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- Introduction - Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle C: Pollution, Chapter 1: Pollution Control Board, Part 301 (PDF) (20 pp, 36K)
- (Effective August 26, 1999) Document contains statements of authority, policy, and definitions relative to the Illinois water quality standards.
- Water Quality Standards - Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle C: Pollution, Chapter 1: Pollution Control Board, Part 302 (PDF) (177 pp, 874K)
- (Effective March 19, 2009) Document contains general provisions of the Illinois water quality standards.
- Derived Water Quality Criteria
- These water quality criteria are derived from EPA-approved methodologies contained in Illinois' water quality standards at Section 302, Subpart F ("Procedures for Determining Water Quality Criteria"). The criteria themselves are not submitted to EPA for approval but are a numeric expression of Illinois' approved narrative criterion and translator.
- Use Designations and Site Specific Water Quality Standards - Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle C: Pollution, Chapter 1: Pollution Control Board, Part 303 (PDF) (16 pp, 89K)
- (Effective October 30, 2008) Water use designations and site-specific water quality standards.
- Effluent Disinfection Exemptions - Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle C: Water Pollution, Chapter 1: Pollution Control Board, Part 378 (PDF) (12 pp, 22K)
- Document establishes requirements for determining which National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit dischargers may cease effluent disinfection on seasonal or year-round basis.
- Antidegradation Provisions for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern – Title 35: Environmental Protection, Chapter II: Environmental Protection Agency, Part 352.900
- Antidegradation Provisions from Section 352.90.
- Illinois Permitting Guidance for Mixing Zones (PDF) (17 pp, 784K)
- (March 15, 1993) Note: Illinois has decided not to adopt requirements governing the development of total maximum daily loads for the Great Lakes System consistent with the requirements in Procedure 3 in Appendix F in the Great Lakes Guidance contained at 40 CFR 132. Pursuant to the Great Lakes Guidance, EPA has determined that the federal provisions at 40 CFR 132, Appendix F, Procedure 3 shall apply.
- Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 131.41
- (Effective December 16, 2004) Federal regulations establishing bacteria criteria for coastal and Great Lakes waters. This regulation is also known as the Beach Rule.
- Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 132, Appendix F
- (Effective July 1, 2000) Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Implementation Procedures.
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