ILLINOIS REGISTER
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    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
    1)
    Heading ofthe Part: Water Quality Standards
    2)
    Code citation:
    35
    Iii. Adm. Code 302
    3)
    Section Numbers:
    Proposed Action:
    302.207
    Amend
    302.525
    Amend
    4)
    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
    5)
    A complete description ofthe subjects and issues involved: A more detailed discussion
    of the amendments in this rulemaking can be found in the Board’s April 7, 2005 opinion
    and order in Revisions to Radium Water Quality Standards: Proposed New 35 Iii. Adm.
    Code 302.307 and Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.207 and 302.525 (R04-21).
    The Board’s amendments to the water quality standards propose a general use water
    quality standard of3.75 pCi/L combined radium 226 and 228 to replace the existing
    radium 226 standard of 1 pCi/L. This standard, like the current one, will apply to all
    general use waters of the State, as well as the Lake Michigan Basin. The proposal also
    applies a combined radium standard of 30 pCi/L to stream segments that receive
    discharge from Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW5) receiving wastewater
    discharge from public drinking water supplies using groundwater with a high radium
    concentration. The 30 pCi/L combined radium 226 and 228 standard will apply from the
    point ofdischarge to one mile downstream ofthe discharge outfall.
    This is the second first-notice publication in this rulemaking. The Board found that the
    record in this rulemaking developed during the original first-notice period supported
    significant changes to the original proposal. The Board’s original rulemaking in this
    matter proposed eliminating the general use and Lake Michigan water quality standards
    for radium of 1 picocurie per liter (pCi/L) radium 226 and setting a new standard of
    5
    pCi/L combined radium 226 and 228, applicable only to surface waters used for public
    and food processing water supplies. Because the Board made substantial changes to the
    original proposal, it withdrew those amendments (see Notice of Withdrawal of
    Amendments in the April 22, 2005 issue ofthe
    Illinois Register).
    6)
    Will this rulemaking replace an emergency rulemaking currently in effect? No
    7)
    Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No
    ILLINOIS REGISTER
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    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
    8)
    Does this rulemaking contain incortorations by reference? No
    9)
    Are there any other amendments pending on this Part? No
    10)
    Statement ofStatewide Policy Objective: The proposed amendments do not create or
    expand a State mandate as defined in Section 3 ofthe 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
    ofat least
    45
    days afler the date ofthis publication. Comments should reference Docket
    R04-21 and be addressed to:
    Ms. DorothyM. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    State ofIllinois Center, Suite 11-500
    100 W. Randolph St.
    Chicago, IL 60601
    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.
    12)
    Initial regulatory flexibility analysis:
    A)
    Types ofsmall businesses, small municipalities, and not-for-profit corporations
    affected: This proposal will have an impact on POTWs, public drinking water
    supplies, and the peoplewho drink the water they furnish.
    B)
    Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance: None
    C)
    Types ofprofessional skills necessary for compliance: None
    13)
    Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized: January 2004
    The full text ofthe Proposed Amendments begins on the next page:
    1~TNO~1CFVETR~~T~Y
    JCAR350302-0505873r01
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    TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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    SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
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    CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
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    PART 302
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    WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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    SUBPART A: GENERAL WATER QUALITY PROVISIONS
    9
    10
    Section
    11
    302.100
    Definitions
    12
    302.101
    Scope and Applicability
    13
    302.102
    Allowed Mixing, Mixing Zones and ZIDs
    14
    302.103
    Stream Flows
    15
    302.104
    Main River Temperatures
    16
    302.105
    Antidegradation
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    SUBPART B: GENERAL USE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
    19
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    Section
    21
    302.201
    Scope and Applicability
    22
    302.202
    Purpose
    23
    302.203
    Offensive Conditions
    24
    302 .204
    pH
    25
    302.205
    Phosphorus
    26
    302.206
    Dissolved Oxygen
    27
    302.207
    Radioactivity
    28
    302.208
    Numeric Standards for Chemical Constituents
    29
    302.209
    Fecal Coliform
    30
    302.2 10
    Other Toxic Substances
    31
    302.211
    Temperature
    32
    302.2 12
    Total Ammonia Nitrogen
    33
    302.213
    Effluent Modified Waters (Ammonia) (Repealed)
    34
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    SUBPART C: PUBLIC AND FOOD PROCESSING WATER SUPPLY STANDARDS
    36
    37
    Section
    38
    302.301
    Scope and Applicability
    39
    302.302
    Algicide Permits
    40
    302.303
    Finished Water Standards
    41
    302.304
    Chemical Constituents
    42
    302.305
    Other Contaminants
    43
    3 02.306
    Fecal Coliform
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    SUBPART D: SECONDARY CONTACT AND INDIGENOUS AQUATIC LIFE
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    STANDARDS
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    Section
    49
    302.401
    Scope and Applicability
    50
    302.402
    Purpose
