EXHIBIT
    LIST
    IN THE
    MATTER
    OF:
    )
    )
    WATER
    QUALITY
    STANDARDS
    AND
    )
    R08-9
    EFFLUENT
    LIMITATIONS
    FOR THE
    )
    (Rulemaking
    -
    Water)
    CHICAGO
    AREA
    WATERWAY
    SYSTEM
    )
    AND
    LOWER
    DES
    PLAINES
    RIVER
    )
    PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
    TO
    35 ILL.
    )
    ADM.
    CODE
    301,
    302,
    303,
    and
    304
    )
    Exhibit
    1
    Prefiled
    testimony
    of Rob
    Suiski
    Exhibit
    2
    Prefiled
    testimony
    of Scott
    Twait
    Exhibit
    3
    Prefi
    led testimony
    of Rob
    Smogor
    Exhibit
    4
    United
    States
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    letter
    from Linda
    Holst
    to Toby
    Frevert
    of the
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency,
    dated
    May
    3, 2007
    Exhibit
    5
    Appendix
    Table
    1
    .QHEI
    metric
    scores
    for stations
    sampled
    in the Illinois
    and
    DesPlaines
    Rivers
    during
    2006
    Exhibit
    6
    Table
    2.
    QHEI
    scores
    and
    metric
    values
    for
    sites sampled
    in
    the
    Des
    Plaines
    &
    Illinois
    Rivers
    by
    MBI in
    2006
    Exhibit
    7
    MBI Qualitative
    Habitat
    Evaluation
    Index
    Field
    Sheet
    QHEI
    Score
    (contains
    23
    pages)
    Exhibit
    8
    “Quality
    Assurance
    Project
    Plan:
    Fish
    Assemblage
    Assessment
    of the
    Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    River”
    Effective
    Date
    July
    1,
    2006,
    Center
    of
    Applied
    Bioassessment
    &
    Biocriteria
    P.O.
    Box
    21561
    Columbus,
    OH
    43221-0561
    Exhibit
    9
    Publication:
    HERALD-NEWS,
    Publication
    date:
    8/19/2002
    “Fishermen
    died
    by
    drowning”
    Exhibit
    10
    Three
    Rivers
    Manufacturers’
    Association
    letter
    to
    Toby
    Frevert
    dated
    June
    6,
    2003
    Exhibit
    11
    United
    States
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    MEMORANDUM
    on
    “Improving
    the
    Effectiveness
    of
    the Use
    Attainability
    Analysis
    (UAA)
    Process”
    from
    Ephraim
    S.
    King
    to Regional
    Water
    Division
    Directors.
    Dated
    March
    13,
    2006

    Exhibit
    12
    “Review
    of
    ‘Technical
    Memorandum
    1WQ-Disingection
    Evaluation
    Prepared
    on
    Behalf
    of
    the
    Metropolitan
    Water
    Reclamation
    District
    of Greater
    Chicago”
    Prepared
    for
    United
    States
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    by Science
    Applications
    International
    Corporation
    Exhibit
    13
    Prefiled
    testimony
    of
    Chris
    0. Yoder
    Exhibit
    14
    Curriculum
    Vitae
    of Chris
    Yoder
    Exhibit
    15
    “Temperature
    Criteria
    Options
    for
    the Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    River”
    Final
    Report
    to
    United
    States
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    and
    Illinois
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    by
    Chris Yoder
    and
    Edward
    Rankin
    Exhibit
    16
    “Re-evaluation
    of
    the Technical
    Justification
    for
    Existing
    Ohio
    River
    Mainstem
    Temperature
    Criteria”
    Chris
    Yoder,
    Brian
    Armitage
    and Edward
    Rankin
    Exhibit
    17
    “Thermal
    Discharge
    form
    a Nuclear
    Power
    Plant:
    Predicted
    Effects
    on Lake
    Erie
    Fish”
    Jeffrey
    Reutter
    and
    Charles
    Herdendorf
    Exhibit
    18
    Pages
    2-98
    through
    2-102
    from
    the
    Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    Use Attainability
    Analysis
    (Attachment
    A
    to
    proposal)
    Exhibit
    19
    Table
    1.
