b) For purposes of this Part, the following
definitions apply:
"Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS
5].
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
"Applicant" means a person who applies for coverage under a
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to discharge stormwater
or wastewater or to generate or use sludge.
"Board" means the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
"Design Average Flow" means the average of the daily volumes
to be received for a continuous 12-month period of the design year, expressed
as a volume per unit of time (35 Ill. Adm. Code
370.211
). For purposes of calculating the fee due under this Part for intermittent
discharges, Design Average Flow is calculated using only the daily volume
values for the number of days the discharge values will be greater than
zero.
"Fiscal Year" means the 12 month period beginning July 1 and
ending June 30 of the following calendar year.
"Fee" means the fees prescribed under Section 12.5 of the
Act.
"Industrial Activity" means those industries identified in
Section 502(18) of the Clean Water Act (
33
USC 1362(18) ) and in 40 CFR
122, appendix D (2007).
"Major Discharge" means the discharge from a source that has
been designated as a major facility by USEPA pursuant to the definition in
40
CFR 122.2.
"NPDES" means National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System.
"Permit Holder" means a person who has obtained coverage
under an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater or wastewater or to generate or
use sludge.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, co-partnership,
firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock
company, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal
entity, or their legal representative, agent or assigns. [415 ILCS
5/3.315 ]
"School District" means any public school district in this
State established under the Illinois School Code [105 ILCS 5 ].
"Sewage Sludge" means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid
residue removed during the treatment of municipal waste water or domestic
sewage.
"Toxic" or "Toxics" means any pollutant listed as toxic
pursuant to section 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act (
33 USC
1317(a)(1) ) or in 40 CFR
122, appendix D, Tables II, III and V (2007).
"Tributary Population" means the number of individuals served
by the treatment works or sewer system with combined sewer overflow outfalls
based on the most recent census data.
"USEPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
"Where Toxic Substances are Regulated" means an industrial
facility whose NPDES permit contains numeric effluent limitations for one or
more toxic pollutant parameters.