SB2226 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 10733 JDS 41076 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2226

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/22.54a new

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop rules which prohibit the disposal of materials at sanitary landfills that (i) have been approved for recycling through an Agency-issued Beneficial Use Determination and (ii) are located in a county where a Beneficial Use Determination facility for those materials has been approved. Requires the Agency to modify operating permits accordingly.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 22.54a as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/22.54a new)

Sec. 22.54a. Disposal of recyclable materials. The Agency shall develop rules which prohibit the disposal of materials at sanitary landfills which have been approved for recycling through an Agency-issued Beneficial Use Determination; provided that the sanitary landfill is located in a county where a Beneficial Use Determination facility for those materials has been approved. This prohibition shall extend to the use of approved recyclable materials by sanitary landfills as daily cover. The Agency shall require each permitted sanitary landfill to modify its operating permits in accordance with this prohibition.