Illinois Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27, 2024) |
TITLE35. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
PART360. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF STATE OF ILLINOIS GRANTS FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS UNDER THE ANTI-POLLUTION BOND ACT OF 1970 |
SUBPARTD. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO INITIATION, AMENDMENT, COMPLETION AND OPERATION OF PROJECT |
§360.406. Operation and Maintenance
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a) The grantee must make adequate provisions satisfactory to the Agency for assuring economic, effective, and efficient operation and maintenance of its sewage treatment works in accordance with a plan of operation approved by the Agency.
b) As a minimum, such plan shall:
1) Be developed and submitted to the Agency for approval in accordance with a schedule developed as a special condition of the grant; and
2) Include provision for:
A) An operation and maintenance manual for each facility;
B) An emergency operating and response program;
C) Properly trained management, operation, and maintenance personnel;
D) Adequate budget for operation and maintenance, and for replacement of all equipment with an expected life of less than 30 years;
E) Operational reports; and
F) Provisions for laboratory testing adequate to determine influent and effluent characteristics and removal efficiencies.
c) The Agency shall not pay:
1) More than 50 percent of the State share of any Step 3 project unless the grantee has furnished and the Agency has approved the plan of operation and the grantee has submitted a draft of the operation and maintenance manual for review, or adequate evidence of timely development of such a draft; and
2) More than 90 percent of the State share unless the grantee has furnished a satisfactory final operation and maintenance manual or as otherwise provided by a special condition of this grant.