ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST, P.O. BOX 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62794-9276 ° (217) 782-2829 

BRUCE RAUNER, GOVERNOR LISA BONNETT, DIRECTOR 

217/782-0610 

May 22, 2015 

United States Steel Corporation 

1951 State Street 

Granite City, Illinois 62040 

Re: United States Steel Corporation- Granite City Works 

NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Final Permit 

Gentlemen: 

Attached is the final NPDES Permit for your discharge. The Permit as issued covers discharge limitations, monitoring, 

and reporting requirements. Failure to meet any portion of the Permit could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. The 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is ready and willing to assist you in interpreting any of the conditions of the 

Permit as they relate specifically to your discharge. The Agency received you letter dated September 24, 2014 and your 

e-mail dated May 7, 2015. The following changes have been made since the public notice of the permit: 

I. Special Condition II has been added to the permit noting a re-opener clause in the case that a TMDL is finalized 

for Horseshoe Lake. 

2. The 30-day average concentration limit for zinc at outfall 001 has been revised to 0.17 mg/L. The daily 

maximum concentration limit for zinc at outfall 001 has been revised to 0.96 mg/L. 

3. Load limits for benzo(a)pyrene and naphthalene at outfall AOI have been revised to have a monthly average 

load limit of 0.03 lb/day and a daily maximum load limit of 0.05 lb/day. 

The Agency has begun a program allowing the submittal of electronic Discharge Monitoring Reports (NetDMRs) 

instead of paper Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs). If you are interested in NetDMRs, more information can be 

found on the Agency website, http://epa.state.il.us/water/edmr/index.html. If your facility is not registered in the 

NetDMR program, a supply of preprinted paper DMR Forms for your facility will be sent to you prior to the initiation of 

DMR reporting under the reissued permit. Additional information and instructions will accompany the preprinted 

DMRs upon their arrival. 

4302 N. Main St., Roc.kford, IL 61103 (815) 987-7760 

595 S. State, Elgin, ll 60123 (847} 608-3131 

2125 S. flntSt., Champaign, ll 61820 (217) 278-5800 

2009 Mall St., Collinsville, IL 62234 (618) 346-5120 

9511 Harrison St., Des Plaines, IL 60016 (847) 294-4000 

412 SW Washington St., SuiteD, Peoria, IL 61602 (309) 671-3022 

2309 W. Main St., Suite 116, Marlon, ll 62959 (618) 993-7200 

100 W. Randolph, Suite 1 0-300, Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 814-6026 

PLEASE PRINT ON RECYCLED PAPER 
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The attached Permit is effective as of the date indicated on the first page of the Permit. Until the effective date of any 

re-issued Permit, the limitations and conditions of the previously-issued Permit remain in full effect. You have the right 

to appeal any condition of the Permit to the Illinois Pollution Control Board within a 35 day period following the 

issuance date. 

Should you have questions concerning the Permit, please contact Mark E. Liska at 217/782-0610. 

Sincerely, 

Manager, Permit Section 

Division of Water Pollution Control 

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Attachment: Final Permit 

cc: Records 

Compliance Assurance Section 

Collinsville Region 

Billing 

USEPA 

SWIMRPC 
NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

Division of Water Pollution Control 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

Post Office Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM 

Expiration Date: May 31, 2020 

Name and Address of Permittee: 

United States Steel Corporation 

Granite City Works 

1951 State Street 

Granite City, Illinois 62040 

Discharge Number and Name: 

001 Treated Process Wastewater 

A01 Coke By-Products Wastewater 

B01 Cold Rolling Mill Wastewater 

C01 Landfill Leachate Wastewater 

Reissued (NPDES) Permit 

Issue Date: May 22, 2015 

Effective Date: June 1, 2015 

Facility Name and Address: 

United States Steel Corporation 

Granite City Works 

201

h and State Street 

Granite City, Illinois 62040 

(Madison County) 

Receiving Waters: 

Horseshoe Lake 

In compliance with the provisions of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, Title 35 of Ill. Adm. Code, Subtitle C and/or Subtitle D, 

Chapter. 1, and the Clean Water Act (CWA), the above-named permittee is hereby authorized to discharge at the above location to the 

above-named receiving stream in accordance with the standard conditions and attachments herein. 

Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the above expiration date. In order to receive authorization to discharge beyond the 

expiration date, the permittee shall submit the proper appli!'ation as required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (I EPA) not 

later than 180 days prior to the expiration date. 

