Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 308.102 - Marine Toilets

Current through Vol. 46, No. 16, April 15, 2022

a) No person owning or operating a watercraft with a marine toilet shall use, or permit the use of, such toilet on the waters of this State, unless the toilet is equipped with facilities that will treat, hold, incinerate or otherwise handle the waste in a manner capable of preventing water pollution as described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section.

b) No person shall dispose of any sewage or wastewater accumulated in a holding tank or any other container on a watercraft, in such a manner that the sewage or wastewater reaches or may reach the waters of the State, except by pumpout to an operating sewage works which had been approved by the Agency or which operates under a permit issued by the Agency.

c) Acceptable pollution control devices are:

1) Holding tanks which retain wastes from marine toilets for proper disposal pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

2) Incinerating devices which will reduce to ash all sewage and toilet wastes produced on the watercraft. The ash from such devices is not to be disposed of in the waters of Illinois.

3) Any other device determined by the Agency to provide an effluent which meets the effluent criteria of this Chapter.

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Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 308.102