Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 325 - PERMIT FEES FOR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITS AND DOMESTIC SEWAGE SLUDGE GENERATOR OR SLUDGE USER PERMITS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 325.110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Unless specified
				otherwise in this Section, all terms shall have the meanings set forth in the
				Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ].
b) For purposes of this Part, the following
				definitions apply:
"Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS
				  5].
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Applicant" means a person who applies for coverage under a
				  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to discharge stormwater
				  or wastewater or to generate or use sludge.
"Board" means the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
"Design Average Flow" means the average of the daily volumes
				  to be received for a continuous 12-month period of the design year, expressed
				  as a volume per unit of time (35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  370.211
				  ). For purposes of calculating the fee due under this Part for intermittent
				  discharges, Design Average Flow is calculated using only the daily volume
				  values for the number of days the discharge values will be greater than
				  zero.
"Fiscal Year" means the 12 month period beginning July 1 and
				  ending June 30 of the following calendar year.
"Fee" means the fees prescribed under Section 12.5 of the
				  Act.
"Industrial Activity" means those industries identified in
				  Section 502(18) of the Clean Water Act (
				  33
				  USC 1362(18) ) and in 40 CFR
				  122, appendix D (2007).
"Major Discharge" means the discharge from a source that has
				  been designated as a major facility by USEPA pursuant to the definition in
				  40
				  CFR 122.2.
"NPDES" means National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
				  System.
"Permit Holder" means a person who has obtained coverage
				  under an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater or wastewater or to generate or
				  use sludge.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, co-partnership,
				  firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock
				  company, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal
				  entity, or their legal representative, agent or assigns. [415 ILCS
				  5/3.315 ]
"School District" means any public school district in this
				  State established under the Illinois School Code [105 ILCS 5 ].
"Sewage Sludge" means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid
				  residue removed during the treatment of municipal waste water or domestic
				  sewage.
"Toxic" or "Toxics" means any pollutant listed as toxic
				  pursuant to section 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act (
				  33 USC
				  1317(a)(1) ) or in 40 CFR
				  122, appendix D, Tables II, III and V (2007).
"Tributary Population" means the number of individuals served
				  by the treatment works or sewer system with combined sewer overflow outfalls
				  based on the most recent census data.
"USEPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Where Toxic Substances are Regulated" means an industrial
				  facility whose NPDES permit contains numeric effluent limitations for one or
				  more toxic pollutant parameters.