Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 307 - SEWER DISCHARGE CRITERIA
Subpart B - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 307.1101 - General and Specific Requirements
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 307.1101
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
No person may introduce the following types of pollutants into a POTW:
a) General Requirements
1) Pollutants that pass through the POTW;
or
2) Pollutants that interfere
with the operation or performance of the POTW.
b) Specific Requirements
1) Pollutants that create a fire or explosion
hazard within the POTW, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a
closed cup flashpoint of less than 60 °C (140 °F) using the test
methods specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
721.121;
2) Pollutants that would cause safety hazards
to the personnel operating the treatment works;
3) Pollutants that will cause corrosive
damage to the POTW;
4) Pollutants
that would be injurious in any other way to sewers, treatment works, or
structures;
5) Discharges with a pH
less than 5.0, unless the POTW is
specifically designed to accommodate such discharges;
6) Solid or viscous pollutants in amounts
that will obstruct the flow in the POTW resulting in interference;
7) Any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding
pollutants, at a flow rate or concentration that will cause interference with
the POTW;
8) Heat in amounts that
will inhibit biological activity in the POTW and interfere with the
POTW;
9) Heat in amounts that
result in temperatures in the influent to the POTW treatment plant greater than
40 °C (104 °F), unless the Agency approves alternate temperature limits
in the pretreatment plan;
10)
Pollutants that would cause the effluent from the treatment works to violate
applicable effluent standards;
11)
Petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin
in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;
12) Pollutants that result in the presence of
toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause
acute worker health and safety problems; or
13) Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except
at discharge points designated by the POTW.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 403.3 and 403.5 (2005).
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