a) General. All sewage generated within a migrant labor camp shall discharge into a sewage disposal system approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or a private sewage disposal system designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the Private Sewage Disposal Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 905). (A)
- 1) A construction permit must be obtained from the Department to construct a sewage disposal system designed to discharge to a subsurface seepage field or designed to discharge less than 1,500 gallons per day to the ground surface or to a body of water. (C)
- 2) If a sewage disposal system is designed to discharge 1,500 or more gallons per day to the ground surface or to a body of water, a permit for construction must be obtained from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. (C)
- 3) The effluent of all surface discharge sewage disposal systems shall meet the quality standards required by the Private Sewage Disposal Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 905). (B)
- b) License Requirements. Only persons licensed pursuant to the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act [225 ILCS 225] shall construct, install, repair, modify, maintain, clean or pump private sewage disposal systems. (C)
(Source: Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 9484, effective July 1, 1997)