CO-CHAIR :
SEN . MAGGIE CROTTY
CO-CHAIR :
REP BRENT HASSERT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
VICKI THOMAS
Tanner Girard, Acting Chairman
Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
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JOINT COMMITTEE
ILLINOIS
ONADMINISTRATIVE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
RULES
700 STRATTON BUILDING
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706
217/785-2254
December 13, 2005
Re:
Effluent Standards (35 Ill . Adm. Code 304)
29 111. Reg . 6200 - 5/6/05
Dear Acting Chairman Girard :
This is to notify you that JCAR considered the above referenced rulemaking at its 12/13/05
meeting.
The Committee has voted an Objection to the rulemaking
. The Committee's Certification and
Statement of Objection are enclosed .
If we can be of any assistance to your agency in responding to the Objection, please do not
hesitate to contact us .
Sincerely,
icki Thomas
Executive Director
SEN . J . BRADLEY BURZYNSKI
SEN
. JAMES CLAYBORNE
SEN
. STEVE RAUSCHENBERGER
SEN . DAN RUTHERFORD
SEN . IRA SILVERSTEIN
REP TOM HOLBROOK
REP DAVID R. LEITCH
REP
. LARRY McKEON
REP. DAVID MILLER
REP ROSEMARY MULLIGAN
RECEIVED
CLERK'S OFFICE
DEC 2:0 2005
Pollution
STATE OFControl
ILLINOIS
Board
12/I2/05
SECOND NOTICE CHANGES
Agency :
Pollution Control Board
Rulemaking:
Effluent Standards (35 Ill . Adm. Code 304; 29 Ill . Reg. 6200)
Changes :
I .
In lines 141, 144 and 147, delete "will" and restore "shall" .
2.
In line 191, after "g)" add "Monthly Average Permit Limits" and before
"Except" add
3 .
In lines 197 and 200, change the subsection labels to "A)" and
"B)" .
4.
In line 204, change "3)" to "2)".
5 .
In lines 207 and 210, change "the effective date of this Section"
to "January 15, 2006" .
6.
In line 211, change "and (g)(2)" to "(A) and(B)".
CO-CHAIR :
SEN . MAGGIE CROTTY
CO-CHAIR :
REP. BRENT HASSERT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR .
VICKI THOMAS
JOINT COMMITTEE
ILLINOIS
ONADMINISTRATIVE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
RULES
700 STRATTON BUILDING
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706
217!785-2254
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
CERTIFICATION OF OBJECTION
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Rita Messinger
Notary Public, State of Illinois
My Commission Exp
. 08124/2009
Attachments : Statement of Objection
Agreements
Vicki Thomas, Executive Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of December, 2005 .
SEN . J . BRADLEY BURZYNSKI
SEN . JAMES CLAYBORNE
SEN
. STEVE RAUSCHENBERGER
SEN
. DAN RUTHERFORD
SEN . IRA SILVERSTEIN
REP
. TOM HOLBROOK
REP DAVID R. LEITCH
REP LARRY McKEON
REP. DAVID MILLER
REP. ROSEMARY MULLIGAN
I, Vicki Thomas, Executive Director of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, being first
duly sworn on oath, depose and state that, pursuant to Sections 5-110 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, at its meeting on
December 13, 2005,
voted an Objection to the Pollution Control Board's rulemaking titled
Effluent Standards
(35 Ill . Adm. Code 304), published in the 5/6/05 Illinois Register.
A statement of the Joint Committee's specific Objection accompanies this certification
.
Failure to respond within 90 days after receipt of this Certification of Objection will constitute
withdrawal of the proposed rulemaking in its entirety. The agency's response will be placed on
the Committee's agenda for further consideration .
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATEMENT OF OBJECTION
TO PROPOSED RULEMAKING
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Heading of the Part : Effluent Standards
Code Citation:
35 111. Adm. Code 304
Section Numbers :
304.123
Date Originally Published in the Illinois Register
: 5/6/05
29 111 . Reg. 6200
At its meeting on December 13, 2005, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules objected to
the Pollution Control Board's rulemaking titled Effluent Standards (35 Ill . Adm
. Code 304; 25 Ill.
Reg. 6200) because the rulemaking imposes an undue economic and regulatory burden on the
affected wastewater treatment facilities by requiring those facilities to meet interim standards for
phosphorus discharges . The EPA has committed to the USEPA to have numeric standards in
place for nutrients, but not until in 2008 . This additional time should allow affected entities more
time to prepare for any costs associated with these standards .
Failure of the agency to respond within 90 days after receipt of the Statement of Objection shall
constitute withdrawal of this proposed rulemaking
. The agency's response will be placed on the
JCAR agenda for further consideration .