SAK:MEL:14051401.mel 

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Alan Keller, P.E. 

Manager, Penmit Section 

Division of Water Pollution Control 
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NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Effluent Limitations and Monitoring 

1. From the effective date of this penmit until the expiration date, the effluent of the following discharge(s) shall be monitored and 

limited at all times as follows: 

Outfall(s): 001 Treated Process Wastewater- (DAF = 25.0 MGD) 

Treated Process Wastewater consists of wastewater from the blast furnace, basic oxygen furnace, 80" hot strip mill, 

landfill leachates, galvanizing lines, sanitary, stormwater runoff, continuous casters, boiler blowdown, maintenance 

shops, laboratories, coke plant, cold mill, continuous pickier, and miscellaneous flows 

LOAD LIMITS lbs/day CONCENTRATION 

DAF (DMF) LIMITS mg/1 

30 DAY DAILY 30 DAY DAILY SAMPLE SAMPLE 

PARAMETER AVERAGE MAXIMUM AVERAGE MAXIMUM FREQUENCY TYPE 

Flow(MGD) See Special Condition 1 Measure When 

Monitoring 

pH See Special Condition 2 6.0- 9.0 2/Week Grab 

CBODs 2085 4170 10 20 2/Week Composite 

Total Suspended Solids 2502 5004 12 24 2/Week Composite 

Oil & Grease 1511 3492 15 30 2/Week Grab 

Iron (total) 417 834 2 4 2/Week Composite 

Iron (dissolved) 209 1 2/Week Composite 

Lead (total) 5.3 16 0.09 0.4 1/Quarter Composite 

Zinc (total) 12 33 0.17 0.96 2/Week Composite 

Cyanide (total) 19 35 0.1 0.2 2/Week Composite 

Cyanide (available by 1,1 4.6 0.0052 0.022 2/Month Composite OIA 1677) 

Phenol (4AAP) 5.0 10 0.1 2/Week Composite 

Fluoride 834 4 2/Week Composite 

Ammonia-Nitrogen* 

Spring/Fall 438 2206 2.1 10.1 2/Week Composite 

Summer 438 3128 2.1 15.0 2/Week Composite 

Winter 874 1616 4.0 7.4 2/Week Composite 

March 605 1616 2.9 7.4 2/Week Composite 

Phosphorus Monitor Only 1/Month Grab 

'For Ammonia as Nitrogen, Spring/Fall is April-May and September-October. Summer is June-August. Winter is November-February. 

Weekly average limits will apply. For Spring/Fall, weekly average limit is 5.2 mg/L ( 1084 lb/day). Summer weekly average limit is 5.4 

mg/L (1126 lb/day). ·There is no weekly average limit for Winter or March. 
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NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Effluent Limitations and Monitoring 

1. From the effective date of this permit until the expiration date, the effluent of the following discharge(s) shall be monitored and 

limited at all times as follows: 

Outfall(s): B01, C01 

PARAMETER 

LOAD LIMITS lbs/day 

OAF (DMFl 

30 DAY 

AVERAGE 

DAILY 

MAXIMUM 

Outfall: A01 -Coke By-Products Wastewater 

Flow (MGD) See Special Condition 1 

CONCENTRATION 

LIMITS mq/1 

30 DAY 

AVERAGE 

DAILY 

MAXIMUM 

Total Suspended Solids Monitor 

Naphthalene 

Benzo( a )pyrene 

0.03 

0.03 

0.05 

0.05 

Outfall: B01 -Cold Rolling Mill Wastewater 

Flow(MGD) 

Tetrachloroethylene 

Naphthalene 

See Special Condition 1 

1.1 

0.69 

Outfall: C01 -Landfill Leachate Wastewater 

Flow(MGD) See Special Condition 1 

SAMPLE 

FREQUENCY 

Continuous 

1/Month 

2/Week 

2/Week 

When 

Monitoring 

2/Year 

1/Month 

Continuous 

SAMPLE 

TYPE 

Measure 

Composite 

Composite 

Composite 

Measure 

Grab 

Grab 

Measure 
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NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Special Conditions 

SPECIAL CONDITION 1. Flow shall be reported as a daily maximum and a monthly average, and shall be reported on the monthly 

