OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
1. RECE WED

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

JESSE WhITE

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Secretary of State

8/3/2004

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

100 West

Randolph

11-500

Dorothy Gunn

CHICAGO, IL 606010601

Dear Dorothy Gunn

RECE WED

CLERK’S OFFICE

AUG 112004

STATE OF ILEJNOIS

Pollution Control Board

Your rules Listed below met our codification standards and have been published in

Volume 28, Issue 32 of the Illinois Register, dated 8/6/2004.

PROPOSED RULES

Water Quality Standards

35 III. Adm. Code 302

Point Of Contact:Dorothy M. Gunn

Page 10887

If you have any questions, you may contact the Administrative Code Division at

(217)782-7017.

Index Department - Administrative Code Division -

111

East Monroe Springfield, IL 62756

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Heading of the Part: Water Quality Standards

Code citation:

Ill. Adm. Code 302

Section Numbers:

Proposed Action:

302.207

Amend

302.307

Add

302.525

Amend

Statutory authority: implementing Section 13 and authorized by Sections 11(b) and 27

of the Environmental Protection Act 415 ILCS

5/13,

11(b), and 27

A complete description ofthe subjects and issues involved:

The Board started this rulemaking in response to a proposal filed by the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency. The Board has already held two public hearings

prior to its adoption of its July 8, 2004 first notice order in this docket, R04-21.

The proposed changes to Sections 302.207 and 302. 525 would eliminate the existing

general use and Lake Michigan (respectively) water quality standards for radium 226.

yet retain the existing radioactivity standards for gross beta particle activity and

strontium 90. The proposed new Section 302.307 establishes a public and food

processing water supply standard for radium 226 and 228 combined of

pCi/L. These

proposed amendments correspond to the United States Environmental Protection

Agency’s (USEPA) Maximum Contaminant Level for finished drinking water. The

USEPA final drinking water standard became effective December 8, 2003 (National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radionuclide; Final Rule. 65 Fed. Reg. 76707

(Dec. 7, 2000)). The Board adopted these federal amendments in its identical in

substance rulemaking SDWA I Jpdate. IJSFPA Amendments (July 1. 2000 through

December 31 2000) (R01-20) at 25 III. Reg. 13611, effective October 9, 2001.

Will these~prôposedrules replace emergency rules curren-tIy-in effect?: No.

Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date?: No.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Do these proposed rules contain incorporations by reference?: No

Are there any other amendments pending on this Part? No.

10)

Statement ofstatewide policy objectives:

The proposed amendments do not create or expand a State mandate as defined in Section

3 of the State Mandates Act 30 ILCS 805.

11)

Time. place and manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed

rulemaking:

The Board will accept written public comment on this proposal for a period of 45 days

after the date ofthis publication. Comments should reference Docket R04-21 and be

addressed to:

Ms. Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

State ofIllinois Center, Suite 11-500

100 W. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Additionally, the Board will hold a hearing on these proposed amendments on August 25,

2004, at 1:30 pm at the Illinois Pollution Control Board Hearing Room, 1021 North

Grand Avenue East, North Entrance, Springfield, IL.

Address all questions to Amy Antoniolli, at 312-814-3665 or antonioa@ipcb.state.il.us.

Request copies of the Board’s opinion and order in Docket R04-21 from Dorothy M.

Gunn, at 312-814-3620, or download copies from the Board’s Web site at

www.ipcb. state.il.us.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

12)

Initial regulatory flexibility analysis:

Types ofsmall businesses, small municipalities, and not-for-profit corporations

affected:

This proposal will primarily benefit publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)

and public drinking water supplies and the people who drink the water they

furnish.

Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance:

None

Types of professional skills necessary for compliance:

None

13)

Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized /State reasons for this

rulemaking if it was not included in either ofthe two most recent regulatory agendas.

This proposal appears in the Board’s January 2004 regulatory agenda.

