- ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June 6, 2013
PRAIRIE RIVERS NETWORK and SIERRA
CLUB,
Petitioners,
v.
- ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY and SPRINGFIELD
COAL COMPANY, LLC,
Respondents.
- Adm.
- Code 105.204(b).
- In this case, petitioners present six grounds for appeal: 1) the Agency should not have reissued
the Industry Mine’s NPDES permit because the Agency cannot assure compliance with the
permit’s terms, Illinois water quality standards, the Clean Water Act or the Illinois
Environmental Protection Act; 2) the NPDES permit improperly weakened sulfate effluent
limitations in violation of Clean Water Act antibacksliding and antidegradation rules; 3) the
Agency established a co...