Discharge Monitoring Report Form. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 2. The pH shall be in the range 6.0 to 9.0. The monthly minimum and monthly maximum values shall be 

reported on the DMR form. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 3. If an applicable effluent standard or limitation is promulgated under Sections 301(b)(2)(C) and (D), 304(b)(2), 

and 307(a)(2) of the Clean Water Act and that effluent standard or limitation is more stringent than any effluent limitation in the permit or 

controls a pollutant not limited in the NPDES Permit, the Agency shall revise or modify the permit in accordance with the more stringent 

standard or prohibition and shall so notify the permittee. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 4. The use or operation of this facility shall be by or under the supervision of a Certified Class K operator. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 5 . For purposes of this permit, load limits for Phenol (4AAP) have been based on actual plant discharges, and 

load limits for Ammonia (as N) have been based on water quality standards, and are included in accordance with a 301(g) variance of 

the Clean Water Act approved by the USEPA. Any changes to these load limits can only be made following Public Notice and 

opportunity for hearing. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 6. The permittee may show that an apparent noncompliance of load limits for zinc is not a violation by applying 

background credits for intake waters and by submission of calculations as defined below. 

The load calculations for comparison to Zinc load limits shall be made as follows: 

M = (Ce- Cc) x F x 8.34 

Where: 

M = Outfall 001 load limit (lbs/day) 

Ce =Outfall 001 effluent concentration (mg/1) 

C, = Intake water concentration (mg/1) 

F =Outfall 001 effluent ftow (MGD) 

Concentrations limits for outfall 001 are absolute and no background credit shall be allowed. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 7. The Permittee shall record monitoring results on Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Forms using one such 

form for each outfall each month. 

In the event that an outfall does not discharge during a monthly reporting period, the DMR Form shall be submitted with no discharge 

indicated. 

The Permittee may choose to submit electronic DMRs (NetDMRs) instead of mailing paper DMRs to the I EPA. More information, 

including registration information for the NetDMR program, can be obtained on the I EPA website, http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/netdmr/index.html. 

The completed Discharge Monitoring Report forms shall be submitted to I EPA no later than the 15th day of the following month, unless 

otherwise specified by the permitting authority. 

Permittees not using NetDMRs shall mail Discharge Monitoring Reports with an original signature to the I EPA at the following address: 

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

Division of Water Pollution Control 

1021 North Grand Avenue East 

Post Office Box 19276 

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276 

Attention: Compliance Assurance Section, Mail Code # 19 
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NPDES Permit No. IL0000329 

Special Conditions 

SPECIAL CONDITION 8. Samples taken in compliance with the effluent monitoring requirements for internal outfall A01 shall be taken 

at a point representative of the discharge of Coke By-Products Wastewater, but prior to mixing with any other wastewater sources. 

Samples taken in compliance with the effluent monitoring requirements for internal outfall 801 shall be taken at a point representative of 

the discharge of Cold Rolling Mill wastewater, but prior to mixing with any other wastewater sources. Samples taken in compliance with 

the effluent monitoring requirements for internal outfall C01 shall be taken at a point representative of the discharge of Landfill Leachate 

Wastewater, but prior to mixing with any other wastewater sources. Samples taken in compliance with the effluent monitoring 

requirements for outfall 001 shall be taken at a point representative of the discharge, but before entering the receiving water. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 9. The Agency has determined that the effluent limitations in this permit constitute BAT/BCT for storm water 

which is treated in the existing treatment facilities for purposes of this penmit reissuance, and no pollution prevention plan will be 

required for such storm water. In addition to the chemical specific monitoring required elsewhere in this permit, the permittee shall 

conduct an annual inspection of the facility site to identify areas contributing to a storm water discharge associated with industrial 

activity, and determine whether any facility modifications have occurred which result in previously-treated storm water discharges no 

longer receiving treatment. If any such discharges are identified the permittee shall request a modification of this permit within 30 days 

after the inspection. Records of the annual inspection shall be retained by the permittee for the term of this permit and be made 

available to the Agency on request. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 10. The Permittee shall monitor the effluent from Outfall 001 for the following parameters on a 2/year basis. 

