BEFORE
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TOWNSHIP, PRAIRIE RIVERS NETWORK,
STATE OF ILUNOIS
SIERRA CLUB, BETH WENTZEL and
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Po~ui~on
Control Board
CYNTHIA SKRUKRUD,
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Petitioners,
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v.
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PCB
05-55
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(3rd
Party NPDES Permit
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Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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AGENCY and VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,
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Respondents.
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SLOCUM LAKE DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF
LAKE
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COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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PCB
05-58
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(3rd
Party NPDES
Permit
)
Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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AGENCY and VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,
)
)
Respondents.
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THIS FILING PRINTED ON RECYCLED
PAPER
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AL PHILLIPS, VERN MEYER, GAYLE DEMARCO,
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GABRIELLE MEYER, LISA O’DELL, JOAN LESLIE,
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MICHAEL DAVEY, NANCY DOBNER, MIKE
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POLITO, WILLIAMS PARK IMPROVEMENT
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ASSOCIATION, MAT SCHLUETER, MYLITH PARK
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LOT OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DONALD KREBS,
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DON BERKSHIRE, JUDY BRUMME, TWIN POND
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FARMS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, JULIA
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TUDOR and CHRISTINE
DEV1NEY,
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Petitioners,
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v.
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PCB
05-59
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(3rd
Party NPDES Permit
)
Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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(Consolidated)
AGENCY and VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,
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Respondents.
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NOTICE OF FILING
Dorothy Guim, Clerk
Bradley P. Halloran
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Illinois Pollution Control
Board
James R.
Thompson Center, Suite 11-500
James R. Thompson Center, Suite 11-500
100 West Randolph Street
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL
60601
Chicago, IL 60601
SEE
ATTACHED SERVICE
LIST
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office ofthe Clerk ofthe Pollution
Control
Board
an
original
and
four (4) copies the
REPLY BRIEF
of the
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
By:
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Sanjay K. Sc~’fat,~ssist~’ntCounsel
Division of Legal Counsel
Dated:
March 7, 2005
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021
North Grand Avenue East
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
(217)
782-5544
THIS FILING PRINTED ON RECYCLED
PAPER
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Petitioners,
v.
VILLAGE OF LAKE
TOWNSHIP, PRAIRIE
SIERRA CLUB, BETH WENTZEL and
CYNTHIA SKRUKRUD,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY and VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,
Respondents.
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CONTROLBO4~~
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LERK’S OFFICE
PCB
05-55
(3rd
Party NPDES Permit
Appeal)
MAR
-
72005
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
Pollution
Control Board
SLOCUM LAKE DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF LAKE
COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY and VILLAGE OF
WAUCONDA,
Respondents.
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PCB
05-58
(3rd
Party NPDES
Permit
Appeal)
THIS FILING PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
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AL PHILLIPS, VERN MEYER, GAYLE DEMARCO,
)
GABRIELLE MEYER, LISA O’DELL,
JOAN LESLIE,
)
MICHAEL DAVEY, NANCY DOBNER, MIKE
)
POLITO, WILLIAMS PARK IMPROVEMENT
)
ASSOCIATION, MAT SCHLUETER, MYLITH PARK
)
LOT OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DONALD KREBS,
)
DON BERKSHIRE, JUDY BRUMME, TWIN POND
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FARMS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, JULIA
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TUDOR and CHRISTINE DEVINEY,
)
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Petitioners,
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v.
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PCB
05-59
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(3rd
Party NPDES
Permit
)
Appeal)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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(Consolidated)
AGENCY and VILLAGE OF WAUCONDA,
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Respondents.
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AGENCY’S REPLY BRIEF
NOW COMES,
Respondent, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”
or “Agency”), by one ofits attorneys, SanjayK.
Sofat, Assistant Counsel and
Special Assistant
Attorney General, and hereby submits this reply brief.
In its post-hearing brief, the Agency has
made compelling arguments to conclude that Petitioners, the Resident Group and the Slocum
District, have failed to meet the burden mandated by Section 40(e)(3) ofthe Act.
Therefore, in this
reply brief, the Agency is only responding to one comment made by the Slocum District in its post-
hearing brief
1.
