BEFORE

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

PART 309 SUBPART A-

35

Iii. Adm. Code 309.105,

309.7, 309.8,

309.9, 309.10, 309.12, 309.13, 309.14

309.117, 109.119, 309.143, 309.147; and

PROPOSED 35111. Adm.

Code 120 through

122-NPDES PERMITS

AND

PERMITTING

PROCEDURES

R~

C~

~V EE~

CLERK’S

OFF!flr~

JUN

12

2003

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

Pollution

Control Board

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

R03-19

(NPDES

NOTICE OF FILING

TO:

SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST

PLEASE

TAKE

NOTICE

that

on

Thursday,

June

12,

2003,

we

filed

the

attached

Illinois

Association

of

Wastewater

Agencies’

Comments

to

Proposed

Revisions

and

Amendments with the

Clerk

ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board, a copy ofwhich is

herewith

served upon you.

Roy M. Harsch

GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS

191 N. Wacker Drive

-

Suite 3700

Chicago, Illinois

60606-1698

(312)

569-1441

Respectfully submitted,

CHOI/12294 150.1

---

309.9, 309.10, 309.12, 309.13,

PROPOSED

35111. Adm. Code 120 through

122-NPDES PERMITS

AND

PERMITTING

PROCEDURES

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF WASTEWATER AGENCIES’

COMMENTS TO PROPOSED REVISIONS

AND AMENDMENTS

The

Illinois

Association

of

Wastewater

Agencies

(“IAWA”)

submits

the

following

comments

concerning

the

proposed

amendments

to

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

Part

309,

Subpart

A,

NPDES

Permits

and Permitting Procedures.

IAWA is

an

association principally comprised of

units of local government

consisting

of sanitary districts

and

municipalities

located throughout

Illinois.

As public health agencies,

IAWA’s members are in

favor ofpublic participation in the

NPDES

Permitting process.

Notwithstanding the basic support

for public participation,

IAWA

respectfully

believes

that

the

proponents

of this

rulemaking

have totally

failed

to

carry

their

burden to show that there is

in fact any need for the proposed revisions.

The existing Part 309

has

served

the

state

well

since

its

original

adoption.

The

proponents

have

not

shown

any

objection or comment by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to support the need

forthe proposed amendment.

After two hearings

and numerous stakeholder meetings, the record shows

simply that the

proponents

are unhappy

with

the

outcome of a

single permit

appeal

decision rendered by the

Pollution

Control Board in

Prairie Rivers Network

v. Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARJ1~CCE~VE~

CLERK’S

OFFICE

JUN12

2003

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pollution

Control Board

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

R03-19

(NPDES

Rulemaking)

---

and Black Beauty Coal Company, PCB 01-112 (August 9, 2002), and the decision upholding the

Boai~d’sdecision on appeal,

aff’d.

sub nom.

Prairie Rivers Network v.

Illinois Pollution Control

Board; Illinois

Environmental Protection

Agency;

and Black Beauty Coal Company, No. 4-01-

0801

(October 24, 2002).

IAWA respectfully

contends

that

losing

a

case

before

the

Board,

and

then

losing

on

appeal,

does

not

equate

to

a

statutory

basis

to

support

a

rulemaking.

The

proponents

have

attempted to

place their proposal, which contain numerous substantive revisions within the cloak

of public

participation.

In truth,

the proponents

have

shown

themselves

adept

at

using

the

existing Part 309

to

achieve their sought after changes in the very permit, which gave rise to this

proceeding.

The final Black Beauty permit

contained numerous

substantive revisions included

as a result ofthe active public participation ofthe proponents in that proceeding.

IAWA objects to the efforts to

amend Part 309 because the proponents in essence do not

like the outcome of a particular case.

They have not

shown any

actual need or adverse impact

that warrants the suggested changes.

