~EcEgVED
    ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    CLERK’S
    OFFICE
    July
    14, 2004
    JUL
    1 42004
    IN THE MATTER OF:
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    SEOF
    REVISIONS TO RADIUM WATER QUALITY
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    R04-21
    STANDARDS: PROPOSED NEW
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    ILL. ADM.
    )
    Rulemaking
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    Water
    CODE 302.307 and AMENDMENTS TO
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    35
    ILL. ADM. CODE 302.207 and
    302.525
    )
    NOTICE OF HEARING
    DATES, TIMES, AND PLACES:
    THIRD HEARiNG: AUGUST
    25,
    2004
    1:30 p.m.
    ILLiNOIS
    POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    HEARING RM.
    1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST, NORTH ENTRANCE
    SPRINGFiELD, ILLINOIS
    PURPOSE OF HEARING:
    Merit and Economic
    ATTENDING BOARD MEMBER:
    Nicholas J. Melas
    HEARING OFFICER:
    Amy C. Antoniolli
    HEARING
    OFFICER ORDER
    On January 13, 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) filed a proposal for
    rulemaking.
    The Agency seeks to amend Part 302 ofthe Board’s water quality standards.
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    Ill.
    Adm. Code 302.
    The Agency proposes to
    amend the water quality standard for radium from
    1
    picocurie per liter (pCi/L) to 5pCi/L and change the standard’s applicability from general use
    waters to apply only to public and food processing water supplies.
    The Board accepted this
    matter for hearing on January 22,
    2004.
    The Board has held two hearings in this matter.
    Both hearings allowed the proponent and
    all
    other interested parties the opportunity to present testimony on the merits
    and economic
    impact ofthe rulemaking proposal.
    On June 2, 2004, WRT Environmental (Illinois), L.L.C.
    (WRT Environmental) moved the Board for an additional merit hearing.
    On July 8, 2004, the
    Board adopted a first-notice proposal for publication.
    The first-notice opinion and order is
    available on the Board’s web page
    at www.ipcb.state.il.us.
    In compliance with the Americans with DisabilitiesAct and other applicable
    federaland State laws, the hearing will
    be accessible to individuals with disabilities, Persons requiring auxiliary aids and services should contact
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    Today the hearing officer grants WRT Environmental’s motion for a third hearing and
    schedules the additional hearing for August
    25,
    2004 at the Board’s Springfield Office.
    At
    hearing, all persons who testify will be sworn in and subject to questioning.
    Persons who plan to testify at the third hearing must prefile their testimony and serve the
    testimony on the hearing officer and
    all persons on the Service List no later than August
    11,
    2004.
    Persons may receive a copy ofthe most current Service List by contacting Lynne Hughes
    at (312) 814-3624or the hearing officer.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Amy C. Ai1t~niolli
    Hearing O~cer
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    (312) 814-3665
    Dorothy
    Gunn, Clerk ofthe Board. at
    100
    West Randolph St.,
    Suite 11-500. Chicago, Illinois
    60601, at telephone
    number (312) 814-6931, fax number (312) 814-3669, or TDD number (312) 814-6132, five
    days prior to the
    hearing.

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