ILLINOIS NVIRONMENTAL
PRO' C ION AGEN
efanie N. Diers
sistant Counsel
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RECEIVED
CLERK'S OFFICE
MAR ti 4 2008
R08-09 STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
(Rulemaking –
MailitOn Control Board
IN THE MATTER OF:
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
AND THE LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 M.
Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303 and 304
NOTICE OF FILING
To: John
Therriault, Clerk
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
James R. Thompson Center
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
SEE
ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have filed today with the Illinois Pollution
Control Board Requests Made to the rilinois Environmental Protection Agency at the
Hearings Held the Week of January 28. 2008, a copy of which is herewith served upon
you.
Dated: March 3, 2008
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
(217) 782-5544
THIS FILING IS SUMBITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
RECEWSD
CLERK'S OFFICE
MAR 0 4 2008
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
R08
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Pollution Control
Board
(Rulemaking – Water)
REQUESTS MADE
TO THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY AT THE HEARINGS HELD THE WEEK OF JANUARY 28, 2008
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") hereby
submits the following information based on the requests made to the Illinois EPA
at the hearings held before the Illinois Pollution Control Board ("Board") during
the week of January 28, 2008. Illinois EPA submits the following:
1. UAA Factors Application to the Lower Des Plaines River and CAWS.
(See Attached).
2. Edits on the UAA for the Lower Des Plaines River with respect to
Attachment A of the Illinois EPA's Statement of Reasons. (See
Attached).
3.
Information on impaired segments of the Lower Des Plaines River and
the CAWS. (See Attached).
4. Emails with regard to how Illinois EPA obtained Attachment S of the
Illinois EPA's Statement of Reasons. (See Attached).
5.
Navigation Charts with QHEI values. (See Attached).
6.
Lower Des Plaines and CAWS Stakeholder meeting minutes. (See
Attached).
IN THE MATTER OF:
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE
CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM
AND THE LOWER DES PLAINES RIVER:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 35 III.
Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303 and 304
7.
Comments received by Illinois EPA from the City of Evanston and the
City of Chicago on the CAWS UAA. (See Attached).
8.
Recreational surveys to local governments units and responses. (See
Attached).
9.
Recreational information pertaining to boat launches, sculling activities
and other recreational information obtained by Illinois EPA. (See
Attached).
10.
Recreational data from 2005 from the MWRD boat crew. (See
Attached).
The Board also asked Illinois EPA to respond to Exhibit 22, which was
prepared by the Board. Illinois EPA is in the process of responding to Exhibit 22
and will be prepared to respond to this exhibit at the hearings in March.
Finally, there were also requests made to Chris Yoder during these
hearings. At the time of filing this response Illinois EPA was able to obtain the
following requests: 1) Evaluation and Development of Large River Biological
Assessment Methods and Standardized Protocols for Region V, 2) Temperature
Criteria for Freshwater Fish: Protocol and Procedures (Brungs and Jones 1977).
(See Attached).
2
Illinois EPA is still waiting for Mr. Yoder to gather the additional information
requested of him. Illinois EPA will provide the information to the Board and all
participants as soon as the information is received.
Respectfully submitted,
PROTEI
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Date: March 3, 2008
1021 N. E. Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
217-782-5544
ILLINOI EN IRONMENTAL
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PROOF OF SERVICE
I, the undersigned, on oath state that I have served the attached Requests Made to the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at the Hearings Held the Week of Januar
y
28, 2008
upon the person to whom it is directed by placing it an envelope addressed to:
John Therriault, Clerk
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
and mailing it First Class Mail from Springfield, Illinois on March 3, 2008, with sufficient
postage affixed.
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Elizabeth Schenkier
Keith Harley
Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc.
205 W. Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Susan M. Franzetti
Franzetti Law Firm P.C.
10 South LaSalle St.
Ste. 3600
Chicago, IL 60603
Katherine D. Hodge
Monica Rios
Thomas G. Safley
Hodge Dwyer Zeman
3150 Roland Ave.
P.O. Box 5776
Springfield, IL 62705-5776
Matthew J. Dunn, Chief
Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Bureau North
69 West Washington Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60602
Albert Ettinger
Jessica Dexter
Senior Staff Attorney
Environmental Law & Policy Center
35 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60601
Stacy Meyers-Glen
Openlands
25 E. Washington, Ste. 1650
Chicago, IL 60602
Ann Alexander
Senior Attorney, Midwest Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
101 North Wacker Dr., Ste. 609
Chicago, IL 60606
Fredrick M. Feldman
Ronald M. Hill
Margaret T. Conway
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
111 East Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611
John Therriault, Assistant Clerk
Marie Tipsord, Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph, Ste. 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
William Richardson, Chief Legal Counsel
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
Jeffrey C. Fort
Arid J. Tesher
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
7800 Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6404
Thomas W. Diamond
Thomas V. Skinner
Kevin Desharnais
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4637
Fredric P. Andes
Carolyn S. Hesse
David T. Ballard
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
One North Wacker Drive
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
Roy M. Harsch
Drinker Biddle Gardner Carton
191 N. Wacker Drive
Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60606-1698
Vicky McKinley
Evanston Environmental Board
223 Grey Ave.
Evanston, IL 60202
Kristy A. N. Bulleit
Brent Fewell
Hunton & Williams LLC
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Charles W. Wesselhoft
James T. Harrington
Ross & Hardies
150 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60601-7567
Mark Miller
Jamie S. Caston
Office of Lt. Governor Pat Quinn
Room 414 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Dr. Thomas Murphy
2325 N. Clifton St.
Chicago, IL 60614
Irwin Polls
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
3206 Maple Leaf Drive
Glenview, IL 60025
Cathy Hudzik
City of Chicago
Mayor's Office of Inter govern
mental Affairs
121 N. LaSalle St.
City Hall Room 406
Chicago, IL 60602
Traci Barkley
Prairie Rivers Network
1902 Fox Drive
Suite 6
Champaign, IL 61820
Lyman C. Welch
Alliance for the Great Lakes
17 N. Sate St.
Suite 1390
Chicago, IL 60602
Kevin B. Hynes
O'Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC
30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60602