Section 840.116  Groundwater Quality Standards

a)           On-site, prior to the completion of the post-closure care period, the applicable groundwater quality standards at the Hutsonville site for concentrations of contaminants from Ash Pond D are the concentrations as determined by groundwater monitoring, if those concentrations exceed the numeric standards for Class I: Potable Resource Groundwater set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.410. After completion of the post-closure care period, the on-site concentrations of contaminants from Ash Pond D as determined by groundwater monitoring, if those concentrations exceed the numeric standards for Class I: Potable Resource Groundwater set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.410, are the applicable groundwater standards at the Hutsonville site if:

1)         To the extent practicable, the exceedence has been minimized and beneficial use, as appropriate for the class of groundwater, has been returned on-site;

2)         Any threat to human health or the environment on-site has been minimized; and

3)         An institutional control prohibiting potable uses of groundwater is placed on the Hutsonville site in accordance with the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act [765 ILCS 122] or an alternative instrument authorized for environmental uses under Illinois law and approved by the Agency.  Existing potable uses of groundwater may be preserved as long as those uses remain fit for human consumption in accordance with accepted water supply principles.

b)         Off-site, the applicable groundwater quality standards are the numeric standards for Class I: Potable Resource Groundwater set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.410 in the upper zone of the underlying aquifer and the nondegradation standard of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.Subpart C in the lower zone of the underlying aquifer, unless a groundwater management zone (GMZ) has been established as provided in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.250 with the written permission of the affected owners for off-site or properties with groundwater contamination from Ash Pond D so that monitoring wells may be installed and other corrective actions designed and implemented as necessary to achieve compliance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.

1)       A GMZ for off-site properties with groundwater contamination from Ash Pond D and any related design and construction activities must be proposed and approved in the closure plan or post-closure care plan or any modification of those plans, as appropriate.

2)         Groundwater quality standards for an off-site GMZ are set forth at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620.450(a)(4).