This Permit may be modified with public notice to establish effluent limitations if appropriate, based on information obtained through 

sampling. The sample shall be a 24-hour effluent composite except as otherwise specifically provided below and the results shall be 

submitted on the DMR's to I EPA. The parameters to be sampled and the minimum reporting limits to be attained are as follows: 

STORET 

CODE 

10197 

01002 

01007 

01027 

01032 

01034 

01042 

01055 

71900 

01067 

01147 

01077 

PARAMETER 

Antimony 

Arsenic 

Barium 

Cadmium 

Chromium (Hexavalent) (grab) 

Chromium (total) 

Copper 

Manganese 

Mercury 

Nickel 

Selenium 

Silver (total) 

Minimum 

reporting limit 

5.0 ug/L 

0.05 mg/L 

0.5 mg/L 

0.001 mg/L 

O.D1 mg/L 

0.05 mg/L 

0.005 mg/L 

0.5 mg/L 

0.2 ug/L 

0.005 mg/L 

0.005 mg/L 

0.003 mg/L 

Unless otherwise indicated, concentrations refer to the total amount of the constituent present in all phases, whether solid, suspended 

or dissolved, elemental or combined, including all oxidation states. 

The analyses for the above parameters shall meet the detection limits as established for accepted test procedures listed in 40 CFR 

136. 

All samples for mercury must be analyzed by EPA Method 1631E using the digestion procedure described in Section 11.1.1.2 of 

1631 E, which dictates that samples must be heated at 50°C for 6 hours in a bromine chloride (BrCI) solution in closed vessels. 

SPECIAL CONDITION 11: This Permit may be modified to include alternative or additional final effluent limitations pursuant to an 

approved Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study or upon approval of an alternate Water Quality Study. 
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Attachment H 

Standard Conditions 

Definitions 

Act means the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5 as 

Amended. 

Agency means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. 

Board means the Illinois Pollution Control Board. 

Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act) means Pub. L 92-500, as amended. 33 

U.S.C. 1251 et seq. 

NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) means 

the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, 

terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and 

enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Sections 307, 402, 318 

and 405 of the Clean Water Act. 

USEPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 

Daily Discharge means the discharge of a pollutant measured 

during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably 

represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For 

pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the "daily 

discharge" is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant 

discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed 

in other units of measurements, the "daily discharge" is calculated 

as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day. 

Maximum Daily Discharge Limitation (daily maximum) means the 

highest allowable daily discharge. 

Average Monthly Discharge Limitation (30 day average) means 

the highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar 

month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured 

during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges 

measured during that month. 

Average Weekly Discharge Limitation (7 day average) means the 

highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar 

week, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured 

during a calendar week divided by the number of daily discharges 

measured during that week. 

Best Management Practices (BMPs) means schedules of 

activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and 

other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of 

waters of the State. BMPs also include treatment requirements, 

operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, 

spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw 

material storage. 

Aliquot means a sample of specified volume used to make up a 

total composite sample. 

Grab Sample means an individual sample of at least 100 milliliters 

collected at a randomly-selected lime over a period not exceeding 

15 minutes. 

24-Hour Composite Sample means a combination of at least 8 

sample aliquots of at least 100 milliliters, collected at periodic 

intervals during the operating hours of a facility over a 24-hour 

period. 

8-Hour Composite Sample means a combination of at least 3 

sample aliquots of at least 100 milliliters, collected at periodic 

intervals during the operating hours of a facility over an 8-hour 

period. 

Flow Proportional Composite Sample means a combination of 

sample aliquots of at least 100 milliliters collected at periodic 

intervals such that either the time interval between each aliquot or 

the volume of each aliquot is proportional to either the stream flow 

at the time of sampling or the total stream flow since the collection 

of the previous aliquot. 

(1) Duty to comply. The permittee must comply with all 

conditions of this penmit. Any permit noncompliance 

constitutes a violation of the Act and is grounds for 

enforcement action, permit termination, revocation and 

reissuance, modification, or for denial of a permit renewal 

application. The permittee shall comply with effluent standards 

or prohibitions established under Section 307(a) of the Clean 

Water Act for toxic pollutants within the time provided in the 

regulations that establish these standards or prohibitions, even 

if the permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the 

requirements. 

(2) Duty to reapply. If the permittee wishes to continue an activity 

regulated by this permit after the expiration date of this permit, 

the permittee must apply for and obtain a new permit. If the 

permittee submits a proper application as required by the 

Agency no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date, this 

permit shall continue in full force and effect until the final 

Agency decision on the application has been made. 

(3) Need to halt or reduce activity not a defense. It shall not be 

a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it would 

have been necessary to hall or reduce the permitted activity in 

order to maintain compliance with the conditions of this penmit. 

(4) Duty to mitigate. The permittee shall take all reasonable 

steps to minimize or prevent any discharge in violation of this 

permit which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting 

human health or the environment. 

