Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 304 - EFFLUENT STANDARDS
Subpart B - SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND EXCEPTIONS NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Section 304.202 - Chlor-alkali Mercury Discharges in St. Clair County

Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 304.202
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

The mercury discharge standards of Section 304.124 and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 307.1102 do not apply to any manufacturing facility that operates chlor-alkali cells, is located in St. Clair County, and discharges directly or indirectly into the Mississippi River; or to any publicly owned treatment works that receives a manufacturing facility's wastewater. The amount of mercury discharged by any such manufacturing facility must not exceed an average of 114 g/day (0.25 pounds per day) during any calendar month and a maximum of 227 g (0.5 pounds) during any one day. Any publicly owned treatment works that, directly or indirectly, receives such a manufacturing facility's wastewater is entitled to discharge mercury exceeding the levels provided in Section 304.124 to the extent that the discharge exceeds those levels because of such a manufacturing facility's discharge.

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