The full text of the proposed amendments begins on the next page:

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TITLE 35: ENViRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION

CHAPTER 1: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

PART 302

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

SUBPART A: GENERAL WATER QUALITY PROVISIONS

Section

302.100

Definitions

302.101

Scope and Applicability

302.102

Allowed Mixing, Mixing Zones and ZIDs

302.103

Stream Flows

302.104

Main River Temperatures

302.105

Antidegradation

SUBPART B: GENERAL USE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Section

302.201

Scope and Applicability

302 .202

Purpose

302.203

Offensive Conditions

302.204

3 02.205

Phosphorus

302.206

Dissolved Oxygen

302.207

Radioactivity

302.208

Numeric Standards for Chemical Constituents

302.209

Fecal Coliform

302.210

Other Toxic Substances

302.211

Temperature

302.2 12

Total Ammonia Nitrogen

302.213

Effluent Modified Waters (Ammonia)(Repealed)

SUBPART C: PUBLIC AND FOOD PROCESSING WATER SUPPLY STANDARDS

Section

302.301

Scope and Applicability

302.302

Algicide Permits

302.303

Finished Water Standards

302.304

Chemical Constituents

302.305

Other Contaminants

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302.306

Fecal Coliform

3 02.307

Radium 226 and Radium 228

SUBPART D: SECONDARY CONTACT AND INDIGENOUS AQUATIC LIFE

STANDARDS

Section

302.401

Scope and Applicability

3 02.402

Purpose

302.403

Unnatural Sludge

302.404

3 02.405

Dissolved Oxygen

3 02.406

Fecal Coliform (Repealed)

302.407

Chemical Constituents

302.408

Temperature

302.409

Cyanide

302.4I~

Substances Toxic to Aquatic Life

SUBPART E: LAKE MICHIGAN BASIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Section

302.501

Scope, Applicability, and Definitions

3 02.502

Dissolved Oxygen

302.503

302.504

Chemical Constituents

302.505

Fecal Coliform

302.506

Temperature

302.507

Thermal Standards for Existing Sources on January 1, 1971

302 .508

Thermal Standards for Sources Under Construction But Not In Operation on

January I, 1971

302.509  

Other Sources

302.510  

Incorporations by Reference

302.515   

Offensive Conditions

302.520  

Regulation and Designation of Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern (BCC5)

302.52 I     

Supplemental Antidegradation Provisions for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of

Concern (BCCs)

302.525

Radioactivity

302.530

Supplemental Mixing Provisions for Bioaccumulative Chemicals ofConcern

(BCCs)

302.535

Ammonia Nitrogen

3 02.540

Other Toxic Substances

302.545

Data Requirements

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302.550

Analytical Testing

302.553

Determining the Lake Michigan Aquatic Toxicity Criteria orValues

General

Procedures

302.555

Determining the Tier I Lake Michigan Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion

(LMAATC): Independent ofWater Chemistry

302.560

Determining the Tier I Lake Michigan Basin Acute Aquatic Life Toxicity

Criterion (LMAATC): Dependent on Water Chemistry

302.563

Determining the Tier II Lake Michigan Basin Acute Aquatic Life Toxicity Value

(LMAATV)

302.565

Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Chronic Aquatic Life Toxicity Criterion

(LMCATC) or the Lake Michigan Basin Chronic Aquatic Life Toxicity Value

(LMCATV)

302.570

Procedures for Deriving Bioaccumulation Factors forthe Lake Michigan Basin

302.575

Procedures for Deriving Tier I Water Quality Criteria and Values in the Lake

Michigan Basin to Protect Wildlife

302.5 80

Procedures for Deriving Water Quality Criteria and Values in the Lake Michigan

Basin to Protect Human Health — General

302.585

Procedures for Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health Threshold

Criterion (LMHHTC) and the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health Threshold

Value (LMHHTV)

302.590

Procedures for Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health

Nonthreshold Criterion (LMHHNC) or the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health

Nonthreshold Value (LMHHNV)

302.595

Listing ofBioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern, Derived Criteria and Values

SUBPART F: PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING WATER QUALITY CRITERIA

Section

302.601

Scope and Applicability

302.603

Definitions

302.604

Mathematical Abbreviations

302.606

Data Requirements

302.612

Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion for an Individual Substance —

General Procedures

302.6 15

Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion

Toxicity Independent of

Water Chemistry

302.618

Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion

Toxicity Dependent on Water

Chemistry

302.621

Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion

Procedure for Combinations

ofSubstances

302.627

Determining the Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Criterion for an Individual Substance

