Illinois Administrative Code

Section 266.125 Process Weight Rate for Heating or Heat Treating The process weight rate for heating or heat treating is calculated by using the weight of the material to be heated or treated.

Section 266.130 Process Weight Rate for Smokehouses The process weight rate for smokehouses is calculated by using the weight of the material burned or of the liquid smoke used.

Section 266.135 Process Weight Rate for Catalytic Reactions, Calcining, or Other Chemical Operations The process weight rate for catalytic reactions, calcining, or other chemical operations is calculated by using the weight of the material added to the process. The oxygen, which …

Section 266.140 Process Weight Rate for Fluxing The process weight rate for fluxing is calculated by using the weight of the flux used or the make-up flux added to the bath.

Section 266.145 Process Weight Rate for Inoculation, Demagging, Degassing The process weight rate for inoculation, demagging, degassing and related operations is calculated by using the weight of the material added to the bath.

Section 266.150 Process Weight Rate for Stripping Operations a) The process weight rate for chemical stripping operations is calculated by using the weight of the material stripped plus the weight of the chemicals added to the bath or expended during the operation. b) The process…

Section 266.155 Process Weight Rate for Shakeout Operations The process weight rate for shakeout operations is calculated by using the weight of the sand and other materials freed from the casting.

Section 266.160 Process Weight Rate for Drying Operations The process weight rate for drying operations is calculated by using the weight of the material to be dried, as weighed entering the dryer.

Section 266.165 Process Weight Rate for Concrete Batch Plants The process weight rate for concrete batch plants is calculated by using the weight of the cement, aggregate and water as added at the batch plant.

Section 266.170 Process Weight Rate for Cement Silos The process weight rate for cement silos is calculated by using the weight of the maximum amount of cement transferred in any one-hour period.

Section 266.175 Process Weight Rate for Arc Welding The process weight rate for arc welding is calculated by using the weight of the welding rod and flux consumed.

Section 266.180 Process Weight Rate for Quenching The process weight rate for quenching is calculated by using the weight of the quench material added to the bath.

Section 266.185 Process Weight Rate for Scarfing Operations The process weight rate for scarfing operations is calculated by using the weight of all material removed by scarfing.

Section 266.190 Operations to Which Process Weight Rate Rule Does Not Apply a) The process weight rate rule does not apply to pickling operations. The applicable sulfuric acid mist regulations shall be used to determine allowable particulate emissions. b) The process weight rate …

Section 266.APPENDIX A Rule into Section Table Rule Section Rule Section 1.0 Authority Note 3.05 266.135 2.0 266.100 3.06 266.140 266.105 3.07 266.190(c) 3.0 266.110 3.08 266.145 3.01(a) 266.115(a) 3.09(a) 266.190(b) 3.01(b) 266.115(b) 3.09(b) 266.150(a) 3.01(c) 266.115(c) 3.09(c…

Section 271.100 Purpose This Part describes the information required by the Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) to determine compliance with the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 111½, pars. 1001 et seq.) (Act) and regulations adopted by the Pollution C…

Section 271.105 Applicability This Part shall apply to coal-fired fuel combustion emission sources for which compliance with the Act and with applicable sulfur dioxide emission limitations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 214, 230 and 243 is demonstrated by fuel sampling and analysis. This P…

Section 271.110 Information Required in Permit Applications a) If the rated heat input for all coal-fired fuel combustion emission sources located at a facility exceeds 500 million British thermal units (Btu)/hour, then: 1) The applicant for a permited shall submit those provisio…

Section 271.120 Duration of Permits a) Permits issued on the basis of information provided pursuant to Section 271.110(a)(1) shall usually not extend beyond the final date of the contract or letter of intent, whichever is earlier. b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this Section…

Section 271.130 Permit Conditions a) When necessary to demonstrate continuing compliance with the Act and Board regulations, the Agency will include requirements for coal sampling, analysis, record-keeping and reporting as conditions in permits for coal-fired fuel combustion sour…

Section 280.101 Preamble and Statutory Authority a) On September 6, 1979, the Pollution Control Board adopted a Final Order in its regulatory proceeding R78-10 which amended its previously adopted particulate emission limitations for steel manufactoring processes. Included in the…

