Section 309.102 NPDES Permit Required

Section 309

Section 309.102  NPDES Permit

Required

a)         Unless it complies with the Act, Board regulations, the CWA,

and the provisions and conditions of the NPDES permit issued to the discharger,

the discharge of any contaminant or pollutant by any person into the waters of

the State from a point source or into a well is unlawful.

b)         Neither an NPDES permit nor a state permit is required for any

discharge into a well that is authorized by a UIC (Underground Injection

Control) permit issued by the Agency under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702 and 704.  For these

wells, compliance with the UIC permit requirements of Section 12(g) of the Act is

deemed compliance with the NPDES permit requirement of Section 12(f) of the

Act.