Modification of Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Pretreatment Program
POTW Pretreatment Program
The City of Freeport has requested approval of a modification to its Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP). The proposed modification consists of increasing the local limits for barium, , phenol, and nickel.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 has proposed to approve the pretreatment program modification. The proposed determination is tentative.
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed program modifications. Copies of the relevant POTW documents are available for inspection and copying at EPA and at City Hall in Freeport. Comments should be submitted in person or mailed no later than 30 days from the date of this Public Notice. Deliver or mail all requests or comments to the EPA at the address listed in this Public Notice (Attention: Matthew Gluckman).
Any person may request a public hearing within 30 days of the date of the Public Notice by submitting a written request to EPA Region 5. The request shall indicate the interest of the person filing such request and the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing will be held if there is a significant degree of public interest in the proposed program modification. Public notice of such a hearing will be circulated in the newspaper and to the parties requesting the hearing.
If no comments to this notice are received, the proposed IPP Modification will be approved as set forth herein without changes and without further public notice. In such an event, this notice shall constitute the notice of approval or disapproval required by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 403.11(e), and no additional notice shall be provided; the approved modification will be incorporated in the POTW’s NPDES permit by the Illinois EPA. Anyone who wishes to be sent a notice of the approval of the modifications should send a request for such notice to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Comments or hearing requests should be submitted to the POTW, and to:
U.S. EPA Region 5
Email to R5NPDES@epa.gov
Or
Pretreatment Program
NPDES Section 2
U.S. EPA Region 5, WP-16J
77 W. Jackson BLVD.
Chicago, IL 60604
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