(5) Proper operation and maintenance. The permittee shall at 

all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and 

systems of treatment and control (and related appurtenances) 

which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve 

compliance with conditions of this penmit. Proper operation 

and maintenance includes effective performance, adequate 

funding, adequate operator staffing and training, and adequate 

laboratory and process controls, including appropriate quality 

assurance procedures. This provision requires the operation of 

back-up, or auxiliary facilities, or similar systems only when 

necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the 

permit. 

(6) Permit actions. This permit may be modified, revoked and 

reissued, or terminated for cause by the Agency pursuant to 40 

CFR 122.62 and 40 CFR 122.63. The filing of a request by the 

permittee for a permit modification, revocation and reissuance, 

or tenmination, or a notification of planned changes or 

anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any penmit condition. 

(7) Property rights. This permit does not convey any property 

rights of any sort, or any exclusive privilege. 

(8) Duty to provide information. The permittee shall furnish to 

the Agency within a reasonable time, any information which the 

Agency may request to determine whether cause exists for 

modifying, revoking and reissuing, or terminating this permit, or 

to determine compliance with the permit. The permittee shall 

also furnish to the Agency upon request, copies of records 

reauired to be kent bv this oermit. 
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(9) Inspection and entry. The permittee shall allow an authorized 

representative of the Agency or USEPA (including an 

authorized contractor acting as a representative of the Agency 

or USEPA), upon the presentation of credentials and other 

documents as may be required by law, to: 

(a) Enter upon the permittee's premises where a regulated 

facility or activity is located or conducted, or where records 

must be kept under the conditions of this permit; 

(b) Have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any 

records that must be kept under the conditions of this 

permit; 

(c) Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment 

(including monitoring and control equipment), practices, or 

operations regulated or required under this permit; and 

(d) Sample or monitor at reasonable times, for the purpose of 

assuring permit compliance, or as otherwise authorized by 

the Act, any substances or parameters at any location. 

(10) Monitoring and records. 

(a) Samples and measurements taken for the purpose of 

monitoring shall be representative of the monitored 

activity. 

(b) The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring 

information, including all calibration and maintenance 

records, and all original strip chart recordings for 

continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all 

reports required by this permit, and records of all data 

used to complete the application for this permit, for a 

period of at least 3 years from the date of this permit, 

measurement, report or application. Records related to 

the permittee's sewage sludge use and disposal activities 

shall be retained for a period of at least five years (or 

longer as required by 40 CFR Part 503). This period may 

be extended by request of the Agency or USEPA at any 

time. 

(c) Records of monitoring information shall include: 

(1) The date, exact place, and time of sampling or 

measurements; 

(2) The individual(s) who performed the sampling or 

measurements; 

(3) The date(s) analyses were performed; 

(4) The individual(s) who performed the analyses; 

(5) The analytical techniques or methods used; and 

(6) The results of such analyses. 

(d) Monitoring must be conducted according to test 

procedures approved under 40 CFR Part 136, unless other 

test procedures have been specified in this permit. Where 

no test procedure under 40 CFR Part 136 has been 

approved, the permittee must submit to the Agency a test 

method for approval. The permittee shall calibrate and 

perform maintenance procedures on all monitoring and 

analytical instrumentation at intervals to ensure accuracy 

of measurements. 

( 11) Signatory requirement. All applications, reports or 

information submitted to the Agency shall be signed and 

certified. 

(a) Application. All permit applications shall be signed as 

follows: 

(1) For a corporation: by a principal executive officer of 

at least the level of vice president or a person or 

position having overall responsibility for 

environmental matters for the corporation: 

(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general 

partner or the proprietor, respectively; or 

(3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public 

agency: by either a principal executive officer or 

ranking elected official. 

(b) Reports. All reports required by permits, or other 

information requested by the Agency shall be signed by a 

person described in paragraph (a) or by a duly authorized 

representative of that person. A person is a duly 

authorized representative only if: 

(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person 

described in paragraph (a); and 

(2) The authorization specifies either an individual or a 

position responsible for the overall operation of the 

facility, from which the discharge originates, such as 

a plant manager, superintendent or person of 

equivalent responsibility; and 

(3) The written authorization is submitted to the Agency. 

