Section 180.202  Requirements of the Written Application

a)         Two copies of the application shall be sent to:

            Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

            Division of (Air Pollution Control, Water Pollution Control,

            Land Pollution Control, Public Water Supplies,

            as appropriate)

            1021 North Grand Ave. East

            P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276

b)         The application shall include:

1)         A statement identifying the regulations, Board Order, or permit requirements from which the variance is requested;

2)         A description of the business or activity for which the variance is requested, including pertinent data on location, size, and the population and geographic area affected by the person's operations;

3)         The quantity and types of materials used in the process or activity for which the variance is requested, as appropriate;

4)         The quantity, types and nature of materials or emissions to be discharged, deposited or emitted under the variance, and the identification of the receiving waterway or land, or the closest receiving Class A and Class B land use, as appropriate;

5)         The quantity and types of materials in drinking water exceeding the allowable content, or other pertinent facts concerning variances from the Board's public water supply regulations;

6)         An assessment of any adverse environmental impacts that the variance may produce;

7)         A statement explaining why compliance with the Act, regulations or Board Order imposes arbitrary or unreasonable hardship;

8)         A description of the proposed methods to achieve compliance with the Act, regulations or Board Order, and a timetable for achieving that compliance;

9)         A discussion of alternate methods of compliance and of the factors influencing the choice of applying for a provisional variance;

10)        A statement of the period, not to exceed 45 days, for which the variance is requested;

11)        A statement of whether the person has been granted any provisional variances within the calendar year, and the terms and duration of those variances;

12)        A statement regarding the person's current permit status as related to the subject matter of the variance request;

13)        Any Board orders in effect regarding the person's activities and any matters currently before the Board in which the person is a party.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 6161, effective March 22, 2011)