TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 308
DISPOSAL OF WASTES FROM WATERCRAFT
Section
308.101 |
Preamble |
308.102 |
Marine Toilets |
308.103 |
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 |
Unnumbered Preamble |
Section 308.101 |
Rule 801 |
Section 308.102 |
Rule 802 |
Section 308.103 |
Rule 803 |
Section 308.104 |