97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4986

 

Introduced , by Rep. Karen May

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.15  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.15
415 ILCS 5/22.44
415 ILCS 15/5  from Ch. 85, par. 5955
415 ILCS 15/6  from Ch. 85, par. 5956
415 ILCS 20/6  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Changes the categories of waste that qualify for exemptions from State and local tipping fees and Subtitle D management fees. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county to report its recycling and composting rate and its disposal rate to the Environmental Protection Agency. Establishes a recycling and composting goal that each county waste management plan must satisfy. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to prepare a resource management plan that contains certain information about recycling and composting in the State. Authorizes the Department to provide grants to counties, municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and municipal joint action agencies in order to help achieve the recycling and composting goals. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Sections 22.15 and 22.44 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.15)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.15)
7    Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees.
8    (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a
9special fund to be known as the "Solid Waste Management Fund",
10to be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant
11to this Section and from repayments of loans made from the Fund
12for solid waste projects. Moneys received by the Department of
13Commerce and Economic Opportunity in repayment of loans made
14pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act shall be
15deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
16    (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount
17set forth herein from the owner or operator of each sanitary
18landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the Agency to
19dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is located off
20the site where such waste was produced and if such sanitary
21landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other
22than the generator of such waste. The Agency shall deposit all
23fees collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund. If a site

 

 

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1is contiguous to one or more landfills owned or operated by the
2same person, the volumes permanently disposed of by each
3landfill shall be combined for purposes of determining the fee
4under this subsection.
5        (1) If more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous
6    solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a
7    calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a fee
8    of 95 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the owner or
9    operator may weigh the quantity of the solid waste
10    permanently disposed of with a device for which
11    certification has been obtained under the Weights and
12    Measures Act and pay a fee of $2.00 per ton of solid waste
13    permanently disposed of. In no case shall the fee collected
14    or paid by the owner or operator under this paragraph
15    exceed $1.55 per cubic yard or $3.27 per ton.
16        (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards but not more than
17    150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently
18    disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or
19    operator shall pay a fee of $52,630.
20        (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards but not more than
21    100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
22    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
23    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $23,790.
24        (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards but not more than
25    50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
26    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the

 

 

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1    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $7,260.
2        (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
3    non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
4    site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a
5    fee of $1050.
6    (c) (Blank).
7    (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the
8collection of the fees authorized by this Section. Such rules
9shall include, but not be limited to:
10        (1) necessary records identifying the quantities of
11    solid waste received or disposed;
12        (2) the form and submission of reports to accompany the
13    payment of fees to the Agency;
14        (3) the time and manner of payment of fees to the
15    Agency, which payments shall not be more often than
16    quarterly; and
17        (4) procedures setting forth criteria establishing
18    when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume
19    during any given quarter or other fee payment period.
20    (e) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Solid
21Waste Management Fund shall be used by the Agency and the
22Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the
23purposes set forth in this Section and in the Illinois Solid
24Waste Management Act, including for the costs of fee collection
25and administration.
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1and to promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its
2duties under this Section and the Illinois Solid Waste
3Management Act.
4    (g) On the first day of January, April, July, and October
5of each year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State Comptroller
6and Treasurer shall transfer $500,000 from the Solid Waste
7Management Fund to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Moneys transferred
8under this subsection (g) shall be used only for the purposes
9set forth in item (1) of subsection (d) of Section 22.2.
10    (h) The Agency is authorized to provide financial
11assistance to units of local government for the performance of
12inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities pursuant
13to Section 4(r) at nonhazardous solid waste disposal sites.
14    (i) The Agency is authorized to support the operations of
15an industrial materials exchange service, and to conduct
16household waste collection and disposal programs.
17    (j) A unit of local government, as defined in the Local
18Solid Waste Disposal Act, in which a solid waste disposal
19facility is located may establish a fee, tax, or surcharge with
20regard to the permanent disposal of solid waste. All fees,
21taxes, and surcharges collected under this subsection shall be
22utilized for solid waste management purposes, including
23long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills, planning,
24implementation, inspection, enforcement and other activities
25consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and the Local
26Solid Waste Disposal Act, or for any other environment-related

 

 

