Section 726.605  Prohibition Against Sewering

All healthcare facilities, including VSQGs operating under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.114 instead of Subpart P, and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly-owned treatment works.  Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR 403.5(b), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111.

BOARD NOTE:  This Section negates the exclusion from definition as solid waste in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721.104(a)(1)(B) for mixtures of waste and domestic sewage as to VSQGs and reverse distributors.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 17108, effective November 7, 2024)