(225 ILCS 230/1005) (from Ch. 111, par. 7855)
    Sec. 1005. Agency authority. The Agency is authorized to exercise the following functions, powers and duties with respect to solid waste site operator certification:
    (a) To conduct examinations to ascertain the qualifications of applicants for certificates of competency as solid waste site operators;
    (b) To conduct courses of training on the practical aspects of the design, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfills;
    (c) To issue a certificate to any applicant who has satisfactorily met all the requirements pertaining to a certificate of competency as a solid waste site operator;
    (d) To suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any certificate for any one or any combination of the following causes:
        (1) The practice of any fraud or deceit in obtaining
    
or attempting to obtain a certificate of competency;
        (2) Negligence or misconduct in the operation of a
    
sanitary landfill;
        (3) Repeated failure to comply with any of the
    
requirements applicable to the operation of a sanitary landfill, except for Board requirements applicable to the collection of litter;
        (4) Repeated violations of federal, State or local
    
laws, regulations, standards, or ordinances regarding the operation of refuse disposal facilities or sites;
        (5) Conviction in this or another State of any crime
    
which is a felony under the laws of this State or conviction of a felony in a federal court;
        (6) Proof of gross carelessness or incompetence in
    
handling, storing, processing, transporting, or disposing of any hazardous waste; or
        (7) Being declared to be a person under a legal
    
disability by a court of competent jurisdiction and not thereafter having been lawfully declared to be a person not under legal disability or to have recovered.
    (e) To adopt rules necessary to perform its functions, powers, and duties with respect to solid waste site operator certifications.
(Source: P.A. 86-1363.)