96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2610

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/21   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning acts prohibited under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 21 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/21)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
7     Sec. 21. Prohibited acts. No person shall:
8     (a) Cause or allow the the open dumping of any waste.
9     (b) Abandon, dump, or deposit any waste upon the public
10 highways or other public property, except in a sanitary
11 landfill approved by the Agency pursuant to regulations adopted
12 by the Board.
13     (c) Abandon any vehicle in violation of the "Abandoned
14 Vehicles Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as enacted by
15 the 76th General Assembly.
16     (d) Conduct any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or
17 waste-disposal operation:
18         (1) without a permit granted by the Agency or in
19     violation of any conditions imposed by such permit,
20     including periodic reports and full access to adequate
21     records and the inspection of facilities, as may be
22     necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
23     regulations and standards adopted thereunder; provided,

 

 

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1     however, that, except for municipal solid waste landfill
2     units that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993, no
3     permit shall be required for (i) any person conducting a
4     waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal
5     operation for wastes generated by such person's own
6     activities which are stored, treated, or disposed within
7     the site where such wastes are generated, or (ii) a
8     facility located in a county with a population over 700,000
9     as of January 1, 2000, operated and located in accordance
10     with Section 22.38 of this Act, and used exclusively for
11     the transfer, storage, or treatment of general
12     construction or demolition debris, provided that the
13     facility was receiving construction or demolition debris
14     on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
15     General Assembly;
16         (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
17     adopted by the Board under this Act; or
18         (3) which receives waste after August 31, 1988, does
19     not have a permit issued by the Agency, and is (i) a
20     landfill used exclusively for the disposal of waste
21     generated at the site, (ii) a surface impoundment receiving
22     special waste not listed in an NPDES permit, (iii) a waste
23     pile in which the total volume of waste is greater than 100
24     cubic yards or the waste is stored for over one year, or
25     (iv) a land treatment facility receiving special waste
26     generated at the site; without giving notice of the

 

 

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1     operation to the Agency by January 1, 1989, or 30 days
2     after the date on which the operation commences, whichever
3     is later, and every 3 years thereafter. The form for such
4     notification shall be specified by the Agency, and shall be
5     limited to information regarding: the name and address of
6     the location of the operation; the type of operation; the
7     types and amounts of waste stored, treated or disposed of
8     on an annual basis; the remaining capacity of the
9     operation; and the remaining expected life of the
10     operation.
11     Item (3) of this subsection (d) shall not apply to any
12 person engaged in agricultural activity who is disposing of a
13 substance that constitutes solid waste, if the substance was
14 acquired for use by that person on his own property, and the
15 substance is disposed of on his own property in accordance with
16 regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
17     This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
18     (e) Dispose, treat, store or abandon any waste, or
19 transport any waste into this State for disposal, treatment,
20 storage or abandonment, except at a site or facility which
21 meets the requirements of this Act and of regulations and
22 standards thereunder.
23     (f) Conduct any hazardous waste-storage, hazardous
24 waste-treatment or hazardous waste-disposal operation:
25         (1) without a RCRA permit for the site issued by the
26     Agency under subsection (d) of Section 39 of this Act, or

 

 

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1     in violation of any condition imposed by such permit,
2     including periodic reports and full access to adequate
3     records and the inspection of facilities, as may be
4     necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
5     regulations and standards adopted thereunder; or
6         (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
7     adopted by the Board under this Act; or
8         (3) in violation of any RCRA permit filing requirement
9     established under standards adopted by the Board under this
10     Act; or
11         (4) in violation of any order adopted by the Board
12     under this Act.
13     Notwithstanding the above, no RCRA permit shall be required
14 under this subsection or subsection (d) of Section 39 of this
15 Act for any person engaged in agricultural activity who is
16 disposing of a substance which has been identified as a
17 hazardous waste, and which has been designated by Board
18 regulations as being subject to this exception, if the
19 substance was acquired for use by that person on his own
20 property and the substance is disposed of on his own property
21 in accordance with regulations or standards adopted by the
22 Board.
23     (g) Conduct any hazardous waste-transportation operation:
24         (1) without registering with and obtaining a permit
25     from the Agency in accordance with the Uniform Program
26     implemented under subsection (l-5) of Section 22.2; or

