Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 405 - STATE AND NPDES PERMITS
Section 405.109 - Abandonment Plan
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) A State or NPDES permit must include, as a condition, an abandonment plan.
b) An abandonment plan must be incorporated into the permit by reference if it:
c) If the abandonment plan does not meet subsection (b) requirements, the Agency may either deny the permit or issue it with a modified abandonment plan.
d) The time limit under subsection (b)(1) is inapplicable to abandonment plans for surface coal mines that are approved as reclamation plans under the Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act [ 225 ILCS 720 ].
e) Any abandonment plan constituting a substantial change from the permitted abandonment plan is a revised abandonment plan.
f) A permittee must apply for a new, modified, or supplemental NPDES or State permit before implementing a revised abandonment plan within the time limits of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 403.104(c).