    51
    302.403
    Unnatural Sludge
    52
    302.404
    pH
    53
    302.405
    Dissolved Oxygen
    54
    302.406
    Fecal Coliform (Repealed)
    55
    302.407
    Chemical Constituents
    56
    302.408
    Temperature
    57
    302.409
    Cyanide
    58
    302.410
    Substances Toxic to Aquatic Life
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    SUBPART E: LAKE MICHIGAN BASIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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    Section
    63
    302.501
    Scope, Applicability, and Definitions
    64
    302.502
    Dissolved Oxygen
    65
    302.503
    pH
    66
    302.504
    Chemical Constituents
    67
    3 02.505
    Fecal Coliform
    68
    302.506
    Temperature
    69
    302.507
    Thermal Standards for Existing Sources on January 1, 1971
    70
    302.508
    Thermal Standards for Sources Under Construction But Not In Operation on
    71
    January 1, 1971
    72 302.509
    Other Sources
    73 302.5 10
    Incorporations by Reference
    74 302.5 15
    Offensive Conditions
    75 302.520
    Regulation and Designation of
    Bioaccumulative Chemicals ofConcern (BCC5)
    76 302.52 1
    Supplemental
    AntidegradationProvisions for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of
    77
    Concern (BCCs)
    78 302.525
    Radioactivity
    79 302.530
    Supplemental Mixing
    Provisions for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern
    80
    (BCCs)
    81 302.535
    Ammonia Nitrogen
    82
    302.540
    Other Toxic Substances
    83
    302.545
    Data Requirements
    84
    302.550
    Analytical Testing
    85
    302.553
    Determining the Lake Michigan Aquatic Toxicity Criteria or Values
    —
    General
    86
    Procedures
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    302.555
    Determining the Tier I Lake Michigan Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion
    88
    (LMAATC): Independent ofWater Chemistry
    89
    302.560
    Determining the Tier I Lake Michigan Basin Acute Aquatic Life Toxicity
    90
    Criterion (LMAATC): Dependent on Water Chemistry
    91
    302.563
    Determining the Tier II Lake Michigan Basin Acute Aquatic Life Toxicity Value
    92
    (LMAATV)
    93
    302.565
    Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Chronic Aquatic Life Toxicity Criterion
    94
    (LMCATC) orthe Lake Michigan Basin Chronic Aquatic Life Toxicity Value
    95
    (LMCATV)
    96
    302.570
    Procedures for Deriving Bioaccumulation Factors for the Lake Michigan Basin
    97
    302.575
    Procedures forDeriving Tier I Water Quality Criteria and Values in the Lake
    98
    Michigan Basin to Protect Wildlife
    99
    302.580
    Procedures forDeriving Water Quality Criteria and Values in the LakeMichigan
    100
    Basin to Protect Human Health
    —
    General
    101
    302.585
    Procedures for Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health Threshold
    102
    Criterion (LMHHTC) and the Lake MichiganBasin Human Health Threshold
    103
    Value (LMHHTV)
    104
    302.590
    Procedures forDetermining the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health
    105
    Nonthreshold Criterion (LMHHNC) or the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health
    106
    Nonthreshold Value (LMHHNV)
    107
    302.595
    Listing ofBioaccumulative Chemicals ofConcern, Derived Criteria and Values
    108
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    SUBPART F: PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
    110
    ill Section
    112 302.601
    Scope and
    Applicability
    113 302.603
    Definitions
    114 3 02.604
    Mathematical
    Abbreviations
    115
    302.606
    Data Requirements
    116
    302.6 12
    Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity
    Criterion for an Individual Substance
    —
    117
    General
    Procedures
    118 302.615
    Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion
    —
    Toxicity Independent of
    119
    Water Chemistry
    120
    302.6 18
    Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion
    —
    Toxicity Dependent on Water
    121
    Chemistry
    122
    302.62 1
    Determining the Acute Aquatic Toxicity Criterion
    —
    Procedure for Combinations
    123
    ofSubstances
    124
    302.627
    Determining the Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Criterion for an Individual Substance
    —
    125
    General Procedures
    126
    302.630
    Determining the Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Criterion
    —
    Procedure for
    127
    Combinations ofSubstances
    128
    302.633
    The Wild and Domestic Animal Protection Criterion
    129
    302.642
    The Human Threshold Criterion
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    302.645
    Determining the Acceptable Daily Intake
    131
    302.648
    Determining the Human Threshold Criterion
    132
    302.65 1
    The Human Nonthreshold Criterion
    133
    3 02.654
    Determining the Risk Associated Intake
    134
    302.657
    Determining the Human Nonthreshold Criterion
    135
    302.658
    Stream Flow for Application ofHuman Nonthreshold Criterion
    136 302.660
    Bioconcentration Factor
    137
    302.663
    Determination ofBioconcentration Factor
    138
    302.666
    Utilizing the Bioconcentration Factor
    139
    302.669
    Listing ofDerived Criteria
    140
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    302.APPENDIX A
    References to Previous Rules
    142
    302.APPENDIX B
    Sources ofCodified Sections
    143
    302.APPENDIX C
    Maximum total ammonia nitrogen concentrations allowable-for certain
    144
    combinations ofpH and temperature
    145
    302.TABLE A
    pH-Dependent Values ofthe AS (Acute Standard)
    146
    302.TABLE B
    Temperature and pH-Dependent Values ofthe CS (Chronic
    147
    Standard) forFish Early Life Stages Absent
    148
    302.TABLE C
    Temperature and pH-Dependent Values ofthe CS (Chronic
    149
    Standard) for Fish Early Life Stages Present
    150
    151 AUTHORITY: Implementing Section
    13 and authorized by Sections 11(b) and 27 of the
    152
    Environmental Protection Act 415 ILCS 5/13, 11(b), and 27.
