ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
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1021
NORTH
GRAND AVENUE
EAST,
P.O. Box
19276,
SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS
62794-9276, 217-7~~~
OFILLINO
JAMES
R.
THOMPSON
CENTER,
100
WEST RANDOLPH,
SUITE
11-300,
CHICAGO,
IL 60601,
3l2~8’~~f~fl
ControlBoard
ROD R.
BLAGOJEVICH,
GOVERNOR
RENEE
CIPRIANO,
DIRECTOR
(217)782-5544
TDD:
(217)
782-9143
November 21, 2003
Dorothy Guim, Clerk
Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL
60601
RE:
NOTICE OF PROVISIONAL VARIANCE APPROVAL
PV-2004-04
Dear Ms. Gunn:
Pursuant to Subsection
37(b)
of the Environmental Protection Act
(415
ILCS
5/37(b)),
attached is
a copy ofthe Illinois EPA’ s recent approval of a request forprovisional variance from the
otherwise applicable limits for CBOD5 and total suspended solids for the City of South Pekin’s
wastewater treatment plant.
As you know, the Boardmust maintain for public inspection copies
of all provisional variances filed with it by the illinois EP-A.
Please feel free to call me atthe
number referenced above should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Conme L. Tonsor
Associate Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
Attachment
ROCKFORD
—4302 North Main Street, Rockford,
IL 61103
—
(815) 987-7760
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DES
PLAINES
—
9511
W. Harrison
St.,
Des Plaines, IL 60016— (847) 294-4000
ELGIN
—595 South State,
Elgin,
IL 60123— (847) 608-3131
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PEORIA
—5415
N. University
St.,
Peoria,
IL 61614.- (309) 693-5463
BUREAU
OF
LAND
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PEORIA
—
7620 N.
University
St.,
Peoria, IL 61614
—
(309) 693-5462
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CHAMPAIGN
—
2125 South
First Street, Champaign,
IL 61820— (217) 278-5800
SPRINGFIELD
—4500 5. Sixth Street Rd.,
Springfield,
IL 62706 —(217) 786-6892
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COLLINSVILLE.-2009
Mall Street, Collinsville,
IL 62234— (618) 346-5120
MARION
—2309 W.
Main
St.,
Suite 116, Marion,
IL 62959 —(618) 993-7200
PRINTED
ON
RECYCLED
PAPER
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
November 21, 2003
City Of South Pekin
)
)
Petitioner,
)
)
v.
)
)
PV-2004-04
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
)
AGENCY,
)
(Provisional Variance- Water)
)
Respondent.
)
)
Re:
Provisional Variance From 35
Ill. Adm.
Code 304.120(c) for CBOD5 and
Suspended Solids
NPDES Permit #
1L0055051
Dear Mr. Williams:
The
Agency has
completed
its
technical
review
of the
attached
provisional
variance
request submitted
by
the
City of South
Pekin
on
November
14,
2003.
Based
on
the
review, the Agency GRANTS the requested provisional variance for a period of45
days,
subject to specific conditions set
forth below.
The
City of South
Pekin
seeks
a
provisional
variance
from
the
otherwise
applicable
NPDES
permit limits
for CBOD5
and total suspended solids
(“TSS”)
for its
wastewater
treatment plant.
The
City
is
requesting provisional
limits of 70
mg/L for CBOD5
and
TSS,
which
are
needed
during
the
replacement
of lagoon
liners
that
were
severely
damaged by
a
tornado on
May 10,
2003.
The
City anticipates
that
the repairs will be
completed by December 31, 2003.
The Agency’s review ofthe requested provisional variance has concluded the
following:
1.
The environmental impact from the proposed activity should be minimal;
2.
No other reasonable alternative appears available;
3.
No public water supplies should be effected;
4.
No federal regulations will preclude the granting ofthis request; and
5.
The City will face an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship if the request is
not granted.
D.
The City shall continue to monitor and maintain compliance with all other
parameters and conditions specified in its National Pollutant Elimination
Permit No. IL 0055051.
Sincerely,
Jo
eph B.
Svoboda
hiefLegal Counsel
Enclosure
CC:
IPCB, Clerk
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P.O. BOX
19276
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
62974-9276
RE:
VILLAGE OF SOUTH PEKIN
WASTE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES PROVISIONAL VARIANCE REQUEST
GENTLEMEN:
THE. VILLAGE OF SOUTH
PEK1N
IS
REQUESTING
APROVISIONAL VARIANCE
FOR THEIR NPDES
PE~M1T
LIMITS AT THE
WASTEWATER TREAThIENT
PLANT PER THE APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
STATED IN
TITLE
35
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY; PART
180.
