CLERK’S

OFFICE

ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

February

19, 2009

APR

062009

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

)

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.

On

March

31,

2009,

a hearing was

held in Galva,

Henry

County.

Four witnesses testified

and the

Board received no

testimony

on

the Department

of Commerce and

Economic

Opportunity’s decision

not to conduct

an economic impact

study on these

rules.

At

the close

of hearing, April

30,

2009,

was

agreed to as the date

for final

comments

on

the rulemaking proposal.

Therefore,

all comments that

persons wish

the Board to consider

prior

to the Board proceeding

with this

rulemaking must

be filed

by

April 30, 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.

IT IS

SO

ORDERED.

7/2

—V

IIarie E. Tipsord

Hearing

Officer

Illinois Pollution

Control Board

100 West Randolph,

Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois

60601

(312) 814-4925

tipsorrn(iipcb.state.il.

us