 

 

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1         (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
2     adopted by the Board under this Act.
3     (h) Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling or hazardous
4 waste-reclamation or hazardous waste-reuse operation in
5 violation of any regulations, standards or permit requirements
6 adopted by the Board under this Act.
7     (i) Conduct any process or engage in any act which produces
8 hazardous waste in violation of any regulations or standards
9 adopted by the Board under subsections (a) and (c) of Section
10 22.4 of this Act.
11     (j) Conduct any special waste transportation operation in
12 violation of any regulations, standards or permit requirements
13 adopted by the Board under this Act. However, sludge from a
14 water or sewage treatment plant owned and operated by a unit of
15 local government which (1) is subject to a sludge management
16 plan approved by the Agency or a permit granted by the Agency,
17 and (2) has been tested and determined not to be a hazardous
18 waste as required by applicable State and federal laws and
19 regulations, may be transported in this State without a special
20 waste hauling permit, and the preparation and carrying of a
21 manifest shall not be required for such sludge under the rules
22 of the Pollution Control Board. The unit of local government
23 which operates the treatment plant producing such sludge shall
24 file a semiannual report with the Agency identifying the volume
25 of such sludge transported during the reporting period, the
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1 transported. This subsection (j) shall not apply to hazardous
2 waste.
3     (k) Fail or refuse to pay any fee imposed under this Act.
4     (l) Locate a hazardous waste disposal site above an active
5 or inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within 2 miles of an
6 active fault in the earth's crust. In counties of population
7 less than 225,000 no hazardous waste disposal site shall be
8 located (1) within 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits as
9 defined on June 30, 1978, of any municipality without the
10 approval of the governing body of the municipality in an
11 official action; or (2) within 1000 feet of an existing private
12 well or the existing source of a public water supply measured
13 from the boundary of the actual active permitted site and
14 excluding existing private wells on the property of the permit
15 applicant. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to
16 publicly-owned sewage works or the disposal or utilization of
17 sludge from publicly-owned sewage works.
18     (m) Transfer interest in any land which has been used as a
19 hazardous waste disposal site without written notification to
20 the Agency of the transfer and to the transferee of the
21 conditions imposed by the Agency upon its use under subsection
22 (g) of Section 39.
23     (n) Use any land which has been used as a hazardous waste
24 disposal site except in compliance with conditions imposed by
25 the Agency under subsection (g) of Section 39.
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1 to have a permit under subsection (d) of this Section, in a
2 manner which results in any of the following conditions:
3         (1) refuse in standing or flowing waters;
4         (2) leachate flows entering waters of the State;
5         (3) leachate flows exiting the landfill confines (as
6     determined by the boundaries established for the landfill
7     by a permit issued by the Agency);
8         (4) open burning of refuse in violation of Section 9 of
9     this Act;
10         (5) uncovered refuse remaining from any previous
11     operating day or at the conclusion of any operating day,
12     unless authorized by permit;
13         (6) failure to provide final cover within time limits
14     established by Board regulations;
15         (7) acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
16         (8) scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
17         (9) deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion of
18     the landfill;
19         (10) acceptance of a special waste without a required
20     manifest;
21         (11) failure to submit reports required by permits or
22     Board regulations;
23         (12) failure to collect and contain litter from the
24     site by the end of each operating day;
25         (13) failure to submit any cost estimate for the site
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1     required by this Act or Board rules.
2     The prohibitions specified in this subsection (o) shall be
3 enforceable by the Agency either by administrative citation
4 under Section 31.1 of this Act or as otherwise provided by this
5 Act. The specific prohibitions in this subsection do not limit
6 the power of the Board to establish regulations or standards
7 applicable to sanitary landfills.
8     (p) In violation of subdivision (a) of this Section, cause
9 or allow the open dumping of any waste in a manner which
10 results in any of the following occurrences at the dump site:
11         (1) litter;
12         (2) scavenging;
13         (3) open burning;
