Section 307.3501  Hair Pulp, Chrome Tan, Retan-Wet Finish

a)         Applicability.  This Section applies to discharges resulting from any tannery that, either exclusively or in addition to other unhairing and tanning operations, processes raw or cured cattle or cattle-like hides into finished leather by chemically dissolving the hide hair, chrome tanning, and retan-wet finishing.

b)         Specialized Definitions.  None.

c)         Existing Sources

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 425.15 (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 425.16 (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)         "New source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation whose construction commenced after July 2, 1979.

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