Section 307.3003  Ironmaking

a)         Applicability.  This Section applies to discharges resulting from ironmaking operations in which iron ore is reduced to molten iron in a blast furnace.

b)         Specialized Definitions.  The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.31 (2002), as amended at 67 Fed. Reg. 64216 (October 17, 2002).  This incorporation includes no later amendments or editions.

c)         Existing Sources

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 420.35 (2002), as amended at 67 Fed. Reg. 64216 (October 17, 2002).  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 420.36 (2002), as amended at 67 Fed. Reg. 64216 (October 17, 2002).  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.

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