Section 307.3002  Sintering

a)         Applicability.  This Section applies to discharges resulting from sintering operations conducted by the heating of iron-bearing wastes (mill scale and dust from blast furnaces and steelmaking furnaces) together with fine iron ore, limestone, and coke fines in an ignition furnace to produce an agglomerate for charging to the blast furnace.

b)         Specialized Definitions.  The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.21 (2005).

c)         Existing Sources

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.25 (2005).  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 420.26 (2005), as amended at 70 Fed. Reg. 73623 (December 13, 2005).  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)         "New source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation whose construction commenced after January 7, 1981.

e)         Compliance Date.  The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.28 (2005).

f)         Point of Compliance Monitoring.  The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.29(b) (2005).

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