R95-84 AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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, - . . . • � � j� �Y • AMENDED AGREEMENT TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR WATER MAIN EXTENSION In 1980, the General Assembly amended the Environmental Protection Act to allow the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) to enter into agreements to delegate to units of local government authority to issue construction and operating permits for sewer and water main extensions. In response to this amendment, the Agency promulgated rules for delegation (35 I11. Adm. Code 174) . On July l, 1994 the City of Decatur (City) and the Agency entered into an amended agreement to delegate authoritty to issur permits for water main extensions. By letter, dated Decmeber 29, 1994, the City requested that the Agreement be amended. The Agency has reviewed this request and found it to be proper. Therefore, pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/4 (g) (1992) [211. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004(g) ] and 35 I11. Adm. Code 174, the Agency and the City enter into the following agreement. The Agency will delegate its authority to issue construction and operating permits for water main extensions of the City's distribution system in return for the City's agreement to administer the permit program according to the following conditions: 1. Matthew C. Newell, P.E. , 062-048941, shall be in responsible charge of the review and preparation of plan documents. 2. Bruce A. McNabb, P.E. , 062-048695, shall be in responsible charge of issuing construction or operating permits. No permit shall be valid unless it is signed by Mr. McNabb. Mr. McNabb shall not participate in the review or preparation of plan documents. 3. The water main specifications by which plans shall be reviewed are the American Water Works Association Standards for materials and the "City of Decatur, Illinois Standard Specifications for Water Main Construction" Revised October, 1989. 4. Documents, plans, analyses and permits shall be correlated by assigning a City Engineering Division filing system number (which is a sequential number followed by the City's current fiscal year) at the time of project initiation and carried with the project to completion. 5. The City shall perform the following routine operations: a. Water samples shall be collected from the completed main in accordance with Technical Policy Statement 652.203 (35 I11. Adm. Code 652.203) . b. If there are changes in construction from the preliminary plans described in annual reports, the Agency shall be notified of those changes within 10 days after construction has begun. c. If the construction shown in the as-built plans filed in the annual report does not conform to the approved specifications or 35 I11. Adm. Code Subtitle F, Chapter I and II, corrections shall be made consistent with those regulations.