(c) Changes of Authorization. If an authorization under (b) 

is no longer accurate because a different individual or 

position has responsibility for the overall operation of the 

facility, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of 

(b) must be submitted to the Agency prior to or together 

with any reports, information, or applications to be signed 

by an authorized representative. 

(d) Certification. Any person signing a document under 

paragraph (a) or (b) of this section shall make the 

following certification: 

1 certify under penalty of law that this document and all 

attachments were prepared under my direction or 

supervision in accordance with a system designed to 

assure that qualified personnel properly gather and 

evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry 

of the person or persons who manage the system, or 

those persons directly responsible for gathering the 

information, the information submitted is, to the best of 

my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I 

am aware that there are significant penalties for 

submitting false information, including the possibility of 

fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. 

(12) Reporting requirements. 

(a) Planned changes. The permittee shall give notice to the 

Agency as soon as possible of any planned physical 

alterations or additions to the permitted facility. 

Notice is required when: 

(1) The alteration or addition to a permitted facility may 

meet one of the criteria for determining whether a 

facility is a new source pursuant to 40 CFR 122.29 

(b); or 

(2) The alteration or addition could significantly change 

the nature or increase the quantity of pollutants 

discharged. This notification applies to pollutants 

which are subject neither to effluent limitations in the 

permit, nor to notification requirements pursuant to 

40 CFR 122.42 (a)(1). 

(3) The alteration or addition results in a significant 

change in the permittee's sludge use or disposal 

practices, and such alteration, addition, or change 

may justify the application of permit conditions that 

are different from or absent in the existing permit, 

including notification of additional use or disposal 

sites not reported during the permit application 

process or not reported pursuant to an approved 

land application plan. 

(b) Anticipated noncompliance. The permittee shall give 

advance notice to the Agency of any planned changes in 

the permitted facility or activity which may result in 

noncompliance with permit requirements. 

(c) Transfers. This permit is not transferable to any person 

except after notice to the Agency. 

(d) Compliance schedules. Reports of compliance or 

noncompliance with, or any progress reports on, interim 

and final requirements contained in any compliance 

schedule of this permit shall be submitted no later than 14 

days following each schedule date. 

(e) Monitoring reports. Monitoring results shall be reported 

at the intervals specified elsewhere in this permit. 

(1) Monitoring results must be reported on a Discharge 

Monitorina Reoort (DMRt 
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(2) If the permittee monitors any pollutant more 

frequently than required by the permit, using test 

procedures approved under 40 CFR 136 or as 

specified in the permit, the results of this monitoring 

shall be included in the calculation and reporting of 

the data submitted in the DMR. 

(3) Calculations for all limitations which require 

averaging of measurements shall utilize an arithmetic 

mean unless otherwise specified by the Agency in 

the permit. 

(f) Twenty-four hour reporting. The permittee shall report 

any noncompliance which may endanger health or the 

environment. Any information shall be provided orally 

within 24-hours from the time the permittee becomes 

aware of the circumstances. A written submission shall 

also be provided within 5 days of the time the permittee 

becomes aware of the circumstances. The written 

submission shall contain a description of the 

noncompliance and its cause; the period of 

noncompliance, including exact dates and time; and if the 

noncompliance has not been corrected, the anticipated 

time it is expected to continue; and steps taken or 

planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence 

of the noncompliance. The following shall be included as 

information which must be reported within 24-hours: 

(1) Any unanticipated bypass which exceeds any 

effluent limitation in the permit. 

(2) Any upset which exceeds any effluent limitation in 

the permit. 

(3) Violation of a maximum daily discharge limitation for 

any of the pollutants listed by the Agency in the 

permit or any pollutant which may endanger health or 

the environment. 

The Agency may waive the written report on a caseby-case basis if the oral report has been received 

within 24-hours. 

(g) Other noncompliance. The permittee shall report all 

instances of noncompliance not reported under 

paragraphs (12) (d), (e), or (f), at the time monitoring 

reports are submitted. The reports shall contain the 

information listed in paragraph (12) (f). 

(h) Other information. Where the permittee becomes 

aware that it failed to submit any relevant facts in a permit 

application, or submitted incorrect information in a permit 

application, or in any report to the Agency, it shall 

promptly submit such facts or information. 

( 13) Bypass. 

(a) Definitions. 

(1) Bypass means the intentional diversion of waste 

streams from any portion of a treatment facility. 

(2) Severe property damage means substantial 

physical damage to property, damage to the 

treatment facilities which causes them to become 

inoperable, or substantial and permanent loss of 

natural resources which can reasonably be 

expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. 

