Section 702.143  Need to Halt or Reduce Activity Not a Defense

It will not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it would have been necessary to halt or reduce the permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of its permit.

BOARD NOTE:  Derived from 40 CFR 144.51 (c) and 270.30(c) (2005).

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 438, effective December 20, 2006)