    153
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    SOURCE: Filed with the Secretary of State January 1, 1978; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 151,
    155
    effectiveNovember 2, 1978; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 20, p.
    95,
    effective May 17, 1979; amended
    156
    at 3 Ill. Reg. 25, p. 190, effective June 21, 1979; codified at 6 Ill. Reg. 7818; amended at 6 Iii.
    157
    Reg. 11161, effective September 7, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 13750, effective October 26,
    158
    1982; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 1629, effective January 18, 1984; peremptory amendments at 10 Ill.
    159
    Reg. 461, effective December 23, 1985; amended at R87-27 at 12 Ill. Reg. 9911, effective May
    160
    27,
    1988; amended at R85-29 at 12 Ill. Reg. 12082, effective July 11, 1988; amended in R88-1 at
    161
    13 Ill.
    Reg. 5998, effective April 18, 1989; amended in R88-21(A) at 14 Ill. Reg. 2899, effective
    162
    February 13, 1990; amended in R88-21(B) at 14 Ill. Reg. 11974, effective July 9, 1990; amended
    163
    in R94-1(A) at 20 Ill. Reg. 7682, effective May 24, 1996; amended in R94-1(B) at 21111. Reg.
    164
    370, effective December 23, 1996; expedited correction at 21111. Reg. 6273, effective December
    165
    23, 1996; amended in R97-25 at 22 Ill. Reg. 1356, effective December 24, 1997; amended in
    166
    R99-8 at 23 Ill. Reg. 11249, effective August 26, 1999; amended in R01-13 at 26 Ill. Reg. 3505,
    167
    effective February 22, 2002; amended in R02-19 at 26 Ill. Reg. 16931, effective November 8,
    168
    2002; amended in R02-1 1 at 27 Ill. Reg. 166, effective December 20, 2002; amended in R04-21
    169
    at 29 Ill. Reg.
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    effective
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    SUBPART B: GENERALUSE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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    Section 302.207 Radioactivity
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    a)
    Gross beta (STORET number
    03501) concentration-mustshal1~not exceed 100
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    picocuries per liter @Ci/T).
    177
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    b)
    StrontiumConcentrations ofradium 226 (STORET number 09501) and strontium
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    90 (STORET number 13501) concentration must shall not exceed 1 and 2
    180
    piao~uriesper liter pCi/lrespectively.
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    Radium 226 and 228 (STORET number 11503) combined concentration must not
    183
    exceed 3.75 pCi/i, except as provided in subsection (d) ofthis Section.
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    The concentration ofcombined radium 226 and 228 must not exceed 30 pCi/i in
    186
    waters receiving discharge from a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) for
    187
    up to one mile downstream ofthe POTW discharge outfall, if the POTW receives
    188
    wastewater from any community that extracts, for drinking water use,
    189
    groundwater containing radium 226 and 228 combined at concentration levels
    190
    exceeding 3.75 pCi/I.
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    (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg.
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    effective
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    SUBPART E:
    LAKE
    MICHIGAN BASIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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    Section 302.525 Radioactivity
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    Except as provided in Section 302.102, all waters ofthe Lake Michigan Basin must meet the
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    following concentrations in any sample:
    200
    201
    a)
    Gross beta (STORET number 03501) concentrations must not exceed 100
    202
    picocuries per liter (pCi/Lb).
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    b)
    StrontiumConcentrations ofradium 226 (STORET number 09501) and strontium
    205
    90 (STORET number 13501) concentration must not exceed 1 and
    2
    picocuries
    206
    per liter pCi/i, respectively.
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    Radium 226 and 228 (STORET number 11503) combined concentration must not
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    exceed 3.75 pCi/i at anytime.
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    (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg.
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    effective
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