14         (4) deposition of waste in standing or flowing waters;
15         (5) proliferation of disease vectors;
16         (6) standing or flowing liquid discharge from the dump
17     site;
18         (7) deposition of:
19             (i) general construction or demolition debris as
20         defined in Section 3.160(a) of this Act; or
21             (ii) clean construction or demolition debris as
22         defined in Section 3.160(b) of this Act.
23     The prohibitions specified in this subsection (p) shall be
24 enforceable by the Agency either by administrative citation
25 under Section 31.1 of this Act or as otherwise provided by this
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1 the power of the Board to establish regulations or standards
2 applicable to open dumping.
3     (q) Conduct a landscape waste composting operation without
4 an Agency permit, provided, however, that no permit shall be
5 required for any person:
6         (1) conducting a landscape waste composting operation
7     for landscape wastes generated by such person's own
8     activities which are stored, treated or disposed of within
9     the site where such wastes are generated; or
10         (2) applying landscape waste or composted landscape
11     waste at agronomic rates; or
12         (3) operating a landscape waste composting facility on
13     a farm, if the facility meets all of the following
14     criteria:
15             (A) the composting facility is operated by the
16         farmer on property on which the composting material is
17         utilized, and the composting facility constitutes no
18         more than 2% of the property's total acreage, except
19         that the Agency may allow a higher percentage for
20         individual sites where the owner or operator has
21         demonstrated to the Agency that the site's soil
22         characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
23             (B) the property on which the composting facility
24         is located, and any associated property on which the
25         compost is used, is principally and diligently devoted
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1         owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any waste
2         hauler or generator of nonagricultural compost
3         materials, and the operator of the composting facility
4         is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any way
5         connected with or controlled by any such waste hauler
6         or generator;
7             (C) all compost generated by the composting
8         facility is applied at agronomic rates and used as
9         mulch, fertilizer or soil conditioner on land actually
10         farmed by the person operating the composting
11         facility, and the finished compost is not stored at the
12         composting site for a period longer than 18 months
13         prior to its application as mulch, fertilizer, or soil
14         conditioner;
15             (D) the owner or operator, by January 1, 1990 (or
16         the January 1 following commencement of operation,
17         whichever is later) and January 1 of each year
18         thereafter, (i) registers the site with the Agency,
19         (ii) reports to the Agency on the volume of composting
20         material received and used at the site, (iii) certifies
21         to the Agency that the site complies with the
22         requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) and
23         (C) of this paragraph (q)(3), and (iv) certifies to the
24         Agency that all composting material was placed more
25         than 200 feet from the nearest potable water supply
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1         floodplain or on a part of the site that is
2         floodproofed, was placed at least 1/4 mile from the
3         nearest residence (other than a residence located on
4         the same property as the facility) and there are not
5         more than 10 occupied non-farm residences within 1/2
6         mile of the boundaries of the site on the date of
7         application, and was placed more than 5 feet above the
8         water table.
9     For the purposes of this subsection (q), "agronomic rates"
10 means the application of not more than 20 tons per acre per
11 year, except that the Agency may allow a higher rate for
12 individual sites where the owner or operator has demonstrated
13 to the Agency that the site's soil characteristics or crop
14 needs require a higher rate.
15     (r) Cause or allow the storage or disposal of coal
16 combustion waste unless:
17         (1) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
18     facility for which a permit has been obtained or is not
19     otherwise required under subsection (d) of this Section; or
20         (2) such waste is stored or disposed of as a part of
21     the design and reclamation of a site or facility which is
22     an abandoned mine site in accordance with the Abandoned
23     Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
24         (3) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
25     facility which is operating under NPDES and Subtitle D
26     permits issued by the Agency pursuant to regulations