    Number,
    CPE
    (no.1km)
    and
    Relative
    Abundance
    of all Fish
    Taxa
    Collected
    Electrofishing
    from
    the
    Lower
    Dresdan
    Pool
    Exhibit
    20
    MBI
    Fish
    Data
    Sheet
    (contains
    35
    pages)
    Exhibit
    21
    Table
    1
    Boat
    IBI scores
    and
    metrics
    at boat
    sites
    in the Des
    Plaines
    River
    sampled
    by
    MBI
    during
    2006
    Exhibit
    22
    R08-9
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    hearing
    Question
    for the
    Illinois
    EPA
    (2-1-
    08)
    Exhibit
    23
    “Illinois
    Waterway
    Navigation
    Charts”
    Map
    Nos.
    94-114.
    Exhibit
    24
    “White
    Sucker
    (Catostomus
    commersoni)
    Embryo
    Development,
    and
    Early
    Growth
    and Survival
    at Divergent
    Temperatures”
    by J.
    Howard
    McCormick,
    Bernard
    R.
    Jones
    and Kenneth
    E.F.
    Hokanson
    Exhibit
    25
    Map
    entitled
    “Chicago
    Area
    Waterway
    System
    and
    Des
    Plaines
    River
    UAA
    Segments”
    Exhibit
    26
    Map
    entitled
    “Proposed
    Aquatic
    Life
    Use
    Designation”
    Exhibit
    27
    Map
    entitled
    “Proposed
    Recreational
    Use
    Designation”

    Exhibit
    28
    Metropolitan
    Water Reclamation
    District
    of Greater
    Chicago
    table entitled
    “Total
    Number
    of Fish
    Collected
    from
    Each
    Sampling Station
    in the
    Chicago
    Area
    Waterway
    System
    form
    2001
    through 2005
    as
    part of the
    ambient Water
    Quality
    Monitoring
    Program”
    Exhibit
    29
    UAA
    Factor Application
    to the Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    River
    and
    CAWS
    Exhibit
    30
    U.S.
    Army
    Corps
    of
    Engineers
    Maps
    of
    Illinois Waterway,
    Map
    Nos.
    109,110,
    111
    Exhibit
    31
    Illinois Department
    of Natural
    Resources
    Lake
    Michigan
    Tributaries
    Fish
    Population
    Survey,
    July 27-31,
    2006
    Exhibit
    32
    Qualitative
    Habitat
    Evaluation
    Index
    Scores in
    the
    Upper
    Dresden Island
    Pool
    of
    Des Plaines
    River
    Exhibit
    33
    Edits to the
    Lower Des
    Plaines
    UAA
    (Attachment
    A to
    the
    IEPA’s
    Statement
    of
    Reasons)
    Exhibit
    34
    Information
    on Impaired
    Segments
    of the Lower
    Des Plaines
    River and
    the
    CAWS
    Exhibit
    35
    “Evaluation
    and
    Development
    of
    Large River
    Biological
    Assessment
    Methods
    and
    Standardized
    Protocols
    for
    Region
    V”
    by Rob Tewes,
    Erich
    Emery,
    and
    Jeff
    Thomas
    Exhibit
    36
    Meeting
    Minutes
    from
    the Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    River
    Workgroup
    and the
    CAWS
    Stakeholders
    Group
    Exhibit
    37
    Compact
    disc
    titled “Yoder
    CD”
    Exhibit
    38
    Metropolitan
    Water
    Reclamation
    District
    of
    Greater Chicago,
    Research
    and
    Development
    Department
    Report
    No. 03-20
    “Comparison
    of Fecal
    Coliform
    concentrations
    and Trends
    in
    Two
    Urban Rivers:
    The
    Chicago Sanitary
    and
    Ship
    Canal
    and
    The Des
    Plaines
    River”
    October 2003
    Exhibit
    39
    Metropolitan
    Water Reclamation
    District
    of
    Greater
    Chicago,
    Research and
    Development
    Department
    Report
    No. 04-10
    “Estimation
    of the Escherichia
    Coli
    to
    Fecal
    Coliform
    Ration
    in
    Wastewater
    Effluents and
    Ambient
    Water of
    the
    Metropolitan
    Water Reclamation
    District
    of Greater
    Chicago”
    July 2004
    Exhibit
    40
    Chart titled
    “Illinois
    Department
    of Natural
    Resources
    DuPage
    River
    Basin
    Survey
    Stations

    Exhibit
    41
    Chart
    titled
    “Illinois
    Department
    of
    Natural
    Resources
    Fish
    Community
    Sampling
    Results
    and Index
    of Biotic
    Integrity
    (IBI),
    2003
    Des
    Plaines
    Basin
    Survey
    -
    mainstream
    stations”
    Exhibit
    42
    Chart
    titled “Illinois
    Department
    of
    Natural
    Resources
    Fish
    Community
    Sampling
    Results
    and
    Index
    of
    Biotic
    Integrity
    (IBI),
    2003
    Des
    Plaines
    Basin
    Survey
    -
    tributary
    stations
    (includes
    data
    from
    2002
    surveys)”
    Exhibit
    43
    Chart
    titled
    “Illinois
    Department
    of
    Natural
    Resources
    - Fisheries
    Division
    Kankakee
    River
    Fish
    Population
    Survey
    Results
    -
    July,
    2005”
    Exhibit
    44
    “The
    Des
    Plaines
    River:
    Monitoring
    the
    Fish
    Resources
    of an Urban
    River
    (1978-
    1990)
    by
    David
    M.