Severe property damage does not mean economic 

loss caused by delays in production. 

(b) Bypass not exceeding limitations. The permittee may 

allow any bypass to occur which does not cause 

effluent limitations to be exceeded, but only if it also is 

for essential maintenance to assure efficient 

operation. These bypasses are not subject to the 

provisions of paragraphs ( 13)(c) and (13)(d). 

(c) Notice. 

(1) Anticipated bypass. If the permittee knows in 

advance of the need for a bypass, it shall submit 

prior notice, if possible at least ten days before 

the date of the bypass. 

(2) Unanticipated bypass. The permittee shall 

submit notice of an unanticipated bypass as 

required in paragraph (12)(f) (24-hour notice). 

(d) Prohibition of bypass. 

(1) Bypass is prohibited, and the Agency may take 

enforcement action against a permittee for 

bypass, unless: 

(i) Bypass was unavoidable to prevent loss of life, 

personal injury, or severe property damage; 

(ii) There were no feasible alternatives to the 

bypass, such as the use of auxiliary treatment 

facilities, retention of untreated wastes, or 

maintenance during normal periods of 

equipment downtime. This condition is not 

satisfied if adequate back-up equipment should 

have been installed in the exercise of 

reasonable engineering judgment to prevent a 

bypass which occurred during normal periods 

of equipment downtime or preventive 

maintenance; and 

(iii) The permittee submitted notices as required 

under paragraph (13)(c). 

(14) Upset. 

(2) The Agency may approve an anticipated bypass, 

after considering its adverse effects, if the Agency 

determines that it will meet the three conditions 

listed above in paragraph (13)(d)(1). 

(a) Definition. Upset means an exceptional incident in which 

there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with 

technology based permit effluent limitations because of 

factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. 

An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent 

caused by operational error, improperly designed 

treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of 

preventive maintenance, or careless or improper 

operation. 

(b) Effect of an upset. An upset constitutes an affirmative 

defense to an action brought for noncompliance with such 

technology based permit effluent limitations if the 

requirements of paragraph (14)(c) are met. No 

determination made during administrative review of 

claims that noncompliance was caused by upset, and 

before an action for noncompliance, is final administrative 

action subject to judicial review. 

(c) Conditions necessary for a demonstration of upset. A 

permittee who wishes to establish the affirmative defense 

of upset shall demonstrate, through properly signed, 

contemporaneous operating logs, or other relevant 

evidence that: 

( 1) An upset occurred and that the permittee can identify 

the cause(s) of the upset; 

(2) The permitted facility was at the time being properly 

operated; and 

(3) The permittee submitted notice of the upset as 

required in paragraph (12)(1)(2) (24-hour notice). 

(4) The permittee complied with any remedial measures 

required under paragraph ( 4 ). 

(d) Burden of proof. In any enforcement proceeding the 

permittee seeking to establish the occurrence of an upset 

has the burden of proof. 

(15) Transfer of permits. Permits may be transferred by 

modification or automatic transfer as described below: 

(a) Transfers by modification. Except as provided in 

paragraph (b), a permit may be transferred by the 

permittee to a new owner or operator only if the permit 

has been modified or revoked and reissued pursuant to 

40 CFR 122.62 (b) (2), or a minor modification made 

pursuant to 40 CFR 122.63 (d), to identify the new 

permittee and incorporate such other requirements as 

may be necessary under the Clean Water Act. 

(b) Automatic transfers. As an alternalive to transfers under 

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transferred to a new permittee if: 

(1) The current permittee notifies the Agency at least 30 

days in advance of the proposed transfer date; 

(2) The notice includes a written agreement between the 

existing and new permittees containing a specified 

date for transfer of permit responsibility, coverage and 

liability between the existing and new permittees; and 

(3) The Agency does not notify the existing permittee and 

the proposed new permittee of its intent to modify or 

revoke and reissue the permit. If this notice is not 

received, the transfer is effective on the date specified 

in the agreement. 

( 16) All manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural 

dischargers must notify the Agency as soon as they know or 

have reason to believe: 

(a) That any activity has occurred or will occur which would 

result in the discharge of any toxic pollutant identified 

under Section 307 of the Clean Water Act which is not 

limited in the permit, if thai discharge will exceed the 

highest of the following notification levels: 

(1) One hundred micrograms per liter (100 ug/1); 

(2) Two hundred micrograms per liter (200 ug/1) for 

acrolein and acrylonitrile; five hundred micrograms 

per liter (500 ug/1) for 2,4-dinitrophenol and for 2-

methyl-4,6 dinitrophenol; and one milligram per liter 

(1 mg/1) for antimony. 

