IN THE MATTER OF :
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
DISSOLVED OXYGEN STANDARD
35 ILL. ADM. CODE 302 .206
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RECEIVED
CLERK'S
OFFICE
TO: Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT VIA MAIL)
SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
Regular Mail
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Spring field, IL 62794-9276
217/782-5544
NOTICE
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(Rulemaking Air)
Richard McGill, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT VIA MAIL)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have filed with the Office of the Pollution
Control Board the
ILLINOIS EPA'S STATUS REPORT on behalf of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon you .
Date: January 30, 2006
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
anie N . Diers
is ant Counsel
ision of Legal Counsel
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON
RECYCLED PAPER
JAN
3 1 2006
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollution Control Board
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RECEIVED
CLERK'S
OFFICE
IN THE MATTER OF :
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JAN 3
1 2006
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
DISSOLVED OXYGEN STANDARD
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Pollution
Control Board
35 III . Adm. Code 302 .206
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ILLINOIS EPA'S STATUS REPORT
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") hereby
submits this Status Report in compliance with the Hearing Officer's Order of
December 14, 2005 . This report represents the position of the Illinois EPA as
well as the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
("IDNR") . Illinois EPA states
as follows
:
1) Since the filing of Illinois EPA's last status report of November 30, 2005,
Illinois EPA and IDNR continue to work to develop a state position concerning
Illinois' current dissolved oxygen standard .
2)
Since the filing of the November 30, 2005 status report, staff from the
Illinois EPA and IDNR staff have continued reviewing and analyzing data to
determine what waters would warrant a higher dissolved oxygen standard, while
focusing greater attention on developing a dissolved oxygen standard based on
the data analyzed by both agencies . As previously stated, this process has been
proven to be complex and time consuming for both agencies .
3)
Illinois EPA and IDNR have continued their efforts in developing a
proposal for Board consideration that will establish a two tiered dissolved oxygen
standard, one tier is generally protective of a full and diverse aquatic community
and the second sets incrementally higher oxygen levels for those systems
supporting species believed to associate with higher ambient oxygen
concentrations .
4)
Since the filing of the November 30, 2005 status report, Illinois EPA and
IDNR have moved forward on two fronts : a) completion of our technical analysis,
documentation and report preparation to develop a full record at a future Board
Hearing, and b) refinement of specific language of a proposed standard for the
Board's consideration .
5)
It is Illinois EPA and IDNR's intent to complete this effort and be ready to
proceed to a hearing as early as March 2006 .
6)
Accordingly, Illinois EPA and IDNR proposes that and would request the
Hearing Officer schedule a telephone conference with all interested parties to
discuss a potential hearing date in this matter .
Respectfully submitted,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTE TIO AGENCY
By:
Date
: January 30, 2006
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O
. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
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Stefanie N . Diers
Assistant Counsel
Division of Legal Counsel
STATE OF ILLINOIS
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COUNTY OF SANGAMON
PROOF OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached Illinois EPA's Status
Report upon the person to whom it is directed, by placing it in an envelope addressed to :
TO: Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT VIA MAIL)
SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
Regular Mail
and mailing it by First Class Mail from Springfield, Illinois on January 30, 2006, with sufficient
postage affixed.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this 30`s day of January, 2006
Richard McGill, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(OVERNIGHT VIA MAIL)
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THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
Michael Rosenberg, Esq .
Richard Lanyon
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
100 East Erie Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Matthew Dunn
Office of the Attorney General
188 West Randolph, 20`h Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Roy Harsch
Sheila Deeley
Gardner Carton & Douglas
191 N Wacker Drive, Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois 60606
John Donahue
City of Geneva
22 South First Street
Geneva, Illinois 60134
N. LaDonna Driver
Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group
3150 Roland Avenue
Springfield, Illinois 62703
Benard Sawyer
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6001 W Pershing Rd
Cicero, Illinois 60650
Lisa Frede
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
2250 E Devon Avenue, Suite 239
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
James Daugherty
Thom Creek Basin Sanitary District
700 West End Avenue
Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411
SERVICE LIST R 04-25
Claire Manning
Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP
205 South 5`h Street
PO Box 2459
Springfield, Illinois 62705
Tracy Elzemeyer
Illinois-American Water Company
535 North New Ballas Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
Katherine Hodge
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3150 Roland Avenue
PO Box 5776
Springfield, Illinois 62705
Margaret Howard
Hedinger Law Office
2601 South 5 th Street
Springfield, Illinois 62703
Frederick Keady
Vermillion Coal Company
1979 Johns Drive
Glenview, Illinois 60025
Fred Hubbard
19 West Madison
PO Box 12
Danville, Illinois 61834
W.C. Blanton
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
4801 Main Street, Suite 1000
Kansas City, MO 64112
Dennis Duffield
Dept of Public Works & Utilities
921 E . Washington Street
Joliet, Illinois 60431
Mike Callahan
Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District
PO Box 3307
Bloomington, Illinois 61702-3307
Larry Cox
Downers Grove Sanitary District -
2710 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
Tom Muth
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District
682 State Route 31
Oswego, Illinois 60543
Stanley Yonkawski
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, Illinois 62702-1271
Erika Powers
Barnes & Thornburg
1 N Wacker, Suite 4400
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Albert Ettinger
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35 E Wacker, Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60601
CON'T SERVICE LIST R 04-25
Todd Main
Friends of the Chicago River
407 S Dearborn, Suite 1580
Chicago, Illinois 60605
V icky McKinley
Evanston Environment Board
223 Grey Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Irwin Polls
Ecological Monitoring & Assessment
3206 Maple Leaf Drive
Glenview, Illinois 60025
William Richardson
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, Illinois 62702-1271
Marc Miller
Michael Fischer
Office of Lt . Governor Pat Quinn
State House, Room 214
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Thomas Murphy
2325 N Clifton Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