    Day
    August
    12, 1991
    Exhibit
    45
    Table
    with
    headers
    “Name”,
    “10-Digit
    HUC”,
    “IEPA
    Basin”,
    “Assessment
    Unit
    ID”,
    “Size
    (miles)”,
    “Cat.”,
    “Designated
    Uses/Attainment”,
    “Causes”,
    “Sources”
    Exhibit
    46
    Compact
    Disc
    titled
    “MWRDGC
    continuous
    DO
    and
    temp
    data
    for
    selected
    CAW
    stations”
    Exhibit
    47
    Group
    of
    letters
    from
    Metropolitan
    Water
    Reclamation
    District
    of
    Greater
    Chicago
    starting
    with
    letter
    to
    Michael
    Garretson,
    dated August
    18, 2006
    on
    reported
    fish
    kills
    Exhibit
    48
    Group
    of tables
    beginning
    with
    table
    titled
    “Metropolitan
    Water
    Reclamation
    District
    of
    Greater
    Chicago
    Ambient
    Water
    Quality
    Monitoring
    Program
    Sample
    Stations”
    Exhibit
    49
    Letter
    to
    Toby
    Frevert
    of
    ]EPA
    from
    Linda
    Holst
    USEPA
    dated
    May
    3,
    2007
    Exhibit
    50
    Draft
    comments
    from
    Midwest
    Generation
    dated
    02/12/07
    at
    bottom
    Exhibit
    51
    Metropolitan
    Water
    Reclamation
    District
    of Greater
    Chicago
    Comments
    on
    IEPA
    Chicago
    Area
    Waterways
    Use
    Attainability
    Analysis
    Draft
    Standards
    dated
    March
    16,
    2007
    Exhibit
    52
    JEPA
    document
    titled
    “Chicago
    Waterway/Lower
    Des
    Plaines
    River UAA
    Major
    issues
    related
    to comments
    from
    March
    20, 2007
    meeting
    in Joliet
    Exhibit
    53
    Environmental
    Law
    &
    Policy
    Center
    comments
    to Toby
    Frevert
    on
    Use
    Attainability
    Analyses
    for
    the lower
    Des
    Plaines
    and
    the Chicago
    Waterway
    System,
    dated
    April
    6,
    2007
    Exhibit
    54
    email
    from
    Phillip
    Moy
    to Toby
    Frevert
    dated
    3/23/2007

    Exhibit
    55
    Alliance
    for the
    Great Lakes
    “Protecting
    Public
    Health,
    Caring
    for
    Chicago’s
    Waters”
    Exhibit
    56
    Group
    of documents
    with
    email
    cover sheet
    from Deana
    Poe to
    CAWS
    UAA;
    UAA
    - Des
    Plaines
    dated
    January
    26,
    2007.
