Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 399 - FEES FOR REVIEWING APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF A WASTEWATER FACILITY PLANNING AREA › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 399.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless specified otherwise, all terms shall have the meaning
				  set forth in the Act.
For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions
				  shall apply:
Agency means the Illinois Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
Applicant means a private or public entity authorized under
				  the provisions of the Clean Water Act to seek amendments to the Illinois Water
				  Quality Management Plan (the Plan), which includes a facility planning agency
				  or designated management agency for the area that is the subject of the
				  proceeding or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the
				  Commission.
Commission means the Northeastern Illinois Planning
				  Commission.
Completed Application means the Northeastern Illinois
				  Planning Commission's Water Quality Management Plan Amendment Application with
				  all sections completed that relate to facility planning area boundaries.
Designated Management Agency (DMA) means a private or public
				  entity that, under the provisions of the Clean Water Act, has the
				  responsibility of planning, treating or transporting liquid domestic wastewater
				  and its residual solids.
Facility Planning Area (FPA) means a defined geographical
				  area for the planning, treatment or transport of liquid domestic wastewater and
				  its residual solids.
Fee means the fee authorized by Section 33.5 of the
				  Act.
Level I processing means review by the Commission of a
				  request for boundary changes that are areawide in their impact or that have
				  extensive ramifications to the Plan or the implementation process. These
				  ramifications include, but are not limited to, requests judged by the
				  Commission to have a regional impact. The Commission looks for substantial
				  intergovernmental controversy; the potential for regional water quality,
				  environmental, development and population growth impacts; and a major impact on
				  other State or regional plans and policies. Any amendment request that proposes
				  a reduction in the Agricultural Preservation Area identified in the
				  Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission's Strategic Plan for Land Resource
				  Management exceeding 100 acres or more requires Level I processing.
Level II processing means review by the Commission's Water
				  Resources Committee of a request for boundary changes that affect only a
				  limited geographic area or, if areawide, that have only limited policy
				  implications. These types of changes include, but are not limited to, changes
				  to population projections for the twenty-year planning period set forth in
				  approved facility plans, new designated management agencies, termination of a
				  designated management agency, changes to facility planning area boundaries, new
				  or modified sewage treatment works not identified in areawide or State water
				  quality plans and other activities where a significant amount of public
				  interest or concern exists.
Level III processing means review by the Commission's staff
				  of a request for those plan changes that do not involve policy changes, but
				  rather reflect changes and corrections in the factual basis of the plan and its
				  supporting wastewater facility tables.