PART 308

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
1. CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
  1. PART 308
  2. DISPOSAL OF WASTES FROM WATERCRAFT

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION

CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

PART 308

DISPOSAL OF WASTES FROM WATERCRAFT

Section

Contaminated Bilge or Ballast Waters

308.104

Statewide Application

Appendix

References to Previous Rules

AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 13 and authorized by Section 27 of the

Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 111 1/2, pars. 1013 and 1027).

SOURCE: Filed with the Secretary of State January 1, 1978; amended 3 Ill. Reg. 25, p.

190, effective June 21, 1979; codified 6 Ill. Reg. 7818.

Section 308.101 Preamble

This Part of the rules and regulations concerning water pollution controls the disposal of

wastes from watercraft. Unless the contrary is clearly indicated, all references to "Parts"

or "Sections" are to Ill. Adm. Code, Title 35: Environmental Protection. For example,

"Part 309" is 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309, and "Section 309.101" is 35 Ill. Adm. Code

309.101.

Section 308.102 Marine Toilets

a) No person owning or operating a watercraft with a marine toilet shall use,

or permit the use of, such toilet on the waters of this State, unless the toilet

is equipped with facilities that will treat, hold, incinerate or otherwise

handle the waste in a manner capable of preventing water pollution as

described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section.

b) No person shall dispose of any sewage or wastewater accumulated in a

holding tank or any other container on a watercraft, in such a manner that

the sewage or wastewater reaches or may reach the waters of the State,

except by pumpout to an operating sewage works which has been

approved by the Agency or which operates under a permit issued by the

Agency.

c) Acceptable pollution control devices are:

1) Holding tanks which retain wastes from marine toilets for proper

disposal pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

2) Incinerating devices which will reduce to ash all sewage and toilet

wastes produced on the watercraft. The ash from such devices is

not to be disposed of in the waters of Illinois.

3) Any other device determined by the Agency to provide an effluent

which meets the effluent criteria of this Chapter.

Section 308.103 Contaminated Bilge or Ballast Waters

No bilge or ballast water which fails to meet the effluent standards of Part 304 shall be

discharged to the waters of the State.

Section 308.104 Statewide Application

This Part 308 shall apply to all waters of the State unless preempted under Section 312 of

the CWA.

(Source: Added at 3 Ill. Reg. 25, p. 190, effective June 21, 1979.)

Section 308.APPENDIX

REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS RULES

The following table is provided to aid in referencing old Board rule numbers to section

numbers pursuant to codification.

Chapter 3: Water Pollution Part VIII,

Disposal of Wastes from Watercraft

35 Ill. Admin. Code Part 308