    Exhibit
    57
    “Reconnaissance
    Report
    Great
    Lakes
    Navigation
    System
    Review Appendix
    D
    Chicago Sanitary
    & Ship
    Canal”
    Anny
    Corp
    of Engineers,
    June 2002
    Exhibit 58
    Settlement
    Agreement
    between
    Natural
    Resources
    Defense
    Council
    and
    USEPA,
    and
    the
    National
    Association
    of
    Clean
    Water
    Agencies
    Exhibit
    59
    Letter
    from
    Louis
    Kollias,
    Director
    Research
    and Development,
    MWRDGC,
    to
    Marcia
    Willhite,
    Bureau
    Chief, JEPA,
    dated
    September
    5,
    2008
    Exhibit
    60
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of
    Richard Lanyon
    Exhibit 61
    Attachment
    1 Openlands
    Questions,
    color photos
    Exhibit
    62
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of
    William
    J.
    Stuba
    Exhibit
    63
    Table
    entitled
    “Annual
    Summaries
    of Recreational
    Activities
    Observations”
    Exhibit
    64
    Trip
    Log dated
    7-16-08,
    Patrol
    CAL DO
    NPDES
    Exhibit
    65
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of
    Samuel
    G.
    Dennison
    on
    Recreational
    Designations
    Exhibit
    66
    Color
    Photo
    of Barge
    on
    Calumet-Sag
    Channel
    looking west
    from 104th
    Street
    Bridge
    Exhibit 67
    email
    from
    Fredric
    Andes to
    Marie Tipsord
    and Susan
    Hedman
    listing
    links
    to
    MWRDGC’s
    2007
    and 2008
    budget
    books
    Exhibit
    68
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of Chriso
    Petropoulou
    Exhibit
    69
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of Charles
    P.
    Gerba
    Exhibit70
    Prefiled
    Testimony
    of Keith Tolson
    Exhibit
    71
    Report prepared
    for MWRDGC
    by
    Geosyntec
    entitled
    “Dry
    and
    Wet Weather
    Risk
    Assessment
    of Human
    Health
    Impacts
    of Disinfection
    vs.
    No Disinfection
    of the
    Chicago
    Area Waterways
    System”
    April
    2008
    Exhibit
    72
    “Dry
    Weather
    Risk Assessment
    of
    Human
    Health
    Impacts
    of Disinfection
    vs.
    No
    Disinfection
    of the
    Chicago
    Area
    Waterways
    System”
    Review
    conducted
    fro
    US
    EPA
    Region
    5,
    Office
    of
    Water

    Exhibit
    73
    Compact
    Disc titled
    USEPA
    Correspondence
    Exhibit
    73a
    Compact
    Disc
    that
    is attachments
    to USEPA
    Correspondence
    Exhibit
    74
    “Health
    Effects
    of white-water
    canoeing”
    by
    L.
    Fewtrell
    et al,
    from
    The
    Lancet
    dated
    June 27,
    1992
    Exhibit
    75
    Table
    1 entitled
    “Illnesses
    acquired
    by
    ingestion
    of
    water”
    Exhibit
    76
    Report prepared
    for MWRDGC
    by Geosyntec
    entitled
    “Interim Phase
    I Dry
    Weather
    Risk Assessment
    Human
    Health
    Impacts
    of
    Disinfection
    vs.
    No
    Disinfection
    of
    the
    Chicago
    Area Waterways
    System”
    November
    2006
    Exhibit
    77
    Compact
    Disc entitled
    “Appendices”
    “Dry and
    Wet Weather
    Risk
    Assessment
    of
    Human
    Health Impacts
    of
    Disinfection
    vs.
    No
    Disinfection
    of the Chicago
    Area
    Waterways
    System”
    April
    2008
    Exhibit
    78
    Cover
    page
    and
    one page excerpt
    from
    “Environmental
    Microbiology”
    by
    Maier,
    Pepper,
    and Gerba
    Exhibit
    79
    “The
    Health
    Effects
    of Low-Contact
    Water Activities
    in
    Fresh
    and
    Estuarine
    Waters”
    by Fewtrell
    et
    al.
    February
    1994
    Exhibit
    80
    “Bathroom
    research
    reveals
    surprising
    data”
    by Amanda
    Riddle
    June 11,
    1997
    Exhibit
    81
    MSNBC.com
    Interview
    “Is your
    workplace
    a bacteria
    cafeteria”
    Feb. 16,
    2005
    Exhibit
    82
    Openlands
    Attachment
    1 to
    Prefiled
    Question
    of Keith
    Tolson,
    color photo

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