General Procedures

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302.630

Determining the Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Criterion

Procedure for

Combinations of Substances

302.633

The Wild and Domestic Animal Protection Criterion

302.642

The Human Threshold Criterion

302.645

Deteniiining the Acceptable Daily Intake

302.648

Determining the Human Threshold Criterion

302.65,1

The Human Nonthreshold Criterion

302.654

Determining the Risk Associated Intake

3 02.657

Determining the Human Nonthreshold Criterion

302.658

Stream Flow for Application of Human Nonthreshold Criterion

302.660

Bioconcentration Factor

302.663

Determination of Bioconcentration Factor

302.666

Utilizing the Bioconcentration Factor

302.669

Listing ofDerived Criteria

APPENDIX A

References to Previous Rules

APPENDIX B

Sources ofCodified Sections

APPENDIX C

Maximum total ammonia nitrogen concentrations allowable for certain

combinations ofpH and temperature

TABLE A

pH-Dependent Values of the AS (Acute Standard)

TABLE B

Temperature and pH-Dependent Values ofthe CS (Chronic Standard) for

Fish Early Life Stages Absent

TABLE C

Temperature and pH-Dependent Values ofthe CS (Chronic Standard) for

Fish Early Life Stages Present

AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Sections 11(b) and 27 ofthe

Environmental Protection Act 415 ILCS

5/13,

11(b), and 27

SOURCE: Filed with the Secretary ofState January 1, 1978; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 151,

effectiveNovember 2, 1978; amended at 3 111. Reg. 20, p.95, effective May 17, 1979; amended

at 3 Ill. Reg. 25, p. 190, effective June 21, 1979; codified at 6111. Reg. 7818; amended at 6111.

Reg. 11161, effective September 7, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 13750, effective October26,

1982; amended at 8 III. Reg. 1629, effective January 18, 1984; peremptory amendments at 10111.

Reg. 461, effective December 23, 1985; amended at R87-27 at 12 Ill. Reg. 9911, effective May

27, 1988; amended at R85-29 at 12 III. Reg. 12082, effective July 11, 1988; amended in R88-1 at

13111. Reg.

5998,

effective April 18, 1989; amended in R88-21(A) at 14 III. Reg. 2899, effective

February 13, 1990; amended in R88-21(B) at 14111. Reg. 11974, effective July 9, 1990; amended

in R94-1(A) at 20 Ill. Reg. 7682, effective May 24, 1996; amended in R94-I(B) at 21111. Reg.

370, effective December 23, 1996; expedited correction at 21111. Reg. 6273, effective December

23, 1996; amended in R97-25 at 22 III. Reg. 1356, effective December 24, 1997; amended in

R99-8 at 23 Ill. Reg. 11249, effective August 26, 1999; amended in ROI-13 at 26111. Reg. 3505,

effective February 22, 2002; amended in R02- 19 at 26 Ill. Reg. 16931, effective November 8,

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2002; amended in R02-1 I at 27 Ill. Reg.

166, effective December 20, 2002; amended in R04-21

at 28 Ill. Reg.

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SUBPART B: GENERAL USE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Section 302.207

Radioactivity

Gross beta (STORET number 03501) concentration shall not exceed 100

picocuries per liter (pCi/L).

Concentrations ofradium 226 (STORET number 09501) and s5trontjum 90

(STORET number 13501) concentration shall not exceed I and 2 picocuries per

liter (pCi/L)respectively.

(Source: Amended at 28 III. Reg.

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SUBPART C: PUBLIC AND FOOD PROCESSING WATER SUPPLY STANDARDS

Section 302.307 Radium 226 and 228

Radium 226 and 228 (STORET number 11503) combined concentration shall not exceed

picocuries per liter (pCi/L) at any time.

(Source: Added at 28 111. Reg.

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SUBPART E: LAKE MICHIGAN BASIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Section 302.525

Radioactivity

Except as provided in Section 302.102, all waters ofthe Lake Michigan Basin must meet the

following concentrations in any sample:

Gross beta (STORET number 03501) concentrations must not exceed 100

picocuries per liter (pCi/L).

Concentrations ofradium 226 (STORET number 09501) and sStrontjum 90

(STORET number 13501) concentration shall not exceed I and 2 picocuries per

liter (pCi/L)respcctively.

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