Section 301.340  Pollutant

"Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. This term does not include:

a)         "sewage from vessels" within the meaning of the CWA; or

b)         water, gas, or other material that is injected into a well to facilitate production and disposed of in a well, if the well, used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes, is approved by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals, and the Office of Mines and Minerals determines that the injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources.

(Source:  Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4415, effective March 23, 2023)