Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 3/14/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3620

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3620 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Section 3.135 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/3.135)  (was 415 ILCS 5/3.94)
7    Sec. 3.135. Coal combustion by-product; CCB.
8    (a) "Coal combustion by-product" (CCB) means coal
9combustion waste when used beneficially in any of the following
10ways:
11        (1) The extraction or recovery of material compounds
12    contained within CCB.
13        (2) The use of CCB as a raw ingredient or mineral
14    filler in the manufacture of the following commercial
15    products: cement; concrete and concrete mortars;
16    cementious products including block, pipe and

 

 

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1    precast/prestressed components; asphalt or cementious
2    roofing products; plastic products including pipes and
3    fittings; paints and metal alloys; kiln fired products
4    including bricks, blocks, and tiles; abrasive media;
5    gypsum wallboard; asphaltic concrete, or asphalt based
6    paving material.
7        (3) CCB used (A) in accordance with the Illinois
8    Department of Transportation ("IDOT") standard
9    specifications and subsection (a-5) of this Section or (B)
10    under the approval of the Department of Transportation for
11    IDOT projects.
12        (4) Bottom ash used as antiskid material, athletic
13    tracks, or foot paths.
14        (5) Use in the stabilization or modification of soils
15    providing the CCB meets the IDOT specifications for soil
16    modifiers.
17        (6) CCB used as a functionally equivalent substitute
18    for agricultural lime as a soil conditioner.
19        (7) Bottom ash used in non-IDOT pavement sub-base or
20    base, pipe bedding, or foundation backfill.
21        (8) Structural fill, designed and constructed
22    according to ASTM standard E2277-03, when used in an
23    engineered application or combined with cement, sand, or
24    water to produce a controlled strength fill material and
25    covered with 12 inches of soil unless infiltration is
26    prevented by the material itself or other cover material.

 

 

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1        (9) Mine subsidence, mine fire control, mine sealing,
2    and mine reclamation.
3    (a-5) Except to the extent that the uses are otherwise
4authorized by law without such restrictions, the uses specified
5in items (a)(3)(A) and (a)(7) through (9) shall be subject to
6the following conditions:
7        (A) CCB shall not have been mixed with hazardous waste
8    prior to use.
9        (B) CCB shall not exceed Class I Groundwater Standards
10    for metals when tested utilizing test method ASTM D3987-85.
11    The sample or samples tested shall be representative of the
12    CCB being considered for use.
13        (C) Unless otherwise exempted, users of CCB for the
14    purposes described in items (a)(3)(A) and (a)(7) through
15    (9) of this Section shall provide notification to the
16    Agency for each project utilizing CCB documenting the
17    quantity of CCB utilized and certification of compliance
18    with conditions (A) and (B) of this subsection.
19    Notification shall not be required for users of CCB for
20    purposes described in items (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)(B),
21    (a)(4), (a)(5) and (a)(6) of this Section, or as required
22    specifically under a beneficial use determination as
23    provided under this Section, or pavement base, parking lot
24    base, or building base projects utilizing less than 10,000
25    tons, flowable fill/grout projects utilizing less than
26    1,000 cubic yards or other applications utilizing less than

 

 

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1    100 tons.
2        (D) Fly ash shall be managed in a manner that minimizes
3    the generation of airborne particles and dust using
4    techniques such as moisture conditioning, granulating,
5    inground application, or other demonstrated method.
6        (E) CCB is not to be accumulated speculatively. CCB is
7    not accumulated speculatively if during the calendar year,
8    the CCB used is equal to 75% of the CCB by weight or volume
9    accumulated at the beginning of the period.
10        (F) CCB shall include any prescribed mixture of fly
11    ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, flue gas desulfurization
12    scrubber sludge, fluidized bed combustion ash, and stoker
13    boiler ash and shall be tested as intended for use.
14    (b) To encourage and promote the utilization of CCB in
15productive and beneficial applications, upon request by the
16applicant, the Agency shall make a written beneficial use
17determination that coal-combustion waste is CCB when used in a
18manner other than those uses specified in subsection (a) of
19this Section if the applicant demonstrates that use of the
20coal-combustion waste satisfies all of the following criteria:
21the use will not cause, threaten, or allow the discharge of any
22contaminant into the environment; the use will otherwise
23protect human health and safety and the environment; and the
24use constitutes a legitimate use of the coal-combustion waste
25as an ingredient or raw material that is an effective
26substitute for an analogous ingredient or raw material.

 

 

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1    The Agency's beneficial use determinations may allow the
2uses set forth in items (a)(3)(A) and (a)(7) through (9) of
3this Section without the CCB being subject to the restrictions
4set forth in subdivisions (a-5)(B) and (a-5)(E) of this
5Section.
6    Within 90 days after the receipt of an application for a
7beneficial use determination under this subsection (b), the
8Agency shall, in writing, approve, disapprove, or approve with
9conditions the beneficial use. Any disapproval or approval with
10conditions shall include the Agency's reasons for the
11disapproval or conditions. Failure of the Agency to issue a
12decision within 90 days shall constitute disapproval of the
13beneficial use request. These beneficial use determinations
14are subject to review under Section 40 of this Act.
15    Any approval of a beneficial use under this subsection (b)
16shall become effective upon the date of the Agency's written
17decision and remain in effect for a period of 5 years. If an
18applicant desires to continue a beneficial use after the
19expiration of the 5-year period, the applicant must submit an
20application for renewal no later than 90 days prior to the
21expiration. The beneficial use approval shall be automatically
22extended unless denied by the Agency in writing with the
23Agency's reasons for disapproval, or unless the Agency has
24requested an extension for review, in which case the use will
25continue to be allowed until an Agency determination is made.
26    Coal-combustion waste for which a beneficial use is

 

 

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1approved pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be considered
2CCB during the effective period of the approval, as long as it
3is used in accordance with the approval and any conditions.
4    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection
5(b), written beneficial use determination applications for the
6use of CCB at sites governed by the federal Surface Mining
7Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the rules
8and regulations thereunder, or by any law or rule or regulation
9adopted by the State of Illinois pursuant thereto, shall be
10reviewed and approved by the Office of Mines and Minerals
11within the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to 62 Ill.
12Adm. Code §§ 1700-1850. Further, appeals of those
13determinations shall be made pursuant to the Illinois
14Administrative Review Law.
15    The Board shall adopt rules establishing standards and
16procedures for the Agency's issuance of beneficial use
17determinations under this subsection (b). The Board rules may
18also, but are not required to, include standards and procedures
19for the revocation of the beneficial use determinations. Prior
20to the effective date of Board rules adopted under this
21subsection (b), the Agency is authorized to make beneficial use
22determinations in accordance with this subsection (b).
23    The Agency is authorized to prepare and distribute guidance
24documents relating to its administration of this Section.
25Guidance documents prepared under this subsection are not rules
26for the purposes of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-66, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".