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1purpose, including but not limited to an environment-related
2public works project, but not for the construction of a new
3pollution control facility other than a household hazardous
4waste facility. However, the total fee, tax or surcharge
5imposed by all units of local government under this subsection
6(j) upon the solid waste disposal facility shall not exceed:
7        (1) 60¢ per cubic yard if more than 150,000 cubic yards
8    of non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at
9    the site in a calendar year, unless the owner or operator
10    weighs the quantity of the solid waste received with a
11    device for which certification has been obtained under the
12    Weights and Measures Act, in which case the fee shall not
13    exceed $1.27 per ton of solid waste permanently disposed
14    of.
15        (2) $33,350 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not
16    more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is
17    permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
18        (3) $15,500 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not
19    more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste
20    is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
21        (4) $4,650 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not
22    more than 50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste
23    is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
24        (5) $$650 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
25    non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at the
26    site in a calendar year.

 

 

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1    The corporate authorities of the unit of local government
2may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse a
3highway commissioner whose road district lies wholly or
4partially within the corporate limits of the unit of local
5government for expenses incurred in the removal of
6nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been dumped on
7public property in violation of a State law or local ordinance.
8    A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes a
9fee, tax, or surcharge under this subsection may use the
10proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly
11or partially within its boundaries for expenses incurred in the
12removal of nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been
13dumped on public property in violation of a State law or local
14ordinance.
15    If the fees are to be used to conduct a local sanitary
16landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local
17government must enter into a written delegation agreement with
18the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4. The unit of
19local government and the Agency shall enter into such a written
20delegation agreement within 60 days after the establishment of
21such fees. At least annually, the Agency shall conduct an audit
22of the expenditures made by units of local government from the
23funds granted by the Agency to the units of local government
24for purposes of local sanitary landfill inspection and
25enforcement programs, to ensure that the funds have been
26expended for the prescribed purposes under the grant.

 

 

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1    The fees, taxes or surcharges collected under this
2subsection (j) shall be placed by the unit of local government
3in a separate fund, and the interest received on the moneys in
4the fund shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund
5may be accumulated over a period of years to be expended in
6accordance with this subsection.
7    A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid
8Waste Disposal Act, shall prepare and distribute to the Agency,
9in April of each year, a report that details spending plans for
10monies collected in accordance with this subsection. The report
11will at a minimum include the following:
12        (1) The total monies collected pursuant to this
13    subsection.
14        (2) The most current balance of monies collected
15    pursuant to this subsection.
16        (3) An itemized accounting of all monies expended for
17    the previous year pursuant to this subsection.
18        (4) An estimation of monies to be collected for the
19    following 3 years pursuant to this subsection.
20        (5) A narrative detailing the general direction and
21    scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years.
22    The exemptions granted under Sections 22.16 and 22.16a, and
23under subsection (k) of this Section, shall be applicable to
24any fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this subsection (j);
25except that the fee, tax or surcharge authorized to be imposed
26under this subsection (j) may be made applicable by a unit of

 

 

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1local government to the permanent disposal of solid waste after
2December 31, 1986, under any contract lawfully executed before
3June 1, 1986 under which more than 150,000 cubic yards (or
450,000 tons) of solid waste is to be permanently disposed of,
5even though the waste is exempt from the fee imposed by the
6State under subsection (b) of this Section pursuant to an
7exemption granted under Section 22.16.
8    (k) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the
9Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, beginning January 1, 1989
10the fee under subsection (b) and the fee, tax or surcharge
11under subsection (j) shall not apply to:
12        (1) Waste which is hazardous waste; or
13        (2) Waste which is water or waste water treatment plant
14    sludges pollution control waste; or
15        (3) Waste from facilities accepting exclusively
16    general construction or demolition debris under Section
17    22.38, provided that such facilities' processes have been
18    approved by the Agency on an annual basis as operating so
19    as to render at least 50%, by weight, of the reusable waste
20    as recyclable general construction or demolition debris,
21    or recovered wood that is processed for use as a fuel, as
22    those terms are defined in Section 22.38. recycling,
23    reclamation or reuse processes which have been approved by
24    the Agency as being designed to remove any contaminant from
25    wastes so as to render such wastes reusable, provided that
26    the process renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; or

 

 

