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September 19, 2002 217/782-7630
Illinois Pollution Control Board Grants Provisional Variance to Seward
Sanitary District
Chicago – On September 19, 2002, the Illinois Pollution Control Board
granted a 45-day provisional variance from the effluent limits for chemical
biological oxygen demand (CBOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) stated in the
Seward Sanitary District’s (District) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permit for the 45-day period beginning September 17, 2002.
- On September 17, 2002, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA) recommended that the Bo...