Section 303.227  Non-Contact Recreation Waters and Non-Recreational Waters

a)         Non-Contact Recreation. Calumet River from Lake Michigan to Torrence Avenue is designated as a Non-Contact Recreation Water and must protect for non-contact recreational uses as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 301.324.

b)         The following waters are designated as Non-Recreational waters as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 301.324.

1)         Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from its confluence with the Calumet-Sag Channel to its confluence with Des Plaines River; and

2)         Lower Des Plaines River from its confluence with Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to the Brandon Road Lock and Dam. 

(Source:  Added at 35 Ill. Reg. 15078, effective August 23, 2011)