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1        (4) Non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a
2    sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a
3    process permitted by the Agency; or
4        (5) Any landfill which is permitted by the Agency to
5    receive only demolition or construction debris or
6    landscape waste.
7(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
8    (415 ILCS 5/22.44)
9    Sec. 22.44. Subtitle D management fees.
10    (a) There is created within the State treasury a special
11fund to be known as the "Subtitle D Management Fund"
12constituted from the fees collected by the State under this
13Section.
14    (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount
15set forth in this subsection from the owner or operator of each
16sanitary landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the
17Agency to dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is
18located off the site where the waste was produced and if the
19sanitary landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a
20person other than the generator of the waste. The Agency shall
21deposit all fees collected under this subsection into the
22Subtitle D Management Fund. If a site is contiguous to one or
23more landfills owned or operated by the same person, the
24volumes permanently disposed of by each landfill shall be
25combined for purposes of determining the fee under this

 

 

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1subsection.
2        (1) If more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous
3    solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a
4    calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a fee
5    of 10.1 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the owner
6    or operator may weigh the quantity of the solid waste
7    permanently disposed of with a device for which
8    certification has been obtained under the Weights and
9    Measures Act and pay a fee of 22 cents per ton of waste
10    permanently disposed of.
11        (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not more than
12    150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is permanently
13    disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or
14    operator shall pay a fee of $7,020.
15        (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not more than
16    100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste is
17    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
18    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $3,120.
19        (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not more than
20    50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste is
21    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
22    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $975.
23        (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
24    non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
25    site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a
26    fee of $210.

 

 

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1    (c) The fee under subsection (b) shall not apply to any of
2the following:
3        (1) hazardous Hazardous waste; .
4        (2) waste or waste water treatment plant sludges; or
5    Pollution control waste.
6        (3) waste Waste from facilities accepting exclusively
7    general construction or demolition debris under Section
8    22.38, provided that such facilities' processes have been
9    approved by the Agency on an annual basis as operating so
10    as to render at least 50%, by weight, of the reusable waste
11    as recyclable general construction or demolition debris,
12    or recovered wood that is processed for use as a fuel, as
13    those terms are defined in Section 22.38 recycling,
14    reclamation, or reuse processes that have been approved by
15    the Agency as being designed to remove any contaminant from
16    wastes so as to render the wastes reusable, provided that
17    the process renders at least 50% of the waste reusable.
18        (4) Non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a
19    sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a
20    process permitted by the Agency.
21        (5) Any landfill that is permitted by the Agency to
22    receive only demolition or construction debris or
23    landscape waste.
24    (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the
25collection of the fees authorized by this Section. These rules
26shall include, but not be limited to the following:

 

 

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1        (1) Necessary records identifying the quantities of
2    solid waste received or disposed.
3        (2) The form and submission of reports to accompany the
4    payment of fees to the Agency.
5        (3) The time and manner of payment of fees to the
6    Agency, which payments shall not be more often than
7    quarterly.
8        (4) Procedures setting forth criteria establishing
9    when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume
10    during any given quarter or other fee payment period.
11    (e) Fees collected under this Section shall be in addition
12to any other fees collected under any other Section.
13    (f) The Agency shall not refund any fee paid to it under
14this Section.
15    (g) Pursuant to appropriation, all moneys in the Subtitle D
16Management Fund shall be used by the Agency to administer the
17United States Environmental Protection Agency's Subtitle D
18Program provided in Sections 4004 and 4010 of the Resource
19Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580) as it
20relates to a municipal solid waste landfill program in Illinois
21and to fund a delegation of inspecting, investigating, and
22enforcement functions, within the municipality only, pursuant
23to subsection (r) of Section 4 of this Act to a municipality
24having a population of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. The
25Agency shall execute a delegation agreement pursuant to
26subsection (r) of Section 4 of this Act with a municipality

 

 

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1having a population of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants within
290 days of September 13, 1993 and shall on an annual basis
3distribute from the Subtitle D Management Fund to that
4municipality no less than $150,000. Pursuant to appropriation,
5moneys in the Subtitle D Management Fund may also be used by
6the Agency for activities conducted under Section 22.15a of
7this Act.
8(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 94-272, eff. 7-19-05.)
 
