COOLING LAKES

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ORDER OF THE

BOARD

(by Mr.

Zeitlin):

The Board, on Motion of Mr. Zeitlin, hereby proposes and

authorizes for publication the following procedural change to the

Board’s Regulations.

Procedurally, the Proposal recommended in

this Order will require neither public hearings nor an economic

impact study.

Public comment shall be received for a thirty day

period.

Final action will follow the public comment period.

The Proposal

is made to simplify procedures currently existing

under Rule 203(1) (10)

of Chapter

3: Water Pollution,

of the Board’s

Rules and Regulations.

It is felt that the change will not affect

the rights of any possible parties, nor will the requirement of

hearing or the standard for decision

in Rule 203(i) (10)

be affected.

The Proposed Order is as follows:

Rule 203(1) (10) (cc)

is therefore amended to read as follows:

(cc) At an adjudicative hearing, the discharger shall

satisfactorily demonstrate to the Board that the

artificial cooling lake receiving the heated effluent

will be environmentally acceptable, and within the

intent of the Act,

including, but not limited to:

(1)

provision of conditions capable of

supporting shellfish,

fish, and wildlife,

and recreational uses consistent with good

management practices, and

(2)

control of the thermal component of the

discharger’s effluent by a technologically

feasible and economically reasonable method.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

Control Board, hereby certfy

the above Order was adopted on

the

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day of

F~9

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1977, by a vote of

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Illinois Pollutioi

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