- Board Proposes Aquatic Life Use Designations for the Chicago Area Waterways System
and Lower Des Plaines River
On February 21, 2013, the Pollution Control Board adopted a first notice opinion and order
proposing two designations of aquatic life use for the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS)
and Lower Des Plaines River (LPDR).
- After reviewing the record and examining the Clean
Water Act goal of “water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish,
shellfish, and wildlife …,” the Board proposes CAWS Aquatic Life Use (ALU) A and CAWS
and Brandon Pool ALU B.
- The Board also proposes language to establish effluent limits as the
Board indicated it would in Subdocket B.
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