Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 310 - PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS
Subpart J - BYPASS
Section 310.910 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Subpart J, the following definitions apply:

"Bypass" means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of an industrial user's treatment facility.

"Severe property damage" means substantial physical damage to property, damage to treatment facilities that causes them to become inoperable or substantial and permanent loss of natural resources that can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.

BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 403.17(a) (2003).