ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November 10,

1976

SANITARY DISTRICT OF ELGIN,

Petitioner,

V.

)

PCB 76—228

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Young):

The Sanitary District of Elgin filed a petition on

September

7,

1976,

seeking continued relief from the phos-

phorus effluent standard set in Rule 407(b)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution Control Regulations.

The District is

presently operating its Main Treatment Plant under

a variance

granted in PCB 75-502, and which expires on December

1,

1976.

Because of construction setbacks due

to equipment delivery

and installation delays,

the District finds

it necessary

to

seek this compliance date extension for phosphorus

treatment.

The District is presently proceeding with

a program to

upgrade its treatment plant to a 17.0 MGD activated sludge

plant with phosphorus removal facilities and microstrainers

for advanced treatment.

The prior variance allowed the

District to forego installing temporary phosphorus removal

facilities,

facilities which were to be utilized for only a

short period of time and which carried

a high associated

cost of $40,000.00.

In its Recommendation

filed on October

27,

1976,

the

Agency confirms the Distrtctvs alleqiLion

that:

the delivery

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riors

,

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us

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process

,

liw; been

dolayed

.

!Ji.i.s

has

occurred

w

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t

lau I t

on the part of

the

District.

In view of the foregoing,

the Board will grant

the

relief

requested.

The variance will be extended subject to the con-

dition that the District shall maintain the phosphorus effluent

concentration at or belo~j1975 levels.

This Opinion constitutes

the Board’s findings of fact and

conclusions of law in this matter.

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ORDER

The Sanitary District of Elgin

is

hereby granted variance

from Rule 407(b) of the Water Pollution Control Regulations

for its Main Plant from December

1,

1976 until

May

1,

1977,

subject to the condition that the District shall maintain the

phosphorus effluent concentration at or below its 1975 levels

of

4.9 mg/i.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, here y certify the above Opinion and Order were

adopted on the

/~

‘

dayof

________________,

1976 by a

vote

of~~p

Christan L. Moff

Clerk

Illinois Polluti

ntrol Board

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