August 5, 2010 - The Illinois Pollution Control Board, on August 5, 2010, proposed rules for first-notice that establish recreational use designations for the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) and the Lower Des Plaines River (LDPR). The recreational use designations sent to first notice are the designations proposed by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on October 26, 2007. The original proposal was 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 (R08-09). On March 18, 2010, the Board granted a motion to severe the original docket into four subdockets. Subdocket A deals with issues related to recreation use disgnations.
Board Proposes for First Notice Rules to Establish the Recreational Use
Designations for the Chicago Area Waterway SystemThe Illinois Pollution Control Board, on August 5, 2010, proposed rules for first-noticethat establish recreational use designations for the Chicago Area Waterway System(CAWS) and the Lower Des Plaines River (LDPR).
The recreational use designations
sent to first notice are the designations proposed by Illinois Environmental ProtectionAgency (IEPA) on October 26, 2007.
In Subdocket A, the record before the Board demonstrates that CAWS and LDPR cannot
attain the federal Clean Water Act recreation use goal of recreating on and in the water atthis time.
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