SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST (via regular mail)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have filed with the Office of the Clerk of the
Pollution Control Board the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's
Response to
Dennis Streicher's Public Comment of April 24, 2007
on behalf of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon you
.
Date
: June 7, 2007
ILLINOIS NVIRONME
PROTECTION
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BO~C E II V E D
JUN 0 8 2007
Pollution
STATE OF
Control
ILLINOISBoard
IN THE MATTER OF :
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
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1021 North Grand Avenue East
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
(217) 782-5544
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on of Legal Counsel
THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
TO :
Dorothy Gum, Clerk
Richard McGill, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street
11-500
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
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Chicago, Illinois 60601
Chicago, Illinois 60601
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Via Overnight Mail
Via Overnight Mail
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ILLINOIS EPA'S RESPONSE TO DENNIS STREICHER'S PUBLIC COMMENT
OF APRIL 24, 2007
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") hereby
submits its response to Public Comments submitted by Dennis Streicher dated
April 24, 2007 . Illinois EPA states as follows :
1 . On May 7, 2007, Illinois EPA received a Motion to Leave to File a
Comment Letter from Mr
. Dennis Streicher dated April 24, 2007
.
2 . Mr
. Streicher requests to submit additional data that consists of
continuous dissolved oxygen measurements taken at ten Illinois stream locations
during the summer and early fall of 2006
. (See Streicher letter of April 24, 2007) .
3 . Mr
. Streicher states that "the 2006 data further supports the IAWA
proposed limits and in comparison are a better fit and generate fewer violations
than the proposed joint IEPA and IDNR limits" . Id .
4
. Illinois EPA believes that Mr
. Streicher has misinterpreted the 2006
data from the ten locations
.
5. A review by Illinois EPA of the 2006 data from the ten locations
indicates that Mr
. Streicher's conclusion that IAWA's proposed dissolved oxygen
standards are a "better fit" than the ones recommended by IDNR and Illinois EPA
is neither supported by the 2006 results nor consistent with Dr
. Garvey's
summary statement
. See Garvey letter dated April 10, 2007 .
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RECEIVED
CLERK'S OFFICE
IN THE MATTER OF :
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PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO
JUN 0 8 200)
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R04-25
DISSOLVED
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OXYGEN
302.206STANDARD
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Pollution
STATE OF
Control
ILLINOISBoard
6 .
Despite the large number of individual dissolved oxygen observations
available in the 2006 dataset, these observations predominantly are from
impaired locations and therefore are not useful for evaluating the relative efficacy
of the two sets of dissolved oxygen standards
. The continuous monitoring in
2006 was not designed for the purpose of comparing the relative efficacy of two
different sets of dissolved oxygen standards
. To be valid, such comparisons
must be based on a larger, more representative dataset from locations that are
achieving their biological potential and thus more likely to be harboring their full
complement of aquatic life
.
7
. Because eight of the ten locations likely were not meeting their
biological potential during the summer of 2006, it is not unreasonable to expect
violations of dissolved oxygen standards
. It is not scientifically valid to interpret
violations of the IDNR/Illinois EPA standards at these locations as a worse fit
than the IAWA-proposed standards, which were also violated at most of these
impaired locations .
Respectfully submitted,
June 7, 2007
1021
North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois
62794-9276
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached Response to
Dennis Streicher's Public Comment of April 24, 2007 Public Comments
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 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Via overnight mail
SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST (via regular mail)
and mailing it First Class Mail from Springfield, Illinois on June 7, 2007, with sufficient
postage affixed
.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
this 7`s
day of June, 2007
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