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91_HB0752
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1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 21.6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
6 changing Section 21.6 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)
8 Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.
9 (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix
10 liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for
11 collection and disposal at a landfill.
12 (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a
13 sanitary landfill shall accept for final disposal liquid used
14 oil for final disposal that is discernible discernable in the
15 course of prudent business operation.
16 (c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil" does
17 shall not include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material
18 used to collect spilled oil or other materials incidentally
19 contaminated with used oil, or empty containers that which
20 previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.
21 (d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and
22 Community Affairs shall investigate the manner in which
23 liquid used oil is currently being utilized and potential
24 prospects for future use.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; revised 3-10-98.)