Section 307.3907  Wood Preserving – Steam

a)         Applicability.  This Section applies to discharges resulting from wood-preserving processes that use direct steam impingement on wood or the vapor drying process as the predominant conditioning method, direct steam conditioning processes that use the same retort to treat both salt and oil type preservatives, and steam conditioning processes that apply both salt type and oil type preservatives to the same stock.

b)         Specialized Definitions.  None.

c)         Existing Sources

1)         The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 429.85 (2011).  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 429.86 (2011).  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 October 31, 1979.

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