9    Section 10. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
10amended by changing Sections 5 and 6 as follows:
 
11    (415 ILCS 15/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 5955)
12    Sec. 5. (a) Prior to adopting a waste management plan for
13submission to the Agency, the county shall form an advisory
14committee, which shall include representatives from
15municipalities within the county, citizen organizations,
16industry, the private solid waste management industry
17operating within the county, local recyclers and any other
18persons deemed appropriate by the county. The advisory
19committee shall review the plan during its preparation, make
20suggestions and propose any changes it believes appropriate.
21    (b) The county shall provide written notice to all
22municipalities and interested members of the public when plan
23development begins and shall provide periodic written progress
24reports to such entities concerning the preparation of the

 

 

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1plan.
2    (c) Prior to adoption by the governing body of the county,
3the county shall submit copies of the proposed plan for review
4and comment to the Agency, all municipalities within the
5county, all areawide planning agencies and the county health
6department. The county shall also make the proposed plan
7available for public review and comment. The period for review
8and comment shall be 90 days. The county shall hold at least
9one public hearing on the proposed plan during this period. The
10plan subsequently submitted to the governing body of the county
11for adoption shall be accompanied by a document containing
12written responses to substantive comments made during the
13comment period.
14    (d) The governing body of the county shall adopt a plan
15within 60 days from the end of the public comment period.
16Within 10 days of adoption, the plan shall be submitted to the
17Agency for review.
18    (e) Each county waste management plan shall be updated and
19reviewed every 5 years, and any necessary or appropriate
20revisions shall be submitted to the Agency for review and
21comment.
22    (f) Each county shall report its recycling and composting
23rate and its disposal rate annually to the Agency in accordance
24with the methodology in the Illinois Resource Management Plan
25prepared pursuant to Section 6 of the Solid Waste Management
26Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 89-443, eff. 7-1-96.)
 
2    (415 ILCS 15/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 5956)
3    Sec. 6. Each county waste management plan adopted under
4Section 4 and updated under Section 5 shall include a recycling
5program. Such recycling program:
6    (1) shall be implemented throughout the county and include
7a time schedule for implementation of the program.
8    (2) shall provide for the designation of a recycling
9coordinator to administer the program.
10    (3) shall be designed to recycle and compost, by the end of
11the years 2020 and 2025 third and fifth years of the program,
12respectively, 40% 15% and 45% 25% of the municipal waste
13generated in the counties with a population over 200,000 as of
14the 2010 United States census; and 30% and 35%, respectively,
15in counties with a population of 200,000 or under county,
16subject to the existence of a viable market for the recycled
17material, based on measurements of recycling and waste
18generated in terms of weight. Each county may implement
19programs recommended in the Illinois Resource Management Plan
20to achieve the recycling and composting rates and shall
21describe in the 5-year plan updates the programs, if any, from
22the Illinois Resource Management Plan that it has implemented.
23The determination of recycling rate shall not include:
24discarded motor vehicles, wastes used for clean fill or erosion
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1or equipment.
2    (4) may provide for the construction and operation of one
3or more recycling centers by a unit of local government, or for
4contracting with other public or private entities for the
5operation of recycling centers.
6    (5) may require residents of the county to separate
7recyclable materials at the time of disposal or trash pick-up.
8    (6) may make special provision for commercial and
9institutional establishments that implement their own
10specialized recycling programs, provided that such
11establishments annually provide written documentation to the
12county of the total number of tons of material recycled.
13    (7) shall provide for separate collection and composting of
14leaves.
15    (8) shall include public education and notification
16programs to foster understanding of and encourage compliance
17with the recycling program.
18    (9) shall include provisions for compliance, including
19incentives and penalties.
20    (10) shall include provisions for (i) recycling the
21collected materials, (ii) identifying potential markets for at
22least 3 recyclable materials, and (iii) promoting the use of
23products made from recovered or recycled materials among
24businesses, newspapers and local governments in the county.
25    (11) may provide for the payment of recycling diversion
26credits to public and private parties engaged in recycling

 

 

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1activities.
2(Source: P.A. 86-777; 87-650.)
 
