EGEVED

CLERKS

OFFCE

ILLiNOIS POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

February 19, 2009

STATE

OF

ILLINOiS

PoILutO

Control

Board

IN THE

MATTER

OF:

)

)

PROPOSED

SITE SPECIFIC

RULE FOR

)

R09-1 1

CITY OF

GALVA SITE

SPECIFIC WATER

)

(Site-Specific

Rulemaking

-

Water)

QUALITY

STANDARD

FOR BORON

)

DISCHARGES

TO EDWARDS

RIVER

AND)

MUD CREEK:

)

35 ILL.

ADM. CODE 303.347

)

NOTICE OF

HEARING

DATES,

TIMES, AND PLACES:

MARCH

31, 2009

11:00

a.m.

Council Chambers

City

Administration

Building

210

Front

Street

Galva,

IL

61434

PURPOSE OF HEARINGS:

Merit

and

Economic

ATTENDING

BOARD

MEMBERS:

G.

Tanner

Girard

HEARING OFFICER:

Marie E.

Tipsord

HEARING

OFFICER

ORDER

On February 5,

2009, the Board accepted

for

hearing

a site-specific rulemaking

filed

on

October 17,

2008,

by

the

City of Galva

(Galva). The proposal

seeks to establish

an alternative

water

quality standard

for

boron that would

apply

to certain

segments

of an unnamed

tributary

to

the

South

Branch of the

Edwards River,

the South Branch

of

the

Edwards

River, and the

Mud

Creek

Run.

Today’s order

sets

the

dates

for the hearing and

the prefiling deadlines.

Galva must

prefile testimony

for the March

31,

2009

hearing by

March

17, 2009. All

testimony

will

be

taken as if read

arid we will proceed

with

questions

immediately.

This hearing

will

also fulfill

the statutory

obligations

under Section

27(b)

of

the

Environmental Protection

Act (Act)

(415 ILCS 5/27(b)

(2006)).

Section

27(b)

of the Act

requires

the

Board

to request

the Department

of

Commerce and Economic

Opportunity

to

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conduct

an economic

impact study

on certain

proposed

rules

prior to adoption

of those

rules.

If

DCEO chooses

to conduct

the economic impact

study, DCEO

has

30 to 45

days after such

request to

produce a study of the

economic

impact

of the

proposed rules.

The Board must

then

make the economic

impact

study,

or DCEO’s

explanation

for not conducting

the study,

available

to

the public

at least 20

days before

a public hearing

on

the

economic

impact

of the

proposed

rules.

The

Board sent to

DCEO the

request on February

19, 2009,

and asked that a response

be

tendered

by March

6,

2009.

All

filings

in this proceeding

will be available

on the

Board’s web

page

at

www.ipcb.state.il.us

and

participants

may file

electronically

on the Board’s web

page.

The

prefiled

testimony

must

be served

on the persons

on the service

list.

IT

IS

SO ORDERED.

par1e E. Tipsor

Hearing

Officer

Illinois Pollution

Control

Board

100 West

Randolph,

Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois

60601

(312) 814-4925

tipsorni@ipcb.state.il.us

In compi dcc iIh the Americans

with

Dsabih1ics

Ad and other appheahle lederal

and Stale laws,

the hearing

will

he

accessible

to individuals

wjth

disabilities. Persons

requiring

auxiliary

diGs and

services

should contact John Then’iault.

Assistant Clerk

01

the Board. at IOU

West

Randolph

Sr. Suite 1 1 —500. Chicago,

Illinois 60601

.at

telephone number

3

12/81—1—693

1 fax number

312/81

4—3669.

or 1111)

number

3 2/814—

6032. five

days

prior to the

hearing.