Section 301.101  Authority

Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 13 of the Environmental Protection Act which authorizes the Board to issue regulations "to restore, maintain and enhance the purity of the waters of this State in order to protect health, welfare, property, and the quality of life, and to assure that no contaminants are discharged into the waters . . . without being given the degree of treatment or control necessary to prevent pollution" (Section 11 of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 111½, par. 1011)); to adopt water quality standards, effluent standards, standards for the issuance of permits, standards for the certification of sewage works operators, standards relating to water pollution episodes or emergencies, and requirements for the inspection of pollution sources and for monitoring the aquatic environment, and which directs the Board to adopt requirements, standards, and procedures which will enable the State to implement and participate in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) established by the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.), the Board adopts the following rules and regulations.