April 21, 2005 - On April 21, 2005, the Illinois Pollution Control Board dismissed a proposal to set Escherichia coli (E-coli) bacterial water quality standards for Lake Michigan beaches and portions of the Mississippi River. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed this rulemaking, Proposed Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302 and 303, R05-10, on November 8, 2004. The Board accepted this rulemaking for hearing on December 16, 2004.
Pollution Control Board Dismisses Rulemaking To Set E-coli Bacteria Standards
for Lake Michigan Beaches and the Mississippi RiverOn April 21, 2005, the Illinois Pollution Control Board dismissed a proposal to setEscherichia coli (E-coli) bacterial water quality standards for Lake Michigan beaches andportions of the Mississippi River.
The Board accepted this rulemaking for hearing on December 16,
2004.
Additionally, the IEPA asserts that the United States Environmental
Protection Agency indicated that it intends to adopt a new bacteria criterion in October2005, with an indicator organism other than fecal coliform or E-coli, and that continuingwith the rulemaking would not be an e...
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