SB2845sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

Filed: 2/28/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2845

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2845 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 9.14 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/9.14 new)

Sec. 9.14. Ban on waste burning or incineration at hospitals and related sites or facilities.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), on and after July 1, 2007, no person shall burn or incinerate at the following locations any waste generated at any hospital:

(1) any hospital;

(2) any site or facility owned or operated by any hospital; or

(3) any site or facility owned or operated by any owner or operator of any hospital.

(b) A hospital may, until July 1, 2011, continue to burn or incinerate at the hospital waste that is generated at the hospital if, by July 1, 2007, the hospital enters into a written agreement with the Agency to cease burning or incinerating such waste at the hospital by July 1, 2011. In no case shall waste generated at the hospital be burned or incinerated at the hospital on or after July 1, 2011.

(c) For purposes of this Section, the term "hospital" means a "hospital" as that term is defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 229.102 that is subject to the emission standards established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 229.

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