October 3, 2013 - On October 3, 2013, the Pollution Control Board adopted a proposed second notice opinion and order to solicit comments from participants on the changes made from first notice 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 Subdocket C). Based on comments and upon re-examination, at second notice the Board proposes an Upper Dresden Island Pool (UDIP) aquatic life use rather than designating UDIP as General Use. The Board continues to believe that UDIP is not impacted by the Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Factors, and that the Clean Water Act (CWA) goal of fishable is attainable in the UDIP.
Board Adopts Proposed Second Notice Aquatic Life Use Designations for the Chicago Area
Waterways System and Lower Des Plaines RiverOn October 3, 2013, the Pollution Control Board adopted a proposed second notice opinion andorder to solicit comments from participants on the changes made from first notice in therulemaking docketed as In the Matter of: Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations forthe Chicago Area Waterway System and Lower Des Plaines River: Proposed Amendments to 35Ill.
Such aquatic life may include, but is not limited
to largemouth bass, bluntnose minnow, channel catfish, orange-spotted sunfish, smallmouthbass, and spottail shiner.
Generally, Chicago Area ...
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