ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 20, 1974

LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT NO. 536,

Petitioner,

vs.

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PCB 74—81

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

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

Lewis and Clark Community College requests extension of a

variance previously granted in PCB 72-246. Petitioner is a

community college district

in possession of the former Monti-

cello College sewage treatment plant in Godfrey, ~4adison County,

Illinois. In PCB 72—246 Petitioner

was granted variance from

Rule

404(f)

of the Water Pollution Control Regulations until

May 31, 1974. Under Rule 404(f) the Lewis and Clark effluent

was not to exceed 4 mg/i of BOD or 5 mg/I of suspended solids

after December 31, 1973. Petitioner needed the additional time

in order to connect to the Godfrey Township Utility Board

sewage treatment plant.

The Board, in granting the variance, specified that

Petitioner’s effluent not exceed 20 mg/i BOD and 25 mg/i

suspended solids on a monthly average, that interim chlorination

be instituted by June 30, 1973 and that bacteriological standards

be met after that date. Except for grab samples showing 25 mg/i

BOD in the plant effluent during June and September, 1973,

indicating

high fecal coliform counts, the evidence shows that

Petitioner has

fully

complied with the conditions imposed in

PCB 72—246.

In

the

instant case Petitioner represents that it is ready

and willing to connect to the Godfrey sewage treatment plant but

that such connection has been prohibited by the Environmental

Protection Agency until Godfrey completes construction of and

begins operating its proposed sewage treatment plant. The Lewis

and Clark sewage treatment plant is designed to serve 750 P.E.

and presently serves 500 P.E. Effluent from the treatment plant

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discharges to an unnamed intermittent stream about 0.6 miles

above the confluence with Rocky Fork Creek. The Agency believes

that “if Petitioner does not increase the waste load to its

present facility beyond its design capacity and continues to

discharge an effluent within the parameters prescribed by the

Board in PCB 72-246 there would be no significant adverse

affect on the stream to which Petitioner discharges” (Agency

Recommendation, page 6).

Petitioner states that it expects to be allowed to connect

to the Godfrey sewage treatment plant on or before September 1,

1976. The two Godfrey sewage treatment projects currently

stand #2 and #3 on the Fiscal Year 1974 Water Pollution Control

Construction Grant Priority List. Petitioner’s facility would

connect to the Godfrey project listed as the #2 priority. How-

ever, a project schedule submitted by Godfrey to the Agency

indicates that construction will not commence until December 31,

1975 on the #2 priority project, and completion is scheduled for

June 30, 1977. Therefore, it would appear Petitioner could not

connect to the Godfrey sewage treatment plant earlier than

June 30, 1977. In an effort to accelerate the connection to th~

Godfrey sewage treatment plant, the Agency suggests that

Petitioner apply for a Conditional Installation Permit. This

permit can be issued to Lewis and Clark after Godfrey has been

issued its construction permit and all contracts for construction

of the Godfrey plant have been executed. Petitioner would then

be allowed to construct the required interceptor line to the

Godfrey plant, short of actual connection, and make the connection

shortly after the Godfrey plant is completed, is in operation and

is approved by the Agency.

The Agency recommends granting the variance subject to certain

conditions. The conditions seem reasonable and will be included

in the Board Order. The variance shall be allowed.

If it becomes necessary for Petitioner to apply for an

extension of this variance we will require updated and detailed

information regarding the quality of effluent being discharged

by Petitioner.

ORDER

It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that Lewis

and Clark Community College be granted a variance from Rule

404(f) of the Illinois Water Pollution Control Regulations

until June 20, 1975 subject to the following conditions:

1. Effluent from Petitioners sewage treatment plant

shall not exceed

20

mg/I BOD and 25 mg/i suspended

solids on a monthly average.

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2. Effluent from Petitioner’s sewage treatment

plant shall not exceed 400 fecal coliform/100 ml.

3. Petitioner shall not increase the waste load to

its sewage treatment plant beyond its designed

capacity.

4. Petitioner shall make application to the Agency for

a Conditional Installation

Permit for the proposed

interceptor as soon as the construction permit has

been issued to the Godfrey Township Utility Board

and all contracts for construction of Godfrey’s

sewage treatment plant have been executed. When

the conditional installation permit is issued,

Petitioner shall construct the proposed interceptor

line so that it is completed at, or prior to, the

time the Godfrey sewage treatment plant is placed

in operation.

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

Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order was adopted

this ~

day ~

,

1974 by a vote of ~ to ~

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