March 18, 2010 - The Illinois Pollution Control Board, on March 18, 2010, granted several motions in the rulemaking docketed as In the Matter of: Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations for the Chicago Area Waterway System and Lower Des Plaines River Proposed Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 301, 302, 303, and 304 (R08-9). Specifically, the Board granted a motion filed by Environmental Law and Policy Center, Friends of the Chicago River, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Natural Resources Defense Council and Openlands to sever the docket.
Board to Hold Additional Hearings on Proposal to Amend Water Quality Standards
for the Chicago Area Waterway SystemThe Illinois Pollution Control Board, on March 18, 2010, granted several motions in therulemaking docketed as In the Matter of: Water Quality Standards and EffluentLimitations for the Chicago Area Waterway System and Lower Des Plaines RiverProposed Amendments to 35 Ill.
Subdocket C will be created to address the issues involving proposed aquatic life uses.
The Board also agreed to hold hearings concerning aquatic life use
designations as requested by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of GreaterChicago.
In Part 303, the IEPA proposes three distinct
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