Section 307.2405  Commodity Organic Chemicals

 

a)         Applicability.  This Section applies to discharges of process wastewater resulting from the manufacture of the products classified under SIC 2865 or 2869, commodity organic chemicals and commodity organic chemical groups, as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 310.107, listed in this subsection.  Product groups are indicated with an asterisk (*).

 

1)         Aliphatic Organic Chemicals

 

            Acetaldehyde

 

            Acetic acid

 

            Acetic anhydride

 

            Acetone

 

            Acrylonitrile

 

            Adipic acid

 

            1,3-Butadiene

 

            *Butylenes (Butenes)

 

            Cyclohexane

 

            1,2-Dichloroethane

 

            Ethanol

 

            Ethylene

 

            Ethylene glycol

 

            Ethylene oxide

 

            Formaldehyde

 

            Isopropanol

 

            Methanol

 

            Polyoxypropylene glycol

 

            Propylene

 

            Propylene oxide

 

            Vinyl acetate 

 

2)         Aromatic Organic Chemicals

 

            Benzene

 

            Cumene

 

            Dimethyl terephthalate

 

            Ethylbenzene 

 

            Phenol

 

            *Pitch tar residues

 

            Pyrolysis gasolines

 

            Styrene

 

            Terephthalic acid

 

            Toluene

 

            *Xylenes, mixed

 

            o-Xylene

 

m-Xylene (impure)

 

            p-Xylene

 

3)         Halogenated Organic Compounds

 

            Vinyl chloride

 

b)         Specialized Definitions.  None.

 

c)         Existing Sources

 

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 414.65 (2003). This incorporation includes no later amendments or editions.

 

2)         No person subject to the pretreatment standards incorporated by reference in subsection (c)(1) may cause, threaten, or allow the discharge of any contaminant to a POTW in violation of those standards.

 

d)         New Sources

 

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 414.66 (2003). This incorporation includes no later amendments or editions.

 

2)         No person subject to the pretreatment standards incorporated by reference in subsection (d)(1) may cause, threaten, or allow the discharge of any contaminant to a POTW in violation of those standards.

 

3)         For discharges of wastewater resulting from the manufacture of butadiene by any process that includes the oxidative dehydrogenation of butene, "new source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation whose construction commenced after December 17, 1973. For other sources, "new source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation whose construction commenced after March 21, 1983.

 

(Source:  Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4662, effective March 23, 2023)