ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June

9,

1977

IN THE MATTER OF:

WATER QUALITY AND EFFLUENT

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STANDARDS AMENDMENTS,

COOLING

LAKES

)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Zeitlin):

On March 28,

1977,

the Board entered an Order proposinu

arid

authorizing for publication

a procedural change to the Board’s

Regulations.

The Board’s reasoning for the amendment to Rule

203(i)

(10)

(cc)

of

Chapter

3:

Water

Pollution

was

set

out

in that

Order.

Although the Board authorized

a 30—day public comment period,

no comments were received on the proposal.

We shall

therefore

adopt the Proposal as published in Environmental Register #145

(dated April

11,

1977)

ORDER

Rule 203(i) (10) (cc)

of Chapter

3: Water Pollution of this

Board’s Rules and Regulations

is 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 wild-

life,

and recreational uses consistent

wi

~h

good

management practices,

and

(2)

conLroi

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

certify

the

above

Order

was

adopted

on

the

~

day

of

____________,

1977,

by

a

vote

of

.~S~-o

Christan

L.

Illinois Pollution~ontro1 Board

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