- a) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a Certificate of Technical Competency by fraud or deceit;
- b) Gross negligence or gross misconduct in the operation of a wastewater treatment works or pretreatment works;
- c) Falsification, failure to maintain, or nonsubmission of records and reports required by this Part or any rules adopted under the Act;
- d) Willful violation of the Act, this Part or any rules adopted under the Act; or
- e) A final judgment in a civil action or a conviction in a criminal action that the operator has performed any of the acts listed in Subsections (a) through (d) above.
Certificates of Technical Competency shall be subject to sanctions of revocation or suspension upon a showing of cause by a preponderance of the evidence. Such sanction shall not be a bar to any civil or criminal proceedings. Causes for sanction shall include but are not limited to:
(Source: Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 5203, effective July 1, 2019)