Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a)
Applicability
1) Except as provided in
subsections (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5), Subpart BP applies to dental
dischargers.
2) Unless designated
by the control authority, a dental discharger subject to Subpart BP is not a
significant industrial user, as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 310, and is not a
categorical industrial user or industrial user subject to categorical
pretreatment standards as a result of applicability of Subpart BP.
3) Subpart BP does not apply to dental
dischargers that exclusively practice one or more of the following dental
specialties: oral pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and
maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, or prosthodontics.
4) Subpart BP does not apply to wastewater
discharges from a mobile unit operated by a dental discharger.
5) Subpart BP does not apply to dental
dischargers that do not discharge any amalgam process wastewater to a POTW,
such as dental dischargers that collect all dental amalgam process wastewater
for transfer to a centralized waste treatment facility, as defined in
40 CFR
437.2(c).
6) A dental discharger that does not place
dental amalgam and does not remove amalgam, except in limited emergency or
unplanned, unanticipated circumstances, and which certifies these facts to the
control authority, as required in subsection (d), is exempt from any further
requirements of Subpart BP.
b) General Definitions. The Board
incorporates by reference 40
CFR 441.20 (2023). This incorporation
includes no later amendments or editions.
c) Pretreatment Standards for Existing
Sources (PSES). The Board incorporates by reference
40 CFR
441.30 (2023). This incorporation includes no
later amendments or editions.
d)
Pretreatment Standards for New Sources (PSNS). The Board incorporates by
reference 40 CFR
441.40 (2023). This incorporation includes no
later amendments or editions.
e)
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements. The Board incorporates by reference
40 CFR
441.50 (2023), as amended at 88 Fed. Reg.
54115 (August 9, 2023). This incorporation includes no later amendments or
editions.