Section 280.102 Definitions The following definitions shall apply to this rulemaking: Bench: a platform running along both the coke and pusher sides of a coke oven battery used to support machinery and coke oven workers. Buckstays: vertical I-beams located on both ends of the wal…

Section 280.103 Applicability The procedures contained herein shall apply to all coke oven batteries located within the State of Illinois. In evaluating visible emissions from coke oven batteries, observers shall take into account all such emissions except emissions of water vapo…

Section 280.104 Determination of Visible Emissions from Coke Oven Charging Operations Compliance with the coke oven charging emission limitation contained in Rule 203(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations, Chapter 2: Air Pollution shall be det…

Section 280.105 Determination of Visible Emissions from Coke Oven Doors Compliance with the coke oven door emission limitation contained in Rule 203(d)(5)(B)(iv) of the Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations, Chapter 2: Air Pollution shall be determined by the fol…

Section 280.106 Determination of Visible Emissions from Charge Port Lids Compliance with the charge port lid emission limitation contained in Rule 203(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations, Chapter 2: Air Pollution shall be determined by the fo…

Section 280.107 Determination of Visible Emissions from Offtake Piping Compliance with the offtake piping emission limitation contained in Rule 203(d)(5)(B)(vi) of the Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations, Chapter 2: Air Pollutions shall be determined by the fol…

Section 301.101 Authority (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.102 Policy The General Assembly finds that pollution of the waters of this State constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish, and aquatic life, impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational, and …

Section 301.103 Repeals (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.104 Analytical Testing All methods to collect, preserve, and analyze samples used in applying any of the requirements of this Subtitle must be consistent with the United States Environmental Protection Agency's current manual of practice or with other procedures accep…

Section 301.105 References to Other Sections (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.106 Incorporations by Reference a) Abbreviations. The following abbreviated names are used for materials incorporated by reference: "ASTM" means American Society for Testing and Materials. "GPO" means Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. "Stan…

Section 301.107 Severability If any provision of this Subtitle or its application to any person or in any circumstance is adjudged invalid, that adjudication will not affect the validity of this Subtitle as a whole, or any portion not adjudged invalid. (Source: Amended at 47 Ill.…

Section 301.108 Adjusted Standards (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.200 Definitions Except as otherwise provided within individual Parts of this Chapter, the terms defined in the following Sections have the meanings specified. (Source: Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.205 Act "Act" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.

Section 301.210 Administrator "Administrator" means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Administrator's designee. (Source: Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.215 Agency "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Section 301.220 Aquatic Life "Aquatic Life" means native populations of fish and other aquatic life.

Section 301.221 Area of Concern "Area of Concern" or "AOC" is an area specially designated for remediation efforts. (Source: Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.225 Artificial Cooling Lake "Artificial Cooling Lake" means any manmade lake, reservoir or other impoundment, constructed by damming the flow of a stream, which is used to cool the water discharged from the condensers of a steam-electric generating plant for recircula…

Section 301.230 Basin "Basin" means the area tributary to the designated body of water.

Section 301.231 Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern "Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern" or "BCC" means a chemical or class of chemicals meeting the definition at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 302.501. (Source: Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)

Section 301.235 Board "Board" means the Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Section 301.240 CWA "CWA" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., Public Law 92-500 enacted by Congress October 18, 1972 as amended by the "Clean Water Act", Public Law 95-217, enacted December 12, 1977, as amended.) (Source: Amended 5 …

Section 301.245 Calumet River System "Calumet River System" means the Calumet River, the Grand Calumet River, the Little Calumet River downstream from its confluence with the Grand Calumet, the Calumet-Sag Channel, and the Calumet Harbor Basin.

Section 301.247 Chicago Area Waterway System "Chicago Area Waterway System" means Calumet River, Grand Calumet River, Little Calumet River downstream from the confluence of Calumet River and Grand Calumet River, Calumet-Sag Channel, Lake Calumet, Chicago River and its branches do…

Section 301.250 Chicago River System "Chicago River System" means the Chicago River and its branches, the North Shore Channel, and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Section 301.255 Combined Sewer "Combined Sewer" means a sewer designed and constructed to receive both wastewater and land runoff. (Source: Amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 25, page 190, effective June 21, 1979)