415 ILCS 5/12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title III - Water Pollution

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1012)Sec. 12. Actions prohibited. No person shall:(a) Cause or threaten or allow the discharge of any contaminants  into the environment in any State so as to cause or tend to cause water  pollution in Illinois, either alone or in combination with matter from  other sources, or so as to violate regulations or standards adopted by  the Pollution Control Board under this Act.(b) Construct, install, or operate any equipment, facility, vessel,  or aircraft capable of causing or contributing to water pollution, or  designed to prevent water pollution, of any type designated by Board  regulations, without a permit granted by the Agency, or in violation of  any conditions imposed by such permit.(c) Increase the quantity or strength of any discharge of  contaminants into the waters, or construct or install any sewer or  sewage treatment facility or any new outlet for contaminants into the  waters of this State, without a permit granted by the Agency.(d) Deposit any contaminants upon the land in such place and manner  so as to create a water pollution hazard.(e) Sell, offer, or use any article in any area in which the Board  has by regulation forbidden its sale, offer, or use for reasons of water  pollution control.(f) Cause, threaten or allow the discharge of any contaminant into  the waters of the State, as defined herein, including but not limited  to, waters to any sewage works, or into any well or from any point  source within the State, without an NPDES permit for point source  discharges issued by the Agency under Section 39(b) of this Act, or in  violation of any term or condition imposed by such permit, or in  violation of any NPDES permit filing requirement established under  Section 39(b), or in violation of any regulations adopted by the Board  or of any order adopted by the Board with respect to the NPDES program.No permit shall be required under this subsection and under Section  39(b) of this Act for any discharge for which a permit is not required  under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter  amended, and regulations pursuant thereto.For all purposes of this Act, a permit issued by the Administrator of the  United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 402 of the Federal  Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall be deemed  to be a permit issued by the Agency pursuant to Section 39(b) of this Act.  However, this shall not apply to the exclusion from the requirement of an  operating permit provided under Section 13(b)(i).Compliance with the terms and conditions of any permit issued under Section  39(b) of this Act shall be deemed compliance with this subsection except  that it shall not be deemed compliance with any standard or effluent limitation  imposed for a toxic pollutant injurious to human health.In any case where a permit has been timely applied for pursuant to Section  39(b) of this Act but final administrative disposition of such application  has not been made, it shall not be a violation of this subsection to discharge  without such permit unless the complainant proves that final administrative  disposition has not been made because of the failure of the applicant to  furnish information reasonably required or requested in order to process  the application.(g) Cause, threaten or allow the underground injection of contaminants  without a UIC permit issued by the Agency under Section 39(d) of this Act,  or in violation of any term or condition imposed by such permit, or in violation  of any regulations or standards adopted by the Board or of any order adopted  by the Board with respect to the UIC program.No permit shall be required under this subsection and under Section 39(d)  of this Act for any underground injection of contaminants for which a permit  is not required under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523),  as amended, unless a permit is authorized or required under regulations  adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 13 of this Act.(h) Introduce contaminants into a sewage works from any nondomestic  source except in compliance with the regulations and standards adopted by  the Board under this Act.(i) Beginning January 1, 2013 or 6 months after the date of issuance of a general NPDES permit for surface discharging private sewage disposal systems by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, whichever is later, construct or install a surface discharging private sewage disposal system that discharges into the waters of the United States,  as that term is used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, unless he or she has a coverage letter under a NPDES permit issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or he or she is constructing or installing the surface discharging private sewage disposal system in a jurisdiction in which the local public health department has a general NPDES permit issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the surface discharging private sewage disposal system is covered under the general NPDES permit.   (Source: P.A. 96-801, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1081, eff. 8-24-12.)