IAWA respectfully urges that the Board decline to proceed

with the first notice with the current proposal and move to

dismiss this proceeding.

submitted,

DATED:

June 12,

2003

Roy M. Harsch

GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS

191 N. Wacker Drive

-

Suite 3700

Chicago, Illinois

60606-1698

(312)

569-1441

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

CHOI/12294166.I

---

Service

List

Fredric P. Andes

Barnes & Thornburg

2600 Chase Plaza

10 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL

60603

Larry Cox

Downers Grove Sanitary District

2710 Curtiss Street

Downers Grove, IL

60515

John Donahue

City of Geneva

1800 South Street

Geneva, IL

60134

Mathew Dunn

Illinois Attorney General’s Office

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph Street

Chicago, IL

60601

Susan Franzetti

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

8000 Sears Tower

Chicago, IL

60606

Dorothy Gunn

Pollution Control Board

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Roy M. Harsch

Gardner, Carton & Douglas

191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3700

Chicago, IL

60606

Katherine Hodge

Hodge, Dwyer, Zeman

3150 Roland Avenue

P.O.

Box 5776

Springfield,

IL

62705-5776

CHOI/12294315.1

W.C.

Blanton

Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, LLP

2300 Main, Suite 1000

Kansas City, MO

64108

James Daughtery

Thorn Creek Sanitary District

700 West End Avenue

Chicago Heights, IL

60411

Dennis L. Duffield

Director ofPublic Works and Utilities

921

E. Washington Street

Joliet, IL

60431

Albert Ettinger

Environmental Law and Policy Center

35 W. Wacker Drive, Suite

1300

Chicago, IL

60601-2110

Lisa Frede

Chemical Industry Council

250

E. Devon Ave., Suite 239

Des Plaines, IL

60018

James Harrington

Roos &

Hardies

150 N. Michigan, Suite 2500

Chicago, IL

60601

Ron Hill

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

100 East Erie

Chicago, IL

60611

Fred L. Hubbard

Counsel forVermillion Coal Company

415 North Gilbert Street

P.O. Box

12

Danville, IL

61834-0012

Page

1

of2

---

Service List

Ger~i1d

T. Karr

Assistant Attorney General

Environmental Bureau

188 West Randolph,

20th

Floor

Chicago, IL

60601

Robert T. Lawley

Illinois Department ofNatural Resources

One Natural Resources Way

Springfield, IL

62702-1271

Vickey McKinley

Evanston Environmental Board

223

GreyAvenue

Evanston, IL

60202

Robert Messina

Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group

215 EastAdams

Springfield,

IL

62701

ErikaPowers

Barnes & Thornburg

10 South LaSalle, Suite 2600

Chicago, IL

60201

Thomas G. Safley

Hodge, Dwyer, Zeman

3150 Roland Avenue, P.O. Box 5776

Springfield, IL

62705-5776

Sonjay

Sofat

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 N. Grand Ave. East, Mail Code #21

Springfield, IL

62794-9276

Mary Sullivan

Illinois-American Water Company

P.O. Box 24040

Belleville, IL

62223-9040

Connie Tonsor

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

1021 N. Grand Ave. East, Mail Code #21

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

CHOI/12294315.1

Frederick Keady

Vermillion Coal Company

P.O. Box 688

Glenview,

IL

60025-0688

Clarie A. Manning

Attorney

111

N. Sixth Street

Springfield, IL

62701

Alec Messina

General Counsel

3150 Roland Avenue

Springfield, IL

62703

Irwin Polls

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

6001

West Pershing Road

Cicero, IL

60804

Michael Rosenberg

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

100 East Erie

Chicago, IL

60611

Sue A. Schulz

General & Associate Corporate Counsel

300 N. Waterworks Drive

Belleville, IL

62223-9040

Joel Sternstein

Assistant Attorney General

188 West Randolph,

20th

Floor

Chicago, IL

60601

Marie Tipsord

Attorney, Pollution Control Board

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

Charles Wesselhoft

Ross& Hardies

150 N. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL

60601

Page

2

of2

---

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that a copy ofthe foregoing

Notice ofFiling

Illinois

Association ofWastewater

Agencies’

Comments to Proposed Revisions and Amendments

were filed by hand delivery with the Clerk ofthe Illinois Pollution Control Board and served upon the

parties to whom said Notice is directed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by depositing in the U.S. Mail

at 191

North

Wacker Drive,

Chicago, Illinois on Thursday,June 12, 2003.

Sheila H. Deely

~1-.~

CHOI/12294150.1