3    Section 15. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
4amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
5    (415 ILCS 20/6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056)
6    Sec. 6. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
7shall be the lead agency for implementation of this Act and
8shall have the following powers:
9    (a) To provide technical and educational assistance for
10applications of technologies and practices which will minimize
11the land disposal of non-hazardous solid waste; economic
12feasibility of implementation of solid waste management
13alternatives; analysis of markets for recyclable materials and
14energy products; application of the Geographic Information
15System to provide analysis of natural resource, land use, and
16environmental impacts; evaluation of financing and ownership
17options; and evaluation of plans prepared by units of local
18government pursuant to Section 22.15 of the Environmental
19Protection Act.
20    (b) To provide technical assistance in siting pollution
21control facilities, defined as any waste storage site, sanitary
22landfill, waste disposal site, waste transfer station or waste
23incinerator.
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1businesses and not-for-profit and governmental organizations
2for the purposes of increasing the quantity of materials
3recycled or composted in Illinois; developing and implementing
4innovative recycling methods and technologies; developing and
5expanding markets for recyclable materials; and increasing the
6self-sufficiency of the recycling industry in Illinois. The
7Department shall work with and coordinate its activities with
8existing for-profit and not-for-profit collection and
9recycling systems to encourage orderly growth in the supply of
10and markets for recycled materials and to assist existing
11collection and recycling efforts.
12    The Department shall develop a public education program
13concerning the importance of both composting and recycling in
14order to preserve landfill space in Illinois.
15    (d) To establish guidelines and funding criteria for the
16solicitation of projects under this Act, and to receive and
17evaluate applications for loans or grants for solid waste
18management projects based upon such guidelines and criteria.
19Funds may be loaned with or without interest.
20    (e) To support and coordinate solid waste research in
21Illinois, and to approve the annual solid waste research agenda
22prepared by the University of Illinois.
23    (f) To provide loans or grants for research, development
24and demonstration of innovative technologies and practices,
25including but not limited to pilot programs for collection and
26disposal of household wastes.

 

 

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1    (g) To promulgate such rules and regulations as are
2necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c), (d) and
3(f) of this Section.
4    (g-5) To prepare and periodically update a statewide
5Illinois Resource Management Plan. The Plan shall contain, at a
6minimum, the following provisions:
7        (1) an estimate, using 2010 as a base year, of the
8    amount and composition of waste disposed and the amount and
9    composition of material recycled and composted on both a
10    statewide and per capita basis;
11        (2) a methodology for counties to use in determining
12    their recycling and composting rate on an annual basis;
13        (3) a methodology for counties to use in determining
14    their disposal rates on an annual basis;
15        (4) recycling, reuse, and composting programs that are
16    applicable to counties with a population of over 200,000
17    according to the 2010 United States census;
18        (5) recycling, reuse, and composting programs that are
19    applicable to counties with a population of 200,000 or less
20    according to the 2010 United States census;
21        (6) education and public outreach programs that are
22    applicable to all counties;
23        (7) an assessment of the potential barriers to
24    achieving the recycling and composting requirement in
25    Section 6 of the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act and
26    strategies for overcoming those barriers;

 

 

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1        (8) an evaluation of the role that the Agency and the
2    Department have in assisting counties and the State as a
3    whole in achieving higher recycling and composting rates;
4        (9) an evaluation of whether Illinois should require
5    counties to implement mandatory recycling and composting
6    programs; and
7        (10) an evaluation of the types of programs and
8    legislation necessary for the State of Illinois to achieve
9    an overall disposal rate of 40% of the waste generated by
10    the year 2030.
11    (g-6) To provide annual resource recovery grants to
12counties, municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or
13more, and municipal joint action agencies, based on the
14population of such units of local government, to help achieve
15the recycling and composting requirements in Section 6 of the
16Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. To be eligible for an
17annual resource recovery grant a unit of local government must
18have:
19        (1) a designated recycling coordinator;
20        (2) submitted the appropriate 5-year plan update to the
21    Agency; and
22        (3) submitted annual recycling and composting rate,
23    and disposal rate information in accordance with
24    subsection (f) of Section 5 of the Solid Waste Planning and
25    Recycling Act.
26    (h) To cooperate with the Environmental Protection Agency

 

 

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1for the purposes specified herein.
2    The Department is authorized to accept any and all grants,
3repayments of interest and principal on loans, matching funds,
4reimbursements, appropriations, income derived from
5investments, or other things of value from the federal or state
6governments or from any institution, person, partnership,
7joint venture, corporation, public or private.
8    The Department is authorized to use moneys available for
9that purpose, subject to appropriation, expressly for the
10purpose of implementing a loan program according to procedures
11established pursuant to this Act. Those moneys shall be used by
12the Department for the purpose of financing additional projects
13and for the Department's administrative expenses related
14thereto.
15(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.