HB4299 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4299

Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/21.6

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, no person may knowingly dispose of a used oil filter in a manner that is intended for collection and disposal at a landfill. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Section 21.6 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)

Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.

(a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for collection and disposal at a landfill.

(b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a sanitary landfill shall accept for final disposal liquid used oil that is discernible in the course of prudent business operation.

(b-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, no person may knowingly dispose of a used oil filter in a manner that is intended for collection and disposal at a landfill.

(c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil" does not include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material used to collect spilled oil or other materials incidentally contaminated with used oil, or empty containers which previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.

(d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall investigate the manner in which liquid used oil is currently being utilized and potential prospects for future use.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.