BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DEKALB SANITARY DISTRICT
OFFICERS
DENNIS J . COLLINS
MICHAEL ZIMA
PRESIDENT
303 HOLLISTER AVENUE
MANAGER
POST OFFICE BOX 624
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CAROL B . ZAR
PHONE : 815-758-3513
RICHARD STOKKE
CLERK
PHONE : 815-758-8611
TREASURER
FAX: 815-758-6615
KEITH FOSTER
ATTORNEY
December 5, 2006
Pollution Control Board
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
JRTC
100 Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
RE: Proposed Amendments to Dissolved Oxygen Standard
35 ILL. ADM.CODE 302 .206
Pollution Control Board Rule R04-25
Dear Ms Gunn:
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The DeKalb Sanitary District would like to record its support for the Illinois Association of
Wastewater Agency (IAWA), petition R04-25 .
We have followed the hearings closely and feel that the evidence supports the position of the
IAWA as originally filed
. The IAWA petition would establish a dissolved oxygen water quality
standard that is protective of the states surface waters and biological resources . We feel that the
petition is founded in good science and is attainable in the least disturbed water systems . The
IAWA position would establish a seasonal dissolved oxygen standard that is protective of early
live stages of fish, aquatic insects and benthic organisms and establish a minimum concentration
of 3.5 mg/L, that is more protective than suggested in the USEPA National Criteria Document .
We do not agree with the position supported by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency .
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proposed oxygen concentrations in surface waters
. The data show that adoption of the agency
proposed dissolved oxygen concentrations would continue a water quality standard that is
unattainable even in the least disturbed surface water systems
. We especially are opposed to the
establishment of river segments held to a different standard with out the evidence to justify such
a designation.
We encourage the Board to adopt the IAWA petition R04-25 as
filed.
Steve Olsen, Plant Foreman
