ILLINOIS POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

EC

E

VED

February

19, 2009

CLER1S

OFFICE

FEB

192009

IN THE

MATTER OF:

)

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

Doljutiofl

Control

Board

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

)

NOTICE

OF HEARINGS

DATES,

TIMES, AND PLACE:

MARCH

3

AND 4,2009

HEARINGS TO BE CONTINUED DAY

- TO - DAY

ON

THESE DATES

10:00

a.m.

on March 3, 2009

N-505 Fifth Floor

Michael A. Bilandic Building

160

N. LaSalle

Chicago, Ii

9:00

a.m. on March 4, 2009

Room 2-025

James R. Thompson Building

Chicago, IL

PURPOSE OF HEARINGS:

Merit and

Economic

ATTENDING BOARD MEMBERS:

G.

Tanner Girard

HEARING OFFICER:

Marie

E. Tipsord

NOTICE OF PREHEARING

TELECONFERENCE

1:00p.m.

February 27, 2009

100W. Randolph

Ste 11-512

Chicago,

Ii

OR BY PHONE

1-877-336-1828,

Access

code is 3821045

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2

HEARING OFFICER

ORDER

Today

additional hearing

dates are set

to allow the

Board to hear prefiled

testimony.

The hearings will

be continued

day-to-day

or until

the end of the

day

on

March 4,

2009.

The two

days will be devoted

to completion

of the testimony

prefiled by

the Metropolitan

Water

Reclamation District

of Greater

Chicago

(District).

If the Board

completes

the testimony

on March

3, 2009, the hearing

on March 4, 2009

will be

cancelled without

further

notice.

On February 16, 2009,

at the recess

of the

hearing,

the

hearings

were

continued

on the

record to March

3 and 4, 2009.

The participants

anticipate

that

the testimony

and

questioning

of the District

will

be completed

in March; therefore,

additional

hearing

dates to hear

testimony

from

industry related

to the CAWS must

be scheduled.

In addition,

there have been several

procedural issues

directed

to the

hearing officer concerning

testimony

which

has

already

been

filed.

To

aide

in the orderly progression

of

the hearings a prehearing

conference

will

be held. The

prehearing

conference

will

address

the

schedule

for hearings

and

testimony.

In

addition, procedural

matters including

new prefihing deadlines

and

supplementing testimony

will

be

discussed. Participants

may

attend

by going in person

to

the Board’s

Chicago or by calling

1-877-336-1828

and entering the

access

code

3821045.

All filings

in

this proceeding

will be available

on the Board’s

web page

at

www.ipcb.state.ii.us

and

participants

may file electronically

on

the Board’s web page.

The prefiled

testimony and questions

must be

served on the persons

on the service

list,

except

it is not necessary to

serve the hearing

officer with the

prefiled testimony

and

questions

for these hearings.

IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

/Marle E.

Tipsord

Hearing

Offiöer

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board

100 West Randolph,

Suite

11-500

Chicago,

Illinois 60601

(312) 814-4925

tipsonn(ipcb.state.il.us

Ifl c( phan with the rneneafls

wih )tsabilities

Act md other appi cable Ibderal

and

State laws.

the hcarin

will

he aeeesshle

to

individuals

with disuhi

litws,

Persons

rcctturing

auxihary aids and ser\yccs

should contact John

Therriault,

Assistant

Clerk of the

Board,

at 01) West Randolph St.,

Suiie 1

—500,

Chicano.

Illinois 60601 , as telephone

number

31

2/814—6931.

fax number 3 12/8

3669. or

TDI)

number 3 2/81

4—6032. five days orior

to the

hcarino,