ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March 25, 1976

IN

THE MATTER OF THE

WATER

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POLLUTION

REGULATION OF ILLINOIS

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RELATIVE TO THE AMMONIA NITROGEN

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R76—3

CONTENT OF EFFLUENTS

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ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Durnelle):

Since the Petition for Amendments to the Water Pollution

Regulations, filed February 2, 1976, does not contain 200 or

more signatures, its proposal by the Board is wholly discretionary

with the Board. On February 19, 1976 the Board requested the

Environmental Protection Agency to review the subject Petition

and advise the Board whether sufficient merit exists for (a)

the Agency to propose the Petition as a regulation under its

own authority or (b) the Agency to recommend that the Board do

so. The Agency filed its response on March 25, 1976, advising

the Board that the Agency would not propose the Petition as its

own. The Agency further recommended that the Board not propose

the Petition under its own authority. Additionally, the Agency

does not at present have the manpower and resources to apply

extensive technical input into the matter. Since the Petition

contains material with which the Board is not fully familiar,

the Board chooses not to propose the requested regulation

for public hearings.

The Petition is dismissed without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

Board, hereby certify the abov Order was adopted on the

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day

of March, 1976 by a vote of

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