Neitherthe Resident
Group northe Slocum District have come forward with any evidence to
prove that, “thepermit
as issued would violate the Act or Board regulations.”
415 ILCS
5/40(e)(3),
also see
Prairie Rivers Network,
PCB 01-112 (August 9, 2001).
Therefore,
Petitioners have
failed to
meet the requisite burden under Section 40(e)(3) ofthe Act.
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2.
Under Water Quality section ofits brief, the Slocum District provides the following quotes
from the Lake County Forest Preserve’s report to allege that the Village’s effluent is causing
the dissolved oxygen problems in the receiving stream.
3.
The report states that, “w
e attribute these violations ofwater quality standards to
the
Village’s wasteloads.”
The Slocum District’s Brief, A.
Water Quality (citing to
IEPA
Record at p.000333
and p.000321).
This
conclusion is not
supported by the facts.
The DO
measurement of3.3 mg/L was taken at Roberts Road,
which is the furthest sampling location
from the discharge.
The receiving stream is impacted by both point and non-point sources of
pollution.
To conclude that “the DO
swings to high nutrient wasteloads in the Wauconda
effluent” or “effluent is causing downstream oxygen deficits,” ignores the fact that the
receiving stream is
surroundingby various land-uses including urbanization, fertilizing
lawns, faulty septic systems, etc.
Further, the receiving stream runs through wetlands, and it
is a well-know fact that streams that run through wetlands or exhibit physical and habitat
characteristics ofa wetland environment experience low dissolved oxygen in the morning
and supersaturation in the afternoon.
Most importantly, the Village is required to meet the
dissolved oxygen standard at the end ofpipe.
Therefore,
to conclude that the Village’s
effluent is
causing downstream oxygen deficits is not supported by the facts.
4.
For the reasons and arguments provided herein and in the post-hearing brief, the Agency
respectfully requests that the Board DENY the Petitioners’ requested relief
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Respectfully Submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY
By:
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SanjayK.
Sofat
Assistant Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
DATED:
March
7, 2005
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
1021
North Grand Avenue East
P.O.
Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois
62794-9276
(217) 782-5544
THIS FILING PRINTED ON
RECYCLED PAPER
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SERVICE LIST
Percy
L. Angelo
Russell R.
Eggert
Kevin G. Desharnais
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw,
LLP
190
S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60603
Albert Ettinger
Environmental Law and Policy Center
35 E. Wacker Dr.
Suite
1300
Chicago, IL 60601
William D. Seith
Total Environmental Solutions, P.C.
631
E. Butterfield Rd.
Suite 315
Lombard, IL 60148
Bonnie L. Macfarlane
Bonnie Macfarlane, P.C.
106 W. State Rd.
P.O. Box 268
Island Lake, IL 60042
Jay J. Glenn
Attorney at Law
2275 Half DayRoad
Suite 350
Bannockburn, IL 60015
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ON RECYCLED PAPER
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF SANGAMON
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CLERK’S
OFFICE
MAR
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7
2005
STATE OF
ILLJNOIS
Pollution
Control
Board
PROOF OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached
REPLY BRIEF
upon the
person to
whom it is directed, by electronic transfer on March
7, 2005 and also by overnight mail on
March 7, 2005:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
Percy L. Angelo
Russell R. Eggert
Kevin G. Desharnais
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP
190
S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60603
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
Albert Ettinger
Environmental Law and Policy Center
35
E. Wacker Dr.
Suite
1300
Chicago, IL 60601
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
William D. Seith
Total Environmental Solutions, P.C.
631 E.
Butterfield Rd.
Suite 315
Lombard, IL 60148
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
Bradley P. Halloran
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
Bonnie L.
Macfarlane
Bonnie Macfarlane, P.C.
106 W. State Rd.
P.O. Box 268
Island Lake, IL 60042
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
Jay J. Glenn
Attorney at Law
2275 Half Day Road
Suite 350
Bannockburn, IL 60015
(OVERNIGHT MAIL)
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and mailing it from
Springfield, Illinois on March 7, 2005, with sufficient postage affixed as
indicated above.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this day ofMarch
7, 2005.
Notary Public
THIS FILING PRINTED
ON RECYCLED PAPER
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