90th General Assembly
Summary of SB0545
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Senate Sponsors:
KARPIEL-FARLEY.

House Sponsors:
MAUTINO-SCOTT

Short description: 
EPA-CHEMICAL SAFETY-CLEAN AIR                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends  the  Solid  Waste  Planning  and  Recycling  Act  to  add      
   definitions for garbage, hazardous waste,  industrial  process  waste,      
   landscape  waste, pollution control waste, and special waste. Requires      
   semiannual reports to be made  to  county  recycling  coordinators  by      
   persons  engaged  in  collecting or transporting recyclable materials.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          415 ILCS 15/7                                                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          415 ILCS 15/5.5                                                      
          415 ILCS 15/6         from Ch. 85, par. 5956                         
        Replaces title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends        
   the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act to redefine "municipal           
   waste". Revises the method for determining the recycling rate under a       
   county waste management plan. Creates the Measurement and Reporting         
   Standards Task Force to assess impediments to standardized solid waste      
   measurement and to consider standardized reporting rate measurements.       
   Provides that landfills, transfer stations, recycling centers, and          
   transporters of hazardous waste shall not be required to report to a        
   county quantities of municipal waste according to categories set forth      
   in the definition of "municipal waste".                                     
          HOME RULE NOTE                                                       
          SB545, engrossed, fails to preempt home rule authority.              
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (DCCA)                                    
          SB545, engrossed, fails to create a State mandate.                   
          FISCAL NOTE (DCCA)                                                   
          SB 545 imposes no additional requirements and does not have a        
          fiscal impact on units of local government.                          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (House recedes May 22, 1998)                    
        Increases  the  membership  of  the  Measurement  and   Reporting      
   Standards  Task  Force  to include 2 members representing the National      
   Solid Wastes Management Association and one  member  representing  the      
   American Forest and Paper Association.                                      
        CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1.                                     
        Recommends that the House recede from H-am 1.                          
        Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows:                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          415 ILCS 15/3                                                        
          415 ILCS 15/6                                                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          415 ILCS 5/13.4 new                                                  
          415 ILCS 5/15                                                        
          415 ILCS 5/18                                                        
          415 ILCS 5/22.2                                                      
          415 ILCS 5/39.5                                                      
          415 ILCS 5/42                                                        
          415 ILCS 5/56                                                        
          415 ILCS 5/56.4                                                      
          430 ILCS 45/3                                                        
        Replaces title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends        
   the Environmental Protection Act and the Illinois Chemical Safety           
   Act. Establishes a pretreatment market system to afford economic-based      
   incentives to publicly-owned treatment works and tributary discharges       
   to achieve compliance with federal, State, and local pretreatment           
   standards and limits. Requires public water supplies established after      
   October 1, 1999 to demonstrate managerial capacity as a condition for       
   the issuance of construction and operation permits. Removes require-        
   ment that interest and earnings from investments of the Hazardous           
   Waste Transporter Account be deposited into that account. Amends            
   provisions relating to the Clean Air Act Permit Program to include          
   emissions from support facilities supporting a stationary source.           
   Limits penalties for failing to file toxic chemical release forms           
   to $6,000 (currently $100 per day). Provides that potentially               
   infectious medical waste is generally not hazardous waste. Excludes         
   certain businesses subject to certain federal regulations from the          
   Illinois Chemical Safety Act. Effective immediately.                        
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0773

   Last action date: 98-08-14

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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