PROCEDURES
AND CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING APPLICATIONS FOR
PROVISIONAL
VARIANCES.
SUEPART B;
APPLICATIONS FOR PROVISIONAL VARIANCES;
SECTION
I$O;202B.
WE RAVE ADDRESSED THE
13
ITEMS
iN SECTION
180.202B
ON AN
ITEM
BY
ITEM
BASIS.
1.
THE PROVISIONAL VARIANCEREQUESTED
IS
TORAISE THE CR01)
AND SUSPENDED
SOLIDS DiSCHARGE LIMITS
TO 70-70 EACH FOR A PERIOD
OF 45 DAYS.
THIS
PROVISIONAL
VARIANCE
IS NEEDED TO REPLACE THE
LAGOON LINERS
THAT WEREDAMAGED
EXTENSIVELY BY THE TORNADO
ON
MAY
10,
2003.
WE WOULD LIKE TO START
THiS REPAIR NOVEMBER
21
WIfl1 COMPLETION TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER 31, 2003.
2.
THESE LINERS
COVER THE BOTTOMS AND Sll)E
WALLS
OF TIlE
2
LAGOONS
TO
KEEP TIlE RAW
SEWAGE FROM
SEEPING iNTO THE GROUND
BEFORE THE SEWAGE IS TREATED.
TEE
AMOUNT
OF
DAMAGE CAUSED BY
THE
TORNADO
IS
EXTENSiVE, DEBRI
WAS
THROWN
OVER BOTH LAGOONS
CAUSING THE
LINERS
TO BE TORN IN SEVERAL SPOTS.
3.
THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH
PEKIN
WASTEWATER
TREATMENT
PLANT
RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY
046
MGD OF
DOMESTIC
SEWAGE PER DAY.
WE
HAVE 2
AERATED
LAGOONS PLUS A ROCK FILTER
OTTO BAUM
CONSTRUCTION,
WHICH ORIGINALLY BUILT THE
TREAThlENT
PLANT HAS
BEEN CONTRACTED
TO DO
THE
REPAIRS.
THIS WILL
BE DONE ONE
LAGOON AT A TIME.
THE PROVISIONAL VARIANCE IS NEEDED BECAUSE
THE
TREATMENT TIME WILL
BE
GREATLY
REDUCED.
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4.
TIlE VILLAGEWILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO.MAINTAIN THE I~1~Si
TREATMENT
AS POSSIBLE
WHILE
THESE REPAIRS ARE
BEINGMADE.
5.
THERE ARE NO
MATERIALS IN
THE DRINKING WATER EXCEEDING
ThE ALLOWABLE
IEPA REGULATION
LIMITS.
6
TIlE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS OF THE VARIANCE
WILL
BE
MINIMAL
TO LOST
CREEK
BECAUSE THE SEWAGE WLLJ. STILL RECEIVE
PARTIAL TREATMENT
BEPO~E
ENTERING ~
ROCK
FILTER.
7.
ThE PROVISIONAL VARIANCE
REQUESTED
IS TO
WAIVE
CBODS AND
SUSPENDED
SOLIDS DISCHARGE
LIMIT REQUIREMENTS
OF THE VILLAGES
NPDES PERMIT AND
ALLOW
THE VILLAGE TO DISCILARGE SETTLED
SEWAGE TO THE CREEK FOR A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS.
THESE ARE THE
VILLAGES
CURRENT
NPDES LIMITS, CBODS-25 MONTHLY AYE, SUSPENDED
SOLIDS-37
MONTHLYAVERAGE.
8.
ThE
VILLAGE
OF
SOUTHPEKIN HAS
NOT
APPLIED
FOR A
-
PROVISIONAL
VARIANCEWITH THE
LAST YEAR.
9.
ThE VILLAGE OPERATES THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
OF
ITS NPDES PERMIT
NO.
1L0055051.
10.
THE WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL BOARD DOES
NOT HAVE ANY
COMPLIANCE ORDERS iN
EWECT
AGAINST THE VILLAGE
OF SOUTH
PEKLN.
PLEASE
FEEL FREE
TO CALL IF YOU
NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
309-348-3589
MONDAY
-
FRIDAY 7:00
kM.
TO 3:30 P.M.
THANK YOU
CLINT WILLIAMS
(VILLAGE SEWER OPERATOR)
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