City of East Moline v. Pollution Control Board

The City of East Moline (East Moline) appeals from a decision of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) wherein the Board affirmed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (Agency’s) denial of East Moline’s application for a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the operation of East Moline’s public water supply treatment facility.

The underlying facts of this appeal are generally undisputed. On May 15, 1986, East Moline applied to the Agency for an NPDES permit for the discharge of waste water from its public water treatment facility into the Mississippi River.…