 

 

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1     adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
2     permits issued pursuant to the Federal Surface Mining
3     Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the
4     rules and regulations thereunder or any law or rule or
5     regulation adopted by the State of Illinois pursuant
6     thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
7     to accept the waste; and either
8             (i) such waste is stored or disposed of in
9         accordance with requirements applicable to refuse
10         disposal under regulations adopted by the Board for
11         mine-related water pollution and pursuant to NPDES and
12         Subtitle D permits issued by the Agency under such
13         regulations; or
14             (ii) the owner or operator of the facility
15         demonstrates all of the following to the Agency, and
16         the facility is operated in accordance with the
17         demonstration as approved by the Agency: (1) the
18         disposal area will be covered in a manner that will
19         support continuous vegetation, (2) the facility will
20         be adequately protected from wind and water erosion,
21         (3) the pH will be maintained so as to prevent
22         excessive leaching of metal ions, and (4) adequate
23         containment or other measures will be provided to
24         protect surface water and groundwater from
25         contamination at levels prohibited by this Act, the
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1         adopted pursuant thereto.
2     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, the
3 disposal of coal combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3)
4 of this subdivision (r) shall be exempt from the other
5 provisions of this Title V, and notwithstanding the provisions
6 of Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized to grant
7 experimental permits which include provision for the disposal
8 of wastes from the combustion of coal and other materials
9 pursuant to items (2) and (3) of this subdivision (r).
10     (s) After April 1, 1989, offer for transportation,
11 transport, deliver, receive or accept special waste for which a
12 manifest is required, unless the manifest indicates that the
13 fee required under Section 22.8 of this Act has been paid.
14     (t) Cause or allow a lateral expansion of a municipal solid
15 waste landfill unit on or after October 9, 1993, without a
16 permit modification, granted by the Agency, that authorizes the
17 lateral expansion.
18     (u) Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage,
19 disposal or transportation operation in violation of any
20 regulation, standards or permit requirements adopted by the
21 Board under this Act. However, no permit shall be required
22 under this Title V for the land application of vegetable
23 by-products conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under
24 Title III of this Act to the generator of the vegetable
25 by-products. In addition, vegetable by-products may be
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1 permit, and without the preparation and carrying of a manifest.
2     (v) (Blank).
3     (w) Conduct any generation, transportation, or recycling
4 of construction or demolition debris, clean or general, or
5 uncontaminated soil generated during construction, remodeling,
6 repair, and demolition of utilities, structures, and roads that
7 is not commingled with any waste, without the maintenance of
8 documentation identifying the hauler, generator, place of
9 origin of the debris or soil, the weight or volume of the
10 debris or soil, and the location, owner, and operator of the
11 facility where the debris or soil was transferred, disposed,
12 recycled, or treated. This documentation must be maintained by
13 the generator, transporter, or recycler for 3 years. This
14 subsection (w) shall not apply to (1) a permitted pollution
15 control facility that transfers or accepts construction or
16 demolition debris, clean or general, or uncontaminated soil for
17 final disposal, recycling, or treatment, (2) a public utility
18 (as that term is defined in the Public Utilities Act) or a
19 municipal utility, (3) the Illinois Department of
20 Transportation, or (4) a municipality or a county highway
21 department, with the exception of any municipality or county
22 highway department located within a county having a population
23 of over 3,000,000 inhabitants or located in a county that is
24 contiguous to a county having a population of over 3,000,000
25 inhabitants; but it shall apply to an entity that contracts
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1 Department of Transportation, or a municipality or a county
2 highway department. The terms "generation" and "recycling" as
3 used in this subsection do not apply to clean construction or
4 demolition debris when (i) used as fill material below grade
5 outside of a setback zone if covered by sufficient
6 uncontaminated soil to support vegetation within 30 days of the
7 completion of filling or if covered by a road or structure,
8 (ii) solely broken concrete without protruding metal bars is
9 used for erosion control, or (iii) milled asphalt or crushed
10 concrete is used as aggregate in construction of the shoulder
11 of a roadway. The terms "generation" and "recycling", as used
12 in this subsection, do not apply to uncontaminated soil that is
13 not commingled with any waste when (i) used as fill material
14 below grade or contoured to grade, or (ii) used at the site of
15 generation.
16 (Source: P.A. 96-611, eff. 8-24-09.)