(3) Five (5) times the maximum concentration value 

reported for that pollutant in the NPDES permit 

application; or 

(4) The level established by the Agency in this permit. 

(b) That they have begun or expect to begin to use or 

manufacture as an intermediate or final product or 

byproduct any toxic pollutant which was not reported in 

the NPDES permit application. 

(17) All Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) must provide 

adequate notice to the Agency of the following: 

(a) Any new introduction of pollutants into that POTW from 

an indirect discharge which would be subject to Sections 

301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act if it were directly 

discharging those pollutants; and 

(b) Any substantial change in the volume or character of 

pollutants being introduced into that POTW by a source 

introducing pollutants into the POTW at the time of 

issuance of the permit. 

(c) For purposes of this paragraph, adequate notice shall 

include information on (i) the quality and quantity of 

effluent introduced into the POTW, and (ii) any 

anticipated impact of the change on the quantity or quality 

of effluent to be discharged from the POTW. 

( 18) If the permit is issued to a publicly owned or publicly regulated 

treatment works, the permittee shall require any industrial 

user of such treatment works to comply with federal 

requirements concerning: 

(a) User charges pursuant to Section 204 (b) of the Clean 

Water Act, and applicable regulations appearing in 40 

CFR 35; 

(b) Toxic pollutant effluent standards and pretreatment 

standards pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water 

Act; and 

(c) Inspection, monitoring and entry pursuant to Section 308 

of the Clean Water Act. 

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(19) If an applicable standard or limitation is promulgated under 

Section 301(b)(2)(C) and (D), 304(b)(2), or 307(a)(2) and that 

effluent standard or limitation is more stringent than any 

effluent limitation in the permit, or controls a pollutant not 

limited in the permit, the permit shall be promptly modified or 

revoked, and reissued to conform to that effluent standard or 

limitation. 

(20) Any authorization to construct issued to the permittee 

pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.154 is hereby incorporated 

by reference as a condition of this permit. 

(21) The permittee shall not make any false statement, 

representation or certification in any application, record, 

report, plan or other document submitted to the Agency or the 

USEPA, or required to be maintained under this permit. 

(22) The Clean Water Act provide.s that any person who violates a 

permit condition implementing Sections 301, 302, 306, 307, 

308, 318, or 405 of the Clean Water Act is subject to a civil 

penalty not to exceed $25,000 per day of such violation. Any 

person who willfully or negligently violates permit conditions 

implementing Sections 301,302,306,307,308,318 or 405 of 

the Clean Water Act is subject to a fine of not less than 

$2,500 nor more than $25,000 per day of violation, or by 

imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 

Additional penalties for violating these sections of the Clean 

Water Act are identified in 40 CFR 122.41 (a)(2) and (3). 

(23) The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, 

tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring 

device or method required to be maintained under this permit 

shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than 

$10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or 

both. If a conviction of a person is for a violation committed 

after a first conviction of such person under this paragraph, 

punishment is a fine of not more than $20,000 per day of 

violation, or by imprisonment of not more than 4 years, or 

both. 

(24) The Clean Water Act provides that any person who knowingly 

makes any false statement, representation, or certification in 

any record or other document submitted or required to be 

maintained under this permit, including monitoring reports or 

reports of compliance or non-compliance shall, upon 

conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 

per violation, or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months 

per violation, or by both. 

(25) Collected screening, slurries, sludges, and other solids shall 

be disposed of in such a manner as to prevent entry of those 

wastes (or runoff from the wastes) into waters of the State. 

The proper authorization for such disposal shall be obtained 

from the Agency and is incorporated as part hereof by 

reference. 

(26) In case of conflict between these standard conditions and any 

other condition(s) included in this permit, the other 

condition(s) shall govern. 

(27) The permittee shall comply with, in addition to the 

requirements of the permit, all applicable provisions of 35 Ill. 

Adm. Code, Subtitle C, Subtitle D, Subtitle E, and all 

applicable orders of the Board or any court with jurisdiction. 

(28) The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any 

provision of this permit, or the application of any provision of 

this